Bill Maher vs. Conspiracy Nuts

Maher is fed up with them:

Personally, I've always thought that satirical mockery works better though:

But you know, whatever works for you, Bill.

9/11/07

There's a great deal that can strike one about this day. That bin Laden is still taunting the West through his video releases is perhaps the most significant detail. So many people were convinced that he'd have been captured or killed by the end of 2001. Now instead he's metastasized as sort of extremist folk hero to those that buy into his world view. He can't accomplish much directly, but he's now a symbol, an idea. He cannot set up a large-scale terror-training regime, but he doesn't have to.

Giuliani Pisses Off Firefighters - Again

It looks like Rudy is overplaying his 9/11 hand once again. This may well backfire worse than the whole swift-boat thing did for John Kerry. The fact that he's probably become a multi-millionaire out of 9/11 doesn't look great either. I'm starting to wonder whether Rudy may be the next candidate to crash and burn. He's on top these days, but he may have peaked too soon.