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- As I mentioned last week, tonight’s a great chance to see li’l ol me in action, closing the Darryl Hall and John Oates Mumbo Jumbo Hour at 8 and opening The Next Big Broadway Musical at 10.
- When suffering computer problems, whine about them on the internet. That’s where computer users […]

Despite Promise, Gay Boy Scout Ousted
The story linked above is yet another, um, blow to the Boy Scouts and their image. Why are the Boy Scouts of America so obsessed with ferreting out gay scouts and scoutmasters? Even the supposedly open-minded Philadelphia branch has suddenly revealed that it had a secret “don’t-ask, don’t-tell, […]

No words of wisdom or stupidity today, good readers: My beloved Mac has decided to stop displaying icons correctly or allow me to drag and drop or perform other vital functions.
I’m not going to assume that it’s the Mac’s problem. Perhaps it’s something I’ve done. I’m tying to initiate some sort of […]

To: All Republican Party operatives and spokespersons
From: Marc Racicot, RNC Chairman
Re: Stay the Course
CC: Pat Buchanan, Bill O’Reilly, Tucker Carlson, & etc.
Okay, calm down. Some of you may have seen that the Bride of Satan has announced that she has ruled out running for President in 2004 and 2008. On […]

Let’s pretend that there’s this really troubled Business and a few really influential Congressmen.
Now let’s pretend that the Business really needs a certain provision to be passed in Congress. A provision that would allow it to, oh let’s say… split into two companies so that it could both enjoy a certain protected status AND […]

CAMP DOHA, Kuwait (CNN) — The chief of Iraq’s Al Quds civilian militia, one of the leaders on the list of the 55 most wanted Iraqis, has been arrested, U.S. Central Command said Wednesday.
- from CNN
[Two INTERROGATORS enter a windowless cell.]
INTERROGATOR #1: Good afternoon, Mr. Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi.
AL-RAWI: Please, call me “Ayad.”
[Interrogator #2 […]

New York, Thursday (F.A. wire) - In a startling turn of events, a joint investigation by The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and the Los Angeles Times, has discovered that many elements of the recent journalistic fraud scandal and subsequent resignations at The New York Times were partly or wholly fabricated.
As as result, doubt has […]

Sorry if entries have been sparse lately - I’ve been working hard, working for you, my dear public. At least four projects have occupied my days and nights. I am prepared to now divulge the details of two of them, as their hour draws near…
First, there’s this Friday and the next, wherein you […]

Today’s passage of the new FCC media ownership rules is a great moment for all of us. Naysayers be damned, get ready for a new, exciting age.
I wasn’t going to let “Fanatical Apathy” miss out on this new exciting age. As of 1 PM today, as soon as I heard about this fortuitous […]