Archive for October 5th, 2008

  • tag-team parasites

    This just in:  people who believe giving the local televangelist money will bring them good fortune also tend to believe mortgage con artists:
    Has the so-called Prosperity gospel turned its followers into some of the most willing participants — and hence, victims — of the current financial crisis? That’s what a scholar of the fast-growing brand [...]

  • and such as.

    So, uh, maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to ban Dowd from your Strait Jacket Express, huh, McDuck? I generally have no use for grammar rants, but Palin’s syntax proves that, while Nature may abhor a vacuum, Republicans apparently love them.
    With her pompom patois and sing-songy jingoism, Palin can bridge contradictory ideas that [...]