My theory on why the U.S. won’t boycott the Olympics: You don’t piss of your banker.
As I wrote in a previous post about U.S. debt to China, it’s not unreasonable to think we owe the Chinese about $1.5 trillion. I wrote then that “As our biggest investors, we will have to afford the Chinese government [...]
See if you can guess which picture matches which candidate:
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Flickr photo of a flag burning from ManilaRyce
Flickr photo of a calculator from Twylo
Flickr photo of a GI Joe from CG76
Damn hippies:
Rep. Barney Frank said he plans to file a bill to legalize “small amounts” of marijuana.
Frank announced his plans late Friday on the HBO show “Real Time,” hosted by Bill Maher.
“I’m going to file a bill as soon as we go back to remove all federal penalties for the possession or use of small [...]
Art In Reality
“Official”
“Unofficial”
I’m sure the truth is somewhere in between (but leaning more towards the “unofficial” side of things given that the Chinese typically show nice big banners of hanged criminals in their train stations - not really squeamish about a good shooting, them)
Expect these throughout the torch relay run — this will probably be [...]
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I’ve written a couple of posts about the storm surrounding Obama’s relationship with his ex-pastor Jeremiah Wright. Mainly, I’ve defended Wright’s comments, seeing as how they aren’t as crazy or radical as so many people believe.
But I shouldn’t have to defend Wright’s sermons at all. Just because Wright believes or says one thing, [...]
The following teams are dead to me:
Notre Dame
Clemson
Vanderbilt
USC
Georgetown
Drake
Connecticut
Arizona
Duke (This goes double for you guys. Boo! Hiss!)
Just for clarification: I wanted all of these teams to lose, just not so early.
(This post is dedicated to Cameron, our intrepid commenter. And of course, Go Heels!)
Flickr photo of UNC coach Roy Williams by Kevin813
Some longer clips from Jeremiah Wright’s sermons have popped up on YouTube. Watch the one about 9/11 here, and the one about damning America here. (For those new to the story, Obama is taking heat for associating with Wright, his ex-pastor.)
The larger context does not really change the substance of his remarks, but it [...]
In the words of the photographer John Moore:
Mary told me about her slain fiance Jimmy Regan. Clearly, she had not only loved him but truly admired him. When he graduated from Duke, he decided to enlist in the Army to serve his country. He chose not to be an officer, though he could have been, [...]
That title is not a typo. I’m not talking about the missile defense program, aka “Star Wars”, I am talking about Star Trek.
More specifically, this guy, Worf:
See any resemblance?
The nerd/Star Trek fan in me had to smile when I read dday’s post comparing John McCain’s ideological bent to that of a Klingon. Then when I [...]
Barack Obama delivered a speech today about his relationship with ex-pastor Jeremiah Wright and the issue of race. You can read a transcript of the speech at Obama’s website.
There has been a media firestorm (overblown, in my opinion) about controversial remarks Jeremiah Wright has made over the years in his sermons. Among other things, Wright [...]