Archive for November 2006
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amazing picture
I am probably too brainwashed, but the first thing that popped into my head would be that this would be great as one of those business motivation posters with a slogan like “Be the shark, not the seal.”
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Pallu | November 22, 2006 at 6:03 am
jose | November 22, 2006 at 10:56 am
in what form is the turkey being fed to the other turkey? i think it would eat it if served in the right form. at least a few times maybe. that i think is sad; we can play with instincts.
nhi | November 22, 2006 at 2:01 pm
isn’t animal byproduct usually included back into the feed? i think i remember reading somewhere that’s how pig feed is made …
nhi | November 22, 2006 at 2:02 pm
did the seal escape? does the shark eat the seal whole?
jose | November 22, 2006 at 7:30 pm
To answer the feed question: Yes. It it is and it is actually legal. The law is something like (read it carefully) -
“However, U.S. regulations only partially prohibit the use of animal byproducts in feed. In 1997, regulations prohibited the feeding of mammalian byproducts to ruminants such as cows and goats. However, the byproducts of ruminants can still be legally fed to pets or other livestock and poultry such as pigs and chickens. In addition, it is legal for ruminants to be fed byproducts from some of these animals. [4] A proposal to end the use of cow blood, restaurant scraps, and poultry litter (fecal matter, feathers)[1] in January 2004 has yet to be implemented [5], despite the efforts of some advocates of such a policy, who cite the fact that cows are herbivores, and that blood and fecal matter could potentially carry BSE.” (From Wikipedia)
It is all good to do the cross eating stuff, no good to feed the self to self. If you read thw wikipedia article on BSE, you will see that BSE or mad cow is much more of a problem in europe where there were no restrictions on feeding compared to the US. Doesn’t that sound surprising considering that the europeans are so fussy about their food regualtions? I think GMO’s are the norm in US but they are not at all used in europe. anyway, this does not mean a score for the feed lot industry here in the US.
Author comment by Kireet | November 23, 2006 at 2:12 am
fecal matter? gross. i think this whole feeding an animal too itself is going to lead to some sort of really bad science fiction movie.
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rangel tries to re-instate the draft. This is so dumb on so many levels.
1. his theory is that it would deter politicians from going to war. why not just institute a draft on congressmen and their kids and leave the rest of us the hell out of it.
2. in practical terms, this is going nowhere. a draft is opposed my almost everyone. the dems even brought it up in 04 as a reason to vote against republicans, reasoning that republican war-mongering would neccessitate a draft.
3. in more practical terms, a draft would solve some of the shortfalls that are going on in armed forces recruiting, but I have heard many people say that drafted soldiers are pretty bad. they are not so skilled and bring down morale because they probably don’t want to be there.
so why did rangel do it? not sure really, i guess maybe pandering to poorer people who are more likely to be in the armed forces? i am pretty sure that he isn’t making any friends by doing this. all it will be is a distraction to the democrats “100 hour plan” they keep talking about as well as provide republicans with another talking point. i sort of wish pelosi hadn’t stuck with the seniority thing on most committees and instead gotten some new blood in there. i think a lot of these old-school guys are out of touch with the new realities of american politics.
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jose | November 20, 2006 at 7:37 am
Another reason why even the democrats consider this as idiotic is a statistic pointed out, where else, on morning edition today. People in the age group of 18-29 voted democrat 68-32 in favor of dems this election. There was a similar voting pattern in 04 and it was pointed out, not sure why, if a group leans so heavily in favor twice, they usually stick. You don’t want to mess with that.
rangel served in the military during the time that the draft was in place and he feels its time he made others pay for it. apparently his only ally in this crusade is mr. murtha
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yahoo finance has a somewhat long piece on the decreasing control the government has on the economy due to globalization. its a little scary to realize how tightly the US economy is dependent on places like the middle east and china.
Another interesting point is that real wages in the US are down over the last 3 years even though corporate profits are at record highs. more evidence it is harder for the working man to make it in today’s highly connected world.
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jose | November 16, 2006 at 3:15 pm
I think this is a good discussion for the forum. I think this section of the article sums up the confusion at this point –
And get this: We don’t even know how to measure whether we as a country are succeeding or failing. The traditional metrics for economic security and prosperity are capturing impressive signs of life. Unemployment, inflation, and interest rates are low by historical standards. The stock market is rising, and household wealth is higher than it was at the peak of the 1990s boom, even after adjusting for inflation. To a large extent, this is thanks to the global economy, which has been fueling the U.S. expansion with cheap goods and cheap money. Yet real wages are down over the past five years, the trade deficit is enormous, and there are widespread worries about America’s continued ability to compete.
