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Diabolical! President Bush has timed his nomination of Michael Chertoff as Homeland Security chief to coincide with Steve Jobs’ keynote speech at the MacWorld convention. Thus, a nation of left-leaning technophilic taste-makers has to struggle to focus on the news at hand rather than the $500 dollar, cute-as-a-button Mac mini, or, even worse, […]

It’s come to my attention that I’ve been nominated again for a “Koufax Award,” once again in the category of “Most Humorous Blog.”
Don’t vote for me.
No, seriously. I know that the majority of you, dear readers, aren’t really big readers of other blogs. Nor am I. But I’ve won this award before, […]

“This is not about your intelligence, this hearing is not about your competence, it’s not about your integrity, it’s about your judgment and your candor. We’re looking for candor, old buddy. I love you, but you’re not very candid so far.”
- Joe Biden, from Alberto Gonzales’ confrmation hearing
“It was not my role to […]

In a few short hours, I’ll be heading home from the holidays. I’m announcing this mainly to give my cat time to hide the drugs. Horatio has really bought into the L.A. lifestyle, and unfortunately it’s the one from 1982. I’d tell him, but he really does look good in pastels. […]

From The New York Times:
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 3 - Hours after a wave of bombing attacks that left at least 20 people dead on Monday, Prime Minister Ayad Allawi telephoned President Bush and discussed the many impediments still facing the country as it heads toward elections in 27 days…
The officials insisted that Dr. Allawi, Iraq’s […]

- The War on Terror will enter an exciting new phase wherein we preemptively invade a nation that knew a nation that knew this guy who said he had a friend who knew where he could get some weapons of mass destruction, maybe.
- Martha Stewart, flush with the early success of her new […]