The Question from Political Science class: The United States government is spending more on security (and war) than on reproduction and investment in the economy. This along with the deregulation of many industries (housing, real estate, banking, railroad, airlines, etc.) combined with recent corporate mergers and the increase cost of fuel (energy prices), all [...]

There are times that I realize how much different my life is now that I’m in law school. I made few friends yesterday in Property class when I said, “I can’t think of any rational or defensible reason why a same sex couple shouldn’t be able to get married in this country.” [...]

as defined by Dictionary-dot-com

–noun
satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else’s misfortune.

Merriam Webster defines it thusly…

Main Entry:
scha·den·freu·de
Function:
noun
Etymology:
German, from Schaden damage + Freude joy
Date:
1895
: enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others

And Wikipedia has this :

So no matter which way you look [...]

Southbound on the 101. Stabbing at the radio dial. NPR, no. Bullshit news station #2, no. Cockrock, no. Metal station, no.
Then I hit the jackpot – a track off Van Halen I. Call me old, call me what you will. Shit was awesome. Those guys kicked [...]

It all started on March 19, 2003.
Photo gallery walk down memory lane at www.talkingpointsmemo.com.
High five later.

Guest Post by Lawrence Wilkerson: Some Truths About Guantanamo Bay
There are several dimensions to the debate over the U.S. prison facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba that the media have largely missed and, thus, of which the American people are almost completely unaware. For that matter, few within the government who were not directly involved are [...]

Jim “Mad Money” Cramer was on the Daily Show last night. All I can say is – Wow. In the words of Andrew Sullivan:
I watched the Daily Show with growing shock last night. Did you expect that? I expected a jolly and ultimately congenial discussion, after some banter. What Cramer walked into [...]

A few somewhat interconnected thoughts with the common thread of “ride a bike.”
A Modest Proposal – Bikers, Take the High Road
Sometimes, when I am biking, I remember the ’80s, and I shudder. I remember, in other words, when biking was an extreme sport, when, if you were a biker, you had a lot [...]

The weeks reading on Congress was very insightful. I was very intrigued by the the balance of power in regards to impeachment. If I was to create an example, it would be this:
If the Instructor (President) of a web-based class arrogantly assigns excessive amounts of writing (taxation), seemingly unconcerned and unaware of the undue stress [...]

I found this note on a printer yesterday night. Seems some folks don’t much appreciate it when a fellow student shitcans one of the library’s two printers during mid-terms.

There is a lot of love in this room tonight…

Over the last few weeks the RideClean Team has posted a couple nice early season results. It started with Rocket Ron busting out a “W” in the Flapjack TT, continued with J-Rod getting a nice 2nd at McDowell, and the following week my man The Flying Scholnick climbed on the podium in the Cat [...]

The problem. Brewed over 29 years. Trickle down from the peak. Seen evolved. Vogue’s, daytons.  22, 24, 26 spin. Rent-A-Wheel Centers.
Bushco ™ Dollas.
NiNa get it done. Gots ta ghet some ™.
23oz. 180 degree brotte. Preserved. Ensconced. Technologically advanced perto-based foam heaterCooler ™ paper gel. Arabica-taurine ™ synthetic. Anal leakage hybrid ™. CockBuzz ™. Pissed out [...]

Humpty popped this up in the comment section the other day. Cyclingnews.com has a little ditty from everyone’s favorite dirty-dirty Belgian L’enfant terrible. Well, read it. VDB. What more can you say?
Dude is nuts.
Vandenbroucke fought with equal dirty weapons
Frank Vandenbroucke said that he won Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 1999 “honestly”, because he [...]

I found this over at the Velonews Mailbag this week. Seems pretty much on point. Thought I’d share.
Re: The Armstrong/Kimmage exchange
Editor,
Speaking for myself as one of the many “around the world affected by (cancer),” (In my childhood, cancer claimed my father, and later on, my sister as well.) I hold nothing against Mr. [...]

Herein, are just a few things that I just read this evening that kind of made me chuckle, or made me think about a few things, maybe they did for you as well, eh, then again, maybe not. You decide. Deride, if you will.
Part the first:
O’Grady’s recent tirade.
As I normally do, I laughed at Mr. [...]

Anyone that’s spent any time in any shop, and has a two wheeled soul (because some people that work in shops, just don’t get it), knows exactly what this dude is talking about:
..The shop will be beautiful, stocked with every bike tool ever invented. French, Italian, Japanese, you name it, I will have it, hung [...]

This one goes out to all you straight baller cats. I don’t even know what that means. Bensy says it a lot, so it’s got to be on the leading edge of cool.
From: Mackey
Subject: open letter
right on.

We get the strangest emails around here. People shout “Bring the porn back!” And, at the same time, people say, “Where did all this porn come from?”
Really. It’s like that around here. It doesn’t make sense to me either.
From: MK
Subject: BIKE FAGS??? From DC…
hello i have recently [...]

With every intention of taking the Mrs. out for a mtb ride yesterday, the weather wasn’t having it. So, what to do but surf the web and read some news. Never hurts to learn, right? What’s been killing me lately is the lack of anything viable, or nary a feel-good story. Killings here, bombings there, [...]

One week. Then I go back to school. This break will not be long enough. I need months to get over this shit. I need a job. I need a paycheck. I need hopes, dreams and aspirations.
I’ll settle for LA Direct Models. Sites like that crack my shit [...]