Anderson Cooper says “I’m gay.” America says “No shit.” Am I the only person who doesn’t feel sorry for Katie Holmes? Tom Cruise didn’t “ruin” her career…her acting did that. Whatever millions she’s ever able to shake Cruise down for are more than she’d ever make trying to get “Mad Money 2” green lit. Obama’s…
Category: Thursday
Petty Issues, Healthcare Law Edition: Fox News Pulls a Fox News, Boehner Lies, and Cantor Remains Dimwitted
[The subtitle of this title could be “or, in other words, today is Thursday.” Still, there was more than enough material to devote an entire Petty Issues to the healthcare law.] John Boehner once again seemed flummoxed by the constitution as he actually uttered this quote (just imagine Tom Brokaw’s voice, and you’ve got Boehner’s…
Larger Editorial: The Supreme Court Upholds Healthcare Law, Now Can We Finally, Finally Move On?
Just a few minutes ago, the Supreme Court upheld the entirety of the Obama Health Care Law that congress already passed over two years ago. That’s right, they even upheld the dreaded individual mandate requiring people to buy health insurance (so the cost of the entire system will go down, and only affecting about 6…
Final Asia Pictures (Photos Inside with Two Video)
A collection of all the “interesting” photos that I couldn’t fit anywhere else… You might have heard Asians are bad drivers, well consider that stereotype absolute bullshit. I recorded a little chunk of time outside a typical street corner and was amazed at how pedestrians, bikes, scooters, cars, those weird vans that look like…
Hong Kong Scenery, The Buddha Statue and The Peak (Pictures AND Video Inside)
I’ll keep the description short since this is really just an excuse to show a handful of vacation pictures…I mean, uhhh…write an in-depth expose of Hong Kong’s scenic beauty. Yeah, that’s it…I’ll say that I wasn’t quite as big a fan of Hong Kong as Shanghai, but there was a lot less pollution and certainly…
Larger Editorial: Why the Chinese Government is the Shadiest in the World
I don’t agree with neo-cons about much (as is by now obvious to anyone who has ever visited the site, read an article title, or even glanced at the web address), but I do agree with them that the ruling Politburo in China aren’t very nice people. Of course, the right wing doesn’t really talk…
Shanghai Sites and Scenery (Pictures Inside)
As a follow-up to the “editorial” I posted a few weeks back about Shanghai’s singular architecture, it’s finally time I make good on a promise to post more pictures from the trip. It’s not been easy to load the pictures onto the site for some reason, but I’m truly sorry it took this long. [The…
Larger Editorial: Shanghai’s Unique Architecture (Pictures Galore Inside)
The first thing you notice about Shanghai is that it has an architectural style unlike any other city in the world. It’s as if the world’s biggest Blade Runner fan decided to plan an entire city around steampunk designs. Here are only a few examples… …
Larger Editorial: Why We Need to Rediscover Economic Liberalism
Who is this ambiguous “we” in the title of this post? Democrats? Liberals in general? Bloggers? New Yorkers/San Franciscans/urban dwellers on both coasts? How about all of the above? Democrats, liberals, liberal progressives, social liberals, whoever votes or has voted or will vote for a progressive cause in their lifetime desperately need to rediscover the…
Larger Editorial: I May “Like” Romney More, but Santorum Was the Better Candidate Against Obama
Immediate Disclaimer about the headline of this article: 1. I do NOT like Mitt Romney, only that I think he would be a better president than Santorum (a man who has no equal in ignorance and hypocrisy). 2. I do NOT think Santorum would be a better president, merely a better candidate. To explain further:…
Larger Editorial: Why (Unfortunately) Dick Clark Will Be More Imitated Than Mike Wallace
We’ve lost two icons of media in just as many weeks, but (sadly) the wrong one will leave the much bigger legacy on the pop cultural landscape. When you contrast two figures as stylistically and substantially different as Dick Clark (the New Year’s Eve countdown guy, the guy who paved the way for American Idol,…
Petty Issues: A Rogue’s Gallery of Assholes
Ordinarily in this feature, we like to talk a little about current events and list the Asshole of the Week at the very bottom, but this week, there are just way too many assholes to save it for the very end… Fifth Biggest Asshole This Week: Sarah Palin. No surprise that perennial offender Palin—-who at…
Larger Editorial: Forget Social Conservatives, the Real Radical Shift is Among Fiscal Conservatives
The most popular punching bag of the last thirty years is the hyper-divisive beast known as “The Social Conservative.” This is the guy or gal who has inserted themselves as the “nay” vote in all of today’s most heated cultural wedge issues, and has fought against everything from gay Civil Rights to allowing women easier…