Let me first say that I have rudimentary economics background. But an empirical analysis over the past few months over which I have closely followed the markets, show the market has, as it should, reacted to short-term numbers and figures. Among those numbers, the two which stand out are inflation and consumer spending. the anomaly in recent times has been that the macroeconomic data is not consistent due to globalization. I would not counter that, I simply don’t have the analysis or the background to do so. But some things defy logic -
1. Consumer spending has not eased up. This even when gas was at all time highs, and consistent numbers indicating that housing market is slowing down. There must be something positive to drive that sentiment? Or is it the rich who are just responsible for this skew? Sure, the housing market has added an immense value to the properties that americans are sitting on at this moment and everyone KNOWS that (in the interests of not just americans) that that value is not going to crash.
2. Growth is robust, yet inflation is within check. I heard that Greenspan was the first one who recognized that in a global economy this paradox would finally be achieved. We are told that the upward pressure on wages is not there as the job can be done elsewhere cheaper and companies are not just threatening but doing that. Why? They cannot compete otherwise. And Why so? Because we demand rock bottom prices. So the logic is that we are shopping ourselves out of our jobs. I think there is a little truth in that but not a whole lot.
I think at the heart of the issue lies the desire to continuously better processes and products. In the book, ‘Walmart Effect’, the author talks about how Snapper pulled out its lawnmowers from Walmart and invested in improving the efficiency of its process and consumer focus to stay competitive while keeping business here. You cannot close the economy, that will be disastrous, you have to compete and the way to do that is through the intellectual capital that this place has. The other day GM and Ford came out with this thing that in order to survive in this global market, they have to make parts in China. The bigger problem with GM and Ford is that they cannot make good cars and thats where the story ends. Toyota does not manufacture gaskets in china for cars it sells in the US.
All said and done, I think the solution is not too simple. Politics and market look for short term solution. So lets see how it unfolds.
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normally i am not a big fan of this guy but the movie has gotten great reviews and done well at the box office. There have been some complaints from “victims” shown in the movie. For the most part, I think they are bogus, especially the frat guys. But this village seems to have a case, why can’t the studio pitch in $100,000 to help these people out. From the article:
Staicu accused the producers of paying locals just $3.30-$5.50, misleading the village into thinking the movie would be a documentary, refusing to sign proper filming contracts and enticing easily exploited peasants into performing crass acts…Only five villagers have jobs at a nearby sanatorium and a stone quarry, Staicu said. The rest weave baskets, grow apples, pears and plums, gather mushrooms in the dense Carpathian Mountain forests rising above the town, or raise a few scrawny chickens.
Also frontline had an interesting piece about the former Spokane mayor Jim West. This guy portrayed himself as a conservative republican but was actually bisexual and “trolled” gay.com for younger men. I must say (based soley on this show as I have no background info) that the newspaper came off looking extremely bad. There is little doubt in my mind they found out this guy was gay and tried to come up with a story to justify revealing West’s sexuality. They came up with a couple instances where West handed out internships (unpaid i think) to people he met on gay.com. If that is the worst bit of corruption this guy was involved with, he should be applauded, not fired. They also dubiously linked him with some sexual abuse that occurred in the 70s. The main accuser named West’s friend in a lawsuit 20 years ago and then again a few years later. Only when this news broke did he accuse West in a new lawsuit. Sounds pretty fishy, especially since no one else has come forward. i know we have some seattle readers…any insights on this story? or do you guys pretend spokane doesn’t exist? 
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Li | November 15, 2006 at 8:58 am
“Spokane” does not exist. We call it various other names like “The Can”, as in “I need to use the Can.”
As for the Jim West story, I was disgusted by his hypocracy and would have had more respect for him if he had come out of the closet and been true to his constituents. Spokane isn’t all that conservative and backwards as most of us in Seattle like to think so I’m not sure why he felt that he had to hide behind a facade.
I’m not sure that I would applaud him for using his office to give out interships to young men in exchange for favors, but I do agree that the tactics used by the local newspaper, The Spokesman Review, was rather deplorable. I think that it was the editor who stated that they hired a consultant to do the investigative work (meaning, he pretended to be the young man chatting with West), and therefore, the newspaper followed the industry’s ethical code because none of their employees were doing the legwork. That is complete BS because when you hire a consultant, he is doing work for you, and at the end of the day, you take responsibility for the work.
