God bless the Internets for bringing us this absolutely classic caught-on-tape Bill O'Reilly meltdown from the early days of his career.

I don't know what's freakier...that he veers from placid professional to raging, bellicose maniac on a dime, or that (as chestervhe put it) he actually had hair at one point ( Read more... )

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While everyone's attention has been focused on the Potomac Primaries and their ramifications, the Senate took it upon itself to weaken the Constitution a bit more and give the Bush regime more expansive surveillance powers--as well as failing to block immunity from prosecution for telecoms that aided in said surveillance ( Read more... )

In lieu of getting me a present for my upcoming date of birth, I ask you to take five minutes of your day and write a letter telling our Presidential candidates to get back to D.C. and do their part to stop illegal surveillance and telecom immunity from becoming the law of the land.

It's time to lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way. If you ( Read more... )

Per the New York Times:

The actor Heath Ledger was found dead this afternoon in an apartment building at 421 Broome Street in SoHo, according to the New York City police. Mr. Ledger was 28 ( Read more... )

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One of the promises I made to myself was to travel more this year. I haven't been any farther than New Jersey or Delaware in two years, and I want to see more of the world before I'm too old and settled to really appreciate it. Now that I have a solid, steady job with some very good income and my financial issues are behind me, it's time to live ( Read more... )

My journey to buy the best HDTV set I can afford has hit a considerably bigger snag.

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The moment I saw this news come over the wires, I got a chill as if someone walked over my grave.

I don't know the ins and outs of Pakistan's politics like I should, but this is beyond bad. This could be the trigger for a serious maelstrom of violence which could spread far beyond this one country's borders--and (as m3rkury reminded me a little while ( Read more... )

My quest to find a new television is proving harder than I expected. I'm generally savvy with technology and new technical concepts, but the whole HDTV thing is confusing as all hell.

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