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Hitch Wonders Where John McCain's Rag Is

Oh boy. Christopher Hitchens, known for his calm, restrained and unfailingly polite style of argument (those Brits!) comments on the supposed "temper" of old man John McCain in Slate today. The piece is largely an excuse for Hitch to use every synonym for "crazy" that he knows. It's time, he says, that we "wonder whether the Republican nominee has his tray table in the fully locked and upright position, whether he lives happily or unhappily in his own ZIP code, whether there are kittens in his granary or bats in his belfry, and whether his elevator goes all the way to the top." And so on from there. More »

3:12 PM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Pareene
1,523 views, 48 comments

Latest by BalknChain: @VoxPopuli: *giggles* more »

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Apple Fetishists: Grow Up

Karl Rove loves his iPhone. He uses it all the time! (The entire Bush administration has good reason to love the little gizmo.) The roly-poly Machiavelli also recently admitted to owning a damn MacBook Air, the laptop whose sole selling point is its ability to fit in an envelope. Drug-addled radio tyrant Rush Limbaugh had to ask Apple to help fix his own new Mac. Your favorite propagandists love the sleek design and friendly usability of Apple products. Crypto-fascists—they're just like us! Which brings us to this plea: can we please, please end the tiresome trope of Apple having any sort of hip sensibility? More »

6:08 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Pareene
7,356 views, 50 comments

Latest by N/A: Having always been an anti-Apple kinda guy, I have always wanted to join in one of these pointless debates. You more »

i know why the caged bird writes crazy hate-filled screeds

Kenneth Eng Is Behind Bars

Is Kenneth Eng finally learning the difference between good attention and bad attention? The Village Voice reports that everyone's favorite Asian supremacist (who was so upset that the kid at Virginia Tech pulled off a violent bloodbath before he could), is currently a guest of the city. More »

9:50 AM on Wed May 23 2007
By abalk2
9,374 views, 47 comments

Latest by phil anderson: "Why I Hate Gawker Commenters" more »