(Illustration via CNN of Aurora, Colorado, theater where 14 moviegoers were killed early Friday). Awoke to some horror this morning — at least 14 people were shot dead and 50 wounded during a nut-wad shooting…
Nearly five-and-a-half years ago, Harvard energy and climate expert John Holdren, also president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, warned the planet about climate change: “We basically have three choices: mitigation, adaptation and…
Quiet and kind of warm here this early Tuesday morning on California’s northern coast, a disarming false front to the hushed riot building all over the world. As US peoples go ga-ga over gay rights…
In the neurotic groundswell last week of the absorption of gay people and the bullies that define the genre, the wars overseas have lost a lot of its news flavor with American audiences, despite the…
Story floating around the InterWebs this afternoon — seems Mitt Romney is an asshole from way back. The Washington Post has a piece up on Romney’s creepy ways while a prep-school student, instances which included…
This would be laughable if not so bat-shit crazy. A response to George Jr. this weekend via Town Square Buzz: Most of Bush’s speeches are closed to the press, and this was no exception, so…
Hard to fathom it’s not only another Monday morning, but another brand-new month — Santa Claus is way back down the road — and the planet keeps creeping forward into the gloom. Weekends are a…
Firearms ain’t just guns, it’s a state of mind. Remarkably, shopping for guns while your babies boil in a hot van might indicate a redneck asshole, but not illegal: (background via the San Francisco Chronicle):…
Doc: I don’t give a shit if he’s from Johannesburg. I don’t want to hear dune koon or sand nigger from him or anybody. Vig: Captain uses those terms. Troy: The point is, Conrad, ‘towel…
Now we’re taxiing in, she says, “Welcome to O’Hare International Airport . . .” Well, how can someone who is just arriving herself possibly welcome me to a place she isn’t even at yet? Doesn’t…