The Truffle

Chicago money columnist Terry Savage has written the most unintentionally hilarious column of the year thus far. First a question: What is up with these people named Savage? They think that just because they have a unique surname, they have to turn it into a lame-o brand or slogan. There is Dan Savage, of the Savage Love column. There's Michael Savage and his Savage Nation (which sounds better than Weiner Nation). And Terry Savage, for some reason, ends every single column of hers with "That's the Savage Truth." As if adding her surname makes it truer. The Savage Truth, alas, is that she is one screwy individual. Okay. You could chalk it up to the heat, which makes people a bit crabby. But the incident I'm about to describe took place in what was presumably an air-conditioned car. So what's her excuse for getting mad at little girls? See, Ms. Savage was riding along with her brother and his fiancee in a tony Chicago neighborhood. They came upon thre...

For all the blather over San Francisco as a supposed liberal paradise, the place sure does attract some reactionary freaks. I mean, Michael Savage is based in the Bay Area. Michael. Savage. And now this moron compares Obama's election to...get ready for this... O.J. Simpson's murder trial . I am not making this up. Of course, the guy hasn't signed his name, which makes me wonder if The Shock Jock Formerly Known as Michael Weiner hasn't taken to posting anonymously online. Nah, probably not. There really are people stupid enough to write shit like this: Obama is President, good. I can't wait for all the black people to want their free cheese. The truth of the matter is he being part black will not help you. Get off your asses and solidify YOUR LIVES. Millions of black men will not be freed from prison. Ebonics will not be taught in our schools and basketball will not replace Math as a standard of national education. And oh goody, another idiot has followed u...

One of life's little "DUH" moments . Jimmy Buffett, deity to Parrotheads everywhere, is against the Iraq war, telling an interviewer, "Anybody who makes policy in this country oughta have to walk by the Vietnam memorial on the way to work." The interviewer asks Buffett, and I quote: "So why not vote for Vietnam vet John McCain?" Because a. McCain supports the war, moron. And b. you don't need to be a war veteran to walk by the Vietnam memorial. Stop me before I make a sarcastic comment about the liberal media. Via Sideshow .

Don't believe me? Read this. The majority of Republicans in the United States do not believe the theory of evolution is true and do not believe that humans evolved over millions of years from less advanced forms of life. This suggests that when three Republican presidential candidates at a May debate stated they did not believe in evolution, they were generally in sync with the bulk of the rank-and-file Republicans whose nomination they are seeking to obtain. Independents and Democrats are more likely than Republicans to believe in the theory of evolution. But even among non-Republicans there appears to be a significant minority who doubt that evolution adequately explains where humans came from. The data from several recent Gallup studies suggest that Americans' religious behavior is highly correlated with beliefs about evolution. Those who attend church frequently are much less likely to believe in evolution than are those who seldom or never attend. That Republicans tend to ...