While irrelevant to your entry, just to close the loop on him, Jim West died last year. He had been fighting cancer (I can’t remember which type) for a while and had been in remission but went back into treatment after being removed from office. He died shortly thereafter.
Of course, your entry can lead to a whole other topic about public servants and their privacy rights.
Author comment by Kireet | November 15, 2006 at 8:40 pm
two notes:
1.another article about borat “victims”:
http://www.andrewtobias.com/newcolumns/061113.html
2. Jim West: In the documentary it seemed that in the past the republican party of washington was controlled by the christian right. so there would be no space for a gay republican. also it seemed like he didn’t have his first gay experience til after his marraige ended which was also after he had already become a state senator. so he was basically backed into a corner.
i don’t want people to get the idea that i necessarily approve of his behavior or would have voted against the recall, but as Li says the newspaper’s behavior during this whole episode was disengenuous at best. Their ethics were questionable as was their justification, i.e. that because one of west’s friends committed child abuse in the past and west is gay, he might be luring underage boys on the internet. of course this didn’t happen in their investigation (west made no move til the consultant said he turned 18 after originally registering as a 17 year old). but they still went with the story anyways. anyways i hope at the least the reporters/editors involved in the story have been blacklisted at other papers. the seattle times guy they interviewed seemed to have a pretty negative attitued towards them.
Nina | December 27, 2006 at 3:01 pm
Dude, Li is way too serious sometimes.
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sriram made a comment that it would be nice to have a forum for reader inspired topics. I have added one here. I also added a link on the right hand side of this page right below the blogroll.
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well the dems picked up a nice majority in the house and barring any mathematical errors by election officials in montana or virginia have picked up the senate as well. why is it so important to have a majority. Obviously you have more votes, but the real thing is that dems will now control all of the committees. they will control which bills make it through for debate and votes as well as control appointee hearings. remember last year how people said they didn’t know what democrats were for, only what they were against? That is what happens when you are the minority party, you can only react and oppose legislation, you can’t really force through your own bills without some help from the other side. so look for the minimum wage issue to come up real soon but maybe not the estate aka death tax elimination as much.
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1. from the 24 hr news programs, it is pretty clear this election was about kicking the bums out, so for once I have to agree with Tom Delay, the republicans lost this election, the dems didn’t win it. But give Rahm Emmanuel and Chuck Schumer credit, they put up a lot of ”blue-dog” democrats to take away social issues from republicans and made them debate on the issues: corruption and iraq. in montana, jim tester (montana) is a gun loving anti-abortion guy with a buzz cut and 3 missing fingers. in virginia jim webb used to be a republican. so i think this congress will be pretty conservative. my hope is they leave the social issues alone and move forward on education, iraq, healthcare, and the budget.
2. nothing has changed in iraq, it is still a mess and there are no good choices there. whatever we do will be high risk that will likely not turn out as we want it to. so the dems need to get a lot done, next time they won’t be able to blame iraq solely on the republicans.
3. i caught a bit of pelosi’s speech this morning. i liked what i heard but i am skeptical. republicans have set in motion a lot of insidious practices that will be hard to undo, namely lobbyist access/earkmarks/pork (whatever you want to call it), lack of fiscal discipline, and a highly partisan atmosphere. undo-ing any of these will mean taking the harder road and possibly taking a PR hit. i hope the dems have the backbone to do so.
4. of the candidates themselves, i have limited opinions on some from watching the meet the meet the press senate debate series:
mccaskill (missouri): i thought she was pretty good and talent seemed like a hack.
casey (PA): pretty much a windbag, lucky he was going up against nut-job santorum who ate his lunch on the show.
webb (VA): seemed ok, has a questionable past with respect to women’s issues. from the 40 minute debate, i also got the impression that george allen’s mere existence is a waste of the earth’s natural resources.
cardin (MD): seemed like a grizzled veteran but not very dynamic. lucky for him steele faced such an uphill battle.
brown (OH): to me the most impressive guy on the debate series. dewine was terrible.
5. let’s hope the US’s reputation makes a bit of a comeback. i think up until 2004, the world gave us a pass and thought it was simply bush initiating a series of extreme policies, but then we re-elected him. now maybe we can turn the tide.
