Monthly Archives: July 2007

FUCK YEA!!!

  The years of devotion eventually pay off, although AFTER I move 100 miles away from the Fleet Center and can’t afford to go anyway. One game I managed to convince my father to attend with me during the Antoine-Pierce-O’Brien … Continue reading

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The Roots – Hardware

From an appearance on Chapelle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hdKk__MZSo

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American Blackout – Documentary on Voting Rights

I’m not sure how many, if any, of the readers of this blog actually watch these long videos I post from time to time, but my idea in doing so is that a single viewer is enough to justify posting … Continue reading

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Ready To Trust General Patraeus?

UPDATE: State Dep’t Ends Baghdad Electricity Updates President Bush 6/15/2006: “I do think we’ll be able to measure progress. You can measure progress in capacity of Iraqi units, you can measure progress in megawatts of electricity delivered, you can measure … Continue reading

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Good Eats

TPMmuckraker features some top-notch analysis concerning Gonzo and the NSA wiretapping program(s?): “There’s a lot of evidence to suggest that Gonzales’s careful, repeated phrasing to the Senate that he will only discuss the program that “the president described” was deliberate, … Continue reading

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Spinal Tap – Big Bottom

Dig ithttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMZilI_ct1A

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Construction of US Embassy in Iraq

Two foremen on the project tell a House committee about how the USA goes about building something like this under Bush/Cheney.  Rory Mayberry, a former subcontractor employee for First Kuwaiti Trading & Contracting Company, gives opening testimony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evRPwwyno_cJohn Owens, a … Continue reading

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Blackwater = Border Patrol?

7/25/2007: “Guard’s Border Mission to be Halved” — The number of National Guard troops along the Arizona-Mexico border will be trimmed in half by the end of next month. As the presidentially mandated Operation Jumpstart mission begins its second year … Continue reading

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Leave Those Kids Alone

Van Helsing emailed this story today, and since we’re living with 2 toddlers each, it pertains to both of us especially. Here is his chosen excerpt: …There is now a concerted effort to spread adult-child play beyond its stronghold in … Continue reading

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Alan Watts: When Will You Arrive?

(h/t Andrew Sullivan)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERbvKrH-GC4

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The Bible warns of tough times ahead

This is pretty funny.  karl emailed it yesterday. KAMIAH, Idaho — Do you envision a dream home that shields you from nuclear holocaust? Marauding outlaws? Agents of Satan?  You’re in luck.  A $230,000, two-story, three-bedroom beauty nestled amid rolling pastures … Continue reading

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Censored portions of Arar report to be revealed

This should be interesting: (Source) A Federal Court judge has agreed to reveal portions of the Maher Arar report that were censored by the government. Mr. Justice Simon Noel ruled Tuesday that he will uncensor some – but not all … Continue reading

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Bill Moyers Interviews ‘The Yes Men’

Bill Moyers Journal: The Yes Men Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMjFQCSD6Uk Bill Moyers Journal: The Yes Men Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC1DcdOMXyc

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Lies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3slsCBqrQfk

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Life During Wartime

Justice at Stake: Ensuring That Prisoners in the U.S. Are Never ‘Disappeared’- by Shahid Buttar, posted at The Peace Tree Hadrian’s Forum: “The American founding fathers were well versed in Roman history. People such as Washington, Madison and Jefferson, were … Continue reading

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The Last Bill Hicks Show (Igby’s L.A. 11/17/93)

There are other comics worth featuring here, but its during times like these when Hicks is the one I think about most often. Imagine him teeing off on Dubya! RIP Bill…http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-617683135050137292

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Chickenhawks, Scapegoats, Don Young’s Teeth

Max Blumenthal – College GOP Convention http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4863292439576938605&hl=en Keith Olbermann – Special Comment “Scapegoat” http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3940485884021764668&hl=en

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Portfolio Update (5 Months, +8.67%)

It’s been a good month. PBR (PetroBrazil) and CNQ (CanadaNatlResources) are my two most solid picks, having generated over 100K since February, and surging to this day. I got out of ACI (coal) and cut my position in BAM (BrookfieldAssetMgmt) … Continue reading

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Iraq Debate – Senator Landrieu

Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA)!!!! I watched a few hours of this yesterday and overnight, but this clip right here was the most impressive speech I’ve heard on Iraq in a long time. (h/t Crooks and Liars)http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3458706202742109455&hl=en Senator Durbin explaining the … Continue reading

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Ricky Gervais Meets Christopher Guest (5 Parts)

Part 1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXLCj7rVcBg

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The Blame Game – ‘Oil or Bust’ Edition

Saudi Arabia is responsible for the majority of foreign fighters in Iraq1, and in terms of funding2, has for decades been facilitating the flow of funds from collection plates to madrassahs in places like Pakistan, and also to finance jihad3 … Continue reading

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Jim Webb vs. Lindsey Graham

Webb is probably the first senator I’ve seen on one of these weekend shows throw down on behalf of the troops.  He is pointing out how ridiculous Graham, McCain and others sound when they say, “I’ve spoken to the troops, … Continue reading

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Drowned

Chickenhawk vs. Cindy Sheehan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9prW8m5SOOw Pertaining to the White House dumbing down explainations of what is happening in Iraq by attributing everything bad to al-Qaida, it’d been killing me these past few weeks. My first ray of hope was this … Continue reading

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Here’s the Pat Tillman Coverup

“Following the Committee’s April 24, 2007, hearing on the Tillman fratricide, the Committee wrote to White House Counsel Fred Fielding seeking “all documents received or generated by any official in the Executive Office of the President” relating to Corporal Tillman’s … Continue reading

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Kickass Clips

#1 – The Sanctity of Marriage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9mKY80Amqk #2 – Christian extremists disrupt Hindu Senate invocation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ9To30Hz7A #3 – Bush Loyalty? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M__jWoA6PN0

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Time For Scary Scary

“I believe we are entering a period this summer of increased risk. We could easily be attacked. Summertime seems to be appealing to them. We do worry that they are rebuilding their activities.” – Chertoff bases ‘gut feeling’ on history, … Continue reading

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NYC Firefighters Blast Giuliani

(h/t C&L)There had been ripples of this being in the cards for Rudi once this campaign progressed. I posted something concerning the air conditions in NYC after 9/11, and began filtering for news on this. The NYTimes ran a story … Continue reading

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Casting for 9/11 ‘The Sequel’

The story is going to be buried (U.S. Aborted Raid on Qaeda Chiefs in Pakistan in ’05), and our country will once again be left stupefied, wondering “what happened”, as the Pulitzer Prize winning book Ghost Wars by Steve Coll … Continue reading

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The Libby Results Are In

If you ever wanted some assurance that the free-ride is finally over for our beloved bubble boy, the reaction from left to right is bound to make you smile. While there’s a thick fog surrounding the most vehemently childish portion … Continue reading

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Immigration Debate – My Contribution

Arnold Schwarzenegger has phone sex on Howard Stern Show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha6zY5W1S-w

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