October 29, 2005
How many metric bushels in a centimuffin?
According to Wikipedia, only the United States, Liberia, and Myanmar have not officially switched to the metric system. I just thought I'd point out another reason we are lame....
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November 09, 2004
Election Day 11/2/04
This day started at 5am, a time I am not well acquainted to seeing the front side of. But I’d gone to bed early the night before in eager anticipation of the full day ahead of me. The day started out well. I was rested, had a pleasant morning conversation...
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November 01, 2004
Pre election jitters
Tomorrow is election day. Perilous and I will be serving as poll officers (actually she's an inspector, la di da) at one of our district polling places. This is a task I take very seriously. Tomorrow, politics will be put aside for the 16 or so hours of the election,...
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October 18, 2004
Servicing my coworkers for my country
Today's political exchanges I. The Grocery Today I had a hankering for bleu cheese burgers. Still do. At the grocery, once I'd gathered with care and watering mouth the ingredients for this evening’s masterpiece, I stepped up to the end of the checkout line to begin the wait. Looking up...
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October 17, 2004
America, Fuck Yeah!
I just got back from Team America, the new Matt Stone Trey Parker film that pokes fun without, strangely, being political. For those of you who don't know who Matt Stone and Trey Parker are, get a fucking life. First, the soundtrack is great. I'm going to have America, fuck...
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October 16, 2004
Electoral fast facts
Twenty four states in the union do not have electorates which are bound by law to vote in any particular way, for example, with the majority of the state. These states are: ARIZONA - 8 Votes ARKANSAS - 6 Votes DELAWARE - 3 Votes GEORGIA - 13 Votes IDAHO -...
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October 06, 2004
RNC Medley
Thanks to Yaz for posting a link to this RNC medley. The Republican look at the monkey (video/quicktime Object)...
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September 27, 2004
You tell 'em Jimmy!
This is what we've been saying! Any time Florida comes up in the conversation, or is on television for any reason, all I can think is how hard they're trying to re-steal Florida. They have the blueprint; disenfranchise voters like heck. Not just any voter, but those likely to vote...
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September 06, 2004
Bush blocks Saudi link to 9/11
According to Floridian Senator Bob Graham's (D) new book, Dubya and the FBI blocked congressional investigation into the relationship of two of the 9/11 hijackers to Saudi Arabia. In addition, 27 pages of the final report which contained details of Saudi financial involvement were barred from release, also by Dubya's...
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September 03, 2004
Did I mention electronic voting is bad?
Bev Harris puts together a great article on the recent past disasters of the electronic voting system. Hang on to your chairs, folx, you're in for a ride. Sum of a Glitch Evidence shows that machines might be the real swing voters this November...
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Bad mohawk harassed by Secret Service in Utah
This poor kid was scared out of his wits by a couple of SS, that being Secret Service, agents - for his internet bought bumper sticker. The sticker read "King George - Off With His Head". His neighbors, no doubt while waxing nostalgic about the good old McCarthy days, noticed...
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Those pesky liberals
In 1999 a film directed and written by David O. Russell was released titled Three Kings. I haven't seen it, but according to IMDb, the plotline is: "In the aftermath of the Gulf War, 4 soldiers set out to steal gold that was stolen from Kuwait, but they discover people...
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August 28, 2004
Three Nuclear Rods Go Missing
Two months ago, officials disovered that three radioactive nuclear fuel rods were missing from a reactor near Eureka. They don't feel it is likely that the rods have been stolen, but belive rather that they've been misplaced in a pile of rubbish someplace, or accidentally shipped out years ago with......
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August 19, 2004
MSNBC misrepresents military lawsuit
Today, when the morning Olympic coverage ended, the MSNBC news began before I had a chance to switch stations and avoid being pissed off by the mainstream media. A female newscaster, whose name I do not know nor am I particularly inclined to discover, reported this story in a short...
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July 31, 2004
Another Natalie voices political opinion, no one to fire...
Natalie Portman wore a Kerry tee shirt to her interview on Good Morning America, and was told she would have to cover it for the taping. Diane Sawyer, trying to be witty, asked her who they would bring in to balance the political air time. Portman countered with "Come on,...
