New Quantum of Solace Trailer

Your Ex-Lover is Dead

Nice work, if you can get it

Under the terms of his employment contract, Daniel H. Mudd, the departing head of Fannie Mae, stands to collect $9.3 million in severance pay, retirement benefits and deferred compensation, provided his dismissal is deemed to be “without cause,” according to an analysis by the consulting firm James F. Reda & Associates. Mr. Mudd has already taken home $12.4 million in cash compensation and stock option gains since becoming chief executive in 2004, according to an analysis by Equilar, an executive pay research firm.

Richard F. Syron, the departing chief executive of Freddie Mac, could receive an exit package of at least $14.1 million, largely because of a clause added to his employment contract in November of last year as his company’s troubles deepened. He has taken home $17.1 million in pay and stock option gains since becoming chief executive in 2003.

I want a job where I can completely fuck up, severely harming the US economy in the process, and walk away millions richer.

Tom Morello and the Nightwatchmen

Awesome, awesome, awesome: How to punch Oasis in the Face

This is just so awesome, I can't say anything further, but do watch the video on the site; the action happens about 20 seconds in.

this is what happens when you don't follow instructions...

First of all, if you watch closely, you will see he doesn't have great stick control(like we practiced for hours). And second of all, he doesn't seem to like to share.

Seriously, I don't know if this is real or not, but this is some of the best drum work I have ever seen. Watch The Whole Thing.

Yet another moment of my life wasted b/c ahhh bitch.(excuse me)

I know it's some street fighter shit but you've got to admit that it would be fun.

Let me tell you about the universe

Someone had way too much time.

McCain and Palin 08

Our friend Stephen Williams wants you to know about John McCain and Sarah Palin.

The Issue Sarah Palin Must Address: I Want To See Her Naked

An excellent article about a truly pertinent issue.

John Stewart doing his thang.

Rage in St. Paul

After arriving too close to the 7pm curfew in effect, Rage Against the Machine was prevented by police from performing. Here is video of what followed.

Summons Reissued, Obama to be Served by Tomorrow

It might make you trow up a little bit, still, guys, read this shit if anything just for the comments. But since it's politics and not chicks shitting in a cup, it won't make ya too sick.

Jealousy and Assholedom rear their ugly heads

Well, Tad, I do get it, and I'm not all that surprised you don't.

And, Dave, try opening up your fucking ears and listening next time.

That's what I'd say to those guys.


Jesus Christ, I'm such a badass.

Lies, damned lies, and statistics

I don't know if any of you saw Palin's acceptance speech last night. Her delivery was fine, but the speech, originally written before McCain had made a choice and at a time when people thought he would pick someone like Romney or Lieberman, was your standard vicious Republican nonsense.

The AP, which has recently been quite friendly to McCain, has released a report condemning the falsehoods in her speech, and that can be found here.

In the speech, she claimed that she, as the mother of a disabled child, would support the parents of disabled children across the country. Perhaps in true Republican fashion she has had a change of heart, once confronted with such issues personally, but in her 18 months as Governor of Alaska, she has overseen a 67% reduction in funding for special education programs. Maybe in a similar vein, she will change her position on funding programs for young, unwed mothers and her support for abstinence only sex-ed programs. Such changes of heart would be good, were they to occur, but what does it say about the woman's judgment that she can only see the benefit of such things only when affected personally?

I would have liked to link to factcheck.org for some of these, but because no one had heard of Sarah Palin as of a week ago (and yet now the Republicans are going on as if she is the greatest politician in America), there is nothing up yet. I will, however, link to one of their posts about the McCain campaign's attacks on his tax plan.

Finally, Palin made a remark about Obama's work as a community organizer. She said: "I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a "community organizer," except that you have actual responsibilities." The mouth breathers ate it up. Here's the thing: community organizers work hard and for little pay trying to create local solutions for local problems - they are just the sort of people that the small-government Republicans used to praise. Now they are the objects of Republican ridicule. The forever awesome Roland Martin takes this one down:



Update: The bit about the Special Ed. budget in AK being cut under Palin turns out to be based on an incorrect reading of the budget. See this here.

Badass T-shirt

This made me laugh - most of their other t-shirts are silly/stupid also, but hey - there's a time and a place for those things.

And that place is here, and the time is now.

Hey Snowman, you got your ears on?

The Destruction of Earth

Set to "The Great Gig in the Sky."

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