The Frisco Chronicle gushes with praise for Move On, the organization that sponsored the derivative TV ad featuring daises, children, and patchouli oil recently. Move On’s founders seek to downplay their Berkeleyness, falsely portraying themselves as citizens of Silicon Valley: Mindful of their broad appeal, the couple shy away from identifying their Berkeley connection, calling … Continue reading “Berkeley hippies on the move”
The Media Matters show on PBS is a typically smarmy piece of not-for-profit condescension that can take any story and make it boring by a pedantic presentation. Their segment on blogs tonight was preceded by a piece of self-congratulatory self delusion on the premise that Op-Ed pages have changed Administration policy on Iraq, and another … Continue reading “Media Matters blogorama”
Speaking of AOL, media dude Michael Wolff explains why it’s losing money in this New York magazine article You’ve Got Sex: Here’s the real rub: AOL’s fundamental business — which has always been a level or two down from the family-oriented opening screen — is dirty talk. But now there are better places to talk … Continue reading “Why AOL is coming apart”
By way of following up on the Krugman smear about Republican nepotism, we offer the following from The Political Graveyard on the political geneology of the Bush family. As you see, all of this nepotism started in 1778, so nefarious are these people. Enjoy. William P. Walker (1778-1858) Father-in-law of Julius Rockwell and David Davis. … Continue reading “Bush nepotism”
Unbeknownst to me, Democrats disgruntled by the outcome of last week’s elections apparently sponsored a contest to elicit the most idiotic analysis of their fall from grace, with extra credit going to hateful, nasty, and abusive remarks. Thus far, the front runners in this competition are the following: Bill Moyers, for a column claiming that … Continue reading “National Dumbass Competition”
CNN.com has called Minnesoda for Coleman, with 86% of precincts reporting: Coleman 881,240 50% Mondale 828,885 47% The WaPo also calls Minnesoda for Coleman. South Dakota is still too close to call, but Thune leads with 99% counted, so the question is who’s going to be first to call it? Will it be AP, CNN, … Continue reading “Late returns”
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One the prime beneficiaries of the California budget crisis is a museum complex in Riverside (Budget leaves state in deep hole / ‘It was a get-out-alive deal more than solving any problems’): And Assemblyman Dave Kelly, R-Idyllwild, received permission to continue spending on a swimming pool in San Jacinto and for the Western Center for … Continue reading “Pork paves the way for science”
Scott Rosenberg, a Salon co-founder, blasts media corps that lost money on the Bubble in a book review on Salon.com today. One of the more bizarre claims Rosenberg offers concerns the bamboozling of investors: So we know who got bamboozled. But who did the bamboozling? There really are no culprits — aside from one sad … Continue reading “Who blew the Internet bubble?”
— The Mercury News jumps on the latest trend in eating, the return of grass-fed beef to the United States: In the United States, grass feeding was the norm until the end of World War II, when gunpowder plants were converted into nitrogen fertilizer plants. The fertilizer was then applied to cornfields in the Midwest, … Continue reading “Where’s the beef?”
