One has to look at this recent Al Franken episode with a twinge of skepticism. Would someone of Franken's ability to pay a hefty assault settlement really put himself in a situation where he (potentially) physically harmed someone, and then repeatedly and publicly admit it? Even the ill-tempered Sean Penn-types of the celebrity world don't comment on their wannabe bravado for fear of buying their bruised victims a summer home settlement. The real proof in the pudding will be if Al final...

Did I ever tell you I used to be a hacker for an ultra-right wing organization? "Ultra-right wing" in terms that the John Birch Society is a bunch of pathetic, liberal cowards right wing. As in, "We Don't Pay Taxes And All Of That Money We Save From Doing So Goes Into Stockpiling Weapons" sort of philosophy. Now, I didn't "hack" in terms of I infiltrated the IRS and deleted all the sensitive data on these guys from their databases, but merely wrote little programs that did things like tra...