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It's painful to watch, but necessary to remember ...

2008-07-11T19:28:06Z

A piece on the Huffington Post dredged up this old G. W. Bush interview with Irish journalist Carol Coleman, who is probably still the only individual ever to subject Bush to the power of capital-J-Journalism. She's definitely still too polite to...

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"And behold, a plague of boy-like men descended upon the Earth, and spake only in bad metaphor"

2008-07-01T18:21:44Z

So, I've decided I can write more often if I pad my own tirades out with links to other people's... Over at the Mahablog, there's an admirably researched, well-written and entertaining piece entitled "The Power of (Right Wing) Myth", named, of...

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Um, note to media: please make distinction between "swiftboating" and "... shoe fits"

2008-06-30T21:48:08Z

UPDATE: General Clark issued a characteristically level-headed response to the media's inexplicable panty-fit last night on Dan Abrams. Sigh. To the exasperation of reasonable people everywhere, the mainstream media are engaging in a sort of re...

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Best analogy I've heard this week

2008-06-30T21:20:04Z

Over at the Vagabond Scholar, there's an excellently written piece laying out the similarities between the archetypal behavior of common bullies in the junior-high-school lunchroom and that of the purveyors of the predominant politics of the last...

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I'm trying not to be an Obamamaniac...

2008-03-18T18:18:17Z

... but I just heard the speech Obama gave today (addressing the growing furor over the remarks made by his former pastor), and, well, maybe I should just accept that I am what I am. As Senator Clinton, on the one hand, seems to get worse the mo...

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Bomb-diffuser #1

2008-03-15T19:42:05Z

I've been hitting the blogs kind of hard lately... ... and there seems to be a lot of chatter going around about whether we should be offended that Barack Obama's ex-pastor and close family friend once said some things that are pretty critical o...

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A**-kickers' Song

2008-02-25T16:20:56Z

I'd like to take a moment to showcase the sublime comedic stylings of the British duo "Fry and Laurie": "There Ain't But One Way" It's safe for work as long as the "A-word" is acceptable in your workplace. Found on the wonderful blog Crooks ...

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Candor Candy FYI (#1)

2008-02-19T21:11:40Z

George W. Bush is throwing a hissy-fit. And so are his flacks, hacks, goons, and pundit-buffoons. And in case you -- like me -- still want to believe that because the media reported it, it must be newsworthy, let me assure you: It isn't....

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Parable of the quagmire-crosser

2007-12-01T21:13:33Z

Some commenter going by the name of Raymond at Crooks and Liars drew an excellent metaphor for the Iraq war and what those of us who oppose it mean when we say "support the troops, oppose the war" (as if that needs any explaining). But first I'd...

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The Church of Stop Shopping

2007-11-24T00:19:31Z

Happy Thanksgiving! I thought I'd pass this along to everyone out there who I know is trying to cut back on holiday spending: About a year ago, I came across a documentary called "Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping" about a perform...

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