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Category Archives: Politics
Photo Rights
The following is from Petapixel and is the text of a reference on photographers rights. You can make a photograph of anything and anyone on any public property, except where a specific law prohibits it. i.e. streets, sidewalks, town squares, … Continue reading
Carbon
Lovely ode to element 6! Continue reading
Oren
Wonderful moment near the very end when the woman opens her eyes. Stunning since they were closed the entire video. Gorgeous, clever and engrossing stop motion. Hat tip to Bifurcated Rivets
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Death Star Watermelon
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37Signals Rework
Hilarious and spot-on attack ad parody. Rover will be banging his head on the desk, wishing these guys worked for him. The ad’s production quality is superb. Continue reading
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Documerica
DOCUMERICA Project by the Environmental Protection Agency From the National Archives. Outstanding collection. GO SEE.
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The Real American Emergency
While our president is involved in dealing with the many emergencies in which our nation is now foundering, he fails to see the most urgent one. Continue reading
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Harmony
Harmony Captivating little HTML5 drawing app by Ricardo Cabello. Works swell on the iPhone too. (Via Federico Viticci.) ★ [Daring Fireball]
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Criticism now ‘attack’
I find this terrifically funny in light of this. I’d comment further but feel there’s no need to – the silence of Lunaticmont speaks profoundly.
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Fart Facts
Special south-to-north-of-the-border America to Canada hat tip to Doug’s Dynamic Drivel for Fart Facts Read about the dreaded ‘mud butt’
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Cake
One lesson I learned growing up while watching Pop Mannion at work as our town supervisor is that a lot of people cannot make the connection between the taxes they hate to pay and the services they expect their town, state, and federal governments to provide. Continue reading
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The Budget
From Say It Ain’t So Already: Here’s a nifty interactive graph showing how the money’s allocated.
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A bad idea
James Winkler thinks the idea ‘money = free speech’ is a bad idea. I very much agree. Continue reading
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Eric Schwartz, Aug 21
If you haven’t seen this you should. It’s hilarious. He’s a musical satirist and he’s coming to CO on Aug 21st – he’ll be at the Aspen Meadows House Concerts in Nederland. Eric Schwartz’ website
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Absurd Signs
Great web app to make your own absurd signs – help lampoon the Westboro loons! Absurd Sign Generator at ‘GodHatesSigns.com
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Oh ba-bee
Killer funny animation. Long, too. Hat tip to Bifurcated Rivets.
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Top Left Pixel
Sam Javanrouh still has it. Incredible photography and LOTS of it.
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Free disrespect
Glen Greenwald on Alito. I was going to write, this will do nicely.
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Withholding
The Word from Winkler – News and Views from the United Methodist Board of Church and Society. – Word from Winkler Withholding food By Jim Winkler, General Secretary, General Board of Church & Society My grandmother was not a highly … Continue reading
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Daren Gray
Screamingly funny twist on Casey at the Bat. From the comments at Wired.com’s live coverage of the Apple event “Jobs at the Bat” by Daren Gray (as largely thefted from Ernest Lawrence Thayer) . The Outlook wasn’t brilliant for the … Continue reading
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Dropped Food
From Andy Wright via Laughing Squid. TOO FUNNY
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Russians
Russian spammers with nothing else to do… Continue reading
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Beneath Las Vegas
People living in flood-runoff tunnels… how much worse does it have to get… Hat tip to Say it ain’t so already
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Hair Ice
Astoundingly beautiful! Hat tip to Say it ain’t so already!
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Religion and women
Great post at the Agonist – go read.
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Headed West Mural
Of course someone got their panties in a wad about this mural. It’s still 1920 in Colorado and will continue to be until the last of the stoneheads die off.
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Healthcare Reform
It passed today. I just watched the final vote in the Senate. Thank God. That’s the best Christmas present I’ve ever gotten.
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Great Speech
This speech was incredibly moving to me when I first read it while posting it at the CU Alumni Association’s website. I was doing a year-end review of content and felt moved again to read it through… and was just … Continue reading
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Tagged Christine M. Arguello, district judge
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Climate Change
It’s real. Here’s the arguments for and against well-presented. Hat tip to Daring Fireball! (spiffy Christmas-tree logo!)
