December 2008
62 posts
Happy New Year, From The Netherlands
The Vondelpark Makes a Pledge
Dear US Airways CEO Doug Parker,
Fuck face! One day we will meet. When we do I will kick you in the nuts. “Ouch!” you’ll say, and wonder why a stranger has just kicked you in the nuts. Probably not for the first time. Likely becoming a pattern in your miserable little life. Anyway, I want you to know why I will have kicked you in the nuts. It is because of what you and your...
Thanks, US Airways
In these days of all too common travel nightmares, I just want to state my profound appreciation. Incompetence this comprehensive takes both dedication and top-down planning. From your kisoks all refusing to work, to your unmaned international check-in desk, to the way you so blithely dismissed all my questions with a wave of your hand—I say, “Well done, sir!”
You know, most...
With 12 Days Left in 2008, I Call a Winner for...
AP, 12/20/08: The sponsors of Proposition 8 asked the California Supreme Court on Friday to nullify the marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who exchanged vows before voters approved the ballot initiative that outlawed gay unions.
Baz Luhrmann to Direct "The Great Gatsby"
So reports Nikke Finke. You know, I can’t wait. Australia was such a restrained, coherent display of Baz’s directing style. What an insightful portrait of the artist as a young man was Ewan McGregor’s character in Moulin Rouge! And what originality, how fucking edgy, using a plus sign in the title of Romeo + Juliet.
So yeah, I’m psyched for my favorite book to be adapted...
When and Why I First Supported Barack Obama
This whole Rick Warren kerfuffle has reminded me of the time I first decided that Obama was the type of politician I could support. It was an episode of Meet the Press—late 2006 or so, but I’m not exactly sure—featuring Obama and Warren (and, I think, Newsweek’s Jon Meacham). They were there to talk about an AIDS initiative in Africa they were both working on. Tim Russert...
Obama on Warren & the Inauguration
From Obama’s presser this morning:
What I’ve also said is that it is important for America to come together even though we may have disagreements on certain social issues. And I would note that a couple of years ago I was invited to Rick Warren’s church to speak, despite his awareness that I held views that were entirely contrary to his when it came to gay and lesbian rights,...
“My understanding is that [Piven] is leaving showbusiness to pursue a career as a...”
– David Mamet on Jeremy Piven, who’s leaving Mamet’s play Speed-the-Plow because he’s feeling ill due to a high mercury count.
The New Season of "Intervention"...
…got off to an amazing start last night when Janet, the wino/sex addict/mother of four offered to bang anyone on the film crew.
The new time slot—Tuesdays at 9pm—is a must view. Next week we get a chick who has been feeding herself with a syringe/feeding tube combo for fifteen years. Gangbusters!
“You know, in all due respect to the Republican National Committee and...”
– John McCain, on the RNC criticism about the Obama’s team interaction with the Illinois governor. Remember when McCain used to make sense? Barely. Anyway, welcome back, Senator.
“He was blindsided by this. He needs some time to digest what’s going on.”
– A source close to Rod Blagojevich, whose sociopathic stupidity becomes clearer everyday.
There's No Evidence, But...
Kevin Drum with the most cogent explication of the Obama-Blagojevich non-story:
I’ve lost count of the number of op-eds and TV talking head segments over the past week that have started out with something like this: “There’s no evidence that Barack Obama was involved in Rod Blagojevich’s pay-to-play scheme — in fact just the opposite — but….” After the...
“He is to NBC what Robert Mugabe is to Zimbabwe.”
– Craig Ferguson on entertainment co-chairman Ben Silverman.
In Case You Thought This Wasn't Going to be the...
…bars in DC will be staying open until 5 a.m. Talk about change you can believe in, puke on, stumble home drunkenly with and together play a little game called just the tip, just for a second, just to see how it feels.
Filed Under: Innocuous Ideas with Potentially...
Apparently producers of the big-budget remake The Day the Earth Stood Still had a couple dollars left over and will have the film beamed into outer space today. The signal will be directed at Alpha Centauri, a triple-star system approximately four light years from Earth.
This strikes me as a really poor idea. The remake is about how badly humans have fucked up the environment and how a consortium...
Super Important/Surprising News Overlooked During...
Washington Post (via):
A bipartisan Senate report released today says that former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and other top Bush administration officials are directly responsible for abuses of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and charges that decisions by those officials led to serious offenses against prisoners in Iraq and elsewhere.
I know that Rumsfeld & Co.=war criminals is...
“This house is full of surprises. And douche bags.”
– Male contestant on MTV bisexual dating show A Double Shot at Love With the Ikki Twins.
“The fact that you would trust the government with tanks and nuclear weapons, but...”
– Jon Stewart, The Daily Show.
“They should bring back Johnny Carson and put him at nine o’clock.”
– Simpsons exec producer Al Jean, on what NBC needs to do to make their primetime lineup no longer a complete fucking embarrassment.
“I feel like a huge chin has been lifted off of my shoulders.”
– Jimmy Kimmel, on the news that Jay Leno will be staying at NBC and thus not bumping back Kimmel’s show in the ABC lineup.
You ever have the feeling that Republicans are...
alexbalk:
It’s ‘cause they are.
Franken camp claims four-vote lead →
squashed:
There are thousands of disputed ballots. In Mineapolis, 133 ballots went missing. This is going to be a mess.
“It is a grave mistake to assume that parties are irrelevant to this process. My...”
– Rep. Barney Frank, doing his stubborn best to maintain business as usual in Washington while Barack Obama ushers in a fresh approach to governing. We tried it your way for a while, Barney, and how has that worked out? Time to step aside and let the adults take charge.
