Tim DeChristopher – Defender of Nature

Disrupter of Wickedness Stupidity bushco: "Just before Christmas, an economics student in Utah figured out a way to help the environment by messing up the mechanics of an auction. The Bush administration had Bureau of Land Management auction offer a last minute auction to sell off 150,000 acres near Arches National Park. "Tim DeChristopher, 27, [...]

Jerry Brown upholds the law

"In a surprise move, state Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown asked the California Supreme Court on Friday to invalidate Proposition 8. He said the November ballot measure that banned gay marriage 'deprives people of the right to marry, an aspect of liberty that the Supreme Court has concluded is guaranteed by the California Constitution.' "It is [...]

Good news! (well, mostly)

Good news! You're bound to do me good Come right here to me Good news! Good news! You're what I've waited for I wasn't slated for blues! Seems we've managed to vote the Bush tyrant out. Ah, Democracy, how nice to see you again! (Now we just need Prop 8 to lose in California so [...]

Hooray for Dr. Krugman!

"STOCKHOLM (AFP) — US economist Paul Krugman, a prolific New York Times columnist and fierce critic of Washington's economic policies, won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday, the Nobel jury said. "Krugman, 55, a Princeton University professor, has formulated a new trade analysis theory which determines the effects of free trade and globalisation, as well [...]

Wheeee! Mad Wins!

"LOS ANGELES, CA. -- Bob Newhart, winner of three Grammy Awards, a Peabody, an Emmy and the Mark Twain Prize for Humor, and author of his new show-business autobiography, I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This, making him perhaps the most celebrated comedian-humorist-actor-author-former accountant in show-business history, this summer took time away from his busy schedule [...]