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VICE: Dos and Don'ts

In Milan, the hot new style for men this season is to look like a male prostitute in his boxer shorts calmly leaving the scene after brutally murdering an enema-obsessed priest who took it too far this time.
(Courtesy of Vice Magazine)

Zogby Poll: Obama Strong but Clinton Slips Against GOPers

Here is an interesting Zogby poll for those Democrats who believe Hilary Clinton is the only candidate who can beat the Republicans. In fact, when voters are given a choice between Clinton and each of the Republican candidates, she loses each time. When a similar question is presented with Barack Obama, he beats each of the Republican candidates.

Green Team!

Enviro-Tips from the driving force behind the environmentalist movement (Will Ferrel, John C. Reilly, Adam McKay):

Hip Hop Power Point

Plenty more of that here.

Carrie Brownstein, guitarist/vocalist for Sleater-Kinney, has an article up on Slate.com reviewing the new video game Rock Band (which I recently purchased). The article is predictable ("wouldn't it be more fun to form a real band?"), but entertaining. I don't feel as though I can offer my feelings on the game until I've had an opportunity to have a few drunken friends over to play. Any takers?

The article also of interest to me because I had something of a crush on Carrie Brownstein as a teenager. Up until that point, my understanding of Jewish women was that 99.9% of them were like the girls I had gone to summer camp with - i.e., JAPs. Carrie was a guitarist for what I then viewed as one of the best bands on the planet (and I still maintain that "Dig Me Out" is one of the best albums of the 1990s). This meant the world to me and my heart still swoons for her.

I recently learned she does comedy videos with Fred Armisen (the best cast member SNL has had for the past few seasons). Speaking of Fred Armisen, he's playing a show at Knitting Factory this Thursday, November 27th. I don't know if that means he'll be doing comedy or music (considering his former career as a musician), but I'll be attending.

Fat Kid Successfully Avoids Ridicule By Swimming With Shirt On

It's under the radar for most people, but The Onion consistently creates high quality videos in addition to their written stuff. You can subscribe to the video podcast via iTunes. Here's a very funny sample:


Fat Kid Successfully Avoids Ridicule By Swimming With Shirt On

Here's a very cool picture of Heath Ledger as The Joker in the upcoming sequel to "Batman Begins." Personally, I love the look - it's much creepier than the Jack Nicholson version.

I read a compelling article today at realclearpolitics.com by Jack Kelly that helps crystallize the problematic relationship Democrats have with the Iraq War. Specifically, the article discusses Democrats' puzzling rejection of Gen. David Petraeus and open embrace of retired Army Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, who presided over the war's biggest failures (the rise of the insurgency) and disgraces (Abu Ghraib):

It does seem odd that Democrats would excoriate Gen. David Petraeus, architect of the strategy that has turned things around in Iraq, and embrace Gen. Sanchez, especially since it was Democrats in Congress who led the criticism of him during the Abu Ghraib affair.

Historian Victor Davis Hanson puts it this way:

"In all these cases there is a dismal pattern: a mediocre functionary keeps quiet about the mess around him, muddles through, senses that things aren't going right, finds himself on the losing end of political infighting, is forced out or quits, seethes that his genius wasn't recognized, takes no responsibility for his own failures, worries that he might be scape-goated, and at last senses that either a New York publisher or the anti-war Left, or both, will be willing to offer him cash or notoriety -- but only if he serves their needs by trashing his former colleagues in a manner he never would while on the job."

For me, what is depressing is how Democrats choose to embrace those who speak to their instinct rather than their intellect.