.: Above The Aether :.

The House of Representatives told President Bush to go fuck himself earlier this week when he attempted to eliminate $420 million in federal subsidies supporting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Would you believe some yahoo in Colorado suggested this to the slack-jawed, mouth-breathing shaved ape we lovingly call the President? Thank god I didn’t lose [...]

The next time you hear a serious journalist use the word “celebutante” in reference to celebrity/debutante, Paris Hilton,  try swapping that word (in your mind) with “celebutarde” instead. I can almost guarantee this will make you feel better (or at the very least, smile). -Dave

What are the odds of this happening? If it hadn’t been for the distinctive suede coat, there would have been no chase through the streets of San Francisco, no heroine and, in all likelihood, no justice. But when Karen Lodrick turned away from ordering her latte at the Starbucks at Church and Market streets, there [...]

I wonder what Satan has him doing these days? [poll=4] -Dave

I have nothing of real value to add to the unbelievable distress that this is event is causing so many people other than a sad-but-true quote from Woody Allen: “More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us [...]

From the Washington Post: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), the most liberal of the Democratic presidential candidates in the primary field, declared in a letter sent to his Democratic House colleagues this morning that he plans to file articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney. Kucinich has made ending the war in Iraq the central [...]

Author and cultural icon, Kurt Vonnegut died today at the age of 84. From the NY Times: Mr. Vonnegut wrote plays, essays and short fiction. But it was his novels that became classics of the American counterculture, making him a literary idol, particularly to students in the 1960s and ’70s. Dog-eared paperback copies of his [...]

Immigration: The Human Cost

Anna Nicole Smith’s autopsy report was released to the media today.  I couldn’t help but snicker after reading the following line: The anus is unremarkable. I hope that when I die my anus is not a topic of interest to the news media.  And if my anus is a topic of interest, I hope it’s [...]