The Fall of the House of Bush

Pick your favorite falling soundtrack — Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’”comes to mind — and watch. Also great in glorious quietude. Over and over.
Thanks, Crick.

2000

2000 American troops have died in Iraq.
As wars go, that’s a pretty paltry number for a conflict two years running. Some will say it’s a small, and necessary sacrifice to make for wiping terrorism from the face of the earth and re-engineering Arab society in the Middle East to make the world […]

I’d Rather Fight Than Switch

From the “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” files:
Knock yourself out.

End of World

Thank you, Pud.
Mash de button, Shug.

And Now For Something Completely Different

Could you name the most brilliant man or woman you’ve ever met?
If so, you might direct them to this novel approach to our vaunted marketplace of ideas. Your svengali’s gem of a suggestion could bring them $100,000, and help pull the country out of the death spiral George W. Bush and the ruling junta […]

All In The Family

George W. Bush is Il Capo di Tutti Capi.
After weeks of speculation, and on the heels of a predictably breezy confirmation of John Roberts as Chief Justice of the United States’ Supreme Court, the President named this morning his former personal consigliere, current White House Counsel Harriet Miers, to the Supreme Court seat formerly […]