The Briefing
August 21st, 2007
Politics, Politicians, Elections, and Electoral Mayhem
- Disclosure? Is that even in their vocabulary??
- Obama knows his Presidency may be a bit of a stretch to conceive, but he’s got the backing of the only Iraq War vet in Congress
- Uhh, are we officially crowning her? Has this year’s process been bastardized already?
- Help is on the way! We’re saved!!! Wait… it’s the French?
- Senator Leahy to the White House: “I’m your worst nightmare… bitch.”
- Levin calls for Maliki’s ouster
- Does it really matter what the President knows about foreign policy before (s)he is elected
- Pollgasm alert: It appears that Hillary is polling fairly well in RED STATE matchups with top GOP candidates
- Congressional medal of honor winner, George Tenet… faulted completely for 9/11… by the CIA
- Wiki wars!
Sport, in all its glory and wonderfulness
- Vick did this to himself
- Great golf stories
- Eli grows some stones (woo!)
- Nitpicking over the details… you know, whether he got hit with a bat or not.
Stuff for nerds and environmentalists like me
- It takes a village… even for birds
- Oy vey, green pork
- Artifical life likely in 3 to 10 years… are YOU prepared for the batlle?
- Oldest. Footprint. Ever
- Harper Lee speaks
- Are we too obsessed with climate change?
- Neato… space solar energy
Stuff for dorks and pop-culture addicts (not so much like me)
- I hope nobody has bought a high resolution video player yet, because this little kerfuffle just won’t die.
- Countdown with Keith Olbermann moving to NBC?
- 40 years ago and the most signifcant album ever released meets questions of “blackness”
- DiCaprio bores paparazzi into leaving him alone by talking about global warming
Miscellaneous… or just plain weird
- What the fuck? MySpace for spies?
- Hey Brendan, next transgression and I’m making you wear pink!
- Holy deep-fried, Batman! (Warning: May cause Thomas or other slobs like him to drool excessively)
- Life changing questions
- An intriguing movie about Bob Dylan, and an interesting way to release it
- I’ve already pre-ordered mine, anybody else????
- Reading is tanking in America. It also looks like Ds and liberals read more than Rs and conservatives…
- Topless car wash, woo!
The Briefing
August 9th, 2007
Politics, Politicians, Elections, and Electoral Mayhem
- It just keeps getting earlier
- Should Romney’s sons’ decisions against serving give a right to cast judgment on Romney’s pro-war positions?
- All of this past year’s Supreme Court decisions!
- One thing he has in common with Jed Bartlett… he failed to disclose a serious medical condition
- How green is your candidate?
- Don’t call it a comeback…
- El President doesn’t like shared sacrifice… he really doesn’t
- And he feels bad for corporations
- Gay (voting) power!
Sport, in all its glory and wonderfulness
- Beijing Olympics… the stuff they don’t want us to see
- A different take on the Vick situation
- Beckham comes to D.C.
- Americans are also taking notice of the British obsesions with WAGs
Stuff for nerds and environmentalists like me
- Is there a challenge to linear evolution
- Uhh, ain’t nothin’ like a hybrid car that gets worse mileage than its standard engine supplement
- Which fruits and vegetables are best to buy organic?
Stuff for dorks and pop-culture addicts (not so much like me)
- Top 20 movie endings (take heed of the spoiler alert)
- Who does Hollywood back in ‘08?
- Ooooh, Leo gets his own article
Miscellaneous… or just plain weird
- For your reading pleasure
- It’s always the glue maker’s fault, isn’t it?
- Whites are now in the minority in 10% of counties in America
- Hey Thomas, I guess Jennie was just following a trend when she ordered that burger on your first date
The Briefing
August 7th, 2007
Politics, Politicians, Elections, and Electoral Mayhem
- Lapdog no more?
- Ruh-roh. Hard times a comin’ for Gucci Gulch
- Like Jeter and A-Rod, things have cooled down for Obama and the Hillster. I guess that means no more sleepovers for them either.
- An interview with Bill Richardson
- Dog chases cat. Republican picks on Democrat. Red Sox fan mocks Yankees fan.
- Oh my, Hillary’s taking some shots for her lobbying stance
- Now these are always fun… a 2008 competitive House race chart!
- A shift in public sentiment towards the war?
- Who woulda thunk, they still don’t act civilized
- Republican debate reactions from RedState
- Is Thompson’s Watergate work a tad tainted?
- Oh, and in case you haven’t seen this yet… Indecision 2008 is online!
Sport, in all its glory and wonderfulness
- This is why minor league baseball is the best
- Interesting. A regional breakdown of baseball allegiances
Stuff for nerds and environmentalists like me
- Woohoo! Renewable energy rules! Fossil fuel drools! Eat that, you knuckle-dragging, coal munchers
- More from the LA Times on this good energy legislation
- A little breakdown of the green jobs provision from Grist
- Bush to UN: I wanna hold my own climate talks!!!
- The old outpost makes a comeback?
- Fat doesn’t kill people. People kill people.
- The development of a societal work ethic?… Or perhaps the evolution of a society?
- Would this be called global warming sticker shock?
- Think globally, eat locally
- A great review of Who Killed the Electric Car?
- Plastic = baaad
- Heidi Cullen rocks
Stuff for dorks and pop-culture addicts (not so much like me)
- Pattie Boyd tells us her side of the Clapton-Harrison love triangle
- Top ten high school movies… according to WaPo’s blog
- Paul Allen distancing himself from DreamWorks
Miscellaneous… or just plain weird
- Hitler liked Jew… ish music
- Awww, poor wittle Bob Novak doesn’t get to talk to the Pwesident anymore
- Green appliances, as good as advertised?
- It appears Slate has begun to spy on 17 year olds…
- Want to raise your ratings? Bang the Mayor.
- Umm, competitive birthing?
- Goodbye Weekly World News, we shall miss you and your half-man, half-bat, half-leprechaun
