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• I'm Probably Right About This

  Just a thought:
  
  But, it seems increasingly likely that Barack Obama and Rahm Emmanuel are trying to lose seats in the midterms simply because, by slimming down the overwhelming Democratic majority in both houses, there is less of a clarion call to steamroll the Republicans and pass genuinely progressive [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 6:30pm EST
  

• Why Should I Worry? (Why Should I Care?)

  This article in Today's HuffPo kind of irks me:
  
  Asia's Dog Meat Trade: A Look Inside A Seedy World
  
  It's basically a sob story about what happens to stray dogs in Asia.
  
  They get eaten. (Surprise!)
  
  It's fairly standard to acknowledge that most humans are [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 3:30pm EST
  

• 50 Stars to Blind Your Eyes, 13 Stripes to Hypnotize

  Obama sycophancy is getting out of hand.
  
  Paul Krugman was right to warn about this nonsense during The Primary. (Sorry, can't find the link.)
  
  There's a few highly rec'd diaries on Daily Kos today that encapsulate this disgusting, inane and counterproductive trend.
  
  One is from a [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 2:50pm EST
  

• I'm Finished.

  Apparently, people really really really like talking about the White House party crashers. Even though their attendance at a meaningless dinner is about as scandalous as the dog shit on a Secret Service guy's shoe.
  
  Some people even think they need to be severely punished. Even though [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:13pm EST
  

• Here We Are Now, Entertain Us

  Not like I've ever considered the diary section of DailyKos to be some hotbed of brilliant intellectual discourse on method, tactics, strategy and all that kind of junk or anything.
  
  But really?
  
  This kind of vapid hyperventilation about an absolute non-issue I expect (and get) from' [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 3:26pm EST
  

• 10th Avenue Dumbass

  Leave it to David Brooks to devote a column to Bruce Springsteen that isn't at all about Bruce Springsteen.
  
  Of course, Springsteen could just be the ad-lib here. Brooks is highly adept at devoting column inches to topics that have nothing to do with what he purports to' [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 11:48pm EST
  

• The View From My Bedside

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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 5:01pm EST
  

• Frankly America, We Don't Give A Damn.

  The latest signals emanating from some named and some unnamed White House aides are certainly cheery:
  
  "Obama not demanding public option"
  
  Just keep repeating "Change" as if it were your mantra -against the ever increasing odds- and all's Chi, I guess.
  
  (Note: fully aware I' [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 8:49pm EDT
  

• I Don't Respect Bill Safire

  In this dangerous year to be a celebrity, we've lost yet another: William Safire.
  
  Safire was one of Nixon's speechwriters and the New York Times' resident conservative for, like, ever.
  
  He was a smart guy. Not the worst of the worst. He made Republicanism seem smart and sound.' [...]
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  Posted: September 27, 2009, 3:57pm EDT
  

• Star Wars Metaphors (Are The Domain Of Actual Nerds)

  So, Conservatives for Patients' Rights, one of the leading anti-healthcare reform groups, has touted this ad as their "death star" strategy to kill the public option once and for all:
  
  
  
  Umm.
  
  Okay, guys, any reader of this blog will know that organizations like CPR (cute) are' [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 3:02pm EDT
  

• Pretty Sure I Won't Regret This

  A few random musings on the Kanye West-Taylor Swift-Beyonce-VMA kerfluffle*:
  
  Kanye was wrong to say that Beyonce's video for "Single Ladies" is "one of the best videos of all time." It's a perfectly fine video. There's nothing wrong with it. And, it's certainly better than the pedestrian attempts at [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 6:22pm EDT
  

• Domestic Terrorism

  Disney just bought Marvel Comics for $4 billion.
  
  A friend of mine remarked that this deal was essentially domestic terrorism. And, he's right.
  
  This synergistic acquisition is a few other things as well:
  
  It's more money for most parties involved. At creativity's expense.
  
  It's likely the [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 11:48am EDT
  

• Count Me In

  Whole Foods boycott?
  
  Yup.
  
  After CEO and co-founder John Mackey's intellectually bankrupt and right-wing screed in the WSJ (are there any other kind they'd print?) yesterday, I'd be derelict and remiss not to join.
  
  Boycotts are tricky things and they incur a lot of mindless wrath and' [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 8:24pm EDT
  

• Yesterday or How Much Do I Suck?

