August 15, 2005 Archive

Politics

• Bush Has His Way: Don't Call It Global SAVE. It's Officially A "War" Again.

  President Bush lays down the, er, law on monikers for the "war on terror."

  News in Politics — by David R. Mark — on Aug 15, 2005

• The NAFTA Splinters In Softwood Lumber Dispute

  ... it may be time to give our six months' notice and go back to the way things used to be

  Opinion in Politics — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 15, 2005

• Morality and Liberty

  Opinion in Politics — by John Bambenek — on Aug 15, 2005

• Abramoff Goes Down in Flames

  Opinion in Politics — by Mark Kleiman — on Aug 15, 2005

• Career Prosecutor to Supervise Plame Probe

  Opinion in Politics — by Mark Kleiman — on Aug 15, 2005

• Bottom Line or Bust

  In the past century we were revered for or support of freedom, however somewhere along the way America has changed

  Opinion in Politics — by Bob Blogdal — on Aug 15, 2005

• Islamic Terrorism (per absurdum)

  Opinion in Politics — by Captain Marlow — on Aug 15, 2005

• Cindy Sheehan’s Iraq War Protest: A Woman Scorned

  Cindy Sheehan vows to keep camping near Bush’s ranch his entire vacation and to follow him back to the White House, if necessary

  Opinion in Politics — by Balletshooz — on Aug 15, 2005

Music

• Glenn Danzig vs. Henry Rollins

  It's your chance to end the debate of who would win in a fight between Glenn Danzig and Henry Rollins.

  Satire in Music — by Joe Battista — on Aug 15, 2005

• CD Review: Niko Riippa Bohemian Breakfast

  When you are an apprentice to blues legends such as Louisiana Red and Eddie Kirkland you must be a very special person with an enormous amount of potential.

  Review in Music — by MuzikMan — on Aug 15, 2005

• CD Review: Taproot - Blue Sky Research

  Review in Music — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 15, 2005

• CD Review: Adolescents - O.C. Confidential

  Review in Music — by Wally Bangs — on Aug 15, 2005

• Charlie Mars - Charlie Mars CD Review

  Review in Music — by Tan The Man — on Aug 15, 2005

• Van Halen or Van Hagar? It's a Battle Royale!

  Opinion in Music — by Michele Catalano — on Aug 15, 2005

• Review: Stellastarr* - Harmonies For The Haunted

  The upcoming sophmore release by Stellastarr* is due September 13th.

  Review in Music — by Robert Burke — on Aug 15, 2005

• Really Really Good #5 (NSFW)

  News on Eric Benet, Monk/Coltrane performances, The Watts Riots, Tandy v. Emery, and links from Snoop Dogg, J. Garcia and more!

  News in Music — by Laron Cue — on Aug 15, 2005

• Review: The Dick Cavett Show - Rock Icons Provides Worthwhile Moments of Rock Music History

  Review in Music — by Tim Gebhart — on Aug 15, 2005

• CD Review: Michael McDonald – The Ultimate Collection

  Review in Music — by Joe Battista — on Aug 15, 2005

Video

• Movie Review: Broken Flowers

  Review in Video — by Anthony Narciso — on Aug 15, 2005

• Classic Movie Review: Blackboard Jungle

  First in what will hopefully be a weekly series on classic films.

  Review in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Aug 15, 2005

• Review: Deuce Bigalow European Gigolo - Racist, Homophobic Stereotypes and ... Rob Schneider

  Review in Video — by Anthony Narciso — on Aug 15, 2005

• DVD Review : Orgy - Trans Global Spectacle

  Review in Video — by Tan The Man — on Aug 15, 2005

• DVD Review - Tetsuo - The Iron Man

  Bow before it, is what The Duke suggests. Bow!!!!!!

  Review in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Aug 15, 2005

• Roseanne – Season One DVD to be released August 30

  News in Video — by Connie Phillips — on Aug 15, 2005

• Playing It Safe Costs Hollywood

  In an industry known for its multi-million dollar risk-taking, Hollywood is guilty of the worst offense of all: playing it safe.

  Opinion in Video — by Celebrity Pro — on Aug 15, 2005

• Galactica: Season One DVD Review

  Overall I give the story an A and the features a C.

  Review in Video — by Eric James — on Aug 15, 2005

• Review: McMillan & Wife, Season One

  Review in Video — by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti — on Aug 15, 2005

• Review: Agnes of God

  Chances are you have never seen this film. Consider yourself blessed.

