Teacher: I see your talents have gone beyond the mere physical level. Your skills are now at the point of spiritual insight. I have several questions. What is the highest technique you hope to achieve ? Student: To have no technique. Teacher: Very good. What are your thoughts when facing an opponent? Student: There is [...]

Excellent piece in the NY Times by Morris Davis back on February 17th. Definitely worth a look: Twenty-seven years ago, in the final days of the Iran hostage crisis, the C.I.A.’s Tehran station chief, Tom Ahern, faced his principal interrogator for the last time. The interrogator said the abuse Mr. Ahern had suffered was inconsistent [...]

From BBC News : Kenya, where Senator Obama’s father came from, is not immune from this either, but here, another Obama is riding on the crest of a wave. This one, though, comes in the form of a brown bottle and is called Senator beer. In many slums and low income areas, people who find [...]

I am no longer reading William Kristol’s bullshit in the New York Times. There. I’ve said it. Now we’ll just see if I stick to it or flinch like I did the last time I played a round of “nut ball” with Pineapple in Big M’s back yard. Don’t ask. Kristol’s latest screed is the [...]

Charles Manantan has a new piece titled absolute bullshit over at pezcycling. I am with him for the call to create a stronger riders union that can represent the interests of the professional cycling athlete. There absolutely needs to be a strong, robust, transparent organization in place and pronto. Either through a real shake up [...]

Made it to Tucson last night. Raining like all hell out there at the moment. Race starts tomorrow at noon. Looks like I’m going to get wet. From: Loren Subject: Shit going down in Portland Hey man, I haven’t seen this story on your blog, so here you go. bikeportland.org/police-victim-on-lookout-for-road-rage-attacker bikeportland.org/police-question-hummer-driver-in-road-rage-attack Get em smoky. What [...]

A few thoughts that occurred to me as I was throwing up this evening regarding former President Bill Clinton: If Bill Clinton had only somehow been able to keep his backwater hand’s off every piece of desperate ass that crossed his path while he was in Washington, he could have been stumping for Al Gore [...]

From: Nate Subject: New Book; very interesting So, this was on fresh air the other day. I was impressed. I have a huge problem with government involvement in industrial affairs (or lack of, likewise). For instance, govt subsidization of certain industries prevents alternatives from being seen as “economically feasible” or “sustainable”-like subsidizing the oil industry [...]

dont forget about the mustache contest. show up at the pay-n-take monday january 7th 2008 at 7pm freshly shorn. there will be a 5 dollar entry fee, the winner gets it all. and remember your glorious mustache will own shit.

Interestingly, when I google’d it, I only found news on it from NON-US sources. (EDIT: Now it has a few… sorry.) I seem to remember Bush campaigning on something relating to oil… what was it…??? Bush Criticized Clinton Administration For High Gas Prices Bush In 2000: Bush Blamed Clinton Administration For High Gas Prices; Promised [...]

First I’d like to say I got 2 things for Christmas. Jack and shit. This would be nice though. Considering how infuriating the news is, and how much I really want to punch the TV/Monitor/kittens, this would come in handy. Yes it would. Next up on the list is the snark required and focus demanded [...]

From: nate Subject: price of oil: bullshit I don’t know if you’re interested or follow this issue, but it was about time for a political rant out of me. So, I have a big problem with how our economy is evaluated and how the values of commodities are determined. For instance, we are supposed to [...]