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No, not that Gonzalez.  Philippine Justice Minister Raul Gonzalez.  American politicians, please take note:  In a charming bit of whimsy, Gonzalez has promised to throw any activists who try to disrupt next month’s Southeast Asian summit into the Mactan Straits and ”let the sharks eat them.” Now if only our home-grown politicians would grow some cojones.  Think of the possibilites, and I mean that literally.  I’m too lazy and wacked

It would be funnier if it didn’t happen to be so true. Resident [signifier] asks: I wonder why so many care so much about semantics I don’t know.  Why do people care so much about wingers calling it the “Democrat” party?  Why do people care whether it’s a “baby” or a “fetus”?  Why do people care if it’s (metaphorically speaking) a “landslide” or a “tsunami” or whether it is a

Here’s what the New York Times wanted its readers to know about on Monday: Panel to Weigh Overture by U.S. to Iran and Syria News Analysis: Chilling Echo for Lebanon, Mirror of Regional Tension Gilded Paychecks: Lure of Great Wealth Affects Career Choices Seattle Journal: City That Takes Rain in Stride Puts on Hip Boots Time Served: Zoning Laws That Bar Pedophiles Raise Concerns A G.O.P. Breed Loses Its Place

You may recall that some months ago Patterico hit on the brilliant device of pre- and post-condemnation of everything ever done or expressed by anyone with whom he might be associated somehow that caused, or was claimed to have caused, any pain to anyone at all.  I think, in the spirit of Tony Blair’s expression of sorrow for England’s historical involvement in slavery, that we can do them all one

From Michael at Innocent Bystanders: Yoko Ono has been doing some deep thinking about how to make the world a better place. John Lennon’s widow is calling for the anniversary of his death to become a day of worldwide healing. In a full-page advertisement appearing Sunday in The New York Times, Yoko Ono urges readers to mark the anniversary by apologizing to those who have suffered because of violence and

Dyn-O-Mite! TV Land lists catchphrases Sometimes it takes only a word, or just a few, to become immortalized in television history. The TV Land cable network has compiled a list of the 100 greatest catchphrases in TV, from the serious — Walter Cronkite’s nightly signoff “And that’s the way it is” — to the silly: “We are two wild and crazy guys!” The network will air a countdown special, “The