Scott McClellan, You Thieving Douche!

31May08

Scott McClellan thought he was all cool or something this week, when he was all over cable TV promoting his groundbreaking book, What Happened. McClellan may even get to testify before congress based on the not-so-stunning revelation that the Bush administration did some really fucked up shit. Sorry, I sound bitter, but that bastard stole […]

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Tags: bush, Clinton, Dick Cheney, ethics, George, George W. Bush, McClellan, Obama, politics, Press Secretary, Scooter Libby, Scott, Scott McClellan, speaking out, speaking truth, Valerie Plame, W, What Happened, whistleblower, White House

Couldn’t Help It; Rachael Ray is a Terrorist

28May08

The blogosphere and mainstream media finally caught on to what Anthony Bourdain has been saying for years: Rachael Ray is a terrorist. News broke yesterday that blogger Michelle Malkin was considering a boycott Ray-endorsed Dunkin Donuts because the culinarily-challenged Ray wears what Malkin labels a keffiyah, which apparently “terrorists” use as “anti-Israel” code. First of […]

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Tags: Ahmadinejad, appeaser, Barack, Barack Obama, bush, Dunkin Donuts, Food Network, george bush, Iran, Israel, Keith Olbermann, malkin, michelle, michelle malkin, Middle east, MSNBC, Obama, Palistine, President, Rachael Ray, Sean Hannity, terrorism, W, world's worst person

Update: Henneberger Counters Lithwick

28May08

Melinda Henneberger, a consistently thoughtful member of Slate’s XX Factor blog, counters the Dahlia Lithwick article on election fraud which I wrote about yesterday. Henneberger is nicer than I am, but shares similar criticisms. An excerpt: On the electoral front, Dahlia, your point about sagging voter confidence being self-fulfilling is dead right. But do we […]

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Tags: 2000 election, cheating, Clinton, dahlia, dahlia lithwick, Democrat, die-bold, electronic voting machines, henneberger, lithwick, melinda, melinda henneberger, Obama, republican, voter fraud, voting machines

Slate Needs to Hire a New Lawyer (and Drop the Contrarian Bullshit)

27May08

What’s almost as dumb as invoking the assassination of a Civil Rights leader when you’re losing to a candidate that happens to be black? Writing an article suggesting that voter fraud will not at all be in issue a race with the first ever black candidate. Dahlia Lithwick, Slate’s legal expert, today in a pseudo […]

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Tags: 2000 election, 2004 election ohio, bush, dahlia, dahlia lithwick, election, election fraud, fraud, george bush, Jeb Bush, john kerry, kennedy, lithwick, recount, robert f kennedy jr, Rolling Stone, slate, W

Announcing…

27May08

Your’s truly is joining the WERS program You Are Here, a weekly discussion in public affairs. I will be reporting on various topics with mostly a political bend, this weekend will be on trash removal. Check it out at http://wers.org

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RIP Avram’s Job

25May08

Fired from Chelsea after Didier Drogba lost them the Champions League Final, Avram Grant’s future is in doubt, with Chelsea being the only piece of managing experience on his resume. Manchester City may be calling…

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Tags: Avram, Avram Grant, chelsea, Didier Drogba, drogba, Grant, Manchester City, Sports, Sven Goran-Eriksson

How to End the Democratic Primary

23May08

Huffington Post is pushing a story today from Hotline blog that may provide the answer for how to get Hillary to stop drop out. It’s something that has occurred to me before, but when I mentioned it to someone knowledgable on politics, they said it could never work. Well, maybe it can: As Hillary Rodham […]

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Hey, Here’s the Exact Opposite of How an Athlete Should Act

23May08

As reported yesterday, Chelsea FC lost to Man U in the Champions’ League Final on Wednesday. John Terry, center back defender, someone who I’ve never seen take a penalty in my years of watching Chelsea play, missed what would have been the clinching goal, slipping as he kicked it. Many wondered why Terry was sent up to […]

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Tags: Anelka, Arsenal, champions league, chelsea, drogba, ESPN, France, Liverpool, manchester, Nicolas, Sports, striker, Thierry Henry, UEFA, winger

The Politics of Rap

22May08

While I don’t agree with everything in it, there is a fascinating article posted on the Root today about the politics of rap music. In the article, which is actually an excerpt from his new book All About the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can’t Save Black America, John McWhorter takes on primarily “underground” rap (you know, […]

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Don’t Let Him Slap You, KG!

22May08

A crushing loss for me and my fellow Chelsea supporters yesterday, going down on penalties 6-5. While some may argue it was John Terry’s blown penalty that would have won it, you can’t blame him too much because he kept out a goal earlier. However, Didier Drogba, who has bitched all season after the firing […]

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Tags: Alex Ferguson, champions league, chelsea, drogba, duke, english, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Jose Mourinho, makalele, Man U, manchester, Nemanja Vidic, premier league, ronaldo, scholes, Sports