Kosher Cheeseburger?

The Jewish community is torn over whether a kosher cheeseburger being served at a NYC restaurant should be considered sacrilegious.

This is like a vegetarian being philosophically torn a veggie burger.

There May Be A Donkey Kong Kill Screen Coming Up!

The King of Kong was the most absurdly fun documentary of 2007. For those who haven't seen it, the film follows two very different stalwarts of competitive gaming as they attempt to break the high score record for Donkey Kong. There is something bizarrely compelling about people who dedicate themselves to esoteric triumphs. Words cannot do the doc justice.

If you've seen the movie, there's recent news regarding perpetual underdog Steve Wiebe. Check it out here.

If you haven't' seen it, enjoy the trailer here.

Or if you just want to hear Howard Stern discuss the movie, listen here.

Go Already!

Since it is abundantly clear that Hillary Clinton cannot catch Barack Obama in pledged delegates, the prolonging of the Democratic primary is not going to endure Obama to the voters of swing states:

Not only is the opportunity cost--to wrap up the nomination, and spend John McCain into the ground for four months--uniquely high, but the venue could not be less convenient. Pennsylvania is a swing state that Democrats will almost certainly need to win in November, and Clinton will spend seven weeks and millions of dollars there making the case that Obama is unfit to set foot in the White House. You couldn't create a more damaging scenario if you tried.

More on that logic here.

The Wire's War on the Drug War

By Ed Burns, Dennis Lehane, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon.

The writers of The Wire - the "HBO drama that tried to portray all sides of inner-city collapse" weigh in on so-called War on Drugs.