Not that they’re related in any way except for internet damage, but there you go. A few months ago, a probable Skank by the name of Rosemary Port created an anonymous blog, in which she gave another probably Skank, Liskula Cohen an award for being the Skankiest Ho in NYC. Among the some 1,700...
The stock market plunged 680 points yesterday, after hearing the official news that we’re in a recession. We’ve been in a recession since December 2007. But you don’t get the official Recession Achievement Badge until the National Bureau of Economic Research says you’re in a recession. Generally, this is believed to be when there...
California voters have passed a proposition that defines a word, but has no other legal consequence. Proposition 8 says: Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. However, even proponents of the law point out that, under California law, domestic partners shall have the same rights, protections, and...
Last night I went to the DC small claims court. It turns out they have evening hours on Wednesday. It also turns out that there’s one woman working behind the counter, struggling with technology that intermittently fails her. A few other people waited in the room with me. Two guys, probably contractors, playing some...
Today’s Washington Post quotes me, as follows: the $700 billion price tag “doesn’t seem comprehensible to me. Theoretically, most of it should be paid back, right?” Now, I did say that. I even gave the writer (who is an attractive woman, BTW) permission to use the quote, by itself. I don’t have a problem...