4 days ago we wrote about Palin riding around in Franklin Graham's jets, then riding in to her book signings on a bus, like a populist. Silenced Majority Portal: The Graham-Palin Connection Tonight the Daily Beast has a feature with... [...]
4 days ago we wrote about Palin riding around in Franklin Graham's jets, then riding in to her book signings on a bus, like a populist. Silenced Majority Portal: The Graham-Palin Connection Tonight the Daily Beast has a feature with... [...]
Oh darn, I overslept it and missed making the long drive. Lest anyone thing it's a liberal mecca outside Seattle .. BOOK SIGNING: Palin meets thousands of fans over 3 hours - Breaking News | Tri-City Herald : Mid-Columbia newsBy... [...]
From The Huffington Post: The most embarrassing gaffe so far in Sarah Palin's new book is her mis-attributed quote to UCLA basketball legend John Wooden. As the epigram to Chapter Three, "Drill, Baby, Drill," Palin assigns the following remarks to... [...]
► (from AFL/CIO) -- Ten years ago today, Seattle protesters put globalization on center stage -- The protests succeeded in delaying the WTO summit’s opening day and contributed to the collapse of plans for a new round of trade negotiations.... [...]
Frankie Parker was a convicted murderer who converted to Buddhism on death row in an Arkansas penitentiary. He corresponded with a Zen priest and also found spiritual support among a Buddhist sangha in Little Rock. By all accounts he was... [...]
UAE to back banks amid Dubai meltdown - Yahoo! News They don't want a run on the banks. There is oil money but Dubai World has been the real cash cow. Real estate prices have fallen 50% in one year....' [...]
STATEMENT BY DIRECTOR MARK SULLIVAN (Washington, D.C.) - On Friday, November 27, 2009, United States Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan issued the following statement: "The Secret Service is deeply concerned and embarrassed by the circumstances surrounding the State Dinner on..." [...]
This we wake up to. Local News | Police searching UW campus for suspected cop killer | Seattle Times Newspaper The suspect was reportedly seen getting off a Metro bus on campus. We'd heard last night that a SWAT team...' [...]
I read that he was from Arkansas and had an extensive criminal record. Saw something earlier about how Huckabee might be down for the count, which could help Palin, or whomever, in 2012, but didn't quite understand it. Then I...' [...]
Didn't we just have a police ambush in Seattle?!!! (What is wrong in this country?!!!) Breaking story: Four police officers shot dead at Lakewood coffee shop - This Just In - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington The Pierce County Sheriff's... [...]
To all The infamous Yes Men are in town to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the WTO events in Seattle. There is a rally on Monday and the Yes Men plan to be there and to do what they do.... [...]
Dallas News - Unfair Park - Dallas Observer (appeared somewhere on that blog but Comcast had a link to it also and I was curious so had to look - this may top the "Village People" one!) [...]
Didn't we just have a police ambush in Seattle?!!! (What is wrong in this country?!!!) Breaking story: Four police officers shot dead at Lakewood coffee shop - This Just In - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington The Pierce County Sheriff's... [...]
Food Stamp Usage Across the Country - Interactive Map - NYTimes.com I've been on food stamps once, and US government commodities for awhile as a kid. It's been decades though. Here are facts gleaned from the article. Now, one in...' [...]
People who can get credit are still depending on it - a bad sign. They're also letting their debit cards get too close to the line. It's consumer overspend and bad lender practices combined. Banks charge fees that will cost...' [...]
Friends In High Places: The Salahis And The Famous People They Take Pictures With | TPMDC The woman (Michaele Salawi) claims to have been a Washington Redskins cheerleader but no one remembers her and she isn't in any pictures of...' [...]
This got started when we were in New Orleans looking at Mexican art at the French Market. This nice piece was inspired by the SF MOMA's 2008 Frida Kahlo exhibit. Enjoy! [...]
Daily Kos: We're sorry you're stupid, but you're not allowed to hold back the rest of the class anymore. Excerpt: ACORN is NOT a bigger problem than Blackwater, Haliburton, KBR, Goldman Sachs, The Bank of America, Citigroup, and the Loch...' [...]
He is a medical marijuana patient, and they have to give it back a little at a time but still .. 11 pounds (that's 24.2 kilos for you Europeans and Canadians who use the civilized metric system.) Judge Orders Cops... [...]
