In a conspiracy of bad timing, we lost our washing machine to fatigue this weekend, and our dishwasher to poor design and the force of my foot (frustration, you see, for the wretched old Whirlpool’s inability to clean the Guinness residue out of my pint glasses; justifiable technocide, I believe). Looking for recommendations and testimonials in support of replacement machines. Thrall me with your acumen. Please.

From the Colorado Springs Gazette: On the playground of a northern Colorado Springs elementary school, tag is not “it.” The touch-and-run game and any other form of chasing was banned this year at Discovery Canyon Campus’ elementary school by administrators who say it fuels schoolyard disputes. “It causes a lot of conflict on the playground,” said Assistant Principal Cindy Fesgen. In the first days of school, before tag was banned,

Re: Dan’s post on the “Caric” effect: Ric Caric is a minor educator at a minor university. His academic “work” is entirely template-driven and circular, beginning with a common premise — white Americans, particularly men, are inveterately (for Caric’s ilk, the construct itself, when pressured, shows itself to be foundational) racist, sexist, and homophobic, and can only be saved by the Church of Progressive Politics, where the demons of HATE

A student’s MySpace page: August 27, 2007 – Monday The Caric Standard Current mood: accomplished I have a professor named Ric Caric. He’s easily the most influential person in my entire life. This is the guy who changed my entire ideological framework by tearing my preconceived notions to shreds. From day one he has challenged and tested me ideologically. It started with African American Political theory. bell hooks, Spike Lee,

But unfortunately, probably won’t. Hsu has ties to the folks whom Bill Clinton waived to let the Chinese have missile guidance technology that otherwise would have taken them years to develop. And the Clintons are still reaping the financial benefits. Gateway Pundit has the story.  Color Bill Clinton shocked:  “You could have slapped me upside the head with a cock . . . “

This one’s special: Comment by Chuck @ Detroit Populist Times on 9/3 @ 5:56 pm # |Edit This You bunch of Right Wing Suckbags can kiss my fucking ass, you mother fuckers are going to LOSE the damn election in 2008. You stole 2000 and 2004, ain’t fucking happening again. I assure you of that. You’re fucking Hypocrisy stinks to fucking high heaven. Your damn party is defeated and now

Nobody would argue that Europe has become an American-style meritocracy, but the concept is no longer as alien as it once was. When I was in high school, 20 years ago, teachers went on strike for a salary increase. I mentioned a strange, American concept—pay raises linked to performance—and was accused of being a right-winger. Now this alien term appears in the manifestos of all would-be prime ministers for the

Two former Presidents grab Rena Mehtu’s admirable ass.

A former CIA operative and Cuban exile plans to auction what he says is a lock of Che Guevara’s hair, snipped before the Argentinian revolutionary and friend of Fidel Castro was buried in 1967. Gustavo Villoldo, 71, was involved in Guevara’s capture in the jungles of Bolivia, according to unclassified U.S. records and other documents. He plans to auction the hair and other items kept in a scrapbook since the

Insty points out this great article by Robert Kaplan in The Atlantic, in which he writes about some of the worthy Viet Nam soldier memoirs that haven’t found a general audience, for a variety of reasons, such as publishers’ unwillingness to print them and reviewers unwillingness to review them. Sounds like a resource that a privately-funded production company might be able to turn into a remarkable series of films for,