MSM Gets Wise

The Seattle Times decided to publish today, which is excellent because they interviewed me.

Well, They Got Me

"Customers"? Or just me?

"Nine Other Oaths Karl Rove Could Swear"

It's time for common sense. Instead of letting the lawyers argue forever, let's hammer out a compromise oath that Karl Rove and Harriet Miers could swear to Congress.

By Hart Seely, at Slate.

UPDATE: Seely's everywhere--including today's New York Times, in which he uses superstition -- or, as he calls it, "science" -- to help the Yankees win ballgames.

American Culture Hits Its Lowest Point Ever

The outrageousness of John Layman's despicable new comic is evident to any decent person. But Layman and a publisher believe they can make money on the project, so it's on.

In ancient Rome, the society collapsed when Romans basically said no boundaries, any brutality is acceptable. We have almost reached that point in America.

So here's what I'm going to do as a citizen. I'm not going to read or even look at the comic. I'm not even going to look at it. If any company advertises in it, I will not buy anything that company sells — ever.

If every American walked away from the Layman garbage, it wouldn't happen. If every American demanded a full exposition of his activities, he would be forced to stop.

So it's on us. What kind of a country do we want? Remember that question if you are tempted to read the Layman comic.

One's Too Many And A Hundred Ain't Enough

The Dr. Phil of prayer.

The Dr. Phil of American politics.

The Dr. Phil of tourism.

The Dr. Phil of weight loss.

The Dr. Phil of the paranormal.

The Dr. Phil for dogs.

The Dr. Phil of technology.

The Dr. Phil of corporate performance.

The Dr. Phil of astrology.

The Dr. Phil of project management.

The Dr. Phil of script analysts.

The Dr. Phil of the Data Center.

The Dr. Phil of decorating and cooking demonstrations.

The Dr. Phil of parenting.

The Dr. Phil of mystics.

Happy Anniversary

The Onion reposts some old stories under the banner, "The War In Iraq: Celebrating Four Years of Winning." A few of the best ones:

Bush Announces Iraq Exit Strategy: 'We'll Go Through Iran'

US Continues Proud Tradition Of Diversity On Front Lines

Gen. Tommy Franks Quits Army To Pursue Solo Bombing Projects

New Bomb Capable Of Creating 1,500 New Terrorists In Single Blast

Face Rear!

Here's the first bunch of chapters for 'Submission Agenda', an adolescent power fantasy featuring the characters of Marvel Comics, non-consensual and consensual sex, oral, anal, mind control, some bondage, elements of transformation and an amount of incest too.

Ghaaah. [Via a six-year old thread on Something Awful.]

Big Baby

I'm More Popular Than Jesus

Does it suck or does it rock? Sucks-rocks.com settles the question by running search terms through Google and Yahoo to match them with certain positive and negative phrases. ("X sucks, X is lame, X is crap, I hate X... X is sweet, X is awesome, I love X.") A score of 8.2, say, means the term you entered rocks 82% and sucks 18%. The results are clearly scientific:


The news isn't all so inspirational, though. It looks like someone is getting away with murder.

Go play. Click where it says "link to this" under your result, then share it with us in the comments.

[Via Metafilter].

Gorilla Surgery

In memory of Arnold Drake, Matt Fraction presents two galleries of amusingly context-free Doom Patrol panels, here and here.