  Note: Yes, like the Beatles song.
  
  Remember when I blogged about things that mattered?
  
  That's so five months ago.
  
  What ever the spark or flame or cold-fusion related technology that allowed me to self-righteously pontificate on life, the universe and everything packed up and moved to Fort' [...]
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  Posted: August 02, 2009, 7:59pm EDT
  

• Anything Wrong With This Headline?

  "If Marijuana Is Legal, Will Addiction Rise?"
  
  Link to article.
  
  This is from "The Editors" of, like, The Best Paper Ever TM, the New York Times.
  
  It begs a few questions, like:
  
  1. Surely The Editors of The Best Paper Ever TM surely know that [...]
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  Posted: July 20, 2009, 7:40pm EDT
  

• "I Detest Hypocrisy."

  I planned on blogging about something pseudo-substantial or at least vague to the point of seeming philosophical. But, then, I realized I'd rather just watch "Cop and a Half" starring Burt Reynolds and Norman D. Golden II and featuring bit appearances from pro-skateboarder Andrew Reynolds and Maria Canals-Barrera (then simply' [...]
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  Posted: July 02, 2009, 2:07pm EDT
  

• Onward, Christian Soldiers

  Dr. George Tiller, one of the few doctors across the country who perform partial-birth abortions, was murdered this morning. His calling was his crime.
  
  A doctor who provided women a choice to make decisions regarding their own bodies was gunned down in cold blood. Because he gave women [...]
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  Posted: May 31, 2009, 2:33pm EDT
  

• I know the guy who did this.

  First the Chronicle of Higher Education caught on:
  
  When a Twittering College President Is Not Who He Seems
  
  And then UT whined like a little bitch to Twitter.
  
  [Sorry, no link to behind the scenes bitching.]
  
  Then this Statesman story:
  
  Fake Twitter account [...]
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  Posted: May 28, 2009, 7:47pm EDT
  

• Rust in Peace

  I blame my lack of blogging on barely being able to remember my blogger.com password.
  
  It certainly doesn't help that I have two accounts. I hope this won't get me TOS'd.
  
  (Does that reference qualify me for a throwback LOL? Or would that be AOL? Sigh.)
  
  I' [...]
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  Posted: May 27, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  

• Oh, yeah.

  The Tim and Larry show continues.
  
  Geithner: Bankruptcy Still An Option For GM
  Yay!
  
  I, for one, cannot wait until a bankruptcy judge shreds the union contracts that were toiled, sweat, fought and bled for by UAW members. They're only union contracts anyway! Who really needs a' [...]
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  Posted: April 06, 2009, 5:12pm EDT
  

• The Promised Land

  I saw Bruuuuuce for the third time last night with my mom and Katherine Haenschen.
  
  Once again I was foiled in my clamoring for a live, full on, E-Street Band rendition of the greatest Rock'n'Roll song ever committed to magnetic tape, transferred to vinyl, remastered and then digitized [...]
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  Posted: April 06, 2009, 3:55pm EDT
  

• 6763.29

  
  Timmeh's got to go.' [...]
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  Posted: March 02, 2009, 4:32pm EST
  

• Nope.

  I'll just link to the story with the full headline intact:
  
  Bush pal Tom Schieffer joins Texas governor's race as a Democrat
  So, Mr. Schieffer wants to return to the fold?
  
  Okay, no problem, I don't have a problem with this kind of activity.
  
  Markos Moulitsas,' [...]
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  Posted: March 02, 2009, 3:05pm EST
  

• "Because knowing is [one-third of] the battle."

  I'm as happy as any other progressive that the residents of D.C. will soon have a permanent voting Representative in the House. Even better is that their Representative will be a Democrat (and likely a progressive one) for, like, ever.
  
  This is certainly good news and the trade-off' [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2009, 6:14pm EST
  

• All right, Hamilton!

  Sean Penn gave the hands-down best acceptance speech tonight.
  
  Whether it was shaming the narrow-minded bigots who voted to revoke marriage rights in California, decrying the outright hate-mongers outside of the Kodak Theatre who held signs saying that Heath Ledger deserved to die, or giving mad props to [...]
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  Posted: February 23, 2009, 1:22am EST
  

• Some Awesome To End The Day

  Austin City Council candidate (and Elvis Costello fan) Chris Riley:
  
  
  Warren Zevon:
  
  
  
  The hands-down smartest and best serial ever committed to celluloid is back On Demand.
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: February 16, 2009, 7:39pm EST
  

• Back In The Saddle

  Okay, so before you wonder, yes, this is serious.
  
