So, is "good young man" code for "boy" in the same way that "presumptuous" is code for "uppity"? Just trying to keep track of my racist coding here, and let me tell you, it's not getting any easier.

I had no idea that *anything* by ABBA was available on wax cylinder.

"any other potential vice president who answers to "her.""

So..Rudy is out then?

So, in the first debate each 9 minute segment is twelve minutes long? 2+2+5+1.5+1.5?

I am assuming that you took this straight from the press release, so it's not a dig at you, but honestly, don't people proofread anything anymore?

Looks like the extra 1.5 minutes per candidates is a seperate thing outside of the 9 segments, and only in the third debate.

"our discourse is stupid"

That would be Factcheck dot *ORG*, Mr. Cheney.

Let it be Lieberman. Please, please please. Droopy Dawg would be the nail in the McCain campaign's coffin.

The comics simply weren't that good. Well produced from a technical standpoint - great production, and the art was generally okay, but the storylines themselves were just "eh". Too bad, because I really like the idea of new cross-cultural comics shaking things up the way that Manga has over the last decade.

I am assuming that because you are a layperson you weren't aware that Virgin Comics were distributed through Diamond to the direct market and definitely played ball, buying up their own "spotlight" section of the monthly catalog just like any of the other larger publishers.

You are right though to point out the monopoly situation in comics distribution.

If it is, then it would make perfect sense that something that kills sperm would also have an impact on the bacteria that cause acne.

I looked on the interwebs but all I could not see anyting that said if it was spermicidal or not.

I would say that you are just about as personally invested in caring about the struggles of you financial institution a they would be in yours.

Really, if you suffered a catasrophic event (say, a major illness) that brought about your financial ruin would they be wringing their hands over you?

"I was wearing a t-shirt with the zip code of the community that was asking for that bridge. Not all the people in that community even were asking for a $400 million or $300 million bridge. "

She's right. Only about 49 people in that whole zipcode were asking for the bridge. Of course, that's 98% of the electorate...

Apparently, that would be AIG. - http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/aig-seeks-fed-aid-to-survive/index.html?hp

Oh. My. God. (or OMG, as the kids say). After reading your little snippet about her, I have realized that she is actually the basis for the character "The Duchess" on the TV show "Gossip Girl". I wonder if she is also having an affair with an uderage boy-toy?

http://www.boingboing.net/images/x_2008/putinrearshishead.jpg

You, at least once that I saw, said it was the panic of 1973. Confused me for a bit

"he appeared at a Council event in 1985 honoring Afghani anti-Soviet fighters"

Can we get a list of the people honored at the bash? I mean, there are a lot of very interesting Anti-Soviet fighters, and I would be very interested to see, specifically, which ones were called out for this honor. Was the organization Maktab al-Khadamat among them?

I know, I am just being a jerk - you can never predict what someone will do in the future. I would love to see the ad though...can you imagine what the McCain campaign would do if the situation were reversed? (all of this said with the understanding that I ahve no idea if Bin Laden or his organization were even mentioned at this event, though they were prominent in the anti-Soviet struggle)

Only 19 times? Really?!? I find that hard to believe. It felt like every sentence either began or ended with "my friends", going way beyond just a favorite phrase and turning into some kind of creepy, creepy verbal tick.

But only 19 times...huh.

Maybe 19 times is a lot more than it looks like on paper when you have to listen to it, becasue I wanted to scream each time he said it (also, thinking of all the poor people getting their stomachs pumped if they were playing the drinking game - I bet a lot of lives were lost to alchohol poisoning last night...)

Interesting that after the debate John and Cindy2000 took off and didn't hang around to shake hands and talk to John's friends.

"Tortured Boys: Predators or Prey", may have been the finest article ever to appear in any magazine, anywhere.

The quote at the top of her Myspace page is a combinaton of two Panic! At The Disco song titles.

Does he get set adrift on an ice flow, or is he to be hunted from a helicopter? I can never remember...

This will certainly prove to all the doubters that there are Democrats that are competent and qualified to handle military and security issues.

Just not any that are as qualified as a Republican Daddy.

This is stupid.

The titles that have done well for EA this year are generally targeted towards older consumers - Deadspace and Left 4 Dead have done very well. The things that have caused them problems are things like Madden (which is a retread year after year), Need For Speed (also a boring retread franchise) and Mirror's Edge (a great idea that seems to have lost something in execution, plus the difficultly level is way to hide for my enjoyment)). Rockband 2 has also not performed well, largely I think because it was too soon. No one is really interested in a minor upgrade of the core game and instruments when there is great DLC coming out every week. Also, having the Harry Potter movie, and therefore the game, moved back to summer has cost them a fortune.