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Monthly Archives: April 2006

Obituary: John Kenneth Galbraith

April 30, 2006 – 12:13 pm

From the AP by way of the Boston Examiner:
John Kenneth Galbraith, the Harvard professor who won worldwide renown as a liberal economist, backstage politician and witty chronicler of affluent society, died Saturday night, his son said. He was 97. Galbraith died of natural causes at Mount Auburn Hospital, where he was admitted nearly two weeks ago, [...]

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Colbert at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner

April 30, 2006 – 9:14 am

 
UPDATE: YouTube was forced by CSpan to take down the video, so the vid here does not work. Sorry. CSpan then posted it at GoogleVideo. It is currently "not available" there. Cryptocracy theorists, you may commence emailing…
Update Updated:
Here it is. Sorry, can't upload. Damn Googlevideo!!! But you can click and watch [...]

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Bill Clinton: The Final Days

April 30, 2006 – 8:40 am

Not exactly Nixonian, and all the better for that.
PS I knew it would be Helen Thomas at that press conference! Do I get wonk points? How many do you need for a charity shag from George Stephanopoulos?

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Hollywood: A Primer

April 30, 2006 – 8:11 am

Now this book is a fun read, particularly if you’re the least bit vicarious, and some of us have been known to vicariate, although perhaps only late at night, after a few drinks.
Because god knows, you’d never live through it.
High Concept, a biography of Don Simpson and an examination of the fatal cost of Hollywood [...]

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Operation Global Media Domination: Apology

April 30, 2006 – 6:23 am

I'm sorry, people. Today was obviously Hard on the Eyes Day on the ol' raincoaster blog.
I suppose I could go back and edit it, but let us leave that eye-searing image for the ages. When I first grabbed it, I thought it wouldn't be so bad, honest. But it puts even that static-filled, eye-ripping Guardian [...]

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Brittney Kicks Ass!

April 30, 2006 – 6:07 am

I love stories like these.
Seems some perv in his thirties tried to grab 14-year-old Brittney Richardson, and she took her brown belt in karate and she whupped his sad, sorry ass.
Go Xena!
I mean Brittney!
"I turned and I hit him," she says.  "I just knocked this guy out."
She immediately ran away, and called police.
Her instructors couldn't [...]

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Photo o’ the Day: A-Mazing!

April 30, 2006 – 5:47 am

Via the always-reliable Fark. I tell ya, it's almost enough to make you take up gardening.
Although my kitchen sink looks kinda like this some days. Maybe I should take similar aerial photos? I had a riding teacher who used to show horses…1/60th scale. Pat Gottlieb owned scale model dressage!

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Streaming Eagle Cam 2.0: Baby Eagles in Colorado

April 30, 2006 – 2:29 am

Eaglet Alert! More bloody birds! But at least this camera's not overloaded like the one in BC. Three chicks in Fort St. Vrain in Platteville, Colorado. BC ones due any day now; there's some controversy over whether or not markings on the eggs are the eaglets trying to get out.
OT: Who the hell is St. Vrain?
Gawd, I [...]

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Help Wanted: FBI

April 30, 2006 – 12:10 am

It's only fair I put this FBI Joblisting up, seeing as how I put up the SIS one a few posts back. Not that this is an ad for Special Agents. Regular Old Boring Agents are apparently not needed at the present time.
FBI Special Agents must have a 4-year college degree, be a United States citizen, be available [...]

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Welcome to the Blogroll: Manolo’s Shoeblog (of Evil)

April 29, 2006 – 9:34 am

There's just nothing I can add to this that would make it better. It is perfection. And a warning. Beware the Lagerfeld!
What did the world do before fashion journalism was this funny?
The World Gone Mad
Manolo says, the Manolo asks you, perhaps rhetorically, has the entire world gone mad for evil? Does no one but the [...]

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