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Archive for September, 2008

Virgin lips!

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in General, Health & Wellness, Love & Relationships, Marriage & Family, Religion | No Comments »

Rock Me Sexy Jesus | Slog | The Stranger | Seattle's Only Newspaper: A columnist whose work I’ve never read before, Gwen Daniels, at a student newspaper I’ve never heard of, ... Read more..

You just can’t make this stuff up… who needs comedy writers when you have Sarah Palin?

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Election 2008, General, YouTube | No Comments »

I laughed SO HARD when I watched the SNL sketch, largely because once Tina-Sarah started talking, I recognized that a HUGE portion of what she was saying was a nearly-verbatim ... Read more..

NY Times Op-Ed: The 3 A.M. Call

Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Election 2008, General | No Comments »

So what do we know about the readiness of the two men most likely to end up taking that call? Well, Barack Obama seems well informed and sensible about matters ... Read more..

Conservatives to McCain camp: Let Palin be Palin – CNN.com

Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Election 2008, General | 5 Comments »

Despite my railing on Palin, I'm still not ruling out the possibility that this is all just a finely-crafted facade intended to drastically lower expectations for Sarah Palin's performance at ... Read more..

Did McCain become a potty mouth during the debates?

Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Election 2008, General, YouTube | No Comments »

Did John McCain call Barack Obama's argument horseshit on national television? My friend sent me this video and although I didn't notice it during the actual debate, now that I ... Read more..

Papa Bear McCain Protects His Delicate Lipstick Pitbull

Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Election 2008, General | No Comments »

What on earth is this?!!? Papa Bear McCain babysits Little Pitbull Palin so she doesn't say anything stupid? Wow. She can't even be left on her own anymore - he ... Read more..

One student comments on Wasilla’s “sex education” program

Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Election 2008, General, Health & Wellness, Music, Reproductive Rights, Shopping, US | No Comments »

A graduate of Wasilla High School comments on lack of sex education: Abstinence-only education is great in theory, but it is not practical. For every emergency drill I went through ... Read more..

Regarding CA’s Proposition 8

Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, Election 2008, Law & Politics, LGBT, Marriage & Family, Marriage Equality | No Comments »

I felt compelled to re-link to this blog entry after the recent comment on my entry about Google's taking an official stance against Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment which would ... Read more..

Congress unveils rescue bill (CNN)

Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Banking, Financial, General | No Comments »

Congress unveils rescue bill (CNN). I still think it's just amazing how it's become the accepted convention to use the $700 billion as the baseline for this bailout. Where did this ... Read more..

Michael Moore on the “bailout”

Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Banking, Financial, General | No Comments »

From Michael Moore's website: Friends, Let me cut to the chase. The biggest robbery in the history of this country is taking place as you read this. Though no ... Read more..

Website URL poll. Chocolate. Chocolate website URL poll. Mmmm. Chocolate.

Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

I need your opinion, dear readers! Please fill out my chocolate website poll! Thanks!! Read more..

Sarah Palin’s Interview with Charlie… the Unicorn!

Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in Election 2008, General, YouTube | No Comments »

I was watching that last video and after seeing the montage of "Charlie" this and "Charlie" that, I thought it would be hilarious if somebody made some sort of parody ... Read more..

MSNBC on Palin’s intelligence (or lack thereof)

Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in Election 2008, General, YouTube | No Comments »

YouTube - Facts: Sarah Palin is Stupid. My favorites: "I can see right into the headquarters of Chase Bank from my office, so on the Sarah Palin scale, that makes me ... Read more..

Jack Cafferty speaks the truth about Sarah Palin

Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Election 2008, Financial, General, Music, Points & Prizes, Shopping, YouTube | No Comments »

YouTube - Jack Cafferty slams Sarah Palin!. Visit Cafferty's blog entry for a transcript. Spend a couple of minutes reading people's comments on this entry - thankfully most of them ... Read more..

Official Google Blog takes stance against CA’s Proposition 8

Saturday, September 27th, 2008 Posted in Civil Rights, General, Marriage Equality, News, Web | 2 Comments »

Official Google Blog: Our position on California's No on 8 campaign. Sticking to their corporate motto: Don't Be Evil. Thanks, Google! Read more..

Klein: Obama Wins Debate On Tactics and Strategies – TIME

Saturday, September 27th, 2008 Posted in Election 2008, General | No Comments »

TIME Magazine's Joe Klein: Obama Wins Debate On Tactics and Strategies Toward the very end of tonight's debate—which was quite a good one, I believe—John McCain laid out his rationale in ... Read more..

Transcript of presidential debate – CNN.com

Saturday, September 27th, 2008 Posted in Election 2008, General | No Comments »

FYI: Transcript of presidential debate @ CNN.com. Read more..

Hey McCain: Show us your true face, why don’t you?

Saturday, September 27th, 2008 Posted in Election 2008, General | No Comments »

On a completely catty note, is it just me, or was there something reptilian about McCain's appearance tonight? During the debate his face was stretched so tightly I thought he ... Read more..

My favorite moment of the night, and other quick impressions

Saturday, September 27th, 2008 Posted in Election 2008, General | No Comments »

Ultimately, I think declaration of victory will pretty much fall on straight party lines. I have to say, though, that my favorite "Laugh Out Loud" moment of the night came ... Read more..

Politeness, tact, and diplomacy: Signs of weakness? McCain thinks so!

Saturday, September 27th, 2008 Posted in Election 2008, General, Law & Politics, News, Television, US, YouTube | 10 Comments »

Wow. John McCain's campaign has been putting out some pretty desperate ads, but this one just takes the cake. This ad pretty much crystallizes one of the key differences between ... Read more..

Presidential Debate #1: Drinking Game

Friday, September 26th, 2008 Posted in Election 2008, General, Law & Politics, Television | No Comments »

Courtesy of my friend C: Obama McCain Anyone "Now listen..." ... Read more..

Note to self: Don’t piss off David Letterman

Friday, September 26th, 2008 Posted in Election 2008, General, Humor, Television | 3 Comments »

Letterman keeps up McCain tirade - CNN.com.Noting that McCain wanted to postpone Friday's first debate with Obama, Letterman said running mate Sarah Palin wanted to put off her debate with ... Read more..

McCain to show up for debate after all – CNN.com

Friday, September 26th, 2008 Posted in Election 2008, General | 3 Comments »

Well isn't that magnanimous of him. Scheming scumbag. Bash said a senior adviser to McCain agreed that McCain seemed to be hindering the negotiating process rather than helping it. "We understand that ... Read more..

Coincidence? I think not.

Thursday, September 25th, 2008 Posted in Election 2008, General, Humor | No Comments »

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Deal, or no deal?

Thursday, September 25th, 2008 Posted in Election 2008, Financial, General | No Comments »

I'd bet a whole lot of dollars (or donuts) that the Republicans are cooperating with McCain to give him an excuse to postpone the debate. I think everybody realizes a ... Read more..