A vote is scheduled for Saturday on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Joe Lieberman has this to say: Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), the chamber’s top advocate for repeal, predicted the final tally this weekend would surpass the 60-vote threshold required to overcome a Republican filibuster. GOP opposition, led by Sen. John McCain, the ranking Republican on the [...]
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Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Passes the House Alright Senate, I know you have a lot to do, and I hate it when I leave all my work for the last minute too, but let’s just get this done, OK? You’ll feel much better when it’s over, and then you can all go play in the [...]
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Did you hear? THEY CURED AIDS! It’s over, everybody! Bring on the risky and unprotected sex! The worlds supply of condoms will now have to be repurposed and used for candle snifters, or tiny handbags. The world is saved! Brilliant German scientists have brought an end to the world wide plague that is HIV! Except they didn’t. Here is [...]
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I have been a Weezer fan since The Blue Album came out back when I was in high school, and let me tell you, it’s not been easy. Their recent work has been uneven, and Rivers Cuomo, the genius behind the band, tends to take an almost scientifically superstitious approach to song writing that seems to have been counterproductive. He [...]
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Who knew that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal would find it’s tireless champion in Joseph Lieberman? True to his word, he and Susan Collins have indeed introduced a stand alone bill to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. The Hill has a nice overview of what is going down: At this point the standalone repeal bill [...]
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This week marks the relaunch of brainpanonline.com. Brain Pan has been around in some limping form or another since 2004. I have always been a writer, without any real place to write anything, and Brain Pan was an attempt to solve that problem. Over time, it also became a way for me to work on [...]
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And just like that, after just two episodes, “The Hasselhoffs” has bee canceled. From The Wrap: …it premiered Sunday to 718,000 viewers, the series appeared short for this world. Rumors of impending cancellation gained further steam after the audience shrank for the second episode to 505,000 viewers. “The Hasselhoffs” focused on the former “Baywatch” star and [...]
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How bad ass is Doctor Who? Seriously. If you need something to do, and aren’t afraid to become obsessed with what is clearly the best show on television, then you can find the first 5 seasons streaming on Netflix. Go watch it. Now. Also, if you haven’t seen it, here is the trailer for the upcoming Christmas special. [...]
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