6. i will be interested to see to what extent congressional investigations will go to. i think it is important to examine some of the corruption that has gone on but at the same time congress needs to appear to be forward looking.
7. back to iraq, there are a number of democrat proposals out there, mostly either redeployment or the partitioning of iraq. on meet the press no one had a good answer on what to do if after redeployment an all out civil war breaks out in iraq. it will be interesting to see what compromise is brokered with the white house.
8. the budget. let’s hope we’ve seen the last of the bridge to nowhere level earmarks. it will be interesting to see how democrats move towards balancing the budget without raising taxes while at the same time increasing spending on education and healthcare while at the same time not touching social security. my guess is the estate tax/income tax on the richest americans make a comeback as well as maybe some additional corporate taxes. maybe compromises on spending increases.
9. how does pelosi balance her liberal district vs. the more conservative party? for those unfamiliar with her, she is pretty much the dem’s answer to tom delay. she rules with an iron fist. if you disagree with her publicly you will be punished. if you toe the party line you will be rewarded. i am not a big fan of that attitude but it may be necessary. again my guess is she stays away from the social issues where the dems are more of a “big-tent” and focuses on issues where there is more of a consensus.
10. the air just smells a little sweeter today doesn’t it?
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Li | November 8, 2006 at 5:07 pm
The time is now for the dems to develop a backbone.
jose | November 8, 2006 at 7:59 pm
evolution of animals with backbones, aka vertebrates, took a long time.
Sri | November 9, 2006 at 4:14 pm
does anyone really consider leiberman or webb democrats.
also an up and comer in the democratic party has to be Martin O’Malley. I am not sure if you can attribute the current budge surplus in Baltimore to his policies, but there are some tangible signs of results. The shity parts are still shitty, but that is probably due to federal drug and mandatory sentencing laws, and way beyond the scope of a mayor’s pull.
It’ll be interesting to see if his policies of throwing money at downtown development does anything to decrease the blight in the city.
Author comment by Kireet | November 10, 2006 at 12:49 am
who cares as long as they caucus with the dem’s. actually one of my fears is one of these “blue dogs” is going to flip parties at some point and throw power back to the republicans. hopefully they can hold it together.
jose | November 10, 2006 at 10:20 am
In indian democracy this phenomenon has happened countless number of times.. horse-trading is the term that is used although it beats me why it is called so. the most famous case was in 1991 or 1992 when the ruling congress govenment paid 5 crore rupees each (250k$ approx) to 5 members of another party to vote for them in a no-confidence motion. this transaction was later uncovered and what was shocking me was the judgement that was passed in the courts (they followed the law). According to that the bribe giver (they found a scapegoat in the ruling party) was jailed and the people who took the money went scott-free. politics is amazing!
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Author comment by Kireet | November 7, 2006 at 7:07 pm
santorum is out! nice to get that whack job out of public service. the VA race is distressingly close with allen (R) in the lead.
jose | November 7, 2006 at 8:49 pm
nice site. i think the republications are going to take MO, VA, TN and if late GOP push works out, MT as well. that means a 52-48 or 51-49 at best. lets see how it plays out
Author comment by Kireet | November 8, 2006 at 1:51 am
not so fast, looking 50-49 democrat right now. in montana 80% of the vote is in and tester is up. by my calculations burns will have to win the rest of the vote by better than 54-46 to pull ahead. don’t know what precincts are still reporting but that is a tough pull. we’ll see what happens.
Author comment by Kireet | November 8, 2006 at 1:57 am
ok, did a county breakdown, tester should win by about 2500 votes. let’s see if i am right tomorrow…
jose | November 8, 2006 at 10:37 am
jose: Wrong on MO, Wrong for America
jose | November 8, 2006 at 10:57 am
Also, looking at recent trends, people are saying that the center is now more towards the right. thoughts? the dems elected in this election sort of affirm that but is that the larger trend. This election might not say much to that since it might have been skewed by vote-against something campaign.
Li | November 8, 2006 at 1:03 pm
Dems have the house and Rumsfeld is out. Can this day get any better? Even having the Hussein verdict announced two days before our elections didn’t even help them!
Of course, the election results only makes me angrier at the ppl of this country and only highlights just how stupid we are. Most ppl blindly supported the Bush/GOP political machine b/c it’s easier than reading about the issues. Now that the mission is far from being accomplished and with news that they LIED to us, ppl are standing up to them by voting them out of office. Where were they in 2003 at the start of this?
