Election Dirty Tricks Well Under Way
Guess who’s trying to suppress the Latino vote in California? You’re right.
A state attorney general’s investigation into letters apparently designed to suppress Latino voter turnout in Orange County for the upcoming election is focusing on the campaign of Republican congressional candidate Tan Nguyen, according to people familiar with the inquiry.
Nguyen, who has made halting [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“He that is so yoked by a fool
Methinks should not be chronicled for wise.” –The Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1.1.40-41
Pot Calling the Linen Black
Oft-divorced deadbeat dad Newt Gingrich tries to reinvent himself as a champion of family values, by comparing himself to…Nancy Pelosi? Bad example, Newtie. No word on exactly what planet he’s phoning this one in from.
Blood & Roses
New to the sidebar is the site I’m cobbling together for our pseudo-monthly Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Pete runs cinematic action games, and Blood & Roses: Eyes of the Shadow might be the best yet. He goes so far as to flash “credits” before us at the beginning of our sessions, and he and we [...]
How We’ll Withdraw From Iraq
By calling it a “redeploy and contain” strategy, which is of course completely different from whatever it is that Republican leaders like to call “cut and run.”
The group is also considering another option, called “Stability First”, which would advise securing Baghdad, while bringing Iran and Syria to the table to use their influence to end [...]
They’re Digits. They’re Random. They Fight Crime.
If there’s anything better than reading a book full of random numbers, it’s reading the reviews. Ever wondered why we have the Internet? This is it.
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“Their great guilt,
Like poison given to work a great time after,
Now ‘gins to bite the spirits.” –The Tempest, 3.3.104-6
Time to Gay-Bash
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Virginia tries to drag the bigots out to vote, offering a measure to amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage:
The poll also found that Virginians are virtually split over whether gay couples should be able to form civil unions, which would give them health insurance, inheritance benefits and other [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“I think the best grace of wit will shortly turn into silence,
and discourse grow commendable in none only but
parrots.” –The Merchant of Venice, 3.5.40-43
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“Let him perceive how ill we brook his treason,
And what offence it is to flout his friends.” –Henry VI, Part 1, 4.1.74-75
