The Vatican was last night at the centre of an unusually public sex scandal after acknowledging it had suspended a senior official who was filmed apparently propositioning a young man in his office. Monsignor Tommaso Stenico, a capo ufficio, or section head, at the Vatican ministry responsible for the clergy, insisted yesterday he was not […]

I like McBlogger, but, unfortunately, it’s made itself into one of the many jackasses that have felt it necessary to comment on something it has no knowledge about.
Opinions are one thing. Actually paying close attention and then voicing an opinion is another. Stick to state politics, Mickey B.

I completely agree with Abu Muqawama:
Abu Muqawama has always been a big fan of the late French intellectual Raymond Aron. Aron, writing in his newspaper column for Le Figaro, believed it was the responsibility of the public intellectual to make a careful study of the issues at hand — economics, military strategy, etc. — before […]

And an idiot. Some would even call me psycho or nuts.
And an asshole.
And I hate myself for it.

Ever wonder what being Tasered felt like or sounded like? Check out this video obtained by PETA from the U.S. Air Force showing the effects of Tasers on pigs.
Awful.
[Hotel Tango: Danger Room]

It’s true: Blue October’s “Breakfast After 10” is probably my favorite breakup song ever.
White kitchen walls with a thousand windows
Turn on Winston in the den
And I’m still asleep but I can hear the piano
When you make breakfast after 10
And I smell the coffee on your fingers
I still smell the perfume in the bed
The crushed linen […]

The FBI-California Highway Patrol Joint Counter-terrorism Task Force has asked right-wing-nut David Horowitz’s organization, the David Horowitz Freedom Center (pride is a sin, Dave), to provide them with a copy of their video, “What Every American Needs to Know About Jihad,” to train their officers.
You can view the ridiculous video here. Then head over […]

Love it!
A substitute judge lost his position with the North Las Vegas Justice Court last week because of hostile comments aimed at prosecutors on his MySpace page.
Among the personal interests listed by Jonathan MacArthur, a 34-year-old criminal defense attorney, was: “Breaking my foot off in a prosecutor’s ass … and improving my ability to break […]

Just pilfering stuff all damn day:

Quentin’s Monologue from ‘Sleep With Me’

Originally written by Roger Avary
What’s a film about, what’s it really about? What genre does it take?[Duane: What, like the spine? Like one sentence?]No, I don’t, fucking boy meets girl, I don’t give a shit about that. Fuck boy meets girl, fuck motorcycle movie. No, […]

Okay, this is great:
[Florida] State Rep. Bob Allen told police he was just playing along when a undercover officer suggested in a public restroom that the legislator give him oral sex and $20 because he was intimidated, according to a taped statement and other documents released Thursday.
. . .
“This was a pretty stocky black […]