I stopped in at the Jeff Fest (a.k.a. The Jefferson Park Community Festival) on the northwest side today. It's one of the many festivals going on this summer in Chicago. (My photos can also be seen as a slideshow without the commentary.) Here's Chicago's most famous Elvis impersonator: A few more sites around the fest: Lots more photos … [Read more...] about Jeff Fest 2006
From the Halls of LAX…
This happened back in April, but it's worth telling, because you just can't make up this kind of stupidity. At Los Angeles International Airport, employees of the Transportation Security Administration discovered that passenger Daniel Brown was on the no-fly list, so they grabbed him before he boarded his plane and interrogated him, despite the fact that he was a uniformed … [Read more...] about From the Halls of LAX…
Opening the Floodgates
One year ago today, the U.S. Supreme court ruled on the Kelo decision, confirming that governments could use their eminent domain powers to take private property and hand it over to private developers for private use. All that was needed was the thinnest of public use justifications, such as that the new owners would use the property in a way which generated greater tax … [Read more...] about Opening the Floodgates
Sex Over The Phone
Thoughts upon viewing the video for "Sex Over The Phone" by The Village People: I hope string ties never become trendy again. (Although, for all I know, they already are.) Production values for music videos have come a long way. Those guys have some serious mustaches. Did phone sex lines really have to take your credit card number and call you back? What was that all about? … [Read more...] about Sex Over The Phone
High Crimes and…
I'm not a fan of impeaching U.S. Presidents for unimportant crimes—or worse, imagined crimes—but if a Democratic Congress ever impeaches George Bush, I would be highly amused if they got him for flag desecration. Public Defender Dude has more to say. Alright, it's a bad idea...but there's a certain cosmic sense of justice to it. … [Read more...] about High Crimes and…