A jury of 500 artists, critics, performers, etc. at the American Film Institute has voted "Singing In the Rain" the best movie musical ever: The other top 10 musicals, in descending order, were: West Side Story, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, Cabaret, Mary Poppins, A Star Is Born, My Fair Lady, An American in Paris and Meet … Read More
Haute Cuisine
Deep Fried Coca-Cola? Vendor Abel Gonzales Jr. has come up with a new artery-clogging concoction for the State Fair of Texas. It’s fried Coke. Gonzales deep-fries Coca-Cola-flavored batter. He then drizzles Coke fountain syrup on it. The fried Coke is topped with whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and a cherry. Gonzales said the fried Coke came about just from thinking aloud. … Read More
Jesus Camp
This documentary-for-theatrical-release is creating a lot of buzz. The trailer looks interesting, if not disturbing. RELATED: A rather scary website: The Christian Guide To Small Arms, which includes such gems as: The most useful arm to the Christian warrior is probably the rifle or the carbine. A rifle is a long arm with a rifled (grooved) barrel chambered for a … Read More
Not Fantasy Football
NPR had a story on fantasy football, a craze which is still growing in popularity. I don’t play it, because I don’t follow football that closely, but I know many who do. Apparently the object is to create a football team (which you draft) from real players. Then, based on their playing stats from the previous week’s game, you score … Read More
Fist Through A Wall
Yup. Shakespeare’s Sister is dead on here: President Shirky McShrugsalot: “[D]ependence on foreign oil jeopardizes our ability to grow." "Problem is, we get oil from some parts of the world and they simply don’t like us," he said. "The more dependent we are on that type of energy, the less likely it will be that we are able to compete … Read More
GOP Is Soft on Terrorism
Look at this list. It is funding needed to protect ourselves from terrorists. What’s your reaction to the items on this list — A waste of money, or worthwhile spending? Screen Checked Baggage: $91.1 million Screen Carry-On Baggage: $37.8 million Passenger Profiling: $10 million Screener Training: $5.3 million Screen Passengers (portals) and Document Scanners: $1 million Deploying Existing Technology to … Read More
“What You Seem To Be, Be Really” – Ben Franklin
Is it me, or does this "Franklin Roosevelt action figure" being sold at Target look an awful lot like Ben Franklin? UPDATE: I guess Target got wise to their error — the link above doesn’t take you to the item for sale anymore. Although there’s always the Google cache.
ABC “Docudrama” Blames Clinton For 9/11
From Think Progress: On September 10 and 11, ABC will air a “docudrama” called “The Path to 9/11.” It was written by Cyrus Nowrasteh, who describes himself as “more of a libertarian than a strict conservative,” and is giving interviews to hard-right sites like FrontPageMag to promote the film. What will it say about President Clinton? Here’s Rush Limbaugh with … Read More
Didn’t You Kind Of Think It Would End This Way?
Steve Irwin, 44, known to all as the amped-up Crocodile Hunter, died yesterday at the hands of an animal. It wasn’t a crocodile — the animal that Steve often liked to get dangerously close to. He was stung by a stingray. Apparently, there is videotape of him pulling the stingray barb from his chest in his last moments of life. … Read More
Lowry, By The Numbers
Rich Lowry in Townhall: [T]he American public is not yet ready to quit. A CNN poll in August found that 69 percent of Americans oppose withdrawing American troops by the end of the year… The CNN poll that Lowry refers to: "Do you think the U.S. should withdraw SOME troops from Iraq by the end of the year, or do … Read More
Men In Frights (Manly Men!)
From behind their comfortable chairs, dressed only in their pajamas, the warbloggers of the right can exude their unique brand of machismo …because — God forbid — it’s not like they’re going to go and fight in a war they support. The latest faux-macho bedwetter to come to my attention is David Warren, a columnist for the right-wing Real Clear … Read More
Plamegate Is Bogus?
The WaPo editorial board thinks so: Nevertheless, it now appears that the person most responsible for the end of Ms. Plame’s CIA career is Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson chose to go public with an explosive charge, claiming — falsely, as it turned out — that he had debunked reports of Iraqi uranium-shopping in Niger and that his report had circulated … Read More
Give Me A Break
Shorter Jonah Goldberg: "Yes, Bush looked the other way while New Orleans drowned. Yes, his Iraqi war is one big clusterfuck. Yes, he hasn’t done squat to capture Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the worst attack on this country in our history. Yes, Bush likes to violate our civil liberties. But these are just superficial and transient issues, so … Read More
Is Bush Warming To Global Warming?
Buried deep in this Time column, you will find this: Previewing the final quarter of Bush’s presidency, officials disclosed to Time that the Administration is formulating a huge energy initiative designed to "change the whole nature of the discussion" and challenge the g.o.p., Democrats, the oil and electricity industries, and environmentalists. An adviser said Bush’s views about global warming have … Read More
Friday iPod Random Ten
My Boy Lollipop – Minnie Small Look Mama – Howard Jones Jet – Paul McCartney Everything That Touches You – The Association A Part Of That – The Last 5 Years Cast Recording Let’s Get It Started – Black Eyed Peas Land Of Make Believe – Maynard Ferguson (who just passed away on August 23) Somebody Has To Pay – … Read More