Good Old Neon

Because when you believe that the founder of your religion found some magic plates (objects that would, quite conveniently for Joseph Smith, prove fatal if someone other than Joe the Nutcase were to gaze upon them) while out on a hike, well, you can pretty much do anything. Should Scientology survive another hundred years or more, I

On the upside, the unemployment and welfare forms are a delight to fill out

Couldn't be more excited by the prospect of finally digging into this - release date - 11/11

I just purchased one of these for everyone who has participated in this thread.

And these are interesting because

I purchased the issue, but for those interested or unaware of its existence, Rolling Stone has made available online (in its entirety) its truly excellent, David Lipsky reported article The Lost Years and Last Days of David Foster Wallace. There are some really great revelations both sad and funny (and really quite touching) that will be of interest to his fans and readers. Much of it is really dark and depressing and can make for some pretty difficult reading

From Andrew Sullivan's blog: From that part of America McCain and Palin do not consider real:

Report: Threats To Obama Rose As Palin's Crowds Grew More Frenzied By Greg Sargent - November 5, 2008, 2:00PM During the campaign the frenzied crowds at Sarah Palin rallies did seem indicative of something frightening in the air, and it turns out that there was a reason to conclude this, Newsweek reports: The Obama campaign was provided with reports from the Secret Service showing a sharp and disturbing increase in threats to Obama in September and early October, at the same time that many crowds at Palin rallies became more frenzied. Michelle Obama was shaken by the vituperative crowds

Yeah, the next most important aspect of government we need to work on is firming up the separation of church and state. Laws such as this (and Prop 8, etc) are little more than thinly veiled attempts to legislate religious morals

North Korea goes Wild!

QFT!!! From Andrew Sullivan

A bit of the old

The folks over at the National Review are as magnanimous as ever (taken from Salon): Just watched Wonder Boy

And I was being whole-way serious. I truly believe the time has come for America to declare war on America. Otherwise, we run the risk of America usurping America, leading to one America divided against itself - which, I think, is a conundrum of some sort - but I'm not sure.

What sort of damage? After the last eight years, about the only thing left to be done is to just say

From The Onion: Carrying a majority of the popular vote, Obama did especially well among women and young voters, who polls showed were particularly sensitive to the current climate of everything being fucked. Another factor contributing to Obama's victory, political experts said, may have been the growing number of Americans who, faced with the complete collapse of their country, were at last able to abandon their preconceptions and cast their vote for a progressive African-American. Citizens with eyes, ears, and the ability to wake up and realize what truly matters in the end are also bel

Jeez, it

[T]he lively arts of the millennial U.S.A. treat anhedonia and internal emptiness as hip and cool.

And correct me if I'm wrong, but are you not the fella who thinks Jay Leno is like, hirarious?

I thought this was sort of cool - a link from Andrew Sullivan's site: I Didn't Vote For Obama Today November 4, 2008, 9:37AM I have a confession to make. I did not vote for Barack Obama today. I've openly supported Obama since March. But I didn't vote for him today. I wanted to vote for Ronald Woods. He was my algebra teacher at Clark Junior High in East St. Louis, IL. He died 15 years ago when his truck skidded head-first into a utility pole. He spent many a day teaching us many things besides the Pythagorean Theorem. He taught us about Medgar Evers, Ralph Abernathy, John Lew

Norman "the plumber" Fell

I called cutsies and moved right to the front of the line, where, like a good undecided voter, I stood absolutely still, debating the merits of both candidates for a full one hour and forty five minutes, in the end, I wandered out of line, distracted as I was by something shiny.

For what it

Greetings from the 7th Century Islam circa 2008.