US Airways has acknowledged that less than a week before having a college student arrested for allegedly refusing to hike up his saggy pants while boarding, the airline allowed a man wearing little more than women’s underwear, black thigh-high stockings and heels to fly. On June 16, University of New Mexico football player Deshon Marman was removed from a … Continue reading »
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Really Lame: CIA Fake Vaccination and Bin Laden
JAMES FALLOWS – James Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and has written for the magazine since the late 1970s. A few days ago I mentioned the CIA’s effective but (in my view) long-range foolish tactic of setting up a fake-vaccination program as part of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. According to reports in the Guardian, the … Continue reading »
“Is it safe?” (‘Marathon Man’, Dustin Hoffman) video on YouTube
One of the darkest, scariest classic film moments ever…
Paul Ryan’s $350 Bottle of Wine?
Remember John Edwards‘s $400 haircut? That turned out to be quite a problem for him. It looks like Paul Ryan is about have a similar problem on his hands. According to this astounding article (with pictures) at Talking Points Memo, Ryan — the leader of the tighten-your-belt, fiscal-austerity crowd — is in the habit of drinking $350-a-bottle wine, … Continue reading »
14 Propaganda Techniques Fox “News” Uses to Brainwash Americans
There is nothing more sacred to the maintenance of democracy than a free press. Access to comprehensive, accurate and quality information is essential to the manifestation of Socratic citizenship – the society characterized by a civically engaged, well-informed and socially invested populace. Thus, to the degree that access to quality information is willfully or unintentionally … Continue reading »
Michele Bachmann: Obama spent ‘$200 million/day’ during visit to India
Really? $200 million per day for President Obama to make a short diplomatic trip overseas to India? Assuming that the White House staff hasn’t increased by 50,000 or so employees recently (or that the 12 to 45 members of the White House advance team now each receive a per diem of $65,000 while on … Continue reading »
Michele Bachmann says kindred spirit is… John Wayne Gacy?
You can see the resemblance to John Wayne Gacy right around the eyes. This morning, while in Iowa to announce her candidacy for president, Michele Bachmann made a play for local brownie points by comparing herself to one of the town’s native sons, John Wayne. But John Wayne was from Winterset, Iowa. And the John Wayne from Waterloo … Continue reading »
