Yesterday the Straphangers Campaign filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court seeking to win reconsideration of Sunday's planned fare increase by the...
"Los Angeles holds on to its top ranking as the U.S. city with the worst air. Portland, Ore., and San Francisco are the two largest cities among the 20 cities...
"But while the first movie made more direct allusions to McCarthyism, immigration and the power of hormones and teenage sexuality, "X2" single-mindedly goes...
"A deputy used pepper spray on a 12-year-old girl and wrestled her to the ground when she ignored repeated orders to stop jaywalking, the sheriff's office said...
Priceless website I found last year through a link from (I believe, not sure) Alternative Tentacles. Hearing Shatner's William Shatner's stupefyingly...
"By legalizing Internet file-trading tools, a California court handed a major victory to communism. The Internet allows the well-wired to take copyrighted...
"New Jersey has made racial and ethnic profiling a felony. Anyone -- including a gang-banger or a drug dealer -- who claims he was stopped only because of his...
"The popular men's magazines, Maxim, Stuff and FHM are too racy for Wal-Mart." http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,86147,00.html Far be it from me to lament...
"Overextended: Copyrights out of control." http://reason.com/sullum/022202.shtml An excellent and succint explanation of how copyright laws have caused the...
... Thoughtful reasoning from Knustler. Look at the current status of K- Mart, with so many of its stores closing down, filing Chapter 11, etc. Wal-Mart may...
I swear, Mike Bloomberg must have 666 or an inverted cross on his little body someplace. Sure, much of this is also the fault of the state, but the at least...
And New Jersey residents have the audacity to wonder why their state receives no respect (Sopranos aside). This is just unreal. I need some Quaaludes, vodka,...
Fuck, I'd still rather buy a used book than to download a copy because 1. I hate reading on the screen, 2. it takes to long to print anything of length on an...
Interesting article from the Guardian (thanks to No Data Source - http://nodatasource.com/ - for the link). I read Schlosser's 'Fast Food Nation,' a book I've...
I have to see this film. The reviewer didn't seem to "get it" when the topic is mullets (and the folk who somehow choose to wear that particular hairstyle)....
... The refreshing thing about Kunstler is that he is in no way a "communist" or "anarchist"--he is merely pointing out how America has lost its ability to...
... Don't blame the residents; blame their stupid politicians. Look at New York: we're about to have the shit taxed out of us--who among us voted for that??...
... who among us voted for that?? ... Of course I blame the politicians... giving their state a bad (worse?) name. Raising taxes is one thing, it's expected,...
... a "communist" or "anarchist"-- ... It is refreshing to be able to read what Kunstler writes. Someone who seems planted on firm ground and not hovering in...
Surprise, surprise. The current results of Billionaire Bloomberg's dismal treatment (and, yes, fiscal oppression) of the residents of the New York City: ...
If Bloomberg cares about NY so mmuch maybe he should pump some of his money into it. That guy ha abillion to spare. Sincerly, Steve Quinlan ... MSN 8 helps...
I've thought the same thing and I see tow sides to that argument. 1) It's HIS money, HE *earned* it by being a highly successful and savvy businessman. He...
"Even with the best intentions, the city as a municipality lacks the statutory clout and the real-estate savvy to see through a project on anything like Ground...
No, I am not going to let up on this twit Bloomberg. He's certainly done nothing to deserve respect, and the next election can't come fast enough. Good to...
i wouldn't think it was such a big deal, and it could even be humorous, if it weren't for the fact that i've NEVER seen a case of white folk spoofing rappers...
... of white folk spoofing rappers that didn't make me cringe. ... Like, er, eminem. ... writers insist on throwing that shit in there. why? WHY? ... Check out...
... you think it would be immediately obvious nowadays to any company executive that addressing race in any way meant to be "humorous" will simply trigger...
A follow-up to my March 23 posting: "Barket said Kopp's strong views against abortion and his contention that he meant only to wound Slepian to prevent him...