In the time it takes you to read this post, at least 6 nationally syndicated rightwing talk show hosts are working on creative new ways to frame the question, “So, those libs sure are a bunch of tin-eared cocksuckers, am I right…?”
June 2005
June 8, 2005
The road to HEALING
From the San Francisco Chronicle: Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, unapologetic in the face of recent criticism that he has been too tough on his political opposition, said in San Francisco this week that Republicans “all behave the same, and they all look the same. … It’s pretty much a white Christian party.” “We’re more welcoming to different folks, because that’s the kind of people we are,’’ Dean said
June 8, 2005
red pills found behind the sofa cushions, analepsis 8
Beet pulp, the dried fiber residue that remains after most of the sugar has been extracted from sliced sugar beets, can take several forms: plain dried, molasses dried (which contains roughly 25 percent molasses) and pelleted—all of which make for excellent feed (dairy farmers use plain dried pulp as a milk-flow stimulant, for instance; and in recent years, large quantities of pelleted pulp has been exported to both Japan and
June 7, 2005
So here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson
The great Anne Bancroft, dead of cancer at 73. If you haven’t yet seen The Graduate, you owe it to yourself to stop what you’re doing and remedy that right now. One of the greatest American films ever made. Rest in peace, Ms Bancroft.
June 7, 2005
“Lawmaker Moves to Protect Medical Marijuana Users”
From Join Together.org: As the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state laws don’t protect medical-marijuana users from federal drug prosecution, a U.S. House member said he would reintroduce legislation to prevent federal law-enforcement action against medical users of the drug. The Hill reported June 7 that Rep. Maurice Hinchey (R-N.Y.) plans to introduce legislation barring the Justice Department from spending money to arrest and prosecute medical-marijuana users. The measure would
June 7, 2005
“The haram ingestion of forbidden rodential excretions or the equally haram pollution of the Muslim holy book by said substance”: an investigation
Don’t tell me Smirky McHitlerburton and the rest of his anti-Muslim, pork-eating Bushco oil thugs didn’t know about this. Imperialist bastards.
June 7, 2005
The fifth set of 20 films that if you haven’t seen you should see immediately or risk having protein wisdom sneer at you like certain embarrassingly reactionary rightwing blogs sneer at homosexuals and minorities of all stripes
1980s, group 5 The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) Prince of the City (1981) Private Lessons (1981) Le Professionnel (1981) The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981) Raggedy Man (1981) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Reds (1981) Roadgames (1981) Scanners (1981) Sharky’s Machine (1981) Southern Comfort (1981) Stripes (1981) Tattoo (1981) Thief (1981) Time Bandits (1981) Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) 48 Hours (1982) Blade Runner (1982) The Border
June 7, 2005
Sean Hannity has an important question for his on-set stylist
Hannity: “You’re sure these grey highlights make me look seasoned, right? And distinguished? Because my wife, she worries that I’m starting to look a little too Bea Arthur…”’
June 6, 2005
Cristy Lane: The Lost Recordings, 2
Recorded at Legend Studio, Pascagoula, Mississippi, June 1979, but never released.* “Sabbathy Night” S-A-B-B-A-T-H-Y night! S-A-B-B-A-T-H-Y night! S-A-B-B-A-T-H-Y night! S-A-B-B-A-T-H-Y night! Gonna keep on dancin’ to the rock and roll On Sabbathy night, Sabbathy night. Dancin’ to the rhythm that will save my soul On Sabbathy night, Sabbathy night I-I-I-I just can’t wait HE-E-E-E is my date At the good ole revival road show, I gotta go Sabbathy night Sabbathy
Peter Fonda comments on the latest Qu’ran abuse allegations at Guantanamo Bay*
Fonda: “I was at a party down in Baja once where Kristofferson used a Mojave Yucca plant to beat Harry Dean Stanton to within an inch of his life for “mishandling” the distilled water Kris’d brought with him to extract mescaline from the pair of San Pedro cacti he’d dug out of the desert. If I remember correctly, Harry Dean made the mistake of washing his feet in the stuff.