Oct 28
Joe M commented on
Lazy Susan.
I'm no Hutch fan-- can't stand her. But that's all you got?
Oct 27
Joe M commented on
Trick-or-Treat FAIL.
Any kid who foists that shit on me is getting an apple with a razor blade in it.
Oct 26
Joe M commented on
Why Did the State Release the Viaduct Video—A Week Before the Election?.
@1 - a bored tunnel built to today's seismic standards is not directly comparable to a double-deck viaduct barely built to 1950s standards. @14 - the tunnel will be bored under downtown, presumably out of the liquefaction area along the seawall. It's worth noting that in the Loma Prieta quake, two viaduct structures and one section of the bay bridge failed, while no tunnels collapsed.
Oct 26
Joe M commented on
The Opt-Out Con.
The opt out provision tracks perfectly well with The Stranger's
urban archipelago manifesto from 2004. If the red state rubes don't want health care, well fuck 'em anyway.
Oct 21
Joe M commented on
America.
OK, my post @17 got totally mangled by out of control cut and paste. Never mind. Bottom line, you are right Charles, what the woman in Indiana did was truly compassionate, and the subway ad is obnoxious. And Dostoevsky rules...
Oct 21
Joe M commented on
America.
Most brilliant post ever Charles. To those defending the subway ad, it's not the content that makes it arrogant, it's the very fact that it's a subway ad. One-to-many advertising is the standard MO of all your Christian evangelical . What the woman in Indiana did, was show true kindness and compassion to a desperate individual. You hucksterscan be an atheist and still be touched by that.
I also loved the Raskolnikov reference-- so apt.