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Ron Reagan is mad
Here's an article by Ron Reagan in the September 2004 issue of Esquire titled The Case Against George W. Bush. He, like many of us, is incensed by the treatment of our country by this president (lower case p, thank you very much). Among his reasons are lying to the...
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July 21, 2004
More Clear Channel Fuckery
Well, the pricks are at it again. Not willing to leave rotten right wing bastard enough alone, they've chosen to sue Howard Stern for refusing to promise tto be good, forever after, amen. Clear Channel is now suing Stern and Co. for $3 million for breach of contract. E! Online...
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July 19, 2004
Linda Ronstadt is A-OK
Movie & TV News @ IMDb.com - WENN "... Singer Linda Ronstadt has become the latest celebrity political casualty, after being fired for praising Michael Moore's controversial film Fahrenheit 9/11 during a live performance. Before singing "Desperado" for an encore at Las Vegas' Aladdin hotel and casino on Saturday night,...
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April 12, 2004
Fuck them up their stupid asses
Fuck the FCC, fuck Clear Channel, and fuck lazy ass parents.....
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January 30, 2004
Don't raise your hand if you want to lose your civil rights...
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader stated the obvious today when speaking to a group of women's rights laywers. When asked if people's civil rights were in danger, she called upon years of experience as both a Supreme Court Justice and as an attorney, and managed to refrain from hitting the...
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November 17, 2003
electronic voting is bad, bad, bad
A bit of news synchronicity, for lack of a better word. In Gore Vidal's interview in the LA Weekly, he comments on electronic voting, something I think is an extremely bad idea. "We don’t want an election without a paper trail. The makers of the voting machines say no one...
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November 12, 2003
Gore Vidal is just beautiful
This beautiful man has done it again. What has he done? He's flexed several Constitutional rights and spoken that marvelous mind of his. In an article at LA Weekly he muses on Dubya, the Founding Fathers and the origins of the Constitution, nasty -isms, and other topics. LA Weekly Features:...
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October 29, 2003
the new patriotism
Remember back when Dubya was on the campaign trail, and he secured the vote of the military by promising that the US would take care of them? That the country that they defended with their lives would no longer turn a blind eye to their needs as the previous administration,...
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June 02, 2003
Republican FCC further empowers right wing media
The FCC today upped the percentage of local tv stations a single company can own from 35 to 45 percent, as well as easing other monopoly type restrictions. These modified regulations can allow a single company to own up to three television stations, eight radio stations, a cable tv system,...
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April 08, 2003
more poll nonsense
Okay, now this is what I was talking about. I just found this article at NBC4.com. Poll: Majority Of Californians Back U.S. In Iraq (click link for full article, exerpts below) 63 Percent Support War LOS ANGELES -- A strong majority of Californians supports the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, an...
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March 31, 2003
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals nominee as repulsive as the rest
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl may very well join the ranks of Bill of Rights hating judges in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. For me, the following quote sums it all: "(the federal courts) are not the enchanted land where all wrongs will be made right." Well,...
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March 25, 2003
What the American Flag Stands For by Charlotte Aldebron
I just found this wonderful essay by 12 year old Charlotte Aldebron at Common Dreams: == Published on Wednesday, April 3, 2002 by Common Dreams What the American Flag Stands For by Charlotte Aldebron The American flag stands for the fact that cloth can be very important. It is against...
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September 11, 2002
9/11 In Memoriam
I am no longer surprised At the things which now can Bring me to tears Since your passing Peace signs held up to passing firemen A flag hanging still in the haze Remembrance of a visit long ago Any number of memories, all Somehow interconnected All tied to you...
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April 02, 2002
ABC's Nightline postpones gay life in America
ShowBIZ reports: "For the second time, ABC's Nightline has postponed a series about gay life in the U.S. Today's (Tuesday) Los Angeles Times reported that the series, which initially was yanked after the Sept. 11 attacks, is being delayed because of the continued unstable conditions in the Middle East. The...
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March 07, 2002
politicians are evil
Not that I'm even remotely surprised. This is the sort of freakish fervor that happens. It is comforting though to see someone else write about it. Salon.com Politics | Quieting the homefront...
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Big Brother
What the hell? Big Brother is watching you read...
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