In any case, I’m glad that we finally came to our senses, but the dems better not f*** up this opportunity. Let’s hope that they can stand up to a lame duck president.
Btw, what do you think of “San Francisco politics”? I think it’s hilarious how the GOP were throwing this term out to scare the conservatives in the red states and yet Nancy Pelosi is now the Majority Whip!
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Today is election day, hope everyone has voted or is planning to. i did today, although i had to do a provisional ballot. for some reason i wasn’t in their list. my guess is i am still registered at one of my many previous addresses. moving every year catches up with you eventually i suppose.
to answer nhi below, the most significant votes i cast were for arnold for gov and john garamendi for lt. gov. i voted for arnold mostly because of the bad taste in my mouth from the gray davis days, i think a republican governor provides a check on the democratic state senate. i voted for garamendi because i don’t like tom mcclintock, the republican candidate. from the recall election debates, i remember mcclintock being very smart but i had a lot of differences with him in terms of fundamental beliefs.
as for the propositions, i voted against most of them. i am against them in general: they make the budget very inflexible, they are hard to undo, and they are usually backed by a number of special interests. they also tend to have a lot of unforeseen consequences. for example, a proposition passed a number of years ago to limit the property tax. this was done because fast increasing real estate valuations were causing a lot of people to have trouble paying property tax, including senior citizens. of course it passed, who is going to vote in favor of kicking grandma out of her house? but instead of a measured debate on how to restructure the property tax (maybe introduce a graduated scale, have exceptions for retirees, or take into account the purchase price of the house) a proposition was passed that just limits it across the board. the end result is many millionaires barely pay anything in property taxes. and it is politically untouchable, just ask warren buffet.
nationally, this will be one of the more interesting mid-terms. people are generally forecasting a democratic gain of about 20 seats in the house (they need 15) and probably 3-4 in the senate (need 6). it’s good enough for them, but probably not as good as they hoped. but i hope capturing one chamber of congress will rein in some of the crazy stuff that has been happening in washington lately.
also the hidden issue in the house elections is gerry-mandering. over the years many districts have been rigged by both parties to ensure a “sure win”. this combined with incumbency has made re-election almost a sure thing. think about it, there are over 400 house seats and we are talking about a turnover of about 20 people being a huge event. it’s a sad state that is not likely to change anytime soon…
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nhi | November 7, 2006 at 1:19 pm
Kireet and I sometimes cancel each other out with the way we vote. Referendums, when used judicially, is a true democratic way to run the gov’t — direct voice of the people. It also puts a lot of issues on the ballot that are politically sensitive and politicians won’t touch (eg, stem cell research). In today’s political system, it might be the only way to force change of the status quo. Also, with increasing federalism, states can no longer truly represent the beliefs of their own citizens. (Although … I only say that now because of the current federal gov’t)
Is it time to dismantle the two party system? Is that even possible or feasible?
jose | November 7, 2006 at 3:58 pm
It is not all that black and white i think. Lets start with referendums – You cannot run a system with referendums. People elect leaders to make decisions for them and if they keep coming back for an answer, that means the leaders don’t know what are doing. Every elected office in the world would then require referendums to make any decision. Is the common man really in a position to make the decisions? the vast majority who are do not exercise their rights anyway.
Multiparty systems.. They just don’t work. Look at India. The largest democracy and all. The govt. spends all its time just trying to appease the parties that it is in alliance with to keep power. It is a sad situation. Issue based politics is fine. But multiparty system is not the solution for that. Neither is this 2 party one. I cannot be pro-choice if i am a fiscal convervative. baloney. But what are the choices?
jerry-mandering, i love this word. it began with gerry creating a salamander-esque district i believe. nothing wrong with it on paper but look at what delay achieved.. dude guy lost his seat (not for that but something related to that which he could have avoided) but opened floodgates -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062800660.html
As Walter points out (this is more relevant here) – ” I’m talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude. Across this line you do not, uh–and also,.. “
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good tv shows i have been watching lately:
1. the office (NBC). probably my favorite current TV show. started off pretty slowly but has clearly surpassed it’s BBC predecessor.
2. always sunny in philadelphia (FX). kind of crazy show that is pretty funny. the “take a lap” episode and “dee on steriods” episodes are my favorites.
i also watch lost (ABC), but it has really regressed since season 1. they need to get back to the mystical island and character based storylines of season 1 and stop focusing on “the others”.
i have been watching some shows on DVD also:
1. arrested development (was FOX). really funny show that i never watched when it was on TV.
