Liberals like Christmas too, at least most of us
The problem isn’t that people celebrate Christmas, actually, most liberals do to. What many people, including me, object to is that Christians demand that Christmas be celebrated and that all other holidays are excluded. It isn’t that liberals hate Christmas, its that Christians hate Chanukah and Kwanza [...]
Flush with a stolen victory and a deeply divided America, the right has declared war on the left and specifically on the ACLU and non-Christians
I’m not sure if the right is feeling galvanized and emboldened after the election, or if they are trying shore up support because they are feeling vulnerable. My guess is the [...]
A recent poll found that 44% of Americans were in favor of restricting the civil liberties of Muslims
Salon.com had an article about the poll. I’m not 100% sure if I trust that Cornell students polling 715 people are accurately representing the feelings of the entire American populace, but even if that number is truly [...]
Portland’s next big thing?
My band, transPacific, played a gig with Invisible from Portland, OR last week and I was pretty impressed. They have an excellent self produced set of videos that their songs are synchronized to. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill sync either, this is beat-break-beat kind of sync. They have a cute trick to making [...]
I’ve got an easy idea to build troop morale in Iraq.
George Bush is going on vacation again. I can understand, since it takes so much energy to mismanage a country and cheat an electorate. Meanwhile, our troops overseas are having their tours of duty extended and being sent back repeatedly with only a few weeks [...]
I got this device which I mentioned previously on this blog for Chanukah, here is my review
My wife got the many, many hints I dropped about the Philips GoGear Key019 Camcorder and got my one for Chanukah. She rules. Here is my review.
This is a pretty cool device as long as you know exactly why [...]
Just heard about yet another website soliciting donations to equip our troops in Iraq. Now how bullshit is it that tax paying citizens need to directly buy equipment for an unjust war to protect our soldiers while Haliburton is taking in record profits?
Cheers to that soldier who stood up to Donald Rumsfeld in public forum, [...]
A leetle bit about Couch Flambeau
So, I was home for thanksgiving talking to my sister and something she said reminded me of this great band I used to listen to called Couch Flambeau. They were a great punk band in the funny punk vein like The Dead Milkmen. She had two of their albums. I [...]
I am now a fan of Aaron Draplin!
Aaron Draplin of Draplindustries has created some handy cards that you can hand to that annoying cell phone user standing next to you talking loudly about something you don’t want to hear.
It’s that time of year, the time for sorting through piles of red and green crap to get to the two blue and white things on the bottom of the pile.
It’s tough to be a Jew in December. It’s got to be a lot tougher if you celebrate Kwanzaa or don’t celebrate during this time [...]
