Archive for July, 2008
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet
Damn, I love the ONION. They’re printing the story suggested by Elliot S! Maggin a few years ago…. one well worth repeating!
EARTH—Former vice president Al Gore—who for the past three decades has unsuccessfully attempted to warn humanity of the coming destruction of our planet, only to be mocked and derided by the very people he [...]
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
The Bush-McCain relationship
There’s two images that seem to do a decent job of illustrating the relationship between G.W. Bush and John McCain.
Here’s one image:
Here’s another:
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
One of the better political ads of 2008
Alan Grayson of Flordia is running for Congress, and he’s got a decent commercial:
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Goodbye Shea Stadium
Goodbye Shea Stadium. I never went to Shea, but I’ve certainly heard of it
Last night, Billy Joel, the last scheduled performer at Shea Stadium before it would be torn down, was joined by none other than Paul McCartney.
The Beatles, were the ones that gave Shea Stadium it’s most memorable moment in history. On August 15, [...]
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Rupert Murdoch joins Associated Press board
YIKES! On April 14th, 2008, Think Progress reported this information:
Today, the Associated Press announced at its annual meeting that Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive officer of News Corp., is joining its board of directors. Three other media moguls are also joining the board, including Sam Zell, who recently “took control of Tribune Co. after [...]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Just say NO to the iPhone!
I love my Mac. I’ve been using the Mac OS for many years, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Apple continues to create the best hardware and software, leading the way for other computer manufacturers to follow. I don’t want to waste too much time reading tech manuals. I [...]
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
The Obama Humor Crisis
(this entry was stolen from Barack-Obama-Now.com)
The recent incident involving the New Yorker cartoon cover has highlighted one of the big problems for Barack Obama. The New York Times reports:
But there has been little humor about Mr. Obama: about his age, his speaking ability, his intelligence, his family, his physique. And within a late-night landscape [...]
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Fear of Fun according to Paul Krassner
Once again, Paul Krassner nails it. We, the Americans are having a hard time laughing when it comes to subjects close to home:
Oh, no! That New Yorker cover is going to ruin everything for Obama. This is the tipping point. Now he’ll never get elected. I’m so disappointed. I had such great hopes. What [...]
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Snack Foods That Sound Like Sex Acts
For a good laugh, be sure to check out the Flickr photo collection entitled Snack Foods That Sound Like Sex Acts.
A tip of the hat goes out to Laughing Squid for finding this thing!
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency
Once again, The Onion delivers the news worth hearing.
Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency
Download this clip as a podcast for your iPod or computer by clicking here.
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
Perversion at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo
As far as I’m concerned, anyone that authorized torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo must be pretty sick bastards, doing exactly the kind of the thing that the founders of the United States Constitution had in mind when they wrote the 8th amendment forbidding cruel and unusual punishments. Civilized people shouldn’t have to stoop to [...]
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Flashback 1998: Bin Laden wanted crude oil to sell for $144 a barrel
ThinkProgress has a jaw-dropping reminder of what Osama Bin Laden said in 1998:
In a 1998 interview, Osama bin Laden — the terrorist organizer of 9/11 who still roams free — listed as one of his many grievances against the U.S. that Americans “have stolen $36 trillion from Muslims” by purchasing oil from Persian Gulf countries [...]
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Friday, July 4th, 2008
This Land Is Your Land
To celebrate this nation’s birthday, why not honor Woody Guthrie, who wrote one of America’s finest anthems?
I found this photo at the website known as If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger,There’d Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats. I have no idea who took this photo, but I love the fact that Woody [...]
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
If James Pence were a terrorist…
With a tip of the hat to the artist known as SFBABE, here’s a video clip of James Pence, talking about what he would do if he were a terrorist, and wanted to destroy the American way of life:
You can see more James Pence videos at the HillbillyReport YouTube channel.
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Starbucks to shut 600 stores
It appears that STARBUCKS will be shutting down 600 stores in the USA. So now, instead of a STARBUCKS on every single block of every major city, maybe it’ll be every other block?