2. entourage (HBO). liked season 1 a lot but hated the season 2 mandy moore storyline. there is already the eric character, let vince be vince!
3. coupling (BBC). season 1 & 2 were good, season 3 hasn’t been so good. but i have found this show to be a step below the others mentioned here.
4. the wire (HBO). only watched the first 3 episodes of season 1 and found the show kind of slow. but a couple people have told me good things about it so i will probably finish out season 1 at the least.
5. the shield (FX). pretty good show with occasionally great episodes. up and down in my opinion.
6. sopranos (HBO). haven’t watched this in awhile but season 6 is coming out on dvd this week. i would put season 1 of this show as by far the best but it is still pretty good.
also some of my favorite TV characters over the years:
1. Kramer (Seinfeld). You could really pick anyone on this show but I felt he perfectly rounded out the cast.
2. Bill Cosby (Cosby Show). They don’t make ‘em like they used to.
3. Doug Heffernan (King of Queens). This show is not that good anymore but in its prime was really funny. Doug and I share some distressingly similar thoughts and attitudes towards food.
4. Gareth (The Office, BBC edition). Dwight Shroot is a funny character but Gareth was a work of art.
5. Stewie (Family Guy). It’s hard for me to sit through the entire 1/2 hour of this show sometimes but I find Stewie’s diatribes hilarious.
6. Ari (Entourage). Definitely offensive but his lines are so funny you laugh anyways.
yeah, i probably watch too much TV.
in other news alabama got an embarrassing beat down at home by mississippi state of all teams. storm clouds are definitely forming around tuscaloosa. also the mid-term elections are coming up, get out and vote!
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Author comment by Kireet | November 6, 2006 at 1:22 am
addendum: forgot about news shows:
1. meet the press. a great show in the preceding weeks to the election, forgot to mention this in the blog. they do a series of senate debates which are very interesting. I think tim russert does a great job as well.
2. macglaughin group. somewhat informative, very partisan. i find it pretty entertaining.
jose | November 6, 2006 at 12:39 pm
You missed the Daily Show! And Colbert Report. Those are my favorites on TV. It seems I am missing out on the good shows because of the lack of HBO. Maybe it is time to get it. At this time, my favorites are not on TV but on Radio. And only on NPR. The rest of the FM dial just plain stinks. On NPR station here (WNYC FM93.9, AM 820, and also online on wnyc.org!), these are some of the great shows (in no particular order).
1. Fresh Air. The selection of guests is just amazing, journalists, artists, movie directors and interviews are very unlike the usual. The other day she had Forest Whitaker on the show (of Ghost Dog fame, if you care). She has been doing it for a gazillion years but remarkably her voice sounds just the same (they have reruns of her shows from 20 years back sometimes)
2. Marketplace – I talked about that on my blog
3. This American Life – The show is wildly successful for a reason. But apparently this show was rejected by public radio for many years before it was finally taken on
4. Soundcheck – I like John Schaefer’s voice.
5. Wait Wait, don’t tell me – the best quiz show ever
6. Leonard Lopate show
It is difficult to imagine how a public funded station can create such good programming in this day and age.
Aparna | November 7, 2006 at 7:24 am
We are catching up with Lost via Netflix and are almost to the end of Season 2. I also like Grey’s Anatomy (although it too has been disappointing this season after all the drama on every single episode last season) and have started watching Heros, which is pretty good.
Just out for the holiday season – Lost action figures, and a Hatch to boot! I know what you’re getting for Xmas, Kireet!
Sri | November 7, 2006 at 11:51 am
Food Network?
nhi | November 7, 2006 at 11:53 am
Kireet – who/what did you vote for in the midterm elections and why?
Author comment by Kireet | November 7, 2006 at 12:16 pm
never got into grey’s anatomy too much. shows like that make me feel they are trying to manipulate my feelings too much.
don’t really care for food network that much any more. i never make their recipes anyways. good website though.
another show that has a lot of buzz is ugly betty (thursdays on abc i think), haven’t seen it yet though.
Poor seal : ( You can feel his/her despair from the picture. My slogan might be “take a leap of faith and be eaten alive.” I am not sure what business would want my slogan.
Speaking of animals, one of our radio stations in Nasville is doing a huge publcity stint on whether a turkey will eat turkey. I know this is inhumane, but what do you think? My bet is no. i think the turkey will recognize his/her kind.
happy thanksgiving everyone!