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Juan Mann Can Make A Difference 2007-10-03 17:20:29 As my comrade Bob “Radical Avenue” Betzen has so succinctly (I like words that start with “suc…”) acknowledges, October is indeed Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Busy month, this is. It’s not just about popcorn, breasts and window blinds after all. My bad, I should have pointed that out as well, but the popping had slowed, [...]
Blackwater Turkey Shoot 2007-10-03 02:38:51 George Bush is no doubt having yet another Homer Simpson moment. D’OH, indeed! Now everyone knows about Blackwater
. That whole contract killer army thing was supposed be kept secret. Really, it hasn’t been a secret, if people would have been paying attention. The devil is in the details, as they say, and most of the [...]
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Popcorn, Breasts, And Window Blinds 2007-10-02 02:18:28 Finally, it’s October! National Popcorn Poppin’ Month! I thought it would never get here. I do love my popcorn, with extra butter, please. Not the microwave popcorn version, that’s for lazy folks. Okay, I’m sometimes lazy, so I confess that I usually have a box of Orville’s “This Side Up” bags in the cupboard in [...]
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What’s In A Name? 2007-10-01 00:34:13 As so eloquently spoken by young Juliet, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Whether she was actually expressing her devotion to Romeo, as Bill would have us believe, or practicing the discipline of self-affirmation could be debated. She probably had some name issues. Juliet Capulet? Come on, what were the folks [...]
Don’t Pee On Me 2007-09-28 18:56:47 Long before Betsy Ross scissor-snipped her first star, or stitched her first stripe, young America had experimented with various and sundry flags to proudly represent its new-found independence! Some of the contestants should have, without question, been voted off early in the competition.
The well-known Navy Jack, shown above, was no doubt an early elimination. DONT [...]
Krazy Kooky Khristians 2007-09-26 18:07:47 I’ll start by admitting that I am a Christian, and that I may be a little bit crazy. Or a lot, depending upon whom you ask. But I’m not cross-burning, anti-gay Ku Klux Klan crazy, pie-in-the-face Anita Bryant crazy (now that was funny! If you don’t click on any other link, that’s the one that [...]
On The Fence 2007-10-15 01:46:42 I’m torn. I’m on the fence and don’t know on which side to fall. Or to at least lean. Being a gay guy, and having personally been on the pointy end of the queer-fear stick in the workplace, I should probably support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, ENDA, whole-heartedly. I would definitely have been a gung-ho [...]
The Parade Is Over, What’s Next? 2007-10-13 15:15:54 Yeah, we watched for awhile. But our attention span is rather short, so, it rather seems that Burma may have kind of dropped off the map. Or is it Myanmar? Maybe I’m looking at the wrong map. In any event, let’s move it along already. We’re ready for a new Developing Story, or the latest [...]
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Say What? 2007-10-19 18:10:25 Viva Viagra! That little blue magical pill. It’s been around for quite some time now, nearly ten years, making the males of our species once again the manly, virile love-making machines that is their destiny. Viagra to the rescue. Dissing the “Dys” in “Erectile Dysfunction”, with the rigid support of vascularly-challenged men everywhere. Transforming men [...]
Power-Sapping Panties 2007-10-18 14:57:34 Don’t get me wrong, I love women (just not in “that” way), but being a card-carrying member of the rainbow tribe, ladies’ undergarments do not interest me whatsoever. A beautiful babe strutting her stuff within arm’s length, clad only in a lacy Victoria’s Secret thong, would do no more for me than if she would [...]
Harold And The Professor 2007-10-23 14:37:27 “There but for the grace of God go I.” Traveling preacher man John Bradford’s modified sixteenth-century quote has over the subsequent centuries, for whatever reason, become the catchphrase of choice when waxing philosophical, humble and compassionate about the misfortune of others. Sincerity, of course, is optional. I’m sure John really meant it, though, watching his [...]
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Empty Pockets 2007-10-21 21:39:03 Well, the government is simply fiscally overextended. Short on funds. Empty
pockets, that’s the bottom line. Even with Old Man Winter knocking at the door, about 30 million families will be left in the cold this season. The government’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, LIHEAP, only has enough funding to cover 16 percent [...]
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FEMA’s Broken Leg 2007-10-28 16:38:44 “Break a leg”: the standard maxim typically said to actors before they go on stage to perform. I don’t know where that came from, and apparently nobody knows for sure, or how it became the phrase of choice for wishing the performer the best of luck. Why not “Drop Dead”?
Whatever the source, it ought not [...]
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Bush Bores, Cheney Snores 2007-10-25 23:24:04 Take-Charge George W. Bush stepped up to the plate today out West in inferno-plagued California, requisite entourage in tow, pledging all manner of Federal resources, assurances of fellow-Americans’ prayers and support, a brighter future, promising that those in Washington would not forget the plight of the victims … and some other stuff that also seemed [...]
