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Jeff Giles
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Jeff Giles is the founder and editor-in-chief of Popdose and Dadnabbit, as well as an entertainment writer whose work can be seen at Rotten Tomatoes and a number of other sites. Hey, why not follow him at Twitter while you're at it?
I think this shit is hilarious: I mean, there’s pandering to a demographic, and then there’s pandering to a demographic. And this is the latter, don’t you think? I mean,…
So, Tivo. My brother got it for me for Christmas, and I love it. I love it a lot. Hey, I know a lot of the technology we take for…
America is built on simple principles: Everyone should have the same opportunity to get ahead, and everyone has a responsibility to give something back… So begins the paper outlining John…
Today we look at Kerry’s AIDS position paper, and as usual, our candidate talks a great game. In a sense, one could almost argue that these guys shouldn’t even have…
I’ve been trying to get these out once a week, but this one took awhile, because Kerry’s “Helping Farmers and Rural Communities” position paper name-drops a lot of bills, and…
I ended my last look at Kerry’s position papers by saying next time we’d examine his five-point plan for mad cow disease. I bet you thought I was kidding. But…
We had no support, no training whatsoever, and I kept asking my chain of command for certain things, rules and regulations, and it just wasn’t happening. — Staff Sgt. Chip…
“This is groundbreaking legislation that enhances the federal government’s commitment to our nation’s public education system, dramatically reconfigures the federal role in public education, and embraces many of the principles…
So, as I may have mentioned before, I picked up a copy of Richard Clarke’s Against All Enemies a couple of weeks ago. I did this out of annoyance, mainly–it…
To paraphrase Yogi Berra, if Sam Walton were alive today, he’d be spinning in his grave. He tried to instill a small-town retailing ethic in his company. Snake eyes on…
“I have some reservations with the FCC going after performers.” These are the words of–holy fuck!–FCC overlord, nepotism beneficiary, and Spongebob Squarepants fanboy Michael Powell, in reference to legislation currently…
BUSH: Let me ask you a couple of questions. Who is the AP person? A: I am. BUSH: You are? A: Sir, in regard to — BUSH: Who are you…
“Unfortunately, the American people don’t know much about the progress being made — because the media has focused on the difficulty and challenges, not the successes.” So says Donald Rumsfeld,…
Another day, another allegation of bumbling incompetence against the Bush administration: Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds says senior officials knew a terrorist attack against the United States–using airplanes, no less–was…
