Oh, this is rich. BoingBoing reports that a pundit named Lauren Weinstein narrowly avoided being skewered on a fake “debate” show called “Crossballs.” Whew! Crisis averted. However, it appears that at least one conservative pundit was contacted to appear on the show, but was warned off in time by another conpundit that wasn’t so cautious. There follows a lengthy tirade in the “Bush-bashers are traitors, all critics of the Administration are evil, Hollywood is part of the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy” vein. Read, or don’t read, it’s your choice. But it’s funny to think that at least one neocon fell…
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Warning from the Sheriff’s Department: Don’t show up for jury duty with a bad attitude. Ross Selkirk’s alleged behavior got him arrested and he had to pay $5,000 bail to get out of jail. Holy crap, it’s a good thing I didn’t throw attitude and snark around when I was called for jury duty. Though if I had been down at California Avenue 2 days in a row, and then got empanelled when I thought I’d dodged a bullet, I’d be pretty pissed. I guess the lady that sat behind me got off pretty lightly…
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I finally finished reading Nine Parts of Desire a couple of weeks ago, and found it disturbing and also enlightening. For instance, this article from the Beeb: Iran’s government has launched a crackdown on women who flout the strict Islamic dress codes during the hot summer months. And according to the book, Iran is actually strangely flexible in its rigidity – Khomeini was always more willing to extend more rights to women, so long as they observed the proprieties. At least they can work outside the home, for one thing. And drive, for another. Iranian women are better off than…