Yeah, We’re Doomed.

There are days I think we’re really going to be all right. Sure, things are screwed up, but eventually, common sense prevails and the decency in people shines through, right?
And then something comes along and cock-slaps the hell out of that quaint little notion.
Last night, Fox debuted a new game show called “Hole in the [...]

Security, Part 1

FEMA Phone System Hacked
The hacker made more than 400 calls on a FEMA voice-mail system in Emmitsburg, Md., on Aug. 16 and 17. FEMA said it appears that a “hole” was left open by the contractor when the voice-mail system was being upgraded…
Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, India and Yemen are among the countries that calls were [...]

The Big Story

Let’s see, now we’ve got panic over home prices, food prices, and gas prices.
And what’s the big story this morning? An ad in North Carolina.
Yeah, I think we’ve heard about enough from Mr. News Media today.

What Was That Noise?

Oh yeah. It was my respect for Tom Wolfe leaping to its death.
The author of Bonfire of the Vanities gushed praise for doughy pantload Jonah Goldberg’s book, which takes the novel view that keeping children from working 60-hour weeks in factories is fascist and un-American.

Dirty Sexy Money: Republican Edition

This show just keeps going on.

Sen. Larry Craig: “I am not gay, I never have been gay.” Multiple gay men: “Oh really, Larry?”
Rudy Giuliani revealed to have billed taxpayers for trips to see his mistress, used NYPD drive her and her friends around, and even walk her dog. Oh, and in other news, he’s taken [...]