or, Custer Used To Be a Hero, Too
The Pentagon honored George W. Bush today, putting him one step closer to being able to display a chestful of medallions at embassy dinners — and we all know how much Georgie likes to play dress-up, Cowboy hats, cowboy boots, flight suits, Commander in Chief leather jackets, you [...]
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Or, Where are you now that we need you, Susie Chapstick?
There was something creepy about the in-your-face New Year’s from Times Square, carried by all networks and ubiquitous in blogs and obscure cable channels. The Center of the Universe is New York City, of course, as witnessed by wire stories from around the globe on [...]
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who’s “behind” the ‘Magic Negro’ controversy?
I don’t know why this is, perhaps a character failing of mine: but that which seems so blatantly obvious to me ofttimes seems utterly opaque to those for whom I write.
This isn’t any slam on you, Dear Reader. I have always been cursed with this strange brain that sees a [...]
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Michelle Malkin, the Kewpie Doll from Hell™ has her panties in a bunch that anybody OTHER than Michelle Malkin has their panties in a bunch:
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I’ve dealt with this before, of course, the Rush Limbaugh “Magic Negro” song that’s once again roiling the RNC waters.
From April 13, 2007 (on “Zug” the previous incarnation of his vorpal sword):
Right click and “save as”
1.4 megs, 2:57, FM quality stereo .mp3. Originally titled—with unintended irony—”Tolerance.” As usual, there are no easy answers, and you [...]
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Or just scroll down for the free radio play link.
Here’s a Christmas Story about a Christmas story….
Once upon a time, unburdened by spouses, children, or — as I would soon learn, profession — I rented an office in the shadow of the Griffith Park Observatory, in Hollywood. Sarno’s, a famous Italian “opera” restaurant, [...]
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In the news, today:
Cheney, Needling Biden, Defends Bush’s Record on Executive Power
New York Times - 3 hours ago
By RACHEL L. SWARNS WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday vigorously defended the White House’s use of broad executive powers during the last eight years, saying he believed that historians would ultimately look favorably on the [...]
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‘Snow Daze’ was featured in Sunday’s Crooks and Liars blog roundup.
(Begun on Tuesday, December 16)
This was what confronted me at the front door this morning (12-16).
As of tonight, it’s still there: no more, no less.
This is only the third snowfall we’ve had during the Bush Administration. (Although, according to Ulysses S. Grant’s memoirs, the Columbia River [...]
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Here’s the hook: yesterday, the Bush Administration released not one, but TWO sets of creepy “regulations” rewriting laws in Bush’s image. One you have heard about, but one, weirdly enough, you haven’t heard about at ALL.
Bettie Page in Playboy, 1956
And that’s even creepier. But to get there, I’m going to ask for your indulgence, because [...]
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Once upon a time, children, long before video games, and even before television, there was a game called “pinball.” The idea was to shoot a ball into a mechanized bounce enhancement environment — usually painted with an incongruous theme — and see how many bounces that you could rack up.
An old rollover odometer-style counter kept [...]
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It is December 11, my birthday, which I share with Senator John Kerry. Happy birthday, Senator.
Pearl Harbor day today. (Note: this was begun on December 7).
I was born in 1955, when the memory of “where were you when you heard about Pearl Harbor?” was common currency to all adults. For my generation, it was [...]
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To the surprise of virtually nobody, the Supreme Count, er … Court turned down the “emergency” appeal David Souter had rejected, but which Clarence “Me Too” Thomas rescued from the circular file:
# The Trail / Washington Post:
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Obama Nationality Case — The Supreme Court this morning unceremoniously declined to [...]
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