WNBTv - will not be televised » un perm’ au cuisine Nick Charles http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv made possible by a grant from the george w and laura l bush foundation now with less irony Fri, 18 May 2012 01:02:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Non-epic as real life http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/2012/05/non-epic-as-real-life/ http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/2012/05/non-epic-as-real-life/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 01:01:39 +0000 Nick http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/?p=34316 ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Not The Mall!

WNBTv - Good TV!

]]> http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/2012/05/non-epic-as-real-life/feed/ 0 Rêves doux… http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/2012/05/reves-doux-18/ http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/2012/05/reves-doux-18/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 02:03:46 +0000 Nick http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/?p=34022

WNBTv - Good TV!

]]> http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/2012/05/reves-doux-18/feed/ 0 The 50,000 Foot View http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/2012/05/the-50000-foot-view/ http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/2012/05/the-50000-foot-view/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 16:42:58 +0000 Nick http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/?p=33974 Continue reading →]]> Before anyone on the panel could reply, one of the conference organizers—a Harvard professor—stood up and said forcefully that this was an “academic conference” and that “emotional” questions would not be entertained. He made it clear we were here to discuss real politics in an academic, dispassionate manner. That is: in discussing politics we were to be apolitical.

~ Dialogue with the Public: Adam Yauch and Academic Snobbery

WNBTv - Good TV!

]]> http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/2012/05/the-50000-foot-view/feed/ 0 Rêves doux… http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/2012/05/reves-doux-17/ http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/2012/05/reves-doux-17/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 01:56:05 +0000 Nick http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/?p=33753

WNBTv - Good TV!

]]> http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/2012/05/reves-doux-17/feed/ 0 ¡Qué vergajo! http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/2012/04/que-vergajo/ http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/2012/04/que-vergajo/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:15:13 +0000 Nick http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/?p=33125 Continue reading →]]> Slightly SmudgedWe still think of ourselves as brothers in arms.

Since its inception nearly a hundred and fifty years ago the Secret Service has been a Department of Justice staple. The fact that Bush the Lesser grabbed them for his new bastard organization back in ’06 hardly matters: many of us still think of them as Justice. 1

Similar experiences breed similar attitudes and so there is the desire to cut the idiotic dozen Secret Service personnel some slack. 2

That said, however…

Everyone down there, both technicians and special agents, and most certainly the two supervisors, pull in at a minimum 60K a year. Not to mention the LEAP differential. Not to mention the TDY pay (food and lodging.)

So what everyone in the office is wondering is…28 fucking dollars?! 3

WNBTv - Good TV!

  1. We’ll leave what we think about DHS for another day. ↩
  2. As for the military folks involved…what? Someone’s surprised that servicemen visit prostitutes? …we’re shocked, shocked to learn gambling has been going on at this establishment! ↩
  3. Not for nuthin’? Here are several things you can get for $28 down in Cartagena: AIDS, a decent hotel room at the Casa Viena, an excellent meal, even a small – though surprisingly beautiful – emerald. Here’s what you can’t buy for $28: an $800 escort. ↩
]]> http://willnotbetelevised.com/tv/2012/04/que-vergajo/feed/ 5