I come from a small-ish town in Oklahoma where we've never met a vegetable we couldn't fry and the only things more super-sized than our portions are the huge church complexes that alternate with fast-food restaurants along our roads. |
Never tell a feminist politician she's 'attractive' and 'a good mother.' To some, that's a 'toxic' insult. Thursday's Washington Post offered a story on how 'Women's groups target sexism in campaigns: Advocates monitoring what they call 'toxic' media environment.' Reporter Krissah Thompson never identified the groups as 'liberal,' or even 'feminist,' or noted that one of them, the Women's Media Center, (foolishly) opposed an innocuous Tim Tebow pro-life Super Bowl ad as offensive without having seen it. Thompson began: The list includes the radio talk show host who called a female senator a 'prostitute' for cutting a deal to benefit her state, the male challenger who referred to his female rival [as] 'attractive' and 'probably a good mother,' and the TV host who noted that the candidate's wife... |
(Curtis Dahlgren) - 'We have it in our power to begin the world over again.' -- Thomas Paine, c. 1774 IT'S NO SECRET THAT OUR PRESIDENT WANTS TO 'REMAKE' AMERICA (in a less liberty-oriented style). We have seen in the past year how he governs when he only thought he had absolute 'power' (just ask Bart Stupak). Ever wonder how he would govern if he actually GOT absolute power? Ask the people of Eastern Europe or Cuba... |
# mythbusted There goes the premise of that new George Clooney flick and dozens of other awesome movies. The super sexy full-time assassin is a myth: Assassins are usually regular crooks who do murder-for-hire on the side, or government agents. Borrrrrring. [ Slate ] More » |
# capcom Capcom is bringing console game Super Street Fighter IV to arcades. The game center version is getting new characters. But who? More » |
Gearbox Software's stylized postapocalyptic shooter compiling all four add-on packs later this year for $60 on 360, PS3 and $50 on PC. Gearbox Software earned critical acclaim and commercial success for the stylized shooter Borderlands upon its launch for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC last October. To capitalize on that success, Gearbox has supported the game all year long with substantive downloadable add-ons, including The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned , Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot , The Secret Armory of General Knoxx , and the recently announced Claptrap's New Robot Revolution. Borderlands GOTY Edition arrives October 12. With the game's one-year anniversary rapidly approaching, 2K Games and Gearbox announced today that it... |
(Scott) At a charity auction in 1994 or so I won the opportunity to have Mark Dayton take me and a friend to 'power lunch for two' at the Minneapolis Club. The lunch occurred toward the end of Dayton's tenure as the Minnesota state auditor. The lunch was extremely unpleasant because Dayton seemed to be unable to disagree agreeably. Dayton nevertheless put me on his Christmas card list for roughly the next five years. Over those five years Dayton used his Christmas cards to discuss the dissolution of his two marriages, his entry into rehabilitation for alcoholism and related therapy issues. Dayton's personal Issues were no secret to the many people on Dayton's Christmas card list, including virtual strangers like me. The guy is a piece of work. Dayton's second divorce immediately preceded his... |
After Kim Jong Il's safe return Monday, North Korea confirmed what for days had been clear: the Dear Leader was on a not-so-secret trip to northeastern China. |
Seraphic Secret brings us to Daniel Greenfield who takes a shot at answering his own question:There is hardly a Muslim country where Christians, Jews, Hindus, Bahai and others are not... |
# seductions The Daily Mail has managed to secure a copy of the police report detailing Julian Assange 's alleged molestation of two Swedish women. Inside, we learn that Assange's preferred method of seducing groupies is to feed them cheese. More » |
It’s the Super Bowl for TV junkies, or the Oscars for folks who prefer to consume their entertainment curled up on the couch with a beverage-and-snack combo that doesn’t cost $27.50. Yes, folks, the 2010 Emmy Awards ceremony is upon us, and EW.com is covering it with the borderline-felonious enthusiasm of Glee‘s Sue Sylvester training |
Where's Code Pink? Where's Bill Ayers and the other supporters of the Gaza Flotilla? ( Maan News ) Egyptian authorities intercepted a shipment of at least 190 rockets headed to Gaza. The Jerusalem Post reported: Egyptian authorities intercepted a shipment of at least 190 anti-aircraft missiles in Sinai probably destined for Gaza on Saturday, Palestinian news Agency Maan reported. According to the report, the Egyptian police raided several storage areas in the area and discovered the secret cache hidden in a remote region in the center of the peninsula. In addition to the anti-aircraft missiles, rockets and other ammunition were seized, as well as a large supply of illegal drugs. Reports also stated that authorities raided several locations in Rafah, where they found more stores of... |
