Wolcott, :
Fox News ran a one-hour special last night on General Petraeus that I somehow managed to miss through sheer dint of effort, though I hear that the scene in which Julie Banderas washed the general’s feet with her hair had a tender, sultry lyricism seldom seen in a cheapo documentary.
Goddamnfucking James Wolcott :
Yes, Mitt Romney’s smile is as phony as everything else about this self-constructed android, his “sunny disposition” simply another subroutine downloaded in the lab, but it’s there, it’s operational, it signifies Reaganesque Optimism with only minor hints of facial strain.
I think it was Keith who famously said, “I don’t have a problem with drugs, I have a problem with cops.”
Or something like that.
Today, the web (webosphere?) reports that an anti-smoking drug (Chantix — it sounds like an American Idol almost-finalist) also helps with alcohol addiction. Apparently, smoking and drinking are often associated and … .
eCanadaNow, one of 100s of sites to carry the story decided to illustrate the report with this picture:
And their point is … ?
Blogging can’t be all that important - after all, they let me do it, and I’m a total cretin.
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SteveAudio, Los Angeles blogger and all-around nice guy, has expanded his blog to a group effort to accommodate . You can find his blog , as well as on our world-renowned blogroll, which is over on the left right side of this page.
Steve was long on our blogroll on the now-defunct Martini Republic, and is always worth a read.
P: I like his blog, but his use of political anonybloggers is quite disconcerting.
RM: Just for the record, the rest of us (presumably) can discern our left from right. But as I understand it, this kind of rank disorientation is common among gutless, anonyblogging weasels.