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From a 'recommended read' by William Rivers Pitt on Things To Hate In Politics: One cannot swing one's dead cat by the tail the...

Day before yesterday I rode my motorcycle. To quote Inspector Clouseau after he was informed that what he had just destroyed was a $30,000 S...

From the original German TV Musik Laden TV broadcast. It has been here on and off over the years - currently off so I thought I'd re-ins...

Chooch, our older dog, has appointed herself "Protector of the Realm" since we got her and spends the day (when she and her sister...

We're headin' ta The Big City to get some shopping done prior to next week's trip to the coast for T'giving and to beat a m...

An excerpt from a Glenn Greenwald piece you should read about why Bush is getting away with it: [...] Sure, Hiatt acknowledged with a yawn,...

While I don't condone Charlie Rangel's actions for which he was censured and think he shoulda been out of there years ago (I don...

Gaius Publius haz it. If you think the American people, sheep that they are, will stand up to this, aside from a few isolated incidents, i...

TPMMuckraker Tom DeLay's lawyers began his defense yesterday by helping prove the prosecution's case. Ah, life is good... His lawyer...

Worst of Durst George Bush just broke ground on his $200 million Presidential library. Wow. 200 million. Sounds like a lot of money for a sh...

EssEffChron Discord in North Beach over singing-waiter idea An Italian restaurant in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood is drawing...

Dutch government seeks to ban tourists from cannabis cafes So now it's all about tulips and wooden shoes? There went their tourist indus...

If you're interested in how Wall Street and the banks stole all the money, go watch last night's Charlie Rose . Authors Joe Nocera a...

...a Palin visual I can live with: Video- Fox’s Gretchen Carlson Says Sarah Palin Was “Self Defecating” And by the way, while I love the out...

Nucks is on something (among other things) I always bitch to the Mrs.* about. Seems "Christmas Season" starts earlier every year...

If you're interested in what The Cat Food Commission has in store for us, co-chairs Bowles and Simpson were on Charlie Rose last night....

Interesting story in the LATimes . A woman from Humboldt County writes anonymous, fictionalized blog accounts of skirting the law and, with ...

The Brits (most of 'em) have something to be happy about : Preparations begin for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton...

Today has been cancelled due to lack of interest. Update: Thanks to limpnjen .

I'm at a loss for words : Stop me if you heard this one: A conservative GOP representative-elect, who trashed his opponent for his suppo...