Archive for June, 2008
Bad start for new Slate editor David Plotz. In the hurry to nail Tom Cruise on his shitty new movie where everyone somehow has either a British or American accent whilst being German, Slate kinda didn’t do any fact checking. AP gotcha! Advertisements
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Tags: David Plotz, slate, Tom Cruise
Making Sense out of FISA
The Huffington Post’s big headline this afternoon is how the “netroots” movement is drifting away from Obama, or Obama is drifting away from them–Uh basically, what you need to know is that Democrats are aiming yet another loaded gun at their foot right now. Maybe it’s actually an automatic rifle. Why is the left coming […]
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Tags: AT&T, bush administration, civil liberties, constitution, constitutional law, daily kos, democrats, Feingold, FISA, Foreign Intelligence, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, george bush, George W. Bush, Huffington Post, immunity, impeachment, nader, nancy pelosi, netroots, Obama, patriot act, Sprint, telecom, think progess, Verizon, War on Terror
George Carlin, the best, RIP
There’s going to be many tributes coming, but I have to say it will be interesting to see how Carlin’s death is handled. As Carlin was a staunch atheist, we can only hope that people will respect him and his beliefs enough not to say “he’s looking down on us now,” or “he’s happy now.” […]
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Tags: all time, Carlin, comedian, death, funny, George, George Carlin, George Carlin death, George Carlin RIP, greatest comedian, obscenity, seven words you can't say, Supreme Court, tribute
Cheers all, I must admit that, as I said in my first ever post for Poliology, I did have some selfish reasons for starting this blog. Perhaps my Emerson education has brought out my need to communicate, perhaps its only brought out or developed my arrogance, but regardless of my motivation, I was extremely curious […]
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Tags: A&E, blood doping, cancer, cancer patients, Chad, Chad Intervention, crack, crack addiction, cycling, EPO, Gunther, home wrecker, Kate Hudson, Lance Armstrong, life ruining, Livestrong, Owen Wilson, Owen Wilson suicide, Paul, Paul Gunther, steiroids, suicide, truth
Slate’s KG celebration breakdown
Congrats to the Celtics in their well deserved win over the Lakers. The team of championship-less veterans fought hard, and it was never in doubt down the stretch. No one put more into the season than Kevin Garnett. That was certainly revealed in the post game. Here’s the video of what went down Slate had […]
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Tags: ABC, Boston, Boston Celtics, Boston Garden, Celtics, determined, ESPN, Game 6, Garnett, Kevin, KG, KG freaking out, Michelle Tafoya, NBA Champions, NBA championship, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Sports, Tafoya, victory
Guest Post Laura Crawford Multiple blog commentator. Whose Life Are You Ruining Now Lance Armstrong? Cancer Survivor, Seven Time Tour De France Winner, Father, Energy Drink Hocker, and Ruiner of Lives. Yes, Lance Armstrong is all of those things. During his time in the limelight Lance has ruined the lives of many people. Despite the […]
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Tags: cancer, cancer patients, Chad, Chad Intervention, crack, crack addiction, cycling, home wrecker, Kate Hudson, Lance Armstrong, life ruining, Livestrong, Owen Wilson, Owen Wilson suicide, Sports, steiroids, suicide
At roughly 60 million dollars for two years totalling 20 goals: He’s insane in the Ukraine-Andriy Shevchenko VS. 2 million dollars for one performance: the Tranorexic Track Mark, Amy Winehouse Is someone making Amy Winehouse look good right now? I think so…
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Tags: Amy Winehouse, Andriy Shevchenko, billionaire, chelsea fc, drunk, english premier league, owner, Roman Abromavich, russian, Shevchenko, Sports, Winehouse
