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Literal interpretations at your fingertips

posted in Politics | Jun 9, 2008

From the ever amazing Strange Maps. This Map of Heaven is full of gems, but my personal favorite is “America Land” - “every day is Memorial or Veteran’s Day in America Land!!” This further supports my hypothesis that Jesus was, in fact, ...

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President of the Senate?

posted in Politics | Jun 7, 2008

I’ve had it up to here with all this talk about vice presidential candidates.  The height of the hoopla, for me, was seeing MSNBC staking out Dianne Feinstein’s house the other night while BHO and HRC were meeting there - the picture...

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Why doesn’t your art fit my politics?

posted in Politics | Jun 7, 2008

Check out Dylan Matthews’ second* takedown of aesthetic Stalinism at (the otherwise fantastic) Feministing. *You can find the first takedown here.

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"Real Democrats"

posted in Politics | Jun 7, 2008

I understand the disappointment Clinton supporters feel. I understand that Clinton supporters are angry (and rightfully so) over the outrageous sexism and misogyny directed at their candidate. I understand that Clinton supporters (and even some undec...

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Assassination

posted in Politics | Jun 6, 2008

You know, I think people should calm down with the assassination talk.  Sure, Barack Obama is at higher risk for assassination then most pols (and so is, I think, Hillary Clinton).  But with the tremendous amount of Secret Service protection he has...

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Friday Random Ten

posted in Politics | Jun 6, 2008

Beck “Movie Theme” The InformationDatarock “Sex Me Up” Datarock DatarockPublic Enemy “Rebel Without a Pause” It Takes a Nation of Millions…Radio 4 “Get Set to Fall Out” The New Song and DanceThe Chromatics “The Telephone Call” ...

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Song (and video) of the Day

posted in Politics | Jun 5, 2008

Beastie Boys - “Something’s Got to Give”   I may have posted this before, I don’t remember.

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Teenagers have sex. There. I said it.

posted in Politics | Jun 5, 2008

At Tapped, Dana Goldstein reports on yet another pro-abstinence only education group, “Parents for Truth”: The U.S. has spent $1.5 billion on abstinence-only sex education programs. Seventeen states, responding to research concluding abstinence-o...

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Denial

posted in Politics | Jun 5, 2008

The Republicans really don’t know what they’re up against, do they: How will a team that has been living off the land fare against the kind of G.O.P. operation that was so effective at turning out the traditional Republican base in 2004? John McC...

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File this under "Reasons why I stay away from gaming conventions"

posted in Politics | Jun 5, 2008

It’s been pretty remarkable to see video gaming go from being a badge of nerddom to something fairly common.  Whereas Tecmo Bowl and Quake are still pretty obscure, games like Madden and Halo are basically mainstream.  In fact, I’m pretty sure ...