Not much to report yet. My flight was rather ordinary, as was the coffee I had this morning—which tasted the same as Colorado coffee, though it cost me $1.50 more. Maybe because of the fancy paper cup with fold-out cardboard handles. Or maybe because Mayor Bloomberg is an insane tax pimp. Anyway, in the Big Apple’s defense, the poppy bagel and whitefish salad I had for breakfast was superb. As
August 2004
August 29, 2004
protein wisdom’s Republican National Convention coverage, 1
Not much to report yet. My flight was rather ordinary, as was the coffee I had this morning—which tasted the same as Colorado coffee, though it cost me $1.50 more. Maybe because of the fancy paper cup with fold-out cardboard handles. Or maybe because Mayor Bloomberg is an insane tax pimp. Anyway, in the Big Apple’s defense, the poppy bagel and whitefish salad I had for breakfast was superb. As
August 28, 2004
Warriors, come out and playayyyy
In preparation for my NYC sojourn to cover the GOP convention, I’ve made a few minor cosmetic changes to help protesters identify me as a bonafide rightwinger deserving of their earnest, progressive scorn. Because I wouldn’t want the Starbucks crowd aiming their water balloons and free-range chicken eggs at any innocent bystanders… Oh. And I’ll be wearing a coat made from the elderly and dragging a cluster of minority children
August 27, 2004
Teresa Heinz Kerry orders an Egg McMuffin
Yeah, right. Like a woman who thinks a Quarter Pounder with cheese is a flawed diamond would ever eat an Egg McMuffin. …Christ. You people really disappoint me sometimes. **** underpaid Guatalajaran kitchen help of update: Teresa wails, “Don’t question my husband’s patriotism, unpatriots!” (h/t Ace)
August 27, 2004
Will the monkey give us what we crave?
Depends. Last I heard he was in Cambodia. But I have my doubts.
August 27, 2004
Kerry to veterans: “I suppose, in retrospect, that the hippie-heavy photo mocking Iwo Jima WAS a bit much. But in my defense, I’d just like to point out that I served in Vietnam…”
Click the cover for links to the full text of Kerry’s out-of-print The New Soldier. As Bill Quick says: “The Blogosphere. You just gotta love it.” **** More here and here.
August 27, 2004
Kerry to veterans: “I suppose, in retrospect, that the hippie-heavy photo mocking Iwo Jima WAS a bit much. But in my defense, I’d just like to point out that I served in Vietnam…”
Click the cover for links to the full text of Kerry’s out-of-print The New Soldier. As Bill Quick says: “The Blogosphere. You just gotta love it.” **** More here and here.
August 27, 2004
Sick of the Kerry Swift Boat Scandal yet?
Too bad. Because I’m not. From today’s New York Post: An officer who served with John Kerry yesterday finally broke his silence about the Swift vets controversy – and said Kerry accidentally wounded himself before requesting his first Purple Heart. In a detailed new account that is certain to fuel the growing controversy, eyewitness William Schachte Jr., a retired rear admiral, told columnist Robert Novak for today’s papers that he
August 27, 2004
red pills found behind the sofa cushions, flashback epilogue
Freeze-dried brine shrimp, by the way. That’s all sea monkeys really are. And—contrary to the promises made by some dolphins—not one of those little shrimpbastards will don a crown, or bareback a sea horse, or launch a well-funded counterinsurgency against the fascist blue crab regime that recently seized control of the bathtub.
August 26, 2004
Didn’t we once fight a war over something like this…?
From Fox News Election monitors that normally would be expected to observe elections in fledgling democracies like Azerbaijan and Moldova are scheduled to watch the vote in a more established democratic nation — the United States. Responding to a request from 13 Democratic congressmen and the State Department, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (search) will be sending a group to make sure the United States holds a