Hooray conservative people trying to talk about science!

No cheating— guess who Michael Savage is talking about:

“In 99 percent of the cases, it’s a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out,” Savage said on his radio program last Wednesday. [...]

On his radio show last week, he said: “What do you mean they scream and they’re silent? They don’t have a father around to tell them, `Don’t act like a moron. You’ll get nowhere in life. Stop acting like a putz. Straighten up. Act like a man. Don’t sit there crying and screaming, you idiot.’”

That’s right… children with autism.

Oh my oh my oh my. I’m not sure whether this is more infuriating or heartbreaking. It’s… baffling. No words are coming.

Haven’t had any Vampire Weekend links in a while, but here’s a doozy: the boys take to the streets of Paris and play a few tunes— in a deserted plaza, at a corner booth in a bar, walking down the street.

Definitely worth a look— if this doesn’t convince you that they’re really cool, low-key guys, nothing will.

And hey— Ezra’s a Taylor fan too!

Every time I see news like this about the Conan/Tonight Show switch, I can’t help but repeat my hope that Conan keeps his format (and the Max Weinberg 7) when he moves to the West Coast.

Every time I catch Leno’s musical guest, the comparison to Conan’s more eclectic, up-and-coming, and for the most part, just plain better artists is not favorable.

Aww, yay Toby! Good to know that the actor isn’t quite so unfortunate and sad in real life.

Here’s one item coming off my iPhone wishlist.

Hey, I didn’t know that Ben Folds did a video for “Rockin’ The Suburbs”. Hilarious.

This is so fucked up.

I read the headline (”Is media playing fair in campaign coverage?”), and thought, Obviously not! Screw airtime— if you’re not a moron (big “if”, I realize), you also have to look at what’s being said in said airtime. John McCain is lucky that network news hasn’t paid attention to the month he’s been having!

Any one of McCain’s major gaffes would have ended Barack’s run. Argh.

This article is one creepy, self-delusional paragraph after another— I was trying to pick out one or two sentences to sum up the vibe, but I can’t.

“We’re trying to be realistic,” Lane says. “I’m not ready to be like India— have arranged marriages. But there is some wisdom there, in that at least the parents are involved.”

“Realistic” is not the word I would use. Another “-ic”, perhaps— anachronistic.

I feel like I need a shower to wash away traces of Elektra complex and hypocrisy.

Hey, look at that— a teaser for the upcoming season of House! (Even though some of the clips are obviously from last season.)

This has the potential to be funny. I added it; we shall see.