Monday, July 21, 2008

Vern "Dick" Johnson, April 1, 1942-July 15, 2008

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J - 7 --Vern Johnson was a dear friend of the family who died on the 15th of this month. "Dick"--as he preferred to be called--was...
Monday, July 14, 2008

Today's Oprah: David Letterman & Lisa Marie Presley

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"And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic mills?...
Sunday, July 13, 2008

Intelwire.com publishes U.S. Postal Service files of DC Madam's early-1990s bust

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WWW --Freelance reporter J.M. Berger's site--Intelwire.com--is a treasure trove of declassified and primary documentation of the war on ...
Saturday, July 12, 2008

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) review

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Prince Nuada: "The world will be a poorer place when we are gone." The above quote from the screenplay of Hellboy II: The Golden ...
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Impeach the Vice President and President by following the link below

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Having repeatedly demonstrated their cowardice in every possible respect, is it any surprise that approval ratings for Congress are now less...
Friday, July 11, 2008

Alex Cox.com has free PDFs of nearly all of his screenplays (and more!)

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AlexCox.com --They're nearly all there--"Repo Man," "Sid & Nancy," "Walker," "Straight to Hell...

Congressional approval ratings at historic low of 9%

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Washington D.C. --No surprise there, they won't hold the executive branch accountable, and the legislation they're passing isn't...

CNN: UFO at Bush's Crawford Ranch ends mystery?

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Stuck in your Crawford, Texas --This is underwhelming, especially considering there's no indication or evidence that anything strange wa...
Thursday, July 10, 2008

Songs from the Site Meter: The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate is doing searches on Montgomery Blair Sibley

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Site Meter --You gotta love those third party site meters! Domain Name senate.gov ? (U.S. Government) IP Address 156.33.35.# (U.S. Senate...

Obama and FISA: Fallout

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The Campaign Trail of Tears --As predicted by many, Sen. Barack Obama voted "yea"--in-favor--of passage of the FISA bill ( H.R. 63...
Tuesday, July 08, 2008

From Democrats.com: Fight the FISA Bill & Arrest Karl Rove

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Defeat the Wiretap Bill The Senate will cast its final vote on warrantless wiretapping late Tuesday or Wednesday, so we need to flood Co...

Lose those unwanted pounds on the FARC diet!

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Southern Colombia --For well-over 30 years, Colombia has been involved in a civil war between the paramilitary and military forces (with Ame...
Monday, July 07, 2008

"No more fucking ABBA!"

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ABBA --Drag queens, Toni Colette, and Throbbing Gristle are sad. Babs is glad, and I couldn't care any less (OK, I lied). When Terence S...

Obama and FISA: Some thoughts from the Nation's "The Beat"

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The Nation.com --You have to give some due to the public. We're nearly always ahead of the politicians and the business community on wha...
Friday, July 04, 2008

And if that weren't enough: Interesting claims about the lost hour of "The Magnificent Ambersons"

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TCM.com ( Turner Classic Movies ) --An interesting couple of comments have been posted by an individual going under the name "Roberto...

Lost scenes of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" discovered in Argentina

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Buenos Aires, Aregentina --It's not so hard to imagine researchers finding that lost hour from "The Magnificent Ambersons" aft...
Thursday, July 03, 2008

"White House says ruling could free detainees in US"

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Washington D.C. --Is the Bush administration threatening to release individuals they seized illegally in other countries within the territor...

Louisiana Sen. David Vitter attempting to use campaign donations to pay for legal fees related to Palfrey case

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Washington D.C. / Metarie, Louisiana --Is it redundant to refer to the donors of Sen. Vitter's campaign as suckers? Never mind, the Advo...