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Media
September 24, 2008
Walk On, Young Texter
Ah, the worries of modern life: terrorism, global warming, computer viruses, mortgage-backed securities, and, of course, text messaging. Apparently every teenager's favorite form of communication (according to Nielsen Mobile, the average high-school kid sends or receives 1,742 texts per month. That's 57 per day. Call us old farts, but what the fuck?) is responsible not only for making the number 8 into a letter and the letter u into a word, but for stupidity and death. This is according to the New York Times.
World
September 24, 2008
The Year of Everything
2008 may have arrived as a rat, but apparently in its young life it has evolved into many, many other things. This eighth year of the International Decade of a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World (which raises the question, does the International Decade of a Culture of War and Violence for the Children of the World begin in 2011? And, if so, what can we do about it?) is not only an election year and a leap year. It's also a time of sanitation and intercultural dialogue, among other things.
Sports
September 23, 2008
Boner or Blunder?
In 1908, the New York Giants' Fred Merkle made one of the most infamous plays in baseball history, a baserunning error that ultimately cost the Giants the pennant and went down in history as "Merkle's boner." Except to the New York Times, who—perhaps thinking you may assume that Merkle caught sight of a lady's bare ankle—decided to term his mistake a "blunder."
Media
September 23, 2008
Someone's Shouting, My Lord
You know what’s not gonna fix America? Hanging around and singing kumbaya. For God’s sake, just look at us: indebted; overextended; weary. All of this because our elected “leaders,” for the incompetent life of them, can’t stop hymning a centuries-old African-American spiritual.
Full article » | by Adam Rosen
Media
September 22, 2008
To Report or Not to Report?
Doyle Reports, a blog by Michael Doyle, a DC-based newspaperman, last week floated the possibility of some juicy gossip regarding John McCain's twentysomething daughter, Meghan McCain. Doyle wrote that one of his students attended high school with McCain and had some unflattering information regarding "uniforms, Starbucks, attendance, reputation and that time…" But Doyle didn't say more about this info. Instead, he hinted at it and asked whether or not he should go any further.
Politics
September 22, 2008
Wasilla Is Not An Outer Borough
New York's Republicans must be getting pretty desperate. We can't really blame them—can you remember who ran against Eliot Spitzer in 2006? Didn't think so—but nevertheless, when state McCain chair Ed Cox came out with the following gem, we couldn't help but scratch our head. Regarding Sarah Palin's recent visit to New York City, Cox told AM New York, "You talk with housewives and ordinary people, women from the outer boroughs, and wow, they really identify with her." Which raises this question: Has Ed Cox ever actually spoken with a woman from the outer boroughs?
Politics
September 18, 2008
Contact the Governor at PoorDecisions@Yahoo.com
America loves its soon-to-be Supreme Overlord Sarah Palin. She's so much more interesting than the actual election she's involved in. Plus she's got infinitely more sordid and unlikely plot lines than other celebrity politicians. Did you know she backed an agenda for Alasaka's secession from the union? Or that she might be an anti-Semite? Wild. So it makes perfect sense that someone would not only think to hack into the moose governor's private e-mail account, but also think that anyone else would care.
Full article » | by Max Lakin
Politics
September 18, 2008
CNN Chews The Fat, Misses The Meat
It's hardly original to point out that CNN often glosses over the big issues in favor of covering political infighting and other non-stories. But sometimes its producers' judgment is so egregious that it warrants attention. This week, in their election news coverage, they actively went through the footage of Barack Obama's speech on the economy and edited out nearly all the content related to his economic plan. What they left in was simply Obama's attack on McCain, blasting him for not having a concrete economic plan for dealing with the crisis, and skipping over the very issue to which Obama was calling attention.
Sports
September 18, 2008
Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan Aristocrat
Carlos Zambrano celebrated his recent no-hitter by allowing the 11 people who work in his Venezuelan home to have a day off. "They want to take the day off, have some drinks and get a little crazy. I say, 'OK, one day.' My home is empty today," the Cubs ace told the Chicago Sun-Times. Which led us to wonder: Why the hell does Zambrano need 11 people working in his house when he's not even there?
Media
September 17, 2008
Playing With Whose Money?
When the Broncos decided to go for two when trailing by one at the end of their game with the Chargers this past Sunday—an unusual decision, that—it left some commentators scratching their heads. A favored explanation was that after a blown call favored the Broncos, Coach Mike Shanahan figured he might as well go for two, seeing as he really wasn't supposed to win the game, anyway. In other words, Shanahan was "playing with house money."
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