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The obligatory abortion post The Toronto Star's Antonia Zerbisias - whose Broadsides will be added to the blogroll when I get around t...

Milton Wolff RIP Milton Wolff should have been a lot more famous than he was, but he lived a life worth living. He was the last commander of...

Theocrats gone wild With apologies to Jon Stewart and the Daily Show, here is your International Moment of Zen Theocratic Wingnuttery: Forme...

Gentlemen, consider yourself warned Bedtime conversation tonight between me and my five-year-old daughter, whose obsession with princesses o...

Because America needs more flabby, middle-aged, wealthy, white, nativist reactionaries in power What with the writers strike and the need fo...

"You can't bring the Constitution in here, this is the National Archives" It may come as a surprise to some that the Constitut...

George Bush proves the nonexistance of God Because if there was a God, he/she/it/they would be chucking the thunderbolts, raining down fire ...

It's been a hard day's night Not everyone enjoyed the band as much as I did I saw this band at a Xmas party in our Tokyo suburb. I...

Naked pictures Someone, somewhere must have a box full of photographs of the head of Doubleday books having carnal relations of an exceeding...

Sunday night round up So much to blog about and so little time, so here are some of the recent highs and lows I've seen on the interweb ...

Dare to be stupid Via Roy Edroso at Alicublog with are treated to the utterly unironic call to arms for conservatives not to be intimidated ...

A belated Xmas post Another member of the International Santa Conspiracy is heard from in Ponoka . We are everywhere.

I cannot bear Mitt Romney And neither can the Mike Huckabee, who in typical Republican Mayberry Machivelli style held a press conference whe...

Remember to forget The on-going battle to keep the media monoliths from screwing with fair use in copyright and extending their ownership of...

Headlines we are inordinately proud of - Part 73 Today's Daily Yomiuri - I didn't edit this one, but I did suggest the headline SD...

Hello U.N.? I'd like to report a crime against humanity The horror, the horror. From the article: Among the dishes, Manaka especially...

No nailfiles, no liquids, no pulling of fingers And lay off the chili and beer the day before a flight too. Holy unintended consquences Batm...

And the winner is..... Not me. But just the same, I'd like to thank the members of the academy, my producers, the writers, my parents, a...

Peace on Earth and goodwill toward men, except for you bastards in the back, you're lucky to be getting coal in your stocking This being...

Priorities Lucky for all you folks in the Excited States that your government has its priorities in order. In this time of war and economic ...