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Gut-wrenching essay about domestic violence from the former Captain Picard. Sadly, many people have been forced to live in this kind of quiet desperation. - Chris

Carter actually tried to institute Asceticism Day, but it didn't go over very well. - Etymology Freak

This isn't all that funny until the muppet starts plugging his book. Then it is comedy genius. Also, why is Sesame Street pimping itself on Fox? - Chris

Outstanding. - Chris

Love this review and the reviewer's conclusions about the film and the whole series (it's "dangerous"). But why giant muffins? I really would like to know. - Chris

I have to agree with the always grouchy JHK. We cannot recover to the previous state we were in - those days are gone. - Chris

A long screed about the typical conservative christian issues, with a lot of thinly veiled language about how they're not going to take any more liberal ideas lying down anymore (as if they ever have). There have always been gay priests and ministers in the church, and marriage in Biblical times was often defined as being between one man, several wives and several more concubines (at least for the rich and the ruling elites, like King David). The fact that these people don't even acknowledge or understand their own history would be laughable if they weren't acting out of this enormous ignorance to quash other people's civil rights. - Chris

Lots of great pictures, but the baboon and the whale are amazing. - Chris

I could only watch through the part where the woman mentions PeTA. I can't believe how bad PeTA is for animal rights. Anyway, as painful as this is, there's no doubt in my mind that if you interviewed the people in line for a Michael Moore event, you would get enough dumb responses to be able to edit them together and make something just like this. It's not conservatives or Republicans or Palin 'fans' who are easily led and have few basic, coherent thoughts at their disposal - it's most Americans. - Chris

I hate to keep talking about these people, but here I go anyway. It's clear that Beck/Limbaugh et al are just using their audiences to make themselves a decent amount of money. Form a cult of personality around yourself, tell your cult the things they want to hear, then sell them your books and use them to get a big contract on TV and radio. That's all this is. These people like the sound of their own voices, they like the attention, and they like the money. Any such "100-year plan" this guy has will of course be long forgotten by the time everyone who wastes their time and money on him and his books and shows are dead. The right-wing radio/tv people are not the philosophical heirs of Ronald Reagan or Barry Goldwater; no, they've learned everything they know from P.T. Barnum. - Chris

Maybe if the bike lane was called the wheelchair lane people wouldn't be so cavalier about blocking it. - Chris

Of all the things you could be king of... - Chris

My first War on Christmas™ link for 2009. The blogger thinks it's a "cool" commercial, but it just seems really lame to me. Details here: http://www.brandweek.com/bw... - Chris

It sounds like nothing short of commercials featuring nothing but a nativity scene would satisfy the AFA. What a bunch of extreme radicals. - Etymology Freak

Initially after Katrina there was much political finger-pointing over whose fault it was that the levees failed, but the consistently under-reported truth is that it was ultimately the Corps of Engineers who were at fault. I hope this ruling helps change some of the misperceptions still out there. - Chris

A sort of internet business model for the real world. It will be interesting to see what this becomes, if anything. - Chris

Somebody needs to go to Mars and give this thing a push. - Chris

An entire Oprah cable channel. Will that make her a trillionaire? - Chris

I'm not sure if that's deep or if you found it in your vegan Chinese takeout. - Etymology Freak

Your comment came through as a tweet. I feel so meta. - Chris

I guess this kind of thing is why people love bureaucracy so much - there's no accountability at any level. - Chris

You know you want to! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009... - Etymology Freak

More Portland transit porn. Really people, it's not *that* great, it's just the way things roughly ought to be in any large-ish city. - Chris

The buses don't run late around here either and it's a real bummer. I get why they do it, but I wish there was some way to provide limited service later into the night, at least until after bar closing (2 a.m.). Where I live, if I want to go downtown, I either have to catch the last bus back by 11:00 or I have to take a cab, which can be anywhere between $18 and $32. So I continually... more... - Etymology Freak