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Category Archives: Politics
3000 Faces
Check this painfully clear and accurate Flash-based presentation of the demographics of U.S. service members who have died in the Iraq war to date. These days I tend to avoid posting about “Operation Iraqi Freedom We’re Not Winning So Let’s … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Politics
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Flip! Flop!
To our American friends: vote early, vote often, next Tuesday.
Posted in In The News, Music, Politics
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Using The Google
In other news, George Bush says he “uses the Google”. Wonder if he’s done a google on “failure”. You think he uses the YouTube as well?
Posted in Amusing, Politics, Silly
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The Boys From Paraguay
Is the Bush administration preparing an escape to Paraguay? Say what Barry? The Cuban news service reports that George W. Bush has purchased 98,840 acres in Paraguay, near the Bolivian/Brazilian border. Wonkette (via): Now, Prensa Latina is a Cuban-government operation … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, In The News, Politics
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The World League Of Despots Newest Member
In his capacity as secretary of the World League of Despots, Terry Jones welcomes George Bush to the ranks of despots. I cannot, however, disguise the fact that we adjudicators were extremely anxious when you announced your intention to remove … Continue reading
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Gods Of Guitar
… and why we need them: Passion and creative freedom directly threaten the executive’s grip on airplay and record sales. The music biz marginalizes any trend that doesn’t lead directly to merchandising profits, big money. What do you think they’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Politics
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Zappa On Crossfire, 1987 Edition
This might be a re-post, but any video where Frank talks is worth watching more than once! (Part two continues here).
Posted in Music, Politics, Zappa Audio/Video
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Care To Sing Along?
Via SOFA: here’s a merry little singalong ditty which as he puts it, “pretty accurately represents how many americans feel right now”…
Rightwing Nutcases Part 95402157
“Brad Miller even spent your tax dollars to pay teenage girls to watch pornographic movies with probes connected to their genitalia.†How’s that for a congressional campaign ad? Oh, and let’s not forget the Mariachi’s. Way to go, Vern!
One Person One SUV
Speak Up has a great post about wartime propaganda posters — both real and parody. Much of the conservation messages during the World Wars was brought about by actual need. Those wars devastated trade between western nations, and the need … Continue reading
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X-Ray Sound
A different type of bootlegging: in the USSR and Eastern Europe in the 1950s underground night spots would play music pirated from the west. The only media they had were records etched into discarded X-ray film. (…) enterprising young people … Continue reading
Tide Turning
Yes it’s a cheap shot, and yes, it’s too funny: the George Bush Quotes Library. Couple of gems: Rarely is the question asked, ‘Is our children learning’? You never know what your history is going to be like until long … Continue reading
Wake Up Call
Was FZ right when in ’86 he predicted that “we are moving toward a fascist theocracy”? Wake up and smell the fascism. (via svn)
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Boner Rush
What better way to exercise Conservative Family Values than to have a stash of illegally obtained Viagra sitting in your pocket? Just make sure you don’t get caught though, Rush!