Comedy Devastated by Obama Victory
[Brad Jacobson, Wounded Courier] As the majority of Americans continue to bask in the glow of Barack Obama’s landslide victory on Tuesday, comedians nationwide have suddenly fallen on hard times. […]
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A McCain Victory? Fat Chance!
[Tom McNichol, Morphizm] The margin of Barack Obama’s electoral victory caught some pundits by surprise. But Obama’s win was ensured when McCain failed to connect with voters outside of his […]
Vote For Obama Because He’s Black
[Greg Palast, Morphizm] No question, Mr. Bruce was my favorite teacher in junior high. I went to this Loser-ville school in the San Fernando Valley. It was all Chicano kids […]
Barkley Rips Polls, Runs For Governor
Scott Thill, Morphizm] When he was a NBA superstar and MVP, Charles Barkley could always be counted on for awesome sound bites. As an analyst, he’s been paid to basically […]
Holy Crap! I Lost The Election For Obama!
I’m so sorry, Barack. I had to take my kid to the doctor. And just because I didn’t vote doesn’t mean you had to go and let MoveOn make an […]
Keep Hope Alive. Literally.
The McCain-Palin ticket is dead in the water, sundered by its allegiance to the Bush administration’s disaster capitalism and foundering on a strategy basically designed to piss off rednecks and […]
Mogwai Howls About Hawk, Bush
“I don’t know why CSI Miami likes us so much.”
New Orleans Won’t Be Ignored
[Naomi Klein, The Nation] The early results are in: Hurricane Gustav has helped John McCain’s bid for the White House. This is nothing short of incredible. In the combination of […]
Infecting Nike, Intiating Obama: An Interview With Saul Williams
“I think it guarantees that the people in power in that corporation are listening close to what I’m saying and what their kids are dancing to.”
The End Of The Jews? An Interview With Adam Mansbach
“ The thing I love about being a novelist is that with each project you invent a new world. You approach it with a different set of aesthetic and structural ideas, and you grapple with a different series of problems in figuring out how to tell the story.”
The McCain Plan: Homer Simpson without the Donut
[By Greg Palast] I’m guessing it was excessive exposure to either radiation or George Bush, but Senator John McCain’s comments from inside a nuclear power plant in Michigan are so […]
Ring the Alarm: An Interview With REM’s Michael Stipe
“I think we can turn this around, but we can’t wait. We need the attention of everyone immediately.”