http://www.polianna.com/blog Daily debunker Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:48:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 Yesterday, I went to see a movie and a play. The film was this summer's mega blockbuster The "Dark Knight", and the play, a one woman performance put on by my friend and writing collaborator, Laura Zam. One had a budget of about 18 billion dollars, the other's probably capped out ... http://www.polianna.com/blog/archives/2008/07/20/how-i-got-rich-in-a-year From techcrunch: Should the Internet be owned and maintained by the government, just like the highways? Vint Cerf, the "father of the Internet" and Google's Internet evangelist, made this radical suggestion. His comment was in the context of a bigger discussion about the threat to Net neutrality posed ... http://www.polianna.com/blog/archives/2008/06/26/the-father-and-net-nuetrality Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits. George Carlin, hero and inspiration to millions. On religion and Joe Pesci. http://www.polianna.com/blog/archives/2008/06/23/and-tits-doesnt-even-belong-on-the-list Patrick Cockburn reports in today's Independent that the Bush Administration is holding $50 bn in Iraqi reserves hostage in order to force the Iraqi government into signing a long term military agreement with the US: Iraqi critics of the agreement say that it means Iraq will be a client state in ... http://www.polianna.com/blog/archives/2008/06/06/the-us-is-holding-iraqi-funds-hostage Interesting Op-Ed in today's NYT, but who is he referring to today? http://www.polianna.com/blog/archives/2008/06/06/brooks-on-lincoln While everyone else was holding their breath last night to see if it was really going to happen, I thought I'd share my thoughts on a minor story that gave me a bit of a jolt while scanning WaPo on Monday (I wrote this last night but Polianna was down). The ... http://www.polianna.com/blog/archives/2008/06/04/its-the-economics-stupid-and-dark-one With Jim Webb's name floating high as a possible Obama running mate, there has been a left wing ecstasy reminiscent of Michael Moore's dreamy eyed endorsement of Wesley Clark in 04. Wow, we finally have actual General to throw at them, so now who's really tougher? Like Clark, ... http://www.polianna.com/blog/archives/2008/05/28/webbmania-or-phobia From today's Jerusalem Post: Army Radio had quoted a top official in Jerusalem claiming that a senior member in the entourage of President Bush, who concluded a trip to Israel last week, had said in a closed meeting here that Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were of the opinion that ... http://www.polianna.com/blog/archives/2008/05/20/bomb-bomb-bomb-bomb-bomb-iran Is Paul Maslin talking about electoral votes or bowling? Because I think Obama could get to 270 electoral votes, but there's no way he could bowl it. http://www.polianna.com/blog/archives/2008/05/16/scoring-270 Jamie Rubin writes in today's Washington Post on the hypocrisy of McCain's harsh criticism of Obama. It seems Ol' Straight Talk advocated negotiating with Hamas after their electoral victory two years ago. http://www.polianna.com/blog/archives/2008/05/16/even-more-distance-from-bush