The Sunshine Empire

You may sit and ask yourself what The Big Lebowski would look like if it where a timeless drama about friends, on Lifetime or something.  Well here it is.

While reading Josh Marshal’s Talking Points Memo today, I was struck by a fascinating piece about insurgencies and their relative merits for historical perspective when it comes to the present situation in Iraq. He asked the question if it were possible to list off successful counter-insurgency operations through history. One historical point used [...]

 In addition to progressive political commentary, we bring you some other gems from around the net.
Allan Greenspan talks ominously about the state of the economy, that booming economy we’re always told about.
French say war is coming with Iran,
Lincoln Chafee quites the Republican Party, and the Northeast becomes bluer and bluer.
The Onion gives us a man-on-the-street [...]

“Did everybody see Britney Spears? Well, they said she appeared sluggish. They said she was glassy-eyed … Although, General Petraeus thought it went quite well.”
-David Letterman

As an addendum to my last post on the fracas in Gainesville yesterday, I am going to secure the game tape.  Not going to watch the game, mainly because I was at it, but really to fast forward to the commercials.  I am going to take down every single company that advertised during that game [...]

I don’t think he’s deaf, dumb, or blind, but he’s fucking fast.

I am sorry for the lack of a post yesterday as I was out of town. I went to the Florida-Tennessee walloping in Gainesville and was glad that the state of Tennessee was not 2-0 against The Sunshine Empire’s favorite football teams. Tennessee may have been stomped worse than Walter Mondale on election [...]

Check out my latest post on Poll Position about the state of college football, and fat coaches.

“Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.”
-Jef Raskin