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Author Archives: Al Swearengen
Army of Dude, Back Home
I know that some of you have bookmarked the ‘Army of Dude‘ blog, and I wanted to pass along that he’s done with the 15 months in Iraq. His father posted a comment saying he’s home safe and sound. If … Continue reading
Phish with Jay-Z – 99 Problems, Big Pimpin’
Brooklyn, 2004-06-18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om2EQ7YXork
The Rundown 9/12/07
General Petraeus has a boss, CENTCOM Commander Admiral William Fallon, and he told his subordinate in March that, “[Petraeus, you’re] an ass-kissing little chickenshit. I hate people like that.” ~~ Two suicide bombings that killed (at least) 50 people in … Continue reading
Eric the Midget Returns!
Howard: “Eric, you’ve got to know that it’s not proper to be calling Diana Degarmo’s mother at her house and constantly asking to meet with her daughter.” My brother emailed me earlier today with a message titled – HE’S BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK – … Continue reading
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Real or Performance Art?
This was on Google’s Buzz List, it’s a transvestite howling about people beating up on Britney Spears. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc
Petraeus the Magnificent – Day One Review
The books are cooked, and Petraeus is going to be looking bad once this week is through. He’ll attempt to babble through his inquisitor’s time in the next two days, but it will only get tougher tomorrow. I watched a … Continue reading
Michael Jackson – Rock With You
(h/t The Largest Minority) From his ‘Off the Wall’ album…anyone want to argue that this album isn’t in the top 5 of all time? Even after I was 100% convinced he was a child molester, this album still remained in … Continue reading
Petraeus the Magnificent
In the United States, as opposed to Pakistan or some banana republic south of Texas, the military is told what to do by civilians, and that dynamic alone, established well before wars in Korea and Iraq could have been imagined, … Continue reading
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Portfolio Update
Interesting times, of which I’ve got plenty of opinions, but actions speak louder than words, and so I sold all of my position in Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) and shifted all of that into gold (IAU). My five stocks fared … Continue reading
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LIVE FREE OR DIE
What New Hampshire thinks about gay marriage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsTJAmoKpnQ
Deep Banana Blackout – Take the Time
From the Berkshire Music Festival in 2000 (I was too broke to attend) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhbWiyG0cls Bonus DBB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbBi-lUJRxI
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Conservatism’s failures for Katrina
Liberal Oasis – Bill Scher’s radio program – Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3XVxD6GzEw Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgYyDraiaKI
Mike Gravel – Must See!
This is a brilliant turn from Mike Gravel…this discussion right here was better than anything that happened on the actual show. Check this out, 5 minutes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eEAo8O0oZQ Bonus: Gary Shandling from overtime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnJ18i0P8z4
An Inconvenient Truth
by Andrew Cockburn – published in The Nation magazine (excerpts): In September 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell descended on the town to inaugurate a newly completed museum commemorating the 5,000 victims, making emotional reference to the “choking mothers [who] … Continue reading
Time to cut Edwards some slack
As disinterested as I am in the Presidential races at this point, I do have to get behind this sentiment right here, printed in Time magazine. John Edwards and Barack Obama have both been impressive, but the media’s take on … Continue reading
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Cliff Clavin on Jeopardy
Classic! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=botdmsQilnU
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Don Siegelman
I don’t know if any of you have been following this story, but with the resignations of Gonzo and Turd Blossom this past week, I’ve got a sense that this man is at the center of why they’re suddenly gone. … Continue reading
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Sen. Craig Endorsing Mitt Romney
This is outstanding…the Romney campaign pulled the video off of YouTube, but it couldn’t be buried deep enough.
The Total Package
Teen USA – South Carolina http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQdhMSEqhfg Bonus Video – “Is your husband more urban or rural?” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVoo5xGvXrI
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Talking Heads – Cities
Live in Rome – 1980 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51IZG6Ryeis
The War (Pithy Pre-September Position)
The security situation is improved on each piece of ground directly beneath our soldiers’ feet. Put these soldiers in vehicles, and the IED explosions argue against this theory. Our forces exit an area, and what happens then? The security situation … Continue reading
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God Called, Bob Murray’s Voicemail Kept Answering
Long ago I gave up chasing stories and providing timely coverage of anything, and that’s mostly because I’ve never really trusted my gut reaction to things, having lived long enough to know that an emotional reaction may make for good … Continue reading
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Iraq Vets talk about killing civilians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHvtIL_TRGE Marines Killing Unarmed Civilians http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyjH5wusqs IED montage (Turn down the volume on your speakers) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X2qCPFMdFg
The War as We Saw It
Buddhika Jayamaha is an Army specialist. Wesley D. Smith is a sergeant. Jeremy Roebuck is a sergeant. Omar Mora is a sergeant. Edward Sandmeier is a sergeant. Yance T. Gray is a staff sergeant. Jeremy A. Murphy is a staff … Continue reading
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Family Guy – Best of Meg
I went out looking for this montage…4-5 clips in there’s Peter hitting Meg with a baseball bat, which I had on the DVR and thought there had to be a youtube out there celebrating her role on the show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgfpuopTCbY
Classic Scene
Lardass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttP0lAw6O-M
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The God Mafia
This is great – “how to order a hit using the Bible”. karl sent this over today: MEDIA ADVISORY, Aug. 14 /Christian Newswire/ — In light of the recent attack from the enemies of God I ask the children of … Continue reading
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Maher Arar Video – Gonzo vs. Leahy
This case is on my mind, and I wanted to post this video once more. In light of what we now know, watch this again and consider how absolutely full of shit Gonzo is right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4rfVLo4xFY
Domain names Rove has registered
From Harpers: A partial list of Internet domain names registered by Karl Rove in an attempt to prevent others from establishing mock websites. georgewbushsucks.net georgewbushbites.net georgewbushsucks.com georgebushsucks.org bushsucks.com georgebushsux.com georgebushsux.net georgebushsux.org bushsux.com georgebushbites.com georgebushbites.net georgebushbites.org bushbites.net bushbites.org georgewbushblows.com georgewbushblows.net georgebushblows.org … Continue reading