U.S. Decline Under Bush Is Hot Topic at U.N.
"Here's the U.S. engineering the mother of all bailouts," marveled the diplomat. He says diplomats believe that poor Bush administration policy choices, the lengthy and unresolved military engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the general rise of powers like Russia, China, and India have all eroded U. ( Read more... )

People in the Pentagon spend too much time watching television and not enough time in the real world. Seriously, do we have to review what the terrorists did on 9/11? It was so low tech. It's how they got away with it. Stop looking for terrorists attacks in World of Warcraft and start learning Arabic.

I want this book: How to Ditch Your Fairy ( Read more... )

....things to read (until the drugs kick in).

Ken Levine's Really rotton 'ritin
I can't decide which is my favorite:

4. She grew on him like she was a colony of E.Coli, and he was room-temperature Canadian beef.
or
24. It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with powertools.

iFanboy Pick of the Week Podcast - Fell #9 (for ( Read more... )

The First Things To Read of 2008

Anarchy Rules: The Dishes Stay Dirty
Living in a Punk House - love the stuff, not the clutter

Children's Webkinz are being murdered online
What? Huh? Am I under a rock for not knowing what the fuck a Webkinz is? And why would anyone believe these outlandish rumors about viruses and such? Oh, right, because ( Read more... )

...all roads lead to Buffy.

The GOP Primary Field in Buffy Villains

Did Iceland Teen Call Secret White House Phone?

My three favorite paragraphs:

A White House spokeswoman Emily Lawrimore insisted to ABC News that the young man did not dial the private number but instead dialled 202-456-1414, the main switchboard for the West Wing. But that was not the case. The student gave ABC News the number. It is indeed an ( Read more... )

International Trailer for Beowulf, now with more Angelina Jolie boobage

MTV Announces This Year’s List Of Terrible Bands It Will Give Music Awards To

China regulates reincarnation - yes, you read that right

Representative Bob Allen, a Republican in the Florida House of Representatives, blamed the weather and his fear of black men for offering $ ( Read more... )

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'Why Do They Hate Us?' by Mosin Hamid, author of "The Reluctant Fundamentalist."

Read it. It's wonderfully written and filled with unique insights.

Providing you a little American History

Adams realized that the act of transforming the American Revolution into history placed a premium on selecting events and heroes that fit neatly into a dramatic formula, thereby distorting the more tangled and incoherent experience that participants actually making the history felt at the time. Jefferson's ( Read more... )