Archive for March, 2010
Writer J.D. Shapiro, who wrote the movie ‘Battlefield Earth,’ apologizes to viewers and explains how the bomb came to be – NYPOST.com
“Let me start by apologizing to anyone who went to see ‘Battlefield Earth.’
“It wasn’t as I intended — promise. No one sets out to make a train wreck. Actually, comparing it to a train wreck isn’t really fair to train wrecks, because people actually want to watch those.”
via Writer J.D. Shapiro, who wrote the movie [...]
Ezra Klein – Jane Hamsher’s 10 reasons to kill the bill
“The world in which we kill the bill is a world in which everything just continues to get worse, and politicians are scared away from the issue for decades. A world in which we pass the bill is a world in which things get better, and politicians remember that they can pass big pieces of [...]
Twin John Ensign probes still going strong – Manu Raju and John Bresnahan – POLITICO.com
“Even as the Justice Department’s criminal probe into Sen. John Ensign continues to heat up, the Senate Ethics Committee shows no sign of shutting down its own investigation into the fallout from the Nevada Republican’s extramarital affair with a onetime staffer.”
via Twin John Ensign probes still going strong – Manu Raju and John Bresnahan – [...]
Bob Cesca: The Tea Party Is All About Race, Part 2
“Last week, I wrote a piece about the tea party movement and the obvious through-line of race, race-baiting, racism and the use of the Southern Strategy within the movement. The responses were mostly positive and supportive, while the responses from the far-right and tea party people were predictably obnoxious, contradictory and fact-free.The dominant theme throughout [...]
Sweater Girl
This is me. When I was in college, I modeled for Peter Falk. He’s the best! Hard to believe, but I do have a past, and shady one at that. Peter can really draw, even though he has to compensate for losing persepective since he has only one eye. It’s amazing. My picture ran on [...]
London Sperm Bank brand designed by Silk Pearce
Not sure I’m OK with the new logo. Yikes! Also don’t like the sexism in the campaign on LSB’s dedicated Web site that says “thousands of women are denied the chance of having children.” The truth is that the main reason that women go to sperm banks is because their husbands are infertile and can’t [...]
Life With a Pouch on the Side – Well Blog – NYTimes.com
“I’ve got a little plastic secret.
I don’t have a colon, and for more than 25 years I’ve worn a pouch on my lower right abdomen to collect waste. I think about the pouch only when I change it or if there’s a problem with it.” By DANA JENNINGS
via Life With a Pouch on the Side [...]
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