Naturally Slavoj Žižek, whose inner cultural critic wins equal time from his inner philosopher, spiced his Town Hall talk last night with cinematic references, in particular, The Dark Knight. After seeing that (and Kung Fu Panda five times, thanks to his "small degenerate son"), he was disturbed by the message that it's noble to lie on behalf of power, to protect it. In our apparently post-ideological era, Žižek argues, we're even more enmeshed in ideology......

Two of baseball's best young pitchers face off tonight at the local baseball yard: It's two-time Cy Young award winning lefty Johan Santana of the Twins against the M's fireballing, barely legal righty, Felix Hernandez. There's national bragging rights at stake as well: Both Santana and Hernandez are Venezuelan. You can bet they'll be watching the matchup in the street of Caracas, unless Hugo Chavez has banned baseball as an imperialist tool. Gametime is 7:05......

Our modern day prophet had a convo with God the other day and God told him the Pacific NW is screwed. How do prophets get in touch with deities in 2006, anyway? That burning bush thing is so B.C., but we're not sure if He's ready for instant messaging yet. Maybe Pat Robertson recieved a burning text message from God on his phone? Yeah, it's Pat Robertson. "If I heard the Lord right about 2006,......

Houstonist reports on cross-dressing thieves and undressing educators this week. A Peeping Tom defends himself with a papaya and an outraged onlooker asks Ken Lay, "TATER TOTS OR FRIES?" Also, FEMA wants it's money back. LAist are a bug bunch of geeks. They're Star Trek geeks, David Duchovny geeks and Frank Gehry geeks. During their Cochella preview their readers reveal themselves to be Depeche Mode geeks. Seattlest saw their basketball team preparing to leave for......

If your local sausage merchant, empanada slinger or Seattlest editor seems to have an extra bop in his bop sh'bop sh'bop today, it's because the Chicago White Sox won the World Series last night. This Series victory, the Chi-Sox first since 1917, brings joy not only to South Siders (of which Editor Dan is one) but also to Venezuelans. Sox manager Ozzie Guillen is a native of that country, and pinko commie President Hugo Chavez......