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Friday, November 16, 2007 07:12 AM
Original article: Ask the pilot

Dishonest Apple ads

I've been annoyed at Apple ever since they showed an ad claiming that their machines don't have a "blue screen of death". I was using one at work at the time, and I knew darned well that Apples had their own version of the infamous Windows crash screen.

Friday, November 16, 2007 09:52 AM
Original article: Ask the pilot

Riffing on jared2

"So I was in bed with this totally hot chick, and she said she wanted me to touch her G-spot. I was like, whoa, G-WHAT? Fortunately, my iPhone was right there on the nightstand..."

Sunday, November 18, 2007 07:35 AM

What if Hillary doesn't win?

I can't wait for the GOP "rhymes with swoon" campaign.

Sunday, November 18, 2007 06:11 PM
Original article: This Modern World

And the worst part is...

Dershowitz is Jewish! A Jewish liberal wants the US to emulate the Nazis. Can the world get any crazier?

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 09:52 AM

Biden: I am very smart

I generally appreciate Biden's insights, but I think he comes across as a pompous windbag here. Consider these statements:

"[O]ne of the things that I find when I talk to my Democratic colleagues is that they view everything in isolation."

"They don't really connect it."

"What I don't get is that [the other Democratic candidates] think like Bush in terms of this linear view."

"Two debates ago when I mentioned Pakistan, there were blank looks on everybody's face."

"When you talk to these people and listen to what they say on Iraq, they miss the entire point."

I didn't even finish the first page, but I'll stop here. Do you notice a pattern? Biden keeps coming up with different ways to say that he is smarter than everyone else. This is not how a good politician talks.

He would probably be a good Cabinet member, but it is no wonder he can't make any headway in the polls.

Friday, November 23, 2007 06:44 AM

How about Robert DeNiro?

He is the perfect example of a highly talented and acclaimed actor who will take any role for a buck. Godsend, anyone?

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 01:58 PM
Original article: A new kind of sex tourism

Someone call Lou Dobbs!

What about all of the American-born gigolos who are out on the street because of these selfish harlots? This is clearly another example of Americans being robbed of decent work by unfair competition. Tell the horny old women you know to stick with boytoys who have the "Made in the USA" label. Every dollar a sugar mommy lavishes on her corn-fed native-born companion will stay in the economy. Call it "trickle-down economics"... or something like that.

Monday, December 3, 2007 07:10 AM
Original article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily

OSU didn't get a bye

The argument about teams "getting a bye", "doing nothing", "sitting on the their asses for a week", etc., is bogus. They all played 12 or 13 games; the exact timing shouldn't matter.

Likewise, I don't buy this logic that games should matter more late in the season. In what other sport does that matter?

Wednesday, December 5, 2007 04:58 AM
Original article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily

Pandering to older dudes?

That was my first reaction.

Monday, January 21, 2008 10:01 AM
Original article: The Headless McCain Smear

To be fair...

Is there any evidence tying the smears to the Bush campaign? It is one thing to say he benefited, another to hold him responsible.

Thursday, January 24, 2008 05:30 AM

Kid slightly wrong, lady wacked out

He should not have called the home number, even if it was during normal working hours.

Having said that, the lady clearly has some anger management issues. Remember, those late night calls happened AFTER she flipped out. Don't confuse cause and effect. What we hear on the tape is simply her reaction to being called at home in the middle of the day. She clearly needs some coaching about what it takes to be the wife of a public official. It can't be the first time someone called her at home about a work issue.

Thursday, January 24, 2008 08:07 AM

I'm not defending the kid, but...

She blew her top and set herself up for public ridicule. The spouse of a public figure should know better. You can't leave a heated message on someone's voice mail and assume it won't get out.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 03:49 AM
Original article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily

"It is what it is"

Can we have this phrase banned?

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 05:11 AM

Why bother?

If this were a movie, I would keep watching to see if she takes her clothes off. Alas, it's a cartoon...

Monday, March 3, 2008 08:40 AM

And Kurtz was dismissive, to boot

When Kurtz quoted people complaining about the Hagee double-standard, he said they should quit their bitchin' because it was in the New York Times. As opposed to the Farrakhan thing, which has been propagated in every medium imaginable...

Tuesday, March 4, 2008 09:45 AM
Original article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily

Not totally crazy

They are replacing an unfair contest with a fair, albeit different, contest.

Monday, April 14, 2008 04:15 AM

Speaking of sexism

I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard a female Clinton supporter say that other women are obligated to support her. That isn't subtle sexism -- it's blatant.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 04:18 AM
Original article: The rubes and the elites

Is this the Weekly Standard?

'Nuff said.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 04:34 AM
Original article: Obama can't close the deal

Obama HAS closed the deal

The most important fact here is that Obama has an almost insurmountable lead in the pledged delegates. If you accept that the superdelegates should follow the voters, then he has closed the deal.

It is like we are in the closing minutes of a sporting event, say a basketball game. Team Obama is maintaining a healthy, 10 to 20 point lead. Team Clinton has their moments, and sometimes score a couple of baskets in a row, but the fact remains that they are not going to close the gap before the clock winds down. They are fighting hard, and fouling hard, but the outcome of the game is still essentially foreordained. Team Clinton gets a good shot sometimes but they are still going to lose.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 05:39 PM

Usual media BS

We've all seen this movie before. Actually, we see it on every primary day. The media cooks up some storyline about the how the day's contest is really, really important. Then a week later a different place is even more important. Every state is (way) above average.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 04:15 AM

I remember this commercial

Great jingle.

Saturday, June 7, 2008 06:26 AM

It's quite simple

Broder is saying that it is OK for presidents to lie as long as the subject matter is important. Only lying about shabby personal behavior is a disgrace.

Let's call it the Broder Principle in his honor.

Saturday, June 14, 2008 09:29 AM

To Apple defenders

Jeez, you guys are really beating Manjoo over the head over this one.

The ad is plainly deceptive. You could argue that other cell phone ads are similarly deceptive, but didn't your mama tell you that two wrongs don't make a right?

You should look at yourselves in the mirror and think about why you are defending a misleading ad. I like my Motorola phone, but I'm not going to spin for them.

Thursday, June 26, 2008 05:41 AM

Who needs the FDA, anyway?

Just let the pharma companies sell whatever they want. Surely, they only have the consumer's best interest in mind. ;)

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