Don’t get lazy, Daily Show!

John Stewart is quickly becoming one of my favorite television show hosts.
On July 13, Stewart interviewed author Bernard Goldberg (New York Times best selling author of “Bias”) and discussed Goldberg’s latest book, “100 People Who Are Screwing Up America: (and Al Franken Is #37).”
Stewart cut right to the chase and (politely) criticized Goldberg by saying [...]

Say It Ain’t So, Heathen Hollywood!

Damn it, Los Angeles! I rely on your films to show me shirtless honeyz, car chases, and lots and lots of ’splosions. Don’t tell me you’re getting all Johnny Churchgoer on me!
New York Times: The Passion of the Marketers
Is Hollywood trying to market its film to the flock? That’s what this [...]

Ordinary Lads

There’s an article in the SF Chronicle talking about how 3 of the suspects of the London bombings were “ordinary lads,” kids of Pakistani descent who were born in Britain, played cricket, hung out, and had no arrest records.
I hope this doesn’t justify racial profiling and crackdowns in Muslim areas. And I also can’t help [...]

Corporate Cops

Bernard Ebbers, CEO of WorldCom just got sentenced to 25 years in prison for his 11 billion dollar accounting fraud. Justice has been served! But with all these CEOs getting busted, I think they should start a reality tv show called “Corporate Cops.” It would be just like “Cops,” except it would focus on Ebbers, [...]

Football: Not a Sport for Sissies. Or People with Common Sense.

An interesting story straight out of Sao Paulo: Apparently, the mothers of Brazilian soccer players have become popular targets for ransom kidnappings.
SFGate.com: Kidnappings target Brazil’s soccer moms
Gangs seek ransoms from star players
It’s a solid article, but violence in football is hardly new. In 1994, Colombia defender Andreas Escobar was shot [...]

Intelligent Design

This site is too funny:
http://www.venganza.org/index.htm
I hope Kansas has to start teaching theories on the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Well, actually I don’t.
-Jean Chen

Hey! What about Novak??

Ok, so can someone please explain why Robert Novak wasn’t arrested? And why is Judy Miller going to jail?
This is from AP:
“[Judge] Fitzgerald is investigating whether a crime was committed, and by whom, in the Bush administration’s leak of the name of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame.
Columnist Robert Novak first published Plame’s name in [...]

Angelina Jolie

I don’t care whether or not she’s dating Brad Pitt — what I care about is that Angelina Jolie is publicizing what’s going on in developing nations. I usually hate celebrity antics and the media coverage they get, but I have to say that I’m grateful for the work Jolie is doing.
Oh, and this was [...]

Backstreets WACK!

If you havent heard by now, Backstreets BACK. After falling-off, in more ways than one, (the other refering to AJ’s alchoholism), the boys are back in town, or at least they’re desperately trying to be. Their new album “Never Gone,” the first since 2000, was released a couple of weeks ago. All I can [...]

i’m not lovin’ it

Remember when hip hop was a culture? Man, that was wack. Fools were rappin’ about Adidas and weren’t even gettin’ paid for it. Fortunately, it’s a business nowadays and you can get paid for just about anything. Get shot, get paid. Drink Pepsi, get paid. Eat a Big Mac, get paid.
McDonald’s loves hip hop as [...]

Backpedal! Backpedal! The Public Opinion Polls Are In!

Yep, the guv’ment has realized that folks are majorly angry about this whole eminent domain hubbub. “You mean folks don’t like the idea of having their ancestral homes yoinked and razed to make room for a superTargetcaliWalmartexpeCostCodocious? Damn, we need some good PR, stat!”
Congress is already trying row backwards on the Supreme [...]

Not Just “Flog” Spelled Backwards!

Women in Tehran are taking up a new hobby–GOLF! With a few relaxations in the dress code, more Iranian ladies are flocking to the links. Apparently, it was really, really tough to swing a wedge while wrestling with your chador.
Iranian Women’s Dress Code Is Modest but Golf Friendly

Is anybody surprised by how [...]

Solve World Hunger Whilst Rocking Out, Hopefully

For the past few weeks, Bob Geldof’s grim visage has been popping up everwhere as he extolls the virtues of his Live 8 concert. Well, folks, your fevered waiting is about to pay off–Live 8 (Lord, I hate that cheesy name. It’s Live Aid 20! 20!) is finally going down this weekend.
CNN: [...]