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Day of Reckoning
Democratic Senator: GOP on Desperate Mission of Propaganda, Obstruction and Fear By Sheldon Whitehouse, AlterNet. Posted December 21, 2009. In his Senate floor speech on the health-care bill, the Rhode Island senator accused the GOP of fomenting the kind of … Continue reading
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National Debt Chart
Click to view larger image. Bottom line – the GOP runs up the debt every time they’re in charge. The ‘tax and spend’ label = vicious lie to cover their own asses. Vote them out and KEEP THEM OUT.
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Dr. Peter Watts beaten by US border guards
Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border. He was pepper-sprayed and beaten and is now being held for assaulting a federal officer. Donate to his defense fund. Continue reading
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Rough God Goes Riding
by Van Morrisson Oh the mud splattered victims Have to pay out all along the ancient highway Torn between half truth and victimisation Fighting back with counter attacks It’s when that rough god goes riding When the rough god goes … Continue reading
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You may live in Canada…
Stolen wholeheartedly directly from Malcha’s Sound Visions: If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, You may live in Canada . If someone in a Home Depot store Offers you assistance and they don’t work there, You … Continue reading
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Ground Crew
My dear friend DJ Cline was at the airport to greet me. Laughter ensued. My heart soars to be in this man’s presence. A quick trip to Target for toiletries became a comedy of social observations. His joie de vie … Continue reading
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Yet a While
My dear friend Mary Pitt sent me this poem she wrote for her beloved husband. He too, has departed and this poem now has special meaning for me as well. Thank you Mumzee. Yet a While Walk with me yet … Continue reading
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The Political Future
by Mary Pitt One may hear much speculation as to the future of the Republican Party as that once-august group find their following at a historic low and they have to turn for leadership to radio commentators and historic losers … Continue reading
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Seeds of Truth
From Sheila Stuff: I have learned over the past decade if I want to know what’s really going on in the United States, I have to cruise through the foreign media to see what’s creating a furor or causing a … Continue reading
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Karen’s Great Adventure
Some women stay at home and have kids. Some start businesses. My pal Karen Smith goes and has adventures. She’s my hero. Go read about her adventures at http://karensgreatadventure.blogspot.com/
Saw It Coming
Excellent interview with N. Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan So, another treasured wingnut myth goes down in flames. Not only did eight Senators see this coming, but they tried to stop it – and got steamrolled by the GOP-dominated Congress. There’s … Continue reading
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Tagged crimminals, dorgan, Glass-Steagall, maddow
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A Spread of Bloggers
Welcome to the blogsphere Mr. Lincicome, keep those sweatpants hitched up. (please) Continue reading
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Gifts
Anyone that reads my personal website or my blog DootyAndHonor knows I am a Democrat. So, I hope that intro explains my joyous reaction to this video: Rachel Maddow
Don’t Sell Kathleen Short
by Mary Pitt I have been watching the news reports about the appointment of Kathleen Sebelius to the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services. There was a time when she was considered a possible candidate for the job … Continue reading
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It’s Time for the Madness to Stop
It’s Time for the Madness to Stop By Sheila Samples Sometimes it’s hard to come to grips with the truth — especially if that truth is about our own country, and is in direct opposition to everything we’ve been taught … Continue reading
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Never Forget The Lessons Of Yesterday For The Sake Of Tomorrow
By Vincent Guarisco February 23, 2009 “You can walk away from these stories today, but if you choose to follow them they will become a profound part of you and will deeply affect your life.” ~~Anthony Guarisco, Founder and director, … Continue reading
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Bush Truth
http://www.bushtruthcommission.com/ Tell everyone – we need to know the truth.
They Still Don’t Get It
by Mary Pitt Just three weeks after Barack Obama was sworn in, we are barraged with complaints because he has not yet wiped out all the vestiges of the Bush administration from the environs of Washington, D.C. We are daily … Continue reading
2fer Maybe More
Wow. The crash of flight 3407 sure helped with the revisionist efforts to delete or distort the history of the Bush Years. Beverly Eckert, a 9/11 widow who had stated publicly that ‘my silence cannot be bought’ was killed as … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, bush, des forges, eckert, rwanda
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