Back in the Reagan years I was in college, and the politics then were a lot like they are now. We had a dishonest president that fought an illegal war and granted huge tax cuts to those who needed them the least. His secret war destroyed our credibility abroad, and his fiscal policy [...]
Archive for November, 2005
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Director: Alex Gibney
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Rated R (Restricted)
Label: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Release Date: 2008-11-18
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
Paul Krugman
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Hardcover
224 pages
Thirty years ago Patti Smith released one of the greatest rock albums ever recorded.
Patti Smith will be in Seattle this weekend taking part in the ROCKRGRL Music Conference and performing at The Crocodile Café on Friday night with Lenny Kaye.
She will also be appearing live on KEXP 90.3 FM at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. [...]
Pat Robertson spewed some more hateful crap on his show yesterday:
“I’d like to say to the good citizens of Dover: if there is a disaster in your area, don’t turn to God, you just rejected Him from your city, and don’t wonder why He hasn’t helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I’m [...]
Welcome to the nanny state of Washington where intolerant freaks dictate where you can smoke-even outdoors.
Last Tuesday the voters of Washington State passed what has to be the strictest anti-smoking initiative in the country by a vote of 63% - 37%. Initiative 901 banned smoking in all public indoor spaces. That [...]
Patti Smith Tickets
Published by November 9th, 2005 in Arts & Leisure, Humor, Miscellaneous and Music. 0 CommentsI was on Craig’s List and noticed that there were 11 listings for people who are desperate for tickets here are some highlights from some of the listings:
-It’s my husbands birthday and he is a HUGE Patti Smith fan. Will pay $50 a piece.
-I’ll pay handsomely for 1 or 2 tickets for the show on [...]
Yesterday, Scott McClellan was asked a simple question about whether or not President Bush supports Dick Cheney’s efforts to exempt the CIA from the ban on torture. A simple “Yes” or “No” was all that was required to answer the question, but…
Q I’d like you to clear up, once and for all, the [...]
Leave it to DICK Cheney to put forth this argument:
Vice President Dick Cheney made an unusual personal appeal to Republican senators this week to allow CIA exemptions to a proposed ban on the torture of terror suspects in U.S. custody, according to participants in a closed-door session.
Cheney told his audience the United States doesn’t engage [...]
On Monday, President Bush was asked whether or not he supports Cheney’s call for the Senate to exempt the CIA from a ban on torture:
Q Mr. President, there has been a bit of an international outcry over reports of secret U.S. prisons in Europe for terrorism suspects. Will you let the Red Cross have access [...]
The Unraveling Continues
Published by November 5th, 2005 in Iraq, Middle East and Politics. 0 CommentsAccording to Editor & Publisher, tomorrow’s New York Times will disclose the contents of a memo that shows that the administration has intentionally used false information to justify the invasion of Iraq.
The journalist, Douglas Jehl, discloses “the contents of a newly declassified memo apparently passed to him by Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, the top [...]
George W. Bush was reelected president last November. He received about 51% of the popular vote and his approval rating at the time was around 60%.
On November 4, 2004 the president was feeling pretty damn good about his victory when he declared: “I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I [...]