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Boo Humbug 2007-11-01 19:01:03 Halloween annoys me, thank God that’s over. A herd of fat-assed rugrats in plus-size costumes begging door to door for the last thing in the world with which they should be gorging their pieholes.
These days they don’t even limit the panhandling to their own neighborhoods, no! There are apparently simply not enough calories on a [...]
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Democratic Debate, Center Stage 2007-10-31 01:35:01 As I write this, we’re taking the first of three bathroom breaks scheduled for tonight’s two-hour Democratic
debate. Even presidential candidates apparently have to occassionally pee. Who knew? They’re done now, I hear Tim Russert asking the next question. I’ll be back.
All righty then, we’re at break number two. So far, so good. What is [...]
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Oh, The Humanity! 2007-11-05 14:18:00 Three hundred and three million plus. That’s the government’s guesstimate of the current population here in the United States. That’s a lot of people! I certainly hope, though, that the geek squads at Census Central are aware of the results of the study done by Randy Pausch’s fellow professors Paul Fischbeck and David Gerard of [...]
Ron Paul Redux 2007-11-10 04:22:02 My political archrival and commentor Mark Karr submitted this noteworthy link, in response to my previous Cheney-impeachment post. I’m glad he did. It was, in fact, a fine footnote to the article, justifying my expressed disenchantment with my own Democratic party. Of course, I could counter with similar switchback rhetoric from the rival side, too. [...]
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Sturmgeist And YouTube 2007-11-08 23:27:45 Is YouTube
guilty of being an accessory to mass murder? Depends upon whom you ask. Some within the blogosphere are claiming that at least partial accountability should be laid at YouTube’s virtual feet for the Jokela High School shooting rampage in Finland yesterday, executed by one Pekka-Eric Auvisen [pictured left], aka Sturmgeist89 to YouTube fans. [...]
Banning Baggy Britches 2007-11-15 19:02:00 Continuing what has become a national trend, more and more cities are passing ordinances and laws prohibiting baggy pants. Actually, “baggy” is a misnomer, because the apparently-nothing-better-to-do-masterminds behind these proposals really don’t care so much about the bagginess. Nah. In actuality the plan is to establish and enforce proper waistline etiquette. Even the fellow to [...]
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Iran, The Gay-Free Zone 2007-11-13 18:24:28 Remember Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s recent homily and Q&A campus-session at Columbia University? Mahmoud delivered quite the performance for students and faculty. Crazy people can be entertaining. If nothing else, his much-publicized dissertation almost makes fellow world leader George Bush appear to be somewhat sane, rational and levelheaded. Almost. Okay, nah, that might be too much [...]
May And Flower, Plumped And Pardoned 2007-11-21 17:07:35 It’s a tradition. Every year the leader of this great nation (our homeland, one might even say), with great pomp, grants one lucky turkey a presidential pardon. It’s “turkey squared” now, though, our grace having been extended to favor two, count ‘em, two fortunate fowl, a winner and a runner-up. Just in case, I suppose.
Anyway, [...]
CNN’s Debate Debacle 2007-11-20 13:51:38 I watched the rebroadcast of last week’s CNN
Democratic debate over the weekend. (Why, I don’t know … other than I have no social life.) In watching the encore presentation, it seemed even more apparent that the audience participation segment was nothing more than a blatantly scripted sham. Pathetically obvious, and not particularly well-directed by [...]
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Time Not On Kucinich’s Side 2007-11-17 16:26:20 Promises, promises. CNN moderator Wolf “Grizzly Adams” Blitzer at the Democratic debate in Las Vegas the other night:
“Everyone’s going to get time tonight. Don’t worry. We got a lot of time. Go ahead.” And later, just to make it perfectly clear, “Let me just point out, everyone’s going to have plenty of time tonight … [...]
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Firefighters To Sound Alarm On Terror 2007-11-25 23:07:11 I’m surprised that Team Bush didn’t think of this one sooner. Or maybe they did, and simply decided that it would be best to allow adequate passage of time following the big nine-eleven-aught-one calamity for a bit of that national firefighters-as-gods fervor to fade before redrafting their job descriptions, so as not to besmirch their [...]
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The Anti-Bush Bridge Brigade 2007-11-24 01:39:45 In case you haven’t heard, the United States Bridge Federation bigwigs have now made nice with the players on the US Venice Cup world championship bridge team. Yep, there truly is a federation, there really is a cup, and we actually have a team. (Who knew? Live and learn, I guess.) With such sharply honed [...]
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Rendering Judgement 2007-12-21 16:26:06 I have a warrant out for my arrest. No kidding. The boys in blue actually showed up a few weeks ago to haul my felonious ass to the slammer. They did, however, acknowledged that they probably had better things to do, and let me off the hook with a stern directive to get to the [...]
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