The mid-term elections approach with the prospect of a Democratic victory for the House of Representatives. And whilst they will likely fall just short of winning a majority in the Senate, they will be close enough to make it difficult for George W Bush to push his agenda – such as it is – rather [...]
Archive for October, 2006
A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)
Howard Zinn
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How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative
Allen Raymond
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It appears Amazon is not responding to my requests, Dave.
Creator of the fake boarding pass generator appears to be in big trouble
Published by October 28th, 2006 in Miscellaneous and Travel. 1 CommentEver wonder if the security at airports is sufficient to stop a trained terrorist? Is the ban on liquids over 3 oz. really keeping us safe? Do I really need to take off my shoes to have them xrayed?
A friend of mine accidentally attempted to go through airport security in Seattle last weekend, with [...]
The Dixie Chicks’ ad for their movie, Shut Up and Sing.
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At Variety, via C&L
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Cartoon by Mr. Fish.
Words by Pierre Tristam.
When an American soldier dies his story is written up in his hometown paper, powerfully enough usually, but the story’s effect is limited to that newspaper’s readership zone. There is no totality in the reporting of war casualties, no sense that one soldier s death, no matter where from, affects [...]
Nobody says it quite like Keith Olbermann says it. This is from his comments during last night’s Countdown about Bush’s signing of the Military Commissions Act:
“With the distance of history, the questions will be narrowed and few: Did this generation of Americans take the threat seriously, and did we do what it takes to defeat [...]
Steve Wynn, owner of the Wynn Casino in Las Vegas had a very expensive accident a couple of weekends ago. He had just completed a private sale of Picasso’s Le Reve for $139 million. All that was left was the delivery of the painting from Las Vegas to the East Coast.
According the the blog [...]
Big brother is watching you
Published by October 18th, 2006 in Arts & Leisure and Miscellaneous. 0 Comments[googlevideo]98845005530349156[/googlevideo]
Thanks to Greg Palast and TFYQA / White Noise (the musical & visual alter ego of J.F.William & Serge Laporte).
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When President George W Bush introduced us to the axis of evil in his 2002 state of the union address, he said: “The US will not allow the world’s most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world’s most dangerous weapons.” Of the three members of the axis of evil - Iraq, Iran and North [...]
So many great bands got recognition around the world by playing at CBGB“ Patti Smith, The Ramones, Sonic Youth, Television, Talking Heads, P.J. Harvey, Social Distortion, Yo La Tengo, and many, many more…
The club closed today, and headlining the show to celebrate the long history of the club was one of the first great artists [...]
As you suffer your way through the next three weeks of relentless campaign commercials filled with half-truths, lies, and slander, think about this account of Benjamin Franklin’s election to the Pennsylvania Assembly back in 1751:
Indeed, Franklin was very proud of his aristocratic sense of obligation to serve the public and of his genteel disdain for electioneering. [...]
