Jewish guilt
Something for “Nothing”
D.C. rapper and Go-Go enthusiast Wale (think valet not whale) has a new mix tape out called “The Mix Tape About Nothing”. As you might have guessed from the title and cover art, it contains more than a few references to Seinfeld.
If you’re already skeptical, rest assured that Wale’s skill as a lyricist lends more [...]
The White Working Class.
Lost in all the coverage last night about how shocking it is that 33% of Hillary’s supporters in Kentucky would support John McCain in the Fall instead of Obama is the fact that, in 2004, 42% of white working class Democrats voted for George Bush over John Kerry. Same thing in 2000, give or take [...]
Edwards, Hitler, blah blah blah.
I was psyched to see John Edwards endorse Barack Obama, largely because he is so lithe and sinewy committed to ending poverty, and because John Edwards is someone who can pull him to the left policy-wise and might make a killer Attorney General. But I was struck by the wording of his speech:
“There is one [...]
Covering the news that really matters.
Today I booked my colleague at The Nation, Betsy Reed, on midday MSNBC. Betsy has a fantastic and very important article out this week, “Race to the Bottom: How Hillary Clinton’s campaign played the race card—and drove a wedge into the feminist movement.” They promised us 15 minutes, which really means 7, which is still [...]
Top down, metal legs up, that’s the way…
so one of the guiding principles of Pinko is that we’re sex positive and think that you can do your thing whatever that thing might be, but this one is just beyond the pale.
A man in central Ohio is accused of having sex with his picnic table The investigation began when a tipster gave police [...]
Wiping Kidney Dialysis right off the map.
One country has eliminated a shortage of transplant kidneys, by creating system to pay kidney donors, and (I’m about to link to a Cato Institute report, ready? Here we go…), it’s apparently working. That country is Iran.
The Iranian system works through a volunteer organization and is “highly standardized and regulated with only modest room for [...]
9-11 jewish conspiracies, Hannah Montana, woofhunting.
I’m back from a few days at the Green Festival in Seattle, which was a nice event and gives me a lot of ground to cover the next few days on some really neat finds. In the meantime, a few random notes for Wednesday:
(1) We just got a fax at my day job at The [...]
Las Vegas Dispatch
At the Flamingo. Walked through the lobby. Construction worker conference in progress. Extremely large man at the bar. Tshirt emblazoned with a knockoff of a “Snapple” logo. He sort of looked like Wendy the snapple lady, actually, only Wendy the snapple lady if she was a man and an HVAC contractor. The text on his [...]
Hitchens, Hot Dogs, Chicago 10. I’m SO angry grrrr!
Went to Vanity Fair’s premiere last night of the Chicago 10, a film about the legendary protests and violence at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. Though I disagreed with many of the choices (especially the choice to involve Ethan Hawke in any way, particularly in anime form) it’s important to see. Our moment in [...]
Ashton Kutcher, Hepatitis.
He’s totally got it. From the NYT this morning:
The city’s health department is offering hepatitis A vaccinations “as a precautionary measure” to patrons who may have been exposed at Socialista, a West Village lounge and restaurant where a bartender was found to have the disease. Socialista is popular among celebrities, and Ashton Kutcher and Demi [...]
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