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George W. Bush gets a shoe thrown at him! Shocking Video Footage!

December 16, 2008 – 4:10 am

The world watched in horror today as a frustrated reporter chucked a shoe at US President George W. Bush, narrowly missing. He should have known you don’t grow up in a house run by Barbara Bush without being able to duck lightning-quick. Indeed, ducking is probably his greatest skill.
Here’s the shocking video footage:
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International Talk Like Sarah Palin Day

October 17, 2008 – 9:45 am

I read Facebook so YOU don’t have to. And this is typical of the kind of thing I find there:

Grog Fest Inf’rm’tion

Cap’n:

Teddy Ware and Chrissy Tolley

Sort:

Book learnin’ - Learnin’ Crew

Fleets:

Global

Time and Port

When:

Tuesdee, Octobarrr 21, 2008

Hourrrr:

12:00 in the mornin’ - 11:55 in the evenin’

Coordinates:

Wherever mooses be found

Port City:

Anchorage, AK
(I should perhaps explain that I have enabled [...]

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Empire, or Humanity? What the Classroom Didn’t Teach Me About the American Empire, by Howard Zinn

September 30, 2008 – 9:08 pm

Passed along from NagOnTheLake by Metro, here is a thoughtful autobiographical essay by Howard Zinn, a former soldier and current thought leader (what we used to call philosopher, before we decided that old words were old-fashioned).

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This and That: Avatars of Feminine Power

June 27, 2008 – 11:17 pm

First up, possibly my favorite painting in the entire world, Rembrandt’s Pallas Athena. I’m well aware that many people think it may not be by Rembrandt himself, but like, whatthefuckever, the painting stands on its own two feet, or would if it had feet instead of a frame. Rembrandt would look at that and say [...]

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Benjamin Franklin on Despotism

June 1, 2008 – 9:57 am

So today we get TWO quotes o’ the day, but when presented with a bounty one must simply accept it and share it with one’s friends. Really, this one is a stunner. I’d add my own thoughts, but what Benjamin Franklin and Gore Vidal have said really cannot be improved upon by my words. It [...]

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wait, it’s not Cheney?

January 11, 2008 – 6:43 am

A D&D player inside joke.

stolen from Adaen of High Adventure Games, because he stole this from me. This is how you got into Iraq in the first place, people.
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Blackwater, Blackhearts

December 12, 2007 – 12:18 am

from the always-reliable Get Your War On, via Can’t See the Forest

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Osama bin Makeover

September 10, 2007 – 3:03 am

Is it October already? Quel suprise!
Much attention has been paid to the “latest” video which purports to be from Osama bin Laden. Less attention, unfortunately, has been paid to the remarkable differences in his appearance between this video and the “last” video, which was released back in July and shows bin Laden as he appeared [...]

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pic o’ the day: Baghdad

August 23, 2007 – 5:03 pm

From the Guardian.

The shattered window of a bus struck by a roadside bomb that killed two people and injured 14 more.
Photograph: Hadi Mizban/AP

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breaking news: Cheney’s missing fingers located!

July 23, 2007 – 3:17 am

Reuters has the full report, but surely this is no suprise to anyone who’s been following the US political situation for the past seven years.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush had five polyps removed during a routine colon cancer test…
Acting Emperor Doctor Evil Dick Cheney had no comment.
He refused to remove his right hand [...]

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