When: Thursday, 3 PM EST Where: Rightalk Radio Guests: Ace, from Ace of Spades HQ, Val Prieto, from Babalublog.com. Topics: The state of political discourse; social cons vs. libertarians; pop-culture; Cuban-Americanism; literacy rates; free health care. Toll-free Call-in number: 1-866-884-8255 (866-884-TALK) Disclaimer: Sometimes, radio shows just aren’t very interesting. Offer: If you have any questions you’d like me to ask Ace, leave them in the comments. You asked some great
April 13, 2005
The wages of Socialism
From the Bennington Banner: Rep. Bernard Sanders used campaign donations to pay his wife and stepdaughter more than $150,000 for campaign-related work since 2000, according to records filed with the Federal Election Commission. Jane O’Meara Sanders, his wife, received $91,020 between 2002 and 2004 for “consultation” and for negotiating the purchase of television and radio time-slots for Sanders’ advertisements, according to records and interviews. Approximately $61,000 of that was “pass
April 13, 2005
“Metamorphosis, Now”: a protein wisdom sudden fiction
One morning, as Greg Samsa awoke from an anxious sleep, he discovered he’d been changed into a giant Wendy’s Fried Chicken Strip Salad™. He lay on his leafy green back and saw, after nosing aside a recalcitrant crouton, his golden brown abdomen—oil-soaked and glistening, ridged in that bumpy way deep-fry batter bubbles then settles crust-like on a stretch of succulent all-white chicken meat. From this strange position he noticed his
April 12, 2005
“The forty acres and a mule post” (from the protein wisdom conceptual series)
So, now what? Put up a fence?
April 12, 2005
If instead of going On The Road, famed Beat writer Jack Kerouac spent the early 1950s as an Ambassador to Cuba
Kerouac: “Sure, it’s beautiful and everything. But you can’t really smoke sugar cane, y’know? Now imagine these same lush island fields filled with a tobacco-cannabis hybrid. Can you see it? Because there‘s a bumper crop Jack can move, baby.”
April 12, 2005
A final moment of unabashed pragmatism
Yeah. Screw all this. **** update: Okay. So maybe not a final final moment of unabashed pragmatism…
April 11, 2005
My fourth brief conversation with the ghost of Tony Randall
Me: “Don’t get me wrong: Klugman was excellent. I’m just saying he’s no Matthau, is all.” The Ghost of Tony Randall: “Fair enough, fair enough… Say, you want to grab a length of salami and spook the shit out Penny Marshall with me? The woman is absolutely terrified of aged meat…”
April 11, 2005
The onanist haiku
Sometimes when we touch, the honesty’s too much, but damn!– if I ain’t good…!
April 11, 2005
Bolton grilled by Senate
From the BBC: President George W Bush’s controversial candidate for the post of US ambassador to the UN has pledged to “work with all” if his candidacy is confirmed. John Bolton told a Senate confirmation hearing he wanted to help build a stronger and more effective UN. He is an outspoken critic of the UN, and his choice has been denounced by Democrats as divisive. Democrat Sen Joseph Biden told