By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa JACKSON HOLE, Wyo.(Reuters) - Bigger, as theFederal Reserve may soon discover, is not always better. The prospect of a renewed effort by the U.S. central bankto drive down already super-low borrowing costs raises theissue of whether such measures can help stimulate a recoverythat is faltering due to a lack of consumer demand. The sorry state of the U.S. economy, despite all themonetary and fiscal firepower the Fed and the U.S. Treasuryhave deployed, already befuddles the experts. Worries about adouble-dip recession are rampant, and were the topic du jour atthe Fed's annual Jackson Hole conference. Speaking at the event on Friday, Fed Chairman Ben... |
The bigger they talk, the harder they fall. Matt Hoffman learned that the hard way when the self-proclaimed “diabolical super genius” was voted out of the Big Brother house. I caught up with Matt on his way to the jury house (where he is sure to enjoy a simply delightful time with BFFs Brendon and |
The night before the 2008 draft, Knicks team president Donnie Walsh was torn between Anthony Randolph and Danilo Gallinari. According to Randolph, he was brought in for a secret workout on the eve of the draft for a second look and thought he was Knicks-bound. According to a source, the... |
The Arab world's dirty secret. |
By MATT APUZZO 2010-08-28T05:41:37Z WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration on Friday accused an analyst who worked at the State Department of leaking top secret information about North Korea to a reporter.... |
Remember back in March, when the White House made the fairly audacious move of hiring one of the world's leading visual communicators, Edward Tufte , to come up with creative ways to show how the economic stimulus package improved the economy? There is probably no one on earth who can figure out how to convince people to change their behavior and perspective based on the visual manipulation of raw data. And Tufte has a reputation for honesty and integrity: he wasn't going to gussie up anything ... he calls it 'ornamentalizing.' It's no secret that the administration is having a hard time convincing voters that caulking a few thousand homes represents something they ought to savor in the economy. It's almost as if, as voters ignore their arguments about the stimulus, the administration makes... |
By 2010-08-27T17:43:36Z MADRID (AP) -- Spanish singer Julio Iglesias has married Dutch model Miranda Rijnsburger, his partner for the past 20 years.... |
# headlines Sleepy August news is always dumber than usual. Still, before September, we need to resolve the question of Barack Obama's religion. Is he super-Muslim? The tabloid's more enthusiastic case in this photo proves it: Yes, he is. Next question? [ via ] More » |
Marc Ambinder, the political junkie who writes for the Atlantic, says he suspected, like lots of insiders, that Ken Mehlman was gay. |
For the most part, Londoners have welcomed the exotic vehicles and their wealthy Persian Gulf oil state owners, except for the occasional late-night races. |
# humor We do not know when Nintendo is releasing its 3D-glasses-free portable, the Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo has said sometime this financial year. A super shady seller of R4 cartridges, however, is more detailed. More » |
The CIA is making secret payments to multiple members of President Hamid Karzai's administration, in part to maintain sources of information in a government in which the Afghan leader is often seen as having a limited grasp of developments, according to current and former U.S. officials. |
For the most part, Londoners have welcomed the exotic vehicles and their wealthy owners from the Persian Gulf oil states, except for the occasional late-night races. |
Yeah, like we all were just thinking as the Obama Administration moved to outlaw effective but expensive anti-cancer drugs Avastin and Provenge: We know damn well the political class will have access to lifesaving drugs they outlaw for us because... |
(Orin Kerr) Once in a while folks ask me what happened to the request for super-en-banc rehearing in the Ninth Circuit, filed back in November of last year, in United States v. Comprehensive Drug Testing. The short answer is, nothing has happened. Nine months later, the Ninth Circuit hasn’t ruled yet on whether to go super-en-banc. [...] |
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A Pittsburgh woman who set out on a mission of random kindness last year as 'Secret Agent L' said more than 700 'agents' are now working with her cause. United Press International - United States - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Metro - Metro Areas |
The New Orleans Saints did more than just receive some Super Bowl praise last week during their trip to the White House. After being hailed by President Barack Obama, they took to the White House kitchen to help prepare some authentic N'Awlins food. |
Epic 4G ReviewI4U | Links | Related | Aug 16, 2010 10:08 AM EST Sprint will launch the Samsung Epic 4G (Galaxy S series) on August 31st. The Epic 4G will has a price of $249.99 after a $100 rebate. Features of the Epic 4G include 1GHz processor, 4' SUPER AMOLED... |
