Exhibit 4,000,000 in why the border wall is worthless, driving people into the desert to die while not even slowing down drug smuggling.
Month: November 2011
Weather is pretty not great in New England, a lot of people are on the road across the country including myself in about 5 minutes. Be safe, blah, blah, etc..
I have always wanted to like Catherine Breillat's films, but never have. I find her a cut-rate Eric Rohmer, trying and failing to equal Rohmer's dialogue about sex and love.
I'm a huge fan of the Roots and think Michele Bachmann is a malignant political figure, but Jessica Grose is right. However subtle, calling a Republican politician a "bitch" isn't any more justifiable than "bitch" jokes about Hillary Clinton, and she does deserve a real...
Last night I accidentally watched the bulk of the GOP national security debate. There was certainly a degree of entertainment value, and there's something to be said for being part.
That's it; I will never again be convinced of Joe Paterno's Profound Morality. Or, for that matter, ever before. Jerry Sandusky's Sixth Amendment claim continues to get support. Hacked emails.
The jazz world and the drumming world weeps tonight.
It's an appropriately dopey punchline to a Bobo column that actually argues that the Republican and "Democrat"* parties are equally monolithic. The guy makes a healthy salary to discuss politics.
Fascinating, disturbing map of the ~370000 traffic deaths in the United States between 2001 and 2009. You can drill down to street level data, which includes age, year, and type.
I'm working with a producer at a national news network to put together a segment on the employment and debt crisis among recent law school grads. We need someone who: (1) Is a recent law school grad (2) Has a large amount of law school...
Last night I watched "Mesrine", the 4 hour film on the life of the notorious French gangster of the 60s and 70s, Jacques Mesrine. It was very good, but not.
The foreclosure mill that held hye-larious parties mocking homeless people and believes that it's unconstitutional for banks and their lawyers to be asked to affirm that they own the properties.