  I shit you not:
  
  
  
  As John Cole asks I will say it with him:
  
  Permanent. Republican. Majority.
  
  Please, Eric, more like this. [...]
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  Posted: February 16, 2009, 7:02pm EST
  

• Fish and Chip Paper: My Rifles, My Loans

  Even if the economy's tanking and the Phoenix Suns are imploding faster than Tom Daschle's HHS nomination there's always time for a link-fest. Excited? I know you are.
  
  Forgiving student loan debt is probably one of the better ideas floating around the Internets on how to deal' [...]
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  Posted: February 16, 2009, 5:36pm EST
  

• Hey, Tim.

  
  
  Someone who is actually smart and not a total fuck-up when it comes to these things is talking.
  
  Basically, the banks are zombies and by feeding them (with cash) we are keeping them alive, or undead, so that they can [...]
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  Posted: February 14, 2009, 7:18pm EST
  

• I Want To Date A Banker

  So, I got laid off on Monday.
  
  Another victim of tin-eared, graph paper-brained accountants and bureaucrats relying upon "analysis" to make their "decisions" based on "what's best" for the taxpayer.
  
  I'd been expecting it since Wednesday so it wasn't shocking. It's still pretty devastating.
  
  Another February job-loss [...]
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  Posted: February 12, 2009, 5:23pm EST
  

• Q: Why Are Democrats Caving In To The People Who Quite Obviously Hate America? A: Balls.

  Republicans don't care about America.
  
  I repeat:
  
  Republicans don't fucking care about the United fucking States of America.
  
  Read the following s-l-o-w-l-y if that will at all help:
  
  Republicans don't want to help working class Americans or anyone else that cannot reward them with money,' [...]
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  Posted: February 06, 2009, 6:41pm EST
  

• Yes, Bankers Are Motherfuckers.

  Especially when it comes to dead mothers.
  
  Here is (more or less) the text of a phone call that Paul Kelleher made to Bank Of America's estates unit to inform them of his mother's passing:
  Paul Kelleher: Yes, I'm calling to inform you that my mom died on [...]
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  Posted: February 06, 2009, 6:34pm EST
  

• The Day The Music Died

  Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of that cold February day when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper tragically died in a plane crash at the height of their careers.
  
  Rave on, Rock'n'roll.
  
  Rave on. [...]
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  Posted: February 03, 2009, 10:50pm EST
  

• Shot In The Arm, Pin In The Hip, Cash on the Barrelhead.

  Here is the Senate's version of the Stimulus Plan:
  
  * Tax cuts for Working Families - $247 billion
  * Job-creating Investments in Infrastructure and Science - $165 billion
  * Job-creating Investments in Health - $153 billion
  * Job-creating Investments in Education and Training - $138 billion
  [...]
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  Posted: February 02, 2009, 5:57pm EST
  

• How'd Bi-Partisanship Work Out For You, Barack?

  n/t. [...]
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  Posted: January 28, 2009, 9:28pm EST
  

• Under the title: "A Piece of America Just Died"

  (1932-2009)
  
  Prose:
  
  Like the closing of steel mills and auto plants there's something so valuable that's been lost and that ain't comin' back.
  
  Like the chocolate taken out of Hershey's there's something integral missing that you knew you could sense but never really believed until you read [...]
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  Posted: January 27, 2009, 5:26pm EST
  

• Seriously, Shoot 'em.

  Today it was reported that Merrill Lynch paid out $4 billion in executive bonuses immediately before the Bank of America buyout that was only made possible due to government matching with the use of TARP funds.
  
  
  That's called "stealing" and yet the Democratic leadership in the Senate [...]
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  Posted: January 22, 2009, 11:33am EST
  

• Rick Warren is Gross and Vile

  Rick Warren, our nation's Official Homophobe, seemed to savor the uncommon names of two slightly less than common little girls just a little too much.
  
  One got the sense of Alec Trebec at his linguistic and hot-dogging worst when the words "Malia" and "Sasha" rattled out of Warren's obese [...]
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  Posted: January 20, 2009, 2:43pm EST