Oh Miss Molly, we’ll miss you so much:
Molly Ivins, the liberal newspaper columnist who delighted in skewering politicians and interpreting, and mocking, her Texas culture, died today at her home in Austin. She was 62.
Her death, after a long fight with breast cancer, was confirmed by her personal assistant, Betsy Moon.
In her syndicated column, [...]

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Okay locals, how about some advice for those of us that will drive a couple of hours to see a concert in the Philadelphia area, but aren’t that familiar with all the venues? Where are some of the favorite places to see a concert in Philadelphia or the suburbs - large, medium, or [...]

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Privacy is just so inconvenient:
Instead of recording only what a particular suspect is doing, agents conducting investigations appear to be assembling the activities of thousands of Internet users at a time into massive databases, according to current and former officials. That database can subsequently be queried for names, e-mail addresses or keywords.
Such a technique is [...]

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Neil Young, who falls into that very small group for whose members I reserve the term “genius”:

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The date I can start buying Cracker Barrel cheese again.

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You mean it’s not just the invasion, the occupation and the reconstruction?

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Some nights, when I get home from the bar, I’ll put on some music and feel the inspiration to write a handful weepy and overly sincere email messages. Now I’m pretty sure I didn’t hit send, but if anybody happened to get an email from me last night…yeah, um, could you just delete it and [...]

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Just how long do you think his Presidential primary campaign is going to last?

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Something to remember next time you’re patched into one.

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I don’t hear this question being asked enough by the news media, and it’s the time to be asking it of people like Joe Lieberman and John McCain and Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden and anyone else in the Congress:
What should be the appropriate and specific policy of the United States for refugees from Iraq [...]

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John Lennon:

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Pandagon is dead. Long live Pandagon.
- Somebody else may have written those same words once.

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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

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This could be interesting -
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee began laying the constitutional groundwork today for an effort to block President Bush’s plan to send more troops to Iraq and place new limits on the conduct of the war there, perhaps forcing a withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.
They were joined by Senator Arlen [...]

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Drinking Liberally at Tangier, 18th & Lombard from 6 until 9. Free cream cheese and cow tongue on date nut bread sandwiches for early arrivals. Mandatory high priced vats of lark’s tongue in aspic for the stragglers. The god forsaken Philadelphia smoking ban is now in its fourth week, so don’t expect to enjoy yourselves [...]

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Salvage -
Living vicariously through a poltical party is only slightly less pathetic than living vicariously through a Dungeons and Dragons party.

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I keep scanning for some sort of meaningful news coverage of Saturday’s March On Washington. Silly me - I should have known it would never come. But I finally got what I was looking for this morning at TPM Cafe:
What brought us all to our nation’s capital for the march? Netroots organization, something that [...]

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Okay. Why should I buy a book about how to convince a fictional family that used to be Democrats but voted for Bush to vote Democratic again? I’m not hearing a good reason. Fictional characters don’t vote. Well, I’m sure some vote, but in general, their turnout rates are even less than [...]

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Al Franken, that is.
Al Franken, the best-known host of the liberal network, will announce his expected departure on his show later today, to explore a run for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota.
Why not? If Jesse Ventura can beat Norm Coleman, then surely Al Franken can.

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This speaks for itself.
A young woman was walking back to her car after the Gasparilla parade on Saturday when she says a man dragged her behind a building and raped her near the intersection of Howard and Swann.
She managed to get away and called 911. Police took her to the hospital and began a routine [...]

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Okay, Darren Rovell, you get some credit from me. The management of Challenger, Gray & Christmas is making a practice of promoting their business by proclaiming the lost productivity and costs to American employers for their employees interests in various national sporting events. I find it interesting that someone at CNBC actually challenges [...]

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Nothing but good has ever come from letting political hacks overrule the judgement of scientists and regulators -
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 — President Bush has signed a directive that gives the White House much greater control over the rules and policy statements that the government develops to protect public health, safety, the environment, civil rights and [...]

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The chainmail underwear industry could be in for a boom.

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Since the evil and unscrupulous Sir. Oolius has decided to steal my shtick, I’m trying out a new one.

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This looks like lots of fun. I don’t feel at all guilty about admitting that I smiled a little on the inside when I let my imagination go a little bit and pictured that smug, self satisfied twit behind bars. Of all the members of the administration, both current and former, my reaction to Fleischer [...]

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According to data released by the Census Bureau (pdf), the housing vacancy rate has reached a record high of 2.7%. This marks the first time since the bureau began tracking the statistic that it has gone over 2%. We should expect to see downward pressure on housing and rentals. In happier news, the bid my [...]

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Moob reduction. I’m too afraid to ask what’s next.
Doctors say rising numbers of men are having liposuction to reduce their flabby breasts - known as moobs.
Plastic surgeon Adam Searle said: “In the past men tended to put up with moobs but now they know that something can be done due to the accessibility of [...]

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Dear Sir. Oolius,
Get you filthy mitts off my shtick you thieving ingrate. If this outrage stands, I will be forced to respond in the only way I know how, with brutality.
Kindly,
Chris

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Mandela reminds us that Gandhi’s Non-Violent fashions are always in style.
The 88-year-old statesman was addressing a conference, through a satellite link from South Africa, to mark the centenary of Gandhi’s “satyagraha” or non-violent movement which began in Johannesburg on Sept 11, 1906, where Gandhi was practicing law. Gandhi lived in South Africa from 1893 to [...]

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The LA Times has a great piece on Robert Greenwald’s targeting John McCain via viral YouTube ads.
In a dim Culver City editing room, two video snippets of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain fill the monitors. In the first, he says same-sex marriage should be allowed. In the second, he says it should be illegal.
The clips [...]

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