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posted by on October 31 at 7:14 AM
But Fox News Said it Was Al Qaeda: A boy playing with matches is the arsonist that set at least one of the California wildfires.
It Couldn’t Happen Here: Alleged “mastermind” of Madrid terror bombing acquitted, along with six alleged accomplices. Four other accused men convicted.
Debatable: The lost boys gang up on Hillary Clinton. You can read Eli Sanders live-blogging of the second-to-last Dem debate here. Andrew Sullivan says it was a good night—for the GOP.
Attorney General Nominee: Mukasey says waterboarding isn’t torture (except when the Gestapo or Khmer Rouge do it). Now Senate Dems are very seriously considering whether or not to refrain from actually voting to confirm Bush’s latest torture-enabling nominee.
Everything Gives You Cancer: But that gut of yours can give you six cancers.
Britney Spears’ Year of Tears: Parenting coach tells court that Britney is a terrible parent.
Same-Sex Parents Defy Emerging Stereotypes: Study shows that—in California at least—same-sex parents are likelier to be non-white, non-affluent, non-male.
Take the Bus: It looks like families will have to take the bus to the Zoo after all—who will break it to David Della?
How’d You Do? Danny Westneat quizes the voters in advance next Tuesday’s election.
Can You Stand It? Ladies and gentlemen, Ann Miller—and so much more.
In light of all the exciting republican sex scandals, I really should've posted this earlier:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-827561891976725007
My final year film from university was screened last year, a month or two before the Mark Foley scandal and all of these other exciting events. I had no idea it would be so prescient.
It's a short comedy-mystery that has weird conservative sex, robots, a cute servant boy, lots of sex jokes and the line "Well, for a conservative he's awfully... fellating a boy"
It's right up Dan's alley, and so presumably anyone who reads the Slog regularly.
Do enjoy.
Were you trying to link to Same-sex couples raising children less likely to be white, wealthy?
Sullivan? He's a tool.
SEE?! I told you it wasn't global warming!! I told you so!! And that kid has ties to Al Qaeda too! I bet he knows where the WMD's are at in Syria!!! Nothing to do with Global Warming!!!
Ugghhh... Edwards and Obama came of as not presidential but desperate....
F*ck! I suppose I will go with Hillary at this point. But she damn well is not getting any money from me and I am not putting up any damn yard signs for her. I will vote for her BUT THAT IS IS!!
Get ready for Republican Lite for 4 to 8 years.
Gotta love this line from the Brittney Spears parenting article:
"Judge Scott Gordon has ordered the kids to remain with their father, rapper Kevin Federline,"
RAPPER?! lol
Jesus -- there's so much musical-comedy in that clip I'm 25% gayer than I was 10 minutes ago.
And I didn't really need to become any faggier.
Ahh. Della Reese. I love her.
@ #2....Sullivan is not so much a "tool" as he is an intentional supporter of imperialism. On the Maher show last week he implied that Iran was better off under that butcher The Shah.
He may distance himself from Bush, but I think he supports imperialism with a human face.
Hey, forget about the zoo... Bruce Ramsey wants you to take the bus everywhere. The bus. Not the train. And you. Not him. Because he doesn't want to pay for a train to Fife.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003983805_rams31.html
Iran WAS better off under that butcher the Shah.
Della Reese, Ann Miller, sure, but stick around to the end for MISS CAROL CHANNING, people.
@ #10...The people of Iran did not think they were better off, that is why they tossed him into the dustbin of history where he belonged. If people in any country want to get rid of their government then that is their right even if it does not please. the U.S. government. It is also their right to install a government that does not please the U.S.
You don't know anything about Iran, do you, Heather? SOME of the people of Iran made a revolution, yes, but before it was even finished it was stolen from the leftists and students who started it by the mullahs, who created a theocracy. That was the furthest thing from the minds of the original revolutionaries. And very few of the people of Iran were consulted on the matter.
@11,
Tell that to the people who were butchered by Iran's theocrats.
Fnarf, I don't think pointing out how the revolution against the shah went wrong counts as a reason why Iran was better off under his regime than now. Especially considering how the shah came to power in the first place.
If you want to say people were better off under his secret police than the current secret police you'd need to show that the torture was less tortuous or the executions less summary or something along those lines.
I know why Sullivan would like the shah better. All part of being a tool.
@14,
Here's one reason why they were better off under the Shah: the Shah killed and tortured people to bolster his own power. Iranian theocrats killed/kill and tortured/torture people to bolster their own power and to enforce their incredibly narrow-minded vision of how people should behave.
What Keshmeshi said. Remember that "better off" doesn't mean "delighted". The Shah was bad news, but he didn't execute underage boys in public for sodomy, he didn't routinely threaten to nuke his neighbors, he didn't send tens of thousands of unarmed boy soldiers into battle, or force them to roll across minefields to clear the mines.
True. He did that in private.
@ #16..so for Iran the choice is "pick your poison?" Sort of like our choice here in 2008.
Not enough of that sort of thing anymore.
(And who was the blond dancer in the Carol Channing number?)
At least Kevin Smith had the good sense to include one completely superfluous song & dance number in 'Clerks 2'.
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