Date Archives February 2008

Reckoner

The first trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull debuts today. w00t? I don't understand the fervor over Skull. I've always considered Indiana Jones second-tier fanbait, like Back to the Future and Ghostbusters, but people are treating Skull like it's The…

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Now…

… I don't want to get off on a rant here, but … Okay. Really, Congress? Really? That's how you're playing this? Really? I mean, it wasn't enough that Clemens is so unbelievably obviously lying, and that McNamee (however much of a scumbag he is)…

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Hooked on a feeling

Erick Erickson, editor of the popular conservative megablog RedState, conceded that progressives currently enjoy an advantage over conservatives online — though he attributed it to an asymmetry in free time, since conservatives "have families because we don't abort our kids, and we have jobs because…

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Lists

America's Most Miserable Cities 10. Providence, RI 9. Charlotte, NC 8. Modesto, CA 7. Los Angeles, CA 6. Chicago, IL 5. Philadelphia, PA 4. New York, NY 3. Flint, MI 2. Stockton, CA 1. Detroit, MI Surprising omissions: Cleveland, OH and Newark, NJ. Patton Oswalt's…

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