... behind at the White House as giant waves and dust clouds ravage the nation. And while it’s heartening to see African-Americans shift from “magical black” side characters and wiseacres into take-charge positions, the film also serves up a distressing sexism. The Speaker of the House is, three years hence, a “he.” When a giant plane heads to a safe point in China, ...

... and a resigned "oh hell", I donned/grabbed the essentials -- boots, backbrace, parka, gloves, and my trusty shovel -- and descended the three flights of stairs to examine my work ahead. And yes, wiseacres, I remembered pants. I was confronted with a grim scene: a parking stall width, about 25 feet to the plowed lane (from the night before), varying in depth from 18" to about 4 1/2 ...

... of John Harris' "Seven Narratives That The White House Hopes Doesn't Take Root And That We Are Going To Plant Ourselves, Nanny-Nanny-Boo-Boo" article, White House wiseacres are WINNING THE EVENING with a silly email forward of their own. It's called "7 narratives politico is fighting in their efforts to get an interview with the President" and Marc Ambinder has it ...

... multifunction mobile devices that make calls, browse the Web, play games and music, and run apps, you can now also spend money for a device that only does one thing–poorly. Just don’t. Some wiseacres here at CNET suggested I add mobile phones that only make phone calls into this list. I’m on the fence on that. Despite what I said about the Presto printer, there’s a mobile ...

... baconators on this guy, and I think the resemblance is uncanny . . . don't you? That was before I knew his "real" name was Natty (short for Nathaniel) Bumpo. Any of you wiseacres call me Natty, and I'll be giving you a knuckle sandwich. There were some concessions to the child audience, of course, like the addition of a yappy little friggin' dog for comedic relief. What ...