Unclear on the Concept

God, Michael Moore is such a partisan freak sometimes. Here are his "Five Ways the Democrats Can Avoid a Catastrophe and Pull Off the Mother of All Upsets": 1. Immediate Wall-to-Wall TV Ads, Internet Videos, and Appearances Hammering Who the Hell Put Us in the Misery We're In. That would be George Bush and the Republicans...and Barack Obama and the Democrats. The Democrats, … [Read more...] about Five Half-Assed Ideas From Michael Moore

Radley Balko has been covering the issue of citizens who take videos of cops and get arrested for it. It's only illegal in a few states (including Maryland and Illinois) but that doesn't mean you can't get arrested for it anywhere. In Radley's latest piece, he interviews two prosecutors and the head of the Fraternal Order of Police, and they say some of the stupidest things … [Read more...] about Three Badgelickers Explain Why You Shouldn’t Make Videos of Cops

This is the seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, of which I am not an employee or representative:I am not trying to deceive you into thinking I am an agent or representative of the FBI, nor am I trying to assert any authority, FBI-like or otherwise. No matter what those goofballs at the FBI think.(Hat tip: Popehat, Gideon, Mark Bennett, Jeff Gamso, and Scott … [Read more...] about I Am Not An FBI Agent

This bit of embarassment to my whole gender has already been shredded here and here and here, so let me just offer a constructive suggestion: Dear Anne, Congratulations on your wedding day. I wish you and Robert all the best. Kind regards, Andrew Would that have been so fucking hard? … [Read more...] about A Pleasant Alternative to the Things Unsaid

If you've ever spent time editing digital audio recordings, you know that they can become hard to understand when you compress them just a little too much... (The story follows a short commercial.) … [Read more...] about Of Whores and Holes