From Friday’s New York Times:
Saturday is Record Store Day, presented by a consortium of independent stores and trade
groups, with hundreds of retailers in the United States and some overseas cranking up the
volume a bit to draw back customers and to celebrate the culture of buying, selling and
debating CDs and vinyl.
The experience of going to a [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme
Calvin Trillin
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The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
Paul Krugman
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Wednesday night’s debate between Clinton and Obama was one big media blunder. Moderators Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos chose to focus on missteps made by both candidates in the previous three weeks instead of on the issues affecting average voters.
I am pretty sure that most people don’t really care to hear Obama explain for the [...]
A recent unscientific survey of 109 historians says “Yes!”
61% rated George W. Bush as worst president ever, and 35% put him in the bottom third.
98.2% of respondents rated his presidency as a failure.
A recent Pew Research Center poll showed Bush’s approval rating at a new all-time low of 28%
A few comments from historians who participated:
“No [...]
Seventy-five years ago today, the prohibition on beer ended.
This is a photo of thirsty patrons lined up about ten deep at Berghoff’s Cafe in Chicago waiting to purchase their first frosty brews after over thirteen years of temperance.
Most people remember Franklin Delano Roosevelt for “The New Deal,” but he also campaigned with a promise to end [...]
I clicked on an incoming link to this blog and found myself at Skinbeatergreg where I came across this YouTube video.
I like it.
Skinbeatergreg has a post above his OBollywood one featuring a few other YouTube campaign videos, including an incredibly awful one by the McCain Girls titled “Raining McCain.” I dare you to watch it. Aaack! Greg has [...]
It’s called “A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq,” and here are it’s two key points as outlined in an opinion piece in today’s Seattle Post Intelligencer:
First, the United States must find a way to sensibly end its military mission in Iraq — and use the political, diplomatic, humanitarian and economic tools at [...]
I saw X at The Showbox on Monday night, and they sounded freaking fantastic. If you’d closed your eyes so as not to see how the band members have aged since they started out, you’d swear you had been transported to Los Angeles circa 1981 – complete with mosh pit. Not quite as crazy as [...]
Apple TV’s 32nd Anniversary Announcement
Published by April 1st, 2008 in Humor, Panties and Technology. 1 CommentQuietly this weekend, Apple, Inc., released a minor update to its so-far disappointing Apple TV software. The update, delivered around 3 o’clock Saturday morning, was quietly announced in a press release on ReutersYE (Youth Education). The computer maker and self-described New Media Darling has struggled to make the Apple TV, once known as the iTV [...]
