The Current Situation

That really happened: Putin orders crackdown on fake booze after dozens of Russians die from drinking bath lotion

Siberian Times photo. Click to see the source. 75 people have been reported dead in the Siberian city of Irktusk…

8 years ago

My take on last night’s election results

I moved from Canada for her... ...and I’m staying for the same reason. My plan for these soon-to-be interesting times is simple:…

8 years ago

First they came for the journalists… (or: A t-shirt from today’s Trump rally in Minnesota)

"Rope. Tree. Journalist." shirt spotted at @realDonaldTrump rally in MN _ Reuters photo by Jonathan Ernst pic.twitter.com/1VTkYPOOVo— Michael Biesecker (@mbieseck)…

8 years ago

So much captured in a single photo

Looking at Nate Gowdy's photo from the Trump rally in Loveland, Colorado, I feel the need to point out a…

8 years ago

This Florida woman’s speech at the RNC explains everything you need to know about the Republican platform

In a mere 41 seconds, Florida woman Michelle Van Etten's gave us the heart of her speech at the Republican…

8 years ago

Conflict Minerals and Blood Tech

Say the word “silicon” and chances are, you’ll think of technology. After all, silicon’s relationship to tech – it’s part…

14 years ago

I Don’t Think They Wanted to Use That Photo

Take a look at the photo accompanying the SFGate article below, which is about the all-hands meeting being called at…

15 years ago

Larry Flynt’s Message to the Tea Party Movement

I read Hustler for the pictures, but every now and again, Larry Flynt publishes a spot-on editorial, like the one…

15 years ago

Glenn Beck, Voice of Reason

Memo to John McCain: When Glenn freakin' Beck sounds more reasonable than you, something is seriously wrong. In case you…

15 years ago

Iceland’s Last Wish

Pedro da Costa’s tweet about “Mount Cut ’n’ Paste” – my own name for the Icelandic volcano, since cut-and-paste is…

15 years ago