I Have a Copy of “Spiral Scratch” by the Buzzcocks on Vinyl…
…and you don’t. Unless you do. Click the image below for a rundown of why you should, courtesy of Shallyboy’s Music.
The Impossibility of Compliance
Last year, my brother got on a plane from Chicago to Baltimore and was about to go through security when he realized that he had a foldable exacto-knife on his person. As someone who had long worked in construction, carrying such an implement had become second nature: such box cutters are handy things to have.… Read More The Impossibility of Compliance
Civility: I Do Not Think That Word Means What You Think It Means
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Have I mentioned that the Byronic Man is Funny? He is.
The proof of being really funny is the ability to make anything funny. George Carlin even had a way of making rape funny: picture Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd. Behold: Byronic makes getting a bee stuck in your ear funny.
If Some of the Blogs I Read Were Teenage Girls and the 2012 GOP Primary were the Senior Prom…
…Ace of Spades would be the one still upset that her football-star boyfriend is out of the running for Prom King, due to an academic supsension, even though, like spluh! he’s obviously better looking and cooler than anyone else, and they’re all just jealous for not seeing it. …Other McCain would be the one constantly… Read More If Some of the Blogs I Read Were Teenage Girls and the 2012 GOP Primary were the Senior Prom…
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Tones Down the Rhetoric Out of Both Sides of Her Mouth
She “hesitates to place blame,” but steels herself for the task anyway. Blood libel doesn’t just spread itself. Now would be a great time to provide links to my old coverage of the Gifford Shooting at Revolutionary Nonsense, since we’re taking that trip down memory lane.
The Unexpectedly! Economy
Jobs were added in December. They decreased in January. Our Salvation seems to be late. Unexpectedly.
Oxfordians: The Birthers of the Elizabethan Renaissance
I have long wearied of the tiresome assertion that Shakespeare did not write Shakespeare. This phillipic by Ron Rosenbaum against the cinematic albatross Anonymous is three months old, but punctures the key argument of the Oxford fantasy: In the opening, our fancy-pants British narrator (Derek Jacobi) tells us disdainfully that Shakespeare only had a “grammar school” education,… Read More Oxfordians: The Birthers of the Elizabethan Renaissance
The Republican Party Returneth, Like a Dog, Unto its Own Vomit. But it Doesn’t Matter.
Stacy McCain links this damning comparison of the 2012 primary election to the 2008 primary election. I’m thinking of a Republican primary. It starts with a candidate (John McCain/Mitt Romney) who ran once before, came in second place, and won over the party’s elite class without winning over its base. Other candidates, understandably unwilling to… Read More The Republican Party Returneth, Like a Dog, Unto its Own Vomit. But it Doesn’t Matter.
In Which I Argue Against Every Point I Just Made About the Election
Just because I’m cynical about the remaining forlorn hope for a Not-Mitt doesn’t mean I’m any more pleased about it than say, the gang at Protein Wisdom. Let’s consider some other possibilities. Either of the Ricks (Perry or Santorum) Might Win South Carolina. New Hampshire has an open primary. That means Democrats and Independents voted.… Read More In Which I Argue Against Every Point I Just Made About the Election
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