@1: "Heads are gonna roll in the DHS."

Really? After 7+ years, you think there is any chance the Bush administration will hold anyone responsible for anything?

You have obviously missed a few episodes:
"Bin Laden determined to attack in US"
Katrina
Abu Ghraib
WMD
Attorney Generals
John Yoo
Jose Padilla

I continue to be astonished at the number of people who don't get the obvious point of Critical Mass:
EVERY DAY MOST CARS BREAK THE LAW, endangering law-abiding cyclists in the process. They run red lights, refuse to yield the right of way to cyclists (and in my case they flee the scene after hitting me), park in bike lanes and on sidewalks, double-park, etc.
12 TIMES A YEAR, in a handful of cities, a group of bicyclists demonstrates what would happen if cyclists did the same thing. If people don't like it, they should change their behavior on the other days of the month. There's no reason to stop the demonstrations until things change.
The real question should be: Why doesn't the NYPD take the same approach with the massive mob of lawbreakers careening around the streets in cars the other days of the month?

As for DMCK @51, Critical Mass had been happening for years on the same day. The RNC scheduled their gathering in willful ignorance of that. There is nothing disingenuous about pointing that out.

Did somebody say Yo La Tengo? Love this version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBq_rbtrsTw

> a third more wine for the same price is a convincing argument.

Joel's guest: "This wine is terrible!"

Joel: "I know, but such big portions!"

When is Asirra (http://research.microsoft.com/asirra/) going into production? It seemed to me like a great answer, taking advantage of a giant tagged database of photos with a pinch of do-gooding.

Powerless is the lame duck Bush administration. Now that they can't keep even the wingnuts at Pajamas Media in line, maybe the nightmare really is over.

Anyone reading who hasn't seen Taxi to the Dark Side should do so. During the interview, Cloonan slips into his role as an interrogator for less than 60 seconds to illustrate his approach, and its effectiveness is immediately apparent to anyone.

@14
>When exactly did irrational fear become a defining characteristic of conservativism?

Oh! I know this one!
September 11, 2001

So sad. An entire lifetime in which Newcastle United didn't win a single thing in English football. Let's hope most of us live to see that change.

@15: duh, she's compiling.