Reno and Beyond: Finally I Can Hear Myself Think
- Shhhh. Do you hear it? Blessed silence. Somehow I managed to get through another without going completely insane. You should all be very happy about that–trust me.
- See the latest Discontents poll on who will be the winner of the .
- Nevadans according to an internal poll by Question 7 supporters. 49% would vote yes, 43% would vote no. Why are their results so different from the results of a recent RGJ poll on the subject? They didn’t use a trick question. Via of all people.
- , and that it isn’t the same thing it means to Bush. That’s cool and all, and I wouldn’t have been so confused in the past except that Lafferty has used so often I just assumed he was a Bush Conservative. My bad. I look forward to reading some more editorials based on traditional conservative principals.
- The took home some serious booty at the Nevada Press Association Awards and the won for best over all paper. No doubt frequent commenter Knox has something to say about the awards in general. My beef? I want to know for which stories/features etc., each writer won. I couldn’t find that information on line. And in this week’s issue, Sarah Phelan writes about the top ten news stories not covered by the mainstream media as determined by . Its a bit confusing actually because they are listed on Project Censored’s website as the top stories for 2007 and there are . You can find the . Also, it seems . I’m going to have to have a chat with Loi about the best way to maintain my private booth now that you slow pokes are starting to catch up. I prefer to have one at my disposal.
- We could kill ourselves over the fact that Chuck Muth thought about checking for student comments about Dina Titus on before we did. That foxy Muth. He and only included the bad ones (Just a tip from me to you–when you edit material, you are taking ownership and therefore make yourself and/or your blog liable in any lawsuit). To read all of the comments, take a minute and create an account for yourself. Like any evaluation system, those most likely to participate are those who either want to say something very positive or something very negative. Titus’ overall rating? 3.5 out of 5. The funniest rating—someone rated Titus badly for being a tough grader. Way to have your priorities straight anonymous UNLV student!
- Strangest Google search string that brought someone to Discontents: . Yes!
- The brooding, handsome and obsessive (well, that’s how I picture him anyway– without all the abuse) serves up a new hit in the Gibbon’s song parade called “.” In it he details Gibbons’ failed playground attempt to increase his bipartisan and legislative cred by claiming friends across the aisle who won’t claim him back. Ouch.
- Wow. (its 20 minutes long). It must feel good to express some righteous indignation over the repeated smears regarding his efforts to fight terrorism during his administration. Its a great spanking, I mean, interview. From .
- Ariel Dorfman, author of (outstanding play and about a torture victim) and , author of (about a former Haitian torturer and his family), write eloquently about torture. Dorfman asks: “Are we so morally sick, so deaf and dumb and blind, that we do not understand this? Are we so fearful, so in love with our own security and steeped in our own pain, that we are really willing to let people be tortured in the name of America?”
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IMO- political debates are all about NOT messing up and giving your opponent a cute sound bite to use against you.
It’s amazing how skillfully politicians can not answer a question– or semi-answer it in about one sentence and then take a right turn go on about something else.
Boy, G W Bush sure is stupid! First he arranges for terrorists to crash planes into the WTC so he can justify invaded Afganistan and Iraq just to get mired down in a guerrilla war, then he arranged to have two Gulf Coast Category 5 hurricanes wipe out 25% of US oil and gas production in 2005 in order to raise gasoline prices and line the pockets of the major oil companies. Now he clandestinely eliminates Pluto from the solar system and keeps all of the 2006 hurricanes away from the Gulf Coast in order to drive gasoline prices down and save the election for the Republicans. What an idiot!!
I always hated pluto.
Huh. I’ve always pictured that Scandalmonger guy more as an anorexic Walter Mitty.
I take issue with your characterization of me as a “frequent commenter.” I have posted to this blog more than most people here. I’m also disappointed that I didn’t merit a meaner appellation. Must work harder.
Sorry Knox, sometime contributor? favorite commenter? Mistress Knox?