Back in April we noted that John McCain had been too busy straight-talking on the campaign trail to vote on important legislation on Iraq. Turns out — and this is kind of insane — McCain hasn’t voted since. Yeah, that’s … Continue reading
Tens of thousands of protesters on Saturday denounced President Hugo Chavez’s plans to close an opposition television channel, accusing their leader of maiming Venezuelan democracy as he forges a socialist state. Chavez says RCTV, the country’s oldest private broadcaster, supported … Continue reading
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Former President Carter says President Bush’s administration is “the worst in history” in international relations, taking aim at the White House’s policy of pre-emptive war and its Middle East diplomacy. The criticism from Carter, which … Continue reading
One of the greatest games ever is about to have a sequel! FINALLY! Blizzard Entertainment on Saturday announced its newest game in development — StarCraft II, the long awaited sequel to the legendary real time strategy game. It’s currently in … Continue reading
Rudy Giuliani is not fit to be President. Anyone who thinks so deserves to have their head checked. In fact, I’m not sure any of the 300 candidates running right now seems to have what it takes to lead this … Continue reading
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Donald Trump, whose low-rated reality show “The Apprentice” was left off the new prime-time schedule unveiled this week by NBC, says the network can’t fire him — he quits. The real estate mogul issued a statement … Continue reading
Last night I had the privilege and rare honor of seeing Martina McBride at Radio City Music Hall. Let me tell you something. Few people can put on a show the way she can, and much like the first time … Continue reading
I swear the lengths people go to in order to shield “children” from the existence of homosexuality is absolutely stunning… Days away from her seventh birthday, a little girl named Emma Rose is currently trapped in Georgia’s foster care system, … Continue reading
Ya know… The boys would pull something like this… After a few days of blood-boiling stress and despair over the Opie & Anthony ‘suspension’ from XM, my nerves settled down. My XM is canceled, and I’m forced to watch cable. … Continue reading
John Murtha (D-Pa. who also happened to serve in Vietnam in case you didn’t know) went guano loco in the House, and now he may have to pay for it. Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) threatened to deny any further … Continue reading
Which famous photographer are you? Henri Cartier-Bresson: Known for street photography and photojournalism “We are passive onlookers in a world that moves perpetually. Our only moment of creation is that 1/125th of a second when the shutter clicks, the signal … Continue reading
I read this with my mouth hanging open. I couldn’t believe the arrogance of someone claiming that censoring in the name of a TOS is not censoring. Censoring is censoring, Heather. Period. I don’t care if you do it to … Continue reading
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Beth and I were talking yesterday morning and I did some quick math with her. I said that if XM were to lose 40,000 subs (a mere 2 percent of their estimated audience of 2,000,000), then XM stood to lose … Continue reading
On January 6th, 2007, two young people on a date in Knoxville were carjacked and kidnapped. Over the next four days, this is what happened to them at the hands of their five assailants: The woman was raped and tortured. … Continue reading
A senior lobbyist at the National Association of Manufacturers nominated by President Bush to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission will receive a $150,000 departing payment from the association when he takes his new government job, which involves enforcing consumer … Continue reading
From the Beeb: The wrong tone can hamper efforts to effect change, Prof Hulme says Alarmist messages about global warming are counter-productive, the head of a leading climate research centre says. Professor Mike Hulme, of the UK’s Tyndall Centre, has … Continue reading
I have to say… Dave Ward really nails it in a thread about the recent hubbub at flickr. In the thread, he got a bit ticked off about the “let it go” attitude with regards to Rebekka’s complaint being censored … Continue reading
As of May 15 at 3:30pm EST, we pulled our advertising spots from XM Radio. We pulled our spots from both Radio Disney (Channel 115) and The Virus (Channel 202). We have done this in response to XM Radio’s censoring … Continue reading
So rising oil prices are more than just an irritant or even an ominous nick out of the GDP. They’re an invitation to corn and coal and hydrogen. For anyone with a fresh idea, expensive oil is as good as … Continue reading