This made me sick to my stomach this morning (go to about 2:42 on the timeline): In this clip, Representative Virginia Foxx (R – North Carolina) is arguing against H.R. 1913, a proposed bill that would expand the legal definition of hate crimes to include crimes based upon someone’s gender, sexual orientation, sexual identity or […]
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This is how you deal with smarmy local TV news reporters.
Via BoingBoing. This is the funniest thing I’ve seen all day. I love this woman.
Thanks, Marty.
Early morning, April 4th A shot rings out in the Memphis sky Free at last, they took your life They could not take your pride –U2 A toast, to one of the best of us.
Vids from the show
“Just Like Honey” (Jesus & Mary Chain cover) “Heroin” (Velvet Underground cover) These were the last two tracks I did. “Just Like Honey” was going to be the final song, but as you can see in the second video, an audience member asked me to do an encore. For these, I had a random audience […]
Yo-Yo Ma Shreds
We live in the city of dreams…
Exhibit A: A column I wrote for the Las Vegas CityLife, all the way back in 2006: Remember the months after 9/11? Imagine what would happen to this city if even a quarter of the tourists simply stopped coming one day. Las Vegas has precisely one major industry, and most of the people who work […]
Why China Is Not Going To Win
A lot of futurists and analysts are talking about China these days — how China is poised to become the next economic superpower. This is why they’re wrong. Not just the appalling working conditions and governmental fascism — those are hideous enough — but the workers’ wages. My math suggests they’re pulling down roughly US$4.80 […]
Tod Goldberg: 25 Random Things I Hate About Fucktards On Facebook I Don't Know In The Least But Who, Nonetheless, Are My "Friends"
Word. WORD. T-Go knocks one out of the park. (And unlike the rest of the fucktards, I actually know T-Go, which is why I know that he loves it when I call him T-Go, despite the fact that nobody else does and I’ve never done it before right this second, but it’s still awesome to […]
First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you.
Then you win.
Gettin' mad pussy as the Prince of Bel-Air
A slightly more realistic version of the Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air theme. This made me giggle an awful lot.