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Does McCain Remind Us Too Much of Our Own Mortality to Win?

What will be John McCain's greateast challenge in his race for the presidency? His many and varied unethical relationships? Or the fact that he looks like a terrible monster on high-definition TV? Slate's Timothy Noah argues the latter. No one cares about ethics, but many people are buying fancy new flat-screens. And John McCain, who looks grandfatherly and dignified on, like, a YouTube box, looks like a mythological monster in crisp HD. Seriously! Above, a screenshot of McCain in regular definition. After the jump, the clip that's taken from in glorious HD. More »

12:49 PM on Tue May 20 2008
By Pareene
3,847 views, 17 comments

Latest by n/a: Ha! I knew there was a reason that his stupid face makes me want to punch the TV screen. And I don't even have HD TV! more »

911 is a joke

Police State Party!

"It's a first for mass transit in the United States. NYPD officers, armed with rifles, submachine guns, body armor and bomb-sniffing dogs will begin patrolling the city's subway system thanks to a 50 percent increase in a homeland security grant." Well, good thing we're putting that to good use! Turning an already problematic police force into a paramilitary organization? What could go wrong! If there's any of that grant money left we should use it to create androids that subdue anyone attempting to dance at a non-licensed bar. With a force as restrained and well-trained and not-roided out of their power-corrupted minds as the NYPD armed to the fucking teeth, what could go wrong? Should we be grateful it's just a ceremonial show of force, like those speeding cop car motorcades that wailed through midtown after the bicycle bombing? Or should we be worried! More »

6:24 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Pareene
2,709 views, 52 comments

Latest by n/a: @thedecider: I agree. I don't think it's right, but I also think the idiomatic abuse of "police state" is out of hand. Some people seem to be confused about what a police state actually is and then start forgetting how more »