  Review in Video — by Brandon Valentine — on Aug 15, 2005

• Movie Review: The Skeleton Key

  Review in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Aug 15, 2005

Culture

• That Which By Any Other Name

  When "Genghis Khan" is a euphemism for "slave to fashion."

  Opinion in Culture — by mpho — on Aug 15, 2005

• The Not-Quite-Sunday Funnies Comics Page

  The funnies for August 15,05

  Satire in Culture — by Annie — on Aug 15, 2005

• One Man's Opinion on the CBC Strike

  Well, it's actually happened. The CBC has officially become crippled by the strike.

  Opinion in Culture — by Cameron Archer — on Aug 15, 2005

• Disappointment Take 2

  Disappointment rears its ugly head again! It all started out so great, but now it's in a downward spiral. What gives?

  Opinion in Culture — by Love Biatch — on Aug 15, 2005

• Inman News Announces New CEO

  Mike Edelhart has experience in founding and growing businesses, and advising other businesses how they can do the same.

  News in Culture — by Mr. Real Estate — on Aug 15, 2005

• Creative Psychosis: A Hypothesis

  Reality wants you to fail in life's creative endeavors. But this is a good thing.

  Opinion in Culture — by Mark Sahm — on Aug 15, 2005

• The oldest writing in a woman's hand

  I shall expect you, sister. Farewell, sister, my dearest soul, as I hope to prosper, and hail.

  Opinion in Culture — by Natalie Bennett — on Aug 15, 2005

• Vaginal Upgrades: Plastic Surgery Reaches New Low

  Does anybody wake up in the morning and say, "I just really, really, really need to have my genitals reshaped"...

  Opinion in Culture — by Richard Marcus — on Aug 15, 2005

• True Crime Update

  A modern day Bonnie & Clyde, the Mystery of the "Piano Man". An update on current true crimes.

  Opinion in Culture — by Patfish — on Aug 15, 2005

• Day By Day for August 15, 2005

  Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for August 15, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Aug 15, 2005

• Gimme that old time religion

  When he climbed down from his podium, The Spirit moved me preach. Specifically it moved me to preach of The Great Gopher God...

  Opinion in Culture — by Al Barger — on Aug 15, 2005

• REVIEW: August Wilson's Radio Golf

  August Wilson ends his 10-play cycle, asking what is the future of African American communites and can urban renewal co-exist with respect for the community's heritage.

  Review in Culture — by Purple Tigress — on Aug 15, 2005

• Drop Shot Tennis Report: Rogers Masters Over-view, and Nadal v. Agassi

  Tournament summary and commentary on Bjorkman v Agassi, Nadal v Puerta, and Nadal v Agassi.

  News in Culture — by Sam Jack — on Aug 15, 2005

Sports

• Seeing Red

  While America's sporting culture retains a veneer of insensitivity towards Native Americans, the NCAA is failing to distinguish between abusive and celebratory Native American iconography.

  Opinion in Sports — by Dhruva Jaishankar — on Aug 15, 2005

• England Draws Third Ashes Test Against Australia

  News in Sports — by Aaman Lamba — on Aug 15, 2005

• Futon Report: In or Out, NL Edition

  The divisions are set, the Wild Card is down to four teams. Four good teams.

  Review in Sports — by Matthew T. Sussman — on Aug 15, 2005

Gaming

• Nintendo DS Review: Madden NFL 06

  The best portable version of the game after major improvements.

  Review in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Aug 15, 2005

• GTA: San Andreas - Want some coffee?

  A look at the GTA Hot Coffee Scandal and the problem with politicians

  News in Gaming — by QueenAS — on Aug 15, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Eminent Domain v. the Multitude of Internet Domain Names

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Eyebrow Esquire — on Aug 15, 2005

• "I Think, Therefore I Am": The Story of an Exception

  Review in Sci/Tech — by Floris Vermeir — on Aug 15, 2005

• Computer Bug and Security News 8/14/05

  News in Sci/Tech — by Bruce Kratofil — on Aug 15, 2005

Books

• Hot Psychology Magazine

  Hot Psychology is a relatively new venture that I have personally been a part of since February 2005.

  News in Books — by Mary K. Williams — on Aug 15, 2005

• Interview with Jeffrey Keenan, author of Benning's War

  I got the idea for a novel about humans being surgically altered to be enabled to fly. My sister was in nursing school at the time and she informed me that putting wings on people would not work.

  Interview in Books — by Parker Owens — on Aug 15, 2005