A gang of clowns rob a Manchester wine bar, getting away despite three accidents en route. Probably wouldn’t normally blog this if I didn’t currently have Grand Theft Auto III (which I borrowed from my sister over the weekend) on the brain. (Via Triptych Cryptic.)
Month: July 2002
American Psycho.
Turns out I got the Superman vs. Batman rumors mentioned here Tuesday exactly backward. Bale is up for Batman, while Rudd is being considered to play Clark Kent. That makes much more sense…my b.
My Buddy.
Surfers go ga-ga over their IM buddy-bots.
Attack of the Clerks.
Director Kevin Smith offers some dubious praise for Episode 2.
Stand by your man.
Dubya defends Cheney against charges of Halliburton shadiness.
The Ivy Cradle.
Much as the Bushes have derided Eastern elitist universities during their presidencies, it turns out Harvard kept Harken afloat during Dubya’s stint there. In related news, George Soros – another big Harken investor at the time – admits to David Corn he was “buying political influence” when he gave money to Harken. So much for Dubya’s business savvy.
Rockefeller’s Drug Insanity.
Bob Herbert takes aim at the Rockefeller drug laws, now almost thirty years old. The ethnic differentials in the enforcement of the drug laws are extraordinary. While there is wide use of illegal drugs across the ethnic spectrum, including among whites, 94 percent of the people doing time for drug offenses in the state of New York are black or Hispanic. Indeed, according to one of the laws’ original sponsors, “New York now sends more African-American and Latino men to prison each year than it graduates from its state colleges and universities.”
Corporate Socialism.
Ralph Nader weighs in on the corporatization of America in the Post. “At stake is whether civic values of our democratic society will prevail over invasive commercial values.”
The People Have Spoken.
According to two recent polls, a majority of Americans think (a) Bush is owned by Corporate America and (b) Gore-Lieberman should not run again in 2004. Looks like the electorate is batting 1000 this morning.
Cheerio.
Thanks to Dubya Diplomacy, even Britain, our closest ally for almost a century, is striking out on her own.