Author: BooMan

Open Thread

It’s been a bad couple of months to be a chimp-keeper. And I thought they just flung poo…like FOX News.

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Serious Question

When I was a teenager, it cost sixty cents for a Coke and twelve bucks to see a rock concert. Now it costs ninety cents for a Coke and a hundred dollars to see a rock concert. What the hell happened?

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Shoe-Thrower Gets Three Years

Is this justice? The trial of Iraqi journalist Muntader al-Zaidi, who shot to fame after flinging his shoes at former President George Bush during a press conference last December in Baghdad, ended with a relatively light...

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Twitter Journalism

David Waldman makes an interesting point about journalists using Twitter to ask politicians questions: “Why did you vote against the omnibus bill, Sen. McCaskill?” On the surface, there is nothing particularly novel...

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Stupid Congressional Resolutions

The Turks committed genocide against the Armenians between 1915-1917. You can look it up. Yet, the Turks deny it. Strangely, Congress seems obsessed with two things. They’re obsessed with introducing resolutions to...

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