Archive for the ‘News and Opinion’ Category

debating red bull vodkas.

uhm … so I’m on the mailing list for the Center for Science in the Public Interest. They have been a main player in fighting for better nutrition in school meals and they take on some really savvy campaigns. They are a nonprofit we heart. Today though I got this email:
Benjamin, Share Negative Experiences With Mixing [...]

Someone superior for Interior? [updated]

Much of the domestic wreckage the Bush Administration has done to the US in his term ran through the Department of the Interior, which is supposed to help protect natural lands throughout the country but has basically become an ATM for mining and logging interests. Barack Obama is close to announcing his pick to clean [...]

Wednesday: Glad to be back!

PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: Hi everyone! I’m back from vacation in Iceland, where I spent my last afternoon in the Blue Lagoon natural geothermal pools. It’s a sustainable, renewable, architecturally-pleasing tourist attraction, i.e. progressive but not doomed. Can you think of others? In the news: Hillary Clinton is going to be Secretary of State. While Stirling is [...]

Yeah, well screw Georgia.

It looks like Saxby Chambliss by a penis nose.
Updated: As Andrew points out, 15 points isn’t really a “nose”. Insert your own penis joke here.

BREAKING: Saxby Chambliss fondles little girls

In a new video released strangely enough by the Chambliss campaign, Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss is seen groping what appears to be a very young girl moments after she is forced to call him big daddy.

I just hope the good people of Georgia do the right thing Today and keep this freaky penis nosed phedophile [...]

Tuesday is so crazy it might just work.

PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: Ben will be back tomorrow. In the meantime, I will be bringing you all the new daily hotness you can handle.
Police in Uganda are warning club-goers about female theives using their chloroform smeared breasts to knock victims unconsious. Seriously. Ok, wow. This is some serious James Bond/Doctor Evil type shit. The criminal [...]

Things called RED EYE that Suck: Travelling Home Edition

1) Since Stirling is in Chicago, it reminded me of the ubiquitous and über shitty daily newspaper The Red Eye. Back in the old days when I was employed, I turned down the guy at the train station shoving them into people’s hands every singly day.  “No thank you, I have no desire to [...]

Mondays don’t kill people…

PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: Monday is travel day in Pinkoland. Ben is heading back from Iceland (he’ll be back Wednesday) and I’ll be in Chicago until late tonight. Expect normal blogging activity to resume on Tuesday. Until then, here are a few items from the SkyMall catalog you might find interesting.
Elvis Costello has a new show [...]

Pinko on Assignment: Considering Bobby Jindal and “eco-tourism” on Snæfellsnes

Hi! I’m checking in and blogging from this amazing hotel on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in Northwest Iceland, pronunciation “!” or “?”. Basically I’m about as far as you can possibly get from anywhere, on a piece of land that is simultaneously a glacier AND a volcano, which completely blows my mind. Also there is wifi? And seals. [...]

Weekend Holiday Cheer

PINKO DAILY BRIEFS:are going to be very brief today. Here are a few things to get you in the shopping holiday mood.
Yesterday a worker at a Long Island Walmart was trampled to death when holiday shoppers rushed the store and literally broke down the doors. What kind of sick, sad world do we live in [...]