Why on this night do we drink motherfucking jameson and shitty sugar-laden grape jew swill from upstate NY, but on other nights we only drink motherfucking jameson?

If our god had left us in bondage, yet given us motherfucking jameson to ease our suffering, dayenu. And maybe a few fucking sangwiches.

What the fuck could possibly be the benefit of transiently “increasing transit security” right after a successful terrorist attack on some other transit system–and then at some point thereafter returning it to baseline when the supposed heightened threat “has passed”–unless you are basing your security strategy on the conclusion that terrorists are mind-bogglingly stupid? Are …

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I am no fan of Maureen Dowd, but kudos for her recent column on the nauseating moral rot at the core of the Catholic church: If the church could throw open its stained glass windows and let in some air, invite women to be priests, nuns to be more emancipated and priests to marry, if …

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BioE recently posted some cool public service announcement posters from the Tokyo subway system, and it got me reminiscing about some interesting experiences I have had in Japan. I find some of the idiosyncrasies of this culture that places such overt emphasis on honor, courtesy, respect, and manners fascinating. For example, the big-city large department …

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PhysioWife just resorted to the nuclear option: Comrade PhysioProf has been pantsed.

PhysioWife has just accused Comrade PhysioProf of being the Party of No.

Very interesting analysis.

Kunstler gets the Republican Party right today, and with a nice turn of phrase: [A] gang of hypocritical, pietistic sadists, seeking pleasure in the suffering of others while pretending to be Christians, devoid of sympathy, empathy, or any inclination to simple human kindness, constant breakers of the Golden Rule, enemies of the common good.