It’s not just an infuriatingly monotonous eighties angst band anymore. Physics question: just how deep can one dig the memory hole before burrowing through the entirety of the earth and resurfacing in China? And once there, how will China’s own memory hole react to the sudden appearance of its western equal — mini black hole? Or the sudden, spontaneous erection of Disneyland Beijing, built from nothing but magma and the

“What people don’t seem to realize, Mr Billy Jack, is that those of us who’ve felt the sting of racism can recognize it by its very timbre. White people seem to think they can hide their fear of the black man in subtle turns of phrase or situational metaphors. But what they don’t realize is that those of us who’ve studied America’s racist history are able to decode such timorous

Sure, guacamole is a bit high in fat. But it’s the good kind of fat. And besides, the tortilla chips are baked. So, like, it’s a wash.

Just another influence to deny or throw under the bus, I guess… (h/t RTBA)

Daniel Henninger, WSJ: he credit-market turmoil is serious, but no campaign has the information Treasury or the Fed are using to work the problem. Rather than be dragged into the path of the financial storm, the McCain campaign especially needs to refocus on its postconvention momentum. It needs to worry about wasting the political capital Gov. Sarah Palin deposited in the Bank of McCain three weeks ago. Once Mr. McCain

Same as it ever was… From Tom, via email: And you may ask yourself What is that beautiful house? And you may ask yourself Where does that highway go? And you may ask yourself Am I right? …am I wrong? And you may tell yourself My god!…what have I done? — The Talking Heads, “Once in a Lifetime” **** So this should be a celebratory, but the truth is that,

…How do we do that, you ask? Simple: surrender more money to the government: Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden says that paying higher taxes is the patriotic thing to do for wealthier Americans. Biden says he and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama want to “take money and put it back in the pocket of middle-class people.” Under the Democrats’ economic plan, people earning more than $250,000 a year would

Change you can believe in! From Bloomberg: The Democratic-controlled Congress, acknowledging that it isn’t equipped to lead the way to a solution for the financial crisis and can’t agree on a path to follow, is likely to just get out of the way. Lawmakers say they are unlikely to take action before, or to delay, their planned adjournments — Sept. 26 for the House of Representatives, a week later for

Oops: This afternoon, in a thread that was later deleted, an individual claiming to be the original poster gave his account of what happened. I’ve attached screencaps. Here’s the text. The original poster used the name “rubico.” The linked email address for the poster was rubico10@yahoo.com.This is what rubico said: rubico 09/17/08(Wed)12:57:22 No.85782652 Hello, /b/ as many of you might already know, last night sarah palin’s yahoo was “hacked” and