O.J. Simpson: As The Karmic Worm Turns

If the karma fits, you must convict Hall of Fame football player and former Ginsu Knives spokesman O.J. Simpson was found guilty yesterday by a Las Vegas jury of a number of felonies, including armed robbery, guaranteeing that he will spend at least five years in the Big House. The verdict comes exactly 13 years from his acquittal in a …

Killing Two Birdbrains With One Stone

Palin is “Religulous,” but Maher is “RiDICKulous.” Bill Maher‘s new mooovie, Religulous, is not going to make it on Sarah Palin’s “to do” list this year, or any other. And it’s a shame too, because Sarah Palin, if she had been willing to talk to Maher, would have been just the sort of interview he should have put in the …

Take De Bait

The first challenge for John McCain is, of course, to take de bait— show up. But declaring yourself the winner before the event isn’t going to gitter done, even in McCain’s maverick version of the universe. What you’ll see tonight, is good ole “Gramps McCain,” creepy smiling, blinking too much, that “left eye” thing, and saying “My friends” just enough …

Beyond the Palin

Ex-president Bush shakes hands with ex-president McCain, who was officially replaced as president today, after a stroke left him with the communication skills of a very bright rutabaga, (a cross between a cabbage and a turnip.)  McCain’s wicked shiner was not explained. Excerpts from Mark Crispin Miller:  (my emphasis) The choice of Sarah Palin has been widely and repeatedly assailed …

Seven Easy Steps To A USA Coup

1: Steal 2000 and 2004 elections. 2. Appoint proven corporatist attorneys like John Roberts to the Supreme Court. 3. Appoint morons like Michael D. “Brownie” Brown to run critical government agencies like FEMA  to prove Reagan’s mantram that government is the problem, not the solution. 4: Start two expensive wars while simultaneously cutting taxes. 5. Deregulate Wall Street. 6. Bail …

I Lived In A Box.

Guess who took this picture. John McCain still thinks someone wants to put him in a box. “When you’ve lived in a box,  you “only have time for right,” says a deep cowboy voice oozing authenticity, while the orgasmically large flat screen shows the aged maverick returning to his Vietnam prison cell and “forgiving” his captors— and their nation— for, …

Reality Bites

More galaxies than grains of sand on every beach of this world. Taken with the Hubble Deep Field, January 15, 1996 Since it’s a lovely morning, why don’t we take stock of a few things that most of us take for granted. Let’s start with some practical aspects of “reality.”  Here we are— billions of us— whizzing through time and …