Month August 2003

You just can’t make this stuff up… “BBI proudly introduces the latest issue in its Elite Force series of authentic military 12- inch figures, President George W. Bush in naval aviator flight uniform.”

Recall machinations One refreshing difference about the upcoming California recall election that it won’t be the same tired Democrat vs. Republican blah blah that we usually get. Y’know, the “vote for me because the other guy is worse” ploy. Well,…

The world’s first postmodern election Postmodernism is a “flow of ultra-technological images in a consumerist hyperreality across a mediascape or mindscreen to which we can only passively surrender”. It’s about there being no Grand Narrative, no unifying story, no dominant…

Hey, didn’t Bush say the Iraq war was over? “Guerrilla attacks in Iraq have wounded four more U.S. soldiers on patrol, while British troops in Basra battled stone-throwing rioters angry over fuel shortages. “

Ashcroft to US Attorneys: Rat out judges “In a drive to challenge lenient judges, Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft says he wants to be alerted whenever a federal judge imposes a criminal sentence that is less than called for by U.S.…