By Yasha Levine
Today, August 14, Dmitri Medvedev celebrates 100th day as President of the Russian Federation. What conclusions can be made about the new president? Well, not many. Other than the fact that Medvedev is trying really, really hard to be the…
By Team eXiled
Before your time boho comic Dick Smothers… …and dead before his time anthrax poet Bruce Ivins
Aug 14, 2008 | Comments Off on Separated At Mom Always Liked You Best But I Can Fix That
By Yasha Levine
I woke up to discover a weird link to a Digg post sent over by a friend of mine. It was a poll conducted on CNN’s website asking readers: Do you think Russians actions in Georgia are justified? 1) Yes…
By Gary Brecher
There are three basic facts to keep in mind about the smokin’ little war in Ossetia: 1. The Georgians started it. 2. They lost. 3. What a beautiful little war! For me, the most important is #3, the sheer beauty…
By Mark Ames
The outbreak of war in Georgia on Friday offers a disturbing and somewhat surreal taste of what to expect from John McCain should he become our nation’s Commander in Chief. As the centuries-old ethnic animosities between Georgia and Ossetia boiled…
By Eileen Jones
I wish I knew how to quit you I admit I enjoyed Pineapple Express more than I expected. Turns out it’s much more wholesome than Knocked Up and Superbad and other Judd Apatow Factory products, because Apatow & Co. have…
Aug 8, 2008 | Comments Off on FILM REVIEW: OUT OF THE CLOSET WITH PINEAPPLE EXPRESS
By John Dolan
It is clear by now that Bruce Ivins did indeed send those anthrax spores. The most damning evidence, in the view of the bovine chorus, is the fact that he wrote poetry. A sample of the poetical works of the…
Aug 7, 2008 | Comments Off on The Bruce Ivins Memorial Poetry Nook