Ricky Rice is a former dope fiend and a surviving member of a suicide cult. And when he gets a mysterious letter to uphold a promise he made long ago, Ricky becomes a member of a secret society of paranormal investigators called the Unlikely Scholars. When the society is threatened, Ricky is teamed up with Read More
What with all the yelling and lying passing as political discourse at town halls around the country, this is a great week to offer musical tribute to those thousands of dissenters terrified of socialized Obamacare: 1. Breath and Stop – Q-Tip (belleisa) 2. Lies – Save Ferris (Shani-o) 3. Shout – Tears for Fears (blackink) Read More
Talking to Taitz was like watching a James Bond movie, only I couldn’t follow the plot. I just knew that Obama was going to show up in the climactic scene, stroking the white cat on his lap and cackling in Swahili. —- Salon’s Gabriel Winant, about interviewing with Orly Taitz, the most prominent member of Read More
He finally did it! Click to watch Damon Weaver interviewing Barack Obama in a video posted Thursday night. Watch, and try not to cry . . .
Remember that weird, problematic case in which the off-duty officer, in plainclothes, pulled out his gun and chased a guy who may have broken into his car, and then other cops came and shot that off-duty cop? News from the New York Times: A grand jury in Manhattan has voted not to indict a New Read More
ESPN’s Chris Mortensen is reporting that Michael Vick has signed a two-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles. I can dig that. Frankly, there’s not much of a downside: the Eagles get another playmaker; Philly is the right city with the right fanbase to welcome Vick back into the League; and the Eagles have no immediate need Read More
Very well done. [Via Africa is a Country. h/t Winslow.]
So, earlier today I was checking out the video of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton* momentarily losing her cool after being asked a question that she thought was about what “Mr. Clinton” thought about an international trade issue: “”You want me to tell you what my husband thinks?” she asked incredulously when the student raised Read More
Our homie Adam Serwer over at The American Prospect responds to my post on “coonery” and fogeyism and steps in to defend his favorite MC. On Nas this is so right–let’s not even go into those “nigger” t-shirts he and his entourage were sporting last year. But it’s part of the brilliance of Nas that Read More
This cast is kinda ridiculous.
