The privileged class
It looks like the media have, once again, been played for patsies. Rove is history (and not in a good way), the silliness of predicting future events is back in …
A Rove is a Rove
In today’s Oklahoman, in an AP story about President Bush’s new ethics guidelines for White House employees, the name of the Deputy Chief of Staff, which hasn’t exactly been scarce …
The Oklahoma Hippy
Found another lefty Okie blogger, in this case at Daily Kos (via diary). The Oklahoma Hippy calls his blog Phish Fan in Jeebus Land. I know that Phish is a …
CIA, Iraq and crime
Maxspeak warns about throwing around the accusation”treason” too lightly, and he’s right. But then he says something else worth remembering as this tangled web continues to unwind: […] the CIA …
Between the lines of Plamegate coverage
Americablog provides an excellent analysis of what we know and don’t know about the leak of Plame’s name (and of course now so much more). Still pending: * Who authored …
Are Republicans suicide bombers?
A new survey shows that, 7-1, Republicans think that the US and its allies should respond to the London terrorist attacks with military force (one might wonder where to bomb, …
God-dammit-to-fucking-shit
When I was a teenager, and not allowed to swear or ever express any negativity at home, in my pent-up rage at just about everything, I developed a mega-curse I …
Margaret Cho, bellydancer
Margaret Cho was already the coolest person on the planet, and a guru of the highest order, but now she has taken up bellydancing and my head is exploding with …
The human truth behind religious displays
Sarah Vowell is subbing for Maureen Dowd on the op-ed pages of the NY Times today, and addresses the recent Supreme Court ruling about the monuments of the 10 Commandments …