Posts tagged “commentary”

BubbleWatch Alert #005Jul 7, 2007

Buzznet hired a pink-clad girl to drive around the country hyping their product to kids. Bubble confirmed. Not that I mind.

For once, they may be rightApr 15, 2005

The name Donald is pretty bad.

Oh, well saidJan 25, 2004

Linking to a great piece about America's baffling assumption that everyone loves them. Not everyone wants to be American, not everyone agrees America is the best, and sometimes America gets things completely wrong. Apparently these are radical ideas.

On the whole - with the exception of occasional terrifying statements by Oliver Letwin, the only...Oct 31, 2003

Tom Coates nails the Tories: aside from the odd Letwin horror show, the only press they get is from their regular attempts at televised suicide.

Michael Jackson's career: RIP. I feel sorry for Michael Jackson. Really I do. I grew up watching...Feb 3, 2003

Michael Jackson isn't a paedophile, just profoundly broken about childhood. But after settling a lawsuit for £18.5 million, doing it again is both unbelievable and sad. He needs to grow up, but he's too rich for anyone to tell him that.

First, read this article in the Register to find out who Elliot Spitzer is. Then read his speech to...Dec 22, 2002

Elliot Spitzer gave a speech to stock analysts that said everything dot-com crash victims have been dying to scream at them for years. Deliberately offensive, ruthlessly direct, and full of damning details about analyst corruption. Read it.

A funny thing happened to me today. I was reading this article about President Bush, and for a...Nov 21, 2002

I almost respected Bush today. His administration, run by far cleverer people, has handled Al-Qaeda and Iraq surprisingly well. Still, Venezuela, Rumsfeld, and Ashcroft temper my praise. Credit where it's due, but let's not get carried away.

Congratulations to Scott Adams for continuing to push the boundaries of being the biggest sell-out...Oct 23, 2002

Scott Adams keeps selling out harder than ever. Also, I fell down a rabbit hole from Slashdot to the deeply disturbing story of Gary Heidnik, a man who kept women chained in his basement. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Living in the US is so exciting! Suicide hijackings, anthrax in the mail, hideously overpublicised...Oct 10, 2002

Living in the US right now feels like Sarajevo with a McDonald's. Snipers, anthrax, abductions... and Harry Belafonte wading into politics with a gloriously blunt house-slave metaphor aimed at Colin Powell. I disagree with his methods, but anyone who thinks Ashcroft is nuts is alright by me.

I don't know what's more sad: the fact that boxers are beginning to get into...Aug 31, 2001

Boxing's pre-fight theatrics are embarrassing enough, but the homophobic trash talk is worse. Not that it matters -- I don't care about boxing anyway.