He is a medical marijuana patient, and they have to give it back a little at a time but still .. 11 pounds (that's 24.2 kilos for you Europeans and Canadians who use the civilized metric system.) Judge Orders Cops... [...]
Nice to see this come out, especially after reading bullshit about the Bush administration "protecting" us, and after we spent our own money to fly to San Francisco to protest this fiasco. It's unlikely justice can be brought to bear... [...]
Ahem - he took office the January before 9/11/01 - which was arguably a large terror attack. & Perrino isn't the only wingnut saying "Bush kept us safe for 8 years." Liar revisionist history.' [...]
There is a new book out called Italian stallions: The sex lives of Mussolini and Berlusconi which appeared in the Independent. Also published recently was an article in which a call girl says she was threatened after a night with... [...]
What is Second Amendment Weekend? I guess it follows "Black Friday" aka "Buy Nothing Day," depending on your perspective. Would it be a time to flaunt guns? Buy more guns & ammo? It is part of this year's NC state... [...]
It boggles the mind - so much glamour in one place!! The place will be Nashville, and this will be the first National Tea Party convention. They are to rally their base. Bachmann, Palin To Speak At National Tea Party... [...]
CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - New group tries to convince Cheney to run in 2012 « - Blogs from CNN.com Follow the money. Hmmm. "Draft Dick Cheney 2012" - they have a new Web... [...]
NYRblog - Homeless on the Home Front - The New York Review of Books At left: a vet finds shelter near the federal Veterans' Affairs center in Washington DC Below: a MN vet in his makeshift underground shelter There are...' [...]
Amy Goodman felt ‘violated’ by Canadian border officials | Raw Story A supreme irony. Armed interrogators wanted to make sure she didn't say anything about the 2010 Olympics. They demanded notes, looked through her friends computer. (She is an American...' [...]
If that isn't that greatest title for an article! John Bolton is one of the most revolting of the neocons, chasing women down hallways while sporting that walrus mustache. He is always the first to want to attack North Korea...' [...]
Dirty secrets of Black Friday 'doorbusters' - Nov. 20, 2009 Many of the "doorbusters" have fine print at the bottom such as "while suppies last" "minimum 2 per store" "all items available in limited quantities. Suppose they're selling HDTVs or...'" [...]
Food & wine | US demand for cheap wine buoys global market | Seattle Times Newspaper PARIS — Is the world drowning its sorrows in cheap wine? An industry group said Thursday that more wine could be consumed globally this... [...]
Feathered dinosaur fossils find has Chinese scientists all aflutter | Science | The Guardian David Disalvo - Brainspin – How Smart was Your Thanksgiving Dinner Before it Became Dinner? - True/Slant [...]
About That Doing Unto Others Thing... | CommonDreams.org Now right-wingers are up in vociferously-defended arms because Best Buy's vast and stuff-packed Thanksgiving flyer included a little-bitty ad wishing Muslims "Happy Eid al-Adha," a holiday that 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide mark... [...]
After reading Max Blumenthal's "Republican Gomorrah," hypocritic crap like this is no surprise. Palin pretends to be a populist in the family car but is being flown around by the org of Billy Graham's reformed cokehead son, but tried to... [...]
A-list Search: "Can you fry that for me?" - Fatty foods Still feeling carnivorous? Thanksgiving: The Truth Regarding Free-Range Turkeys -- Even free-range turkeys have often been debeaked and had their toenails clipped [...]
This article tells how students are beating up redheads. It's been the thing to do lately, apparently at least partially organized by kids on Facebook and inspired by a South Park episode - "Kick a Ginger." Gingers beware! - one...' [...]
I really wanted to go to this - Kurt Elling sang etc. - now I see that a couple actually did "crash" the event and are pictured here with Joe Biden. They put it up on their Facebook site. [...]
Thanks Joe Cooley in Oklahoma for your vigilance. Thinking alot about the police state as we near the 10th anniversary of the WTO in Seattle. Police Officer Uses Taser On 10-Year-Old Girl - Local News Story - KHBS NW Arkansas... [...]
SLUGBUG I read your book from cover-to-cover while flying New Orleans to Dallas to Portland to Seattle - it's a page turner!! · Comment · Like · Doug Tarnapol - I'm not sure what's scarier -- the content of Max's... [...]
Subject: Shut up Hollywood! From Sarah Palin's facebook page: Lady your the one and only hope we have left in America for reform of the Gov't . The other's have put us all in the poor house and it's a...' [...]
