i Own The World (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Honestly, he doesn’t say anything that all the smart and sane people were also saying in 2008. He just says it a lot better and tons funnier than most. Iowahawk wrote this a year ago. Although I have not always been the most outspoken advocate of President-Elect Barack Obama, today I would like to congratulate him and add [...]
HolyCoast.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Iowahawk reposts a piece he wrote one year ago today, and boy has he turned out to be a prophet: Although I have not always been the most outspoken advocate of President-Elect Barack Obama, today I would like to congratulate him and add my voice to the millions of fellow citizens who are celebrating his historic and frightening election victory. I don't care whether you are a conservative or a liberal...
iowahawk (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
[ed. note: for what it's worth, a rerun of a post that appeared here one year ago today.] Although I have not always been the most outspoken advocate of President-Elect Barack Obama, today I would like to congratulate him and...
Zandar Versus The Stupid (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Steve Benen might be giving Shelly Bachmann too much credit , but she is leading her little field trip de Teabag into the halls of Congress on the Fifth of November. And when has Bachmann scheduled her Capitol Hill soiree? This afternoon -- November 5 -- a date widely known as Guy Fawkes Night . (You know, "Remember, remember, the fifth of November.") In other words, Bachmann wants to rally...
Nokia 8260 (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Wow, this enttry on Emmanuel Lewis doesn't really do him any favour s. OK, so they get all of the details right. Emmanuel Lewis is indeed African American, he is indeed short and he is indeed an actor who has been in a number of TV shows and has had the honour of appearing in an episode of South Park (well, a cartoon of Emmanuel Lewis appeared in South Park with his voice). But the slightly unfair...
Environmental and Urban Economics (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Last weekend, I tried (for the 3rd time) to submit a caption for the New Yorker's Cartoon . My quote was; "I am happy to inform you that your head will not roll". Get it? During this time of recession and job loss -- this was my attempt at "job preservation" humor. Well, I guess I am not funny --- so recognizing this fact -- I turn to you dear reader. I am looking for better jokes...
Defending the Truth (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
*Nov 3 1755 The colony of Massachusetts offers a 20 pound bounty for scalps of Indian boys or girls under the age of 12. Warrior scalps fetch a...
The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Yesterday, I sketched the legal theory behind the Institute for Justice’s challenge to the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 in which our clients seek to strike down the provision that makes it a serious crime to compensate bone marrow donors. Today, I’d like to explain the history of NOTA and why the inclusion of bone marrow in the statute is so irrational as [...]
Dlisted (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
At NYC's Jewish Center last night, Jon Grosselin and his new spiritual adviser (and fellow fame fucker) Rabbi Shmuley Boteach sat on thrones (THRONES) to discuss how he's beginning the road to redemption. Unfortunately, redemption is not a far off place where rabid possums devour used tampons whole. Darn. Gawker says that they charged $20 at the door for this douche extravaganza! Think of all the...
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Stage parents will latch on to this one -- not all child actors have a tough time later in life (see: Gary Coleman). Some become lawyers. Jennifer Snyder ate Jell-o pudding with Bill Cosby and starred in more than 50 other commercials before eventually attending Villanova Law School and becoming a partner at Dilworth Paxon. Snyder, who still acts and sings, is profiled in the current New York Lawyer...
Slog (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
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The Superficial (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
For some reason Lindsay Lohan was invited to Sir Richard Branson's "Rock the Kasbah" event last night in LA despite the fact she has the star power of swine flu these days. Then again, I could see how having... ...read full story
Gratuitous Violins (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Gratuitous Violins rating: *** out of **** Even though I graduated from college sometime in the last century, I still remember what it was like: the ink barely dry on my diploma, settling into my first (low-paying) job and my first lousy apartment, my first loan payment due in a matter of months. Oh, the memories. But I never had the experience of living in a neighborhood like Avenue Q , which is where...
The Official Site of Grant Miller. (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Afghans are bracing for another election after President Hamid Karzai agreed to a run-off following widespread fraud and irregularities from the Aug. 20 first-round vote. Here's a look at the candidates on the upcoming ballot: Hamid Karzai . Abdullah Abdullah , former Afghan Foreign Minister. Ralph Nader, consumer rights advocate. Abdullah Abdullah , Jr., Abdullah Abdullah's son . Cruz Bustamante ,...
Gheorghe: The Blog (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Errata in the Film Version of my Memoirs I know it's a great privilege to have one's memoirs made into a feature film, and I realize that a film needs to have mass appeal and can't have the sophistication of a book, but (and I don't mean to gripe) I have a few complaints about the liberties taken with my work. First, the title. My memoir is called "Wasted Soul." Although the film retained...
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