Daily Archives: June 12, 2008
It’s Like 1982 Never Ended!
Posted on June 12, 2008 13 Comments
Journey’s new album enters the charts at #5. Don’t stop believin’, man!
FARK Heatsink Entry
Posted on June 12, 2008 23 Comments
My AMC piece is going to be/has been linked to on FARK today, and I suspect at least some of them will find their way back here, so for those of them who choose not to leave comments on the AMC site (which would be preferable), here’s a place for them here. New folks and […]
Those Crazy Activist Judges Are At It Again
Posted on June 12, 2008 402 Comments
They’ve gone and given the Gitmo detainees habeas corpus rights! What’s next? Fair trials? Madness! That said, for my money, the news here is not that the Supreme Court reaffirmed the rule of law and the US Constitution, but that it did it by the scary-thin margin of 5-4, with the four against it being […]
Fox News Would Like To Take a Moment To Remind You That the Obamas Are As Black As Satan’s Festering, Baby-Eating Soul
Posted on June 12, 2008 336 Comments
Back in the day — you know, when presidential candidates were respectably white — news organizations called potential First Ladies “wives.” But now that black folks are running, we can get all funky fresh with the lingo, yo. So it’s basically fine for Fox News to use “Baby Mama” for Michelle Obama, slang that implies […]
Another Thursday, Another AMC Column
Posted on June 12, 2008
And this is week I think is a particularly interesting subject: Why so many “classic” science fiction films aren’t actually good. Because a lot of them aren’t, you know. I mention two specifically, but I could have named so many others. I’m sure you could, too. And should, in the comment thread over there.
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying