Keith Olbermann's been on fire lately, such as with this video about the Bill of Right s . (Link from jwzThis is great, but often I feel that things like this are futile, that blues who watch it just say "har har you tell em", while reds will just shriek "TRAITOROUS SCUM! GOEBBELS!" until the bad man stops talking, at which point they will jack off ( Read more... )

I think that "References in Fiction" sections are a blight on Wikipedia. I guess I can't reasonably write a manifesto calling for their systematic deletion, since they actually are useful in intent. But, once a topic's list of above-the-fold media references has been exhausted, the section proceeds to overflow with utterly unencyclopedic pointers ( Read more... )

I will sublimate my reptile urge to snap at someone in someone else's comments into this essay about "moronic cynicism" which I ran into a while ago and find reason to think upon it often. I don't like the term itself, but I like the observation and deconstruction.
Moronic cynicism is a form of naivete. It's naivete turned inside out, naivete with ( Read more... )

I like this stack of ads seen on BoingBoing, which (top to bottom) go from transcendental to earthy to one of the most jawdroppingly cynical appeals I've ever seen.

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Me am sad that people are being cynical about future moon & Mars missions because Bush is vocally backing them, and therefore something stinksOf course by "people" I mean Jon Stewart of The Daily Show, and I dunno how effective a barometer he is, but one could make the argument ( Read more... )