postwar contracting fraud and cronyism

a measley half million in presidential campaign contributions scored $8 billion in contracts for the current administration's contracting pals like Halliburton ($2.3 bil.) and Bechtel ($1 bil.)

one from teh dark side

and now young skywalker, you must die

fish on prozac

so much for dosing the water supply:

"They would be happy fish"

soft drink name calling

after having a pepsi today I decided that coke definitely is my personal preference... which is why this was obliquely interesting when I saw it: it's a legitimate study on how people use pop, soda or coke to name their soft beverage of choice (and see, hon, 'pop' isn't midwestern, it's basically used in the entire northern tier of the country).

Chuck D sets the record straight

on filesharing and the music industry

"As an artist representing an 80-year period of black musicianship, I never felt that my copyrights were protected anyway... I've been spending most of my career ducking lawyers, accountants and business executives who have basically been more blasphemous than file sharers and P2P. I trust the consumer more than I trust the people who have been at the helm of these companies."

name that scandal

Intimigate, Traitorgate, Chickenhawk Down?