From Wall Street to...kill me now
Rather than devoting much attention to explaining the federal bailout plan, the media have simplified it, in almost every story told by them and the politicians they amplify, to this: $700 billion to save our financial institutions, so that Wall Street's collapse doesn't crush Main Street.
WORD AND NEW P(&)LACE I LOATHE! VOL. III
Railing on two unrelated subjects of no interest.
'GREEN' MORATORIUM, WITH SURPRISE APPEARANCE BY BEARDLESS WILLIE NELSON
People of the internet! (Bugle call:echo:bugle:echo...silence:rumbling:hordes.) New rule: a moratorium on the word "green."
Kevin Willmott's Isaac Hayes Story
Decades after Isaac Hayes, who died yesterday, altered the world of cool with his number-one hit "Theme From Shaft," and shortly before he gained a new kind of fame as the voice of Chef in South Park, he helped launch the career of local film director Kevin Willmott.
What I Would Ask the Candidates
Yesterday, I saw in the Journal-World that my friend Rhonda LeValdo, a KU grad student in journalism and Haskell instructor, gets to ask Barack Obama and John McCain some questions, as part of a panel with UNITY Journalists of Color Inc. Good for her...but they didn't ask me?
Czech out my new kicks!
New shoes! Oh yes!
Lawrence Ranked #310 on Super Top List, Riots Ensue
Hello, ladies. (And gentlemen.) I have a proposition. No more "top" lists, ever.
Marcus Oliveira, Professional Badass
Next time Marcus Oliveira has a fight around here, I'd strongly suggest checking it out while you still have the opportunity. The dude is amazing.
I wonder if he used a fork.
What do you want in a pres-i-dent? Me, I want a poet. I voted for Rimbaud in the last election.
Fly Over THIS Country, Metro
Words I hate!
Hey John Roberts, How 'Bout Some Softball?
Lack of topical questions makes for one worthless lecture
Splendid!
Was there some sporting event last night, or something?
We are No. 1 ... all others are No. 2 or lower
Bedlam, calamity, maelstrom, pandemonium, and all that...
Cougar Found Dead in Kansas!
The first mountain lion in Kansas in 104 years?
Medical Marijuana Hearing Monday
Here's a letter lawrence.com received today from Laura Green of the Kansas Compassionate Care Coalition about a Kansas Senate hearing Monday on the Medical Marijuana Defense Act:
Old man, weed, prison
Man imprisoned for medical marijuana
crack v. powder, threat v. fire
Seven years for a non-specific threat. Ten years for killing three and injuring 17. Fair?
The Dolphin Caper
Burglar steals collection of dolphins
Muck ado about nothing
Muck Fizzou. And muck you too.
Tegan and Sara have left the building
Give the people what they want!
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