Subscribe to the Daydream Lab [RSS]I am not gay. I don't do these kinds of things. (30 August 2007)
“We cannot abide an elected official who didn’t disclose a lewd conduct arrest until the story broke 77 days later — a lie by omission and a violation of the public trust. We cannot afford … to have a senator who merely provides fodder for bloggers and late-night talk show hosts.”
The sky will be brighter; the grass, greener (28 August 2007)
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned.
Only taking shit from the President (23 August 2007)
Language Log on the New York Times‘s handling of “shit,” “fuck,” “nigger,” “wetback,” and “chink.”
Women must not be allowed to control their own reproductive systems (23 August 2007)
According to Ted Rall.
Under Attack (23 August 2007)
“Moore did not return requests from the Guardian for an interview about his response to Manufacturing Dissent.”
No peace in our time (23 August 2007)
The author of Troublesome Young Men, “a history of the small group of Conservative MPs who defied Neville Chamberlain’s policy of appeasing Hitler, forced Chamberlain to resign in May 1940, and helped make Churchill his successor,” sees clear parallels between Bush and Chamberlain.
Zero Tolerance (23 August 2007)
Another dangerous deviant caught drawing in a public school was sent home, making clear the Chandler Unified School District’s position that doodling is an unacceptable threat to its students.
Virginia is for Crips (22 August 2007)
Virginia’s state tourism agency is revising a recent ad campaign after being informed that the models in the ads were inadvertently flashing a gang sign.
(via Adfreak)
Another reason not to trust Wikipedia (18 August 2007)
Computers on the CIA and FBI networks have been used to edit Wikipedia entries on the Iraq war, Guantanamo Bay, and others.
Smite mine enemies, Lord (18 August 2007)
“Persecute them. … Let them be put to shame and perish.”
“Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.”
“Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg.”
Like totally dysfunctional (17 August 2007)
Like, oh my God, like, gag the President of the United States with a spoon.
Glad they cleared that up. (15 August 2007)
“‘Nappy’ is an antiquated term referring to coarse, curly hair and ‘ho’ is slang for whore,” explains a helpful Daniel Trotta for Reuters, reporting on a settlement between Don Imus and former employer CBS.
Welcome to the new Afghanistan (15 August 2007)
New York’s police commissioner has released a report warning of the dangers of Internet-borne Islamic extremism: “It is the de facto training ground. It’s an area of concern.”
No more regulated than a hair drier (15 August 2007)
The must have fashion accessory of the season is the new Taser C2, available in metallic pink, electric blue, titanium silver and black pearl.
Iran's military is a terrorist organization (15 August 2007)
The US is reported to be planning to add Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, the country’s largest military branch, to its list of terrorist organizations.
Building a free market in Iraq (11 August 2007)
Marina Hyde on the news that 180,000 U.S.-supplied AK-47s and 135,000 pieces of body armor are unaccounted for in Iraq.
“As yet the administration will only go so far as to concede that “some” of the weapons will have “fallen into” the hands of insurgents—such a peculiarly woolly styling that you’d think they were attempting to suggest that the vast majority of these AK-47s and pistols were adopted by kindly Iraqi families and are now living peaceable existences on country farms, where they scare hot-weather crows and shoot tin cans off rustic fences.”