Real Lie Of The Year: PolitiFact’s Relevance

This year, the PolitiFact lie of the year is "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan." This is, of course, after they called Mitt Romney a liar on the issue, that "If you've got a health care plan that you like, you can keep it" is true, and also that it's half-true.…

General Curmudgeonly Notes

Civil forfeiture is something which police forces abuse far too often.  I have no problem with the concept, but in practice, it turns out poorly for a lot of people.  And given that police forces use these forfeitures as part of their operating revenue, you know that there are people at these agencies trying to…

Kevin’s Favorite Science Fiction Shows: #14 — Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1 IMDB link General idea:  wormholes IN SPAAAACE Interesting because:  This show had a great cast and a lot of good ideas.  Considering that it was built on a mediocre (at best) movie, that's saying a lot. Annoying because:  It killed Farscape. This show is #14 on my list even though I haven't really…