tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-339831572012-02-16T13:05:09.538-05:00Where the fifth complaint is always free!Hacbartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14828280868323385743noreply@blogger.comBlogger941100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33983157.post-86442976013376427972007-08-13T13:01:00.000-04:002007-08-13T13:54:12.425-04:00

In the outstanding documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, much praise is given by marketing directors to the Fox News network's advertising slogan, "Fair and Balanced". After all, who doesn't want a fair and balanced news source? It's important to hear both sides, no?Of course, anyone with eyes and ears can see that if it is one thing Fox News is not, it is neither "fair" or "

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Here's a powerfully made video endorsing impeachment. Definitely suggest giving it a view.How to create an Angry American

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The 2008 election will be the first presidential campaign to sit through the torment of Web 2.0. And by torment, I mean that candidates' every word, flap, mistake, and action will enter Digg/Youtube/Reddit, causing immense popularity on the New Media, only to have it move over to the Old Media when they feel that it has gained enough popularity that they can make a profit.However, even in our "

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Hunter S. Thompson once wrote a book called Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie. The portrayal of politics being "better than sex" for people like myself is almost accurate. It feels most accurate at times like these:During last Monday's CNN/Youtube debate, a question was posed to Sen. Barack Obama, asking him if he would meet with America's "enemies" like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kim

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And people say American youth are despondent. According to a recent survey of Russian youth, 50% of Russians 16-19 years old feel Stalin was a "wise leader".Now, if all you read about Stalin was his tactics against the Nazis, you might agree with that statement. He used limited resources to combat one of the most ferocious military forces ever devised AND he used "diplomacy" (remember that one?)

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Ernest Hemingway was once asked to write a story in 6 words; no more, no less. His response was "Baby shoes, for sale, never used." Some honestly considerate to be his greatest work. The question has been posed to many different authors, resulting in a plethora of creativity.John Updike wrote a short exchange."Forgive me!" "For what?" "Never Mind."David Lodge went more blunt:"I saw. I conquered.

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Roy Peter Clark at Poynter Online has an interesting article on narrative-style journalism (a style usually reserved for features, interviews, and profiles). Clark presents the idea of describing the environment of a room by analyzing the walls and "letting the walls talk."It's an interesting process that allows you to realize how much a person's wall fixtures says about them.For example, I'll

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This past Saturday, as President Bush was having several polyps removed from his colon, I can imagine King George being a little depressed. Not only was he going to undergo an important surgery (showing his passing of age), but Saturday also marked the 18-month countdown to him leaving office. Who knows? Maybe he can't wait. Maybe the lying, cheating, and hypocrisy (which I refuse to believe he

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John Frances Garner (vice president under FDR) once said that the vice presidency "ain't worth a pitcher of warm spit." Well, I'd like to change that quote a little bit for our changing times: the current vice president isn't worth a pitcher of warm spit, let alone our respect as a nation. And, evidently, I am no longer alone in this. More Americans supported Dan Quayle at his lowest point than

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When one thinks of the 13th Amendment, one usually thinks of freed black slaves spitting in their former masters' faces. They may recall lessons from history class of the trap of sharecropping many freed slaves found themselves in. If you are a student of the Constitution, you may recall that it bans "slavery" and "involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall

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I'm so very sorry, dear readers (all 4 of you). I may not be able to update this regularly until June. My thoughts will be impeded elsewhere (scraps of paper, friends' ears, empty coffee houses). For now, I leave you with the words of great satirist Douglas Adams:"Perhaps a fairy cake is enough to bring a man eternal pain. Perhaps it is not."

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There's something about Woody Allen movies that give me a great sense of comfort, and I find myself at a loss as to suggesting why this is. One might say that I think like Woody Allen, and I enjoy the narcissistic ideal of watching somebody like me make love to someone like Diane Keaton. However, I'm neither neurotic nor explicitly nervous. On the contrary, I find myself incredibly comfortable in

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One of the oddest things about politics is that timing is everything. Not historic timing (that hasn't been an issue since Congress established an Iraq Study Group 4 years after the war started on false pretenses). Issues as simple as what day of the week can make or break a piece of legislation.I present to you President Bush's tax break which he passed in his budget over the weekend while we

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Debbie Schlussel, the worst person ever, had this to say about her appearance on Paula Zahn Now, where she noted that atheists "just need to shut up":Something happened over the last 24 hours. Beginninglast night, my inbox became populated with vile hate-mail fromatheists. No skin off my back.But it is entertaining and amusing. It’s hard to believe their letters because they were all attacking

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Perhaps life isn't all good...Stairway To Heaven (Techno Remix)powered by performancing firefox

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After the death of Anna Nicole Smith, The Washington Post stated, by oddly quoting the great T.S. Eliot, "this is how the world ends, neither with a bang nor a whimper but with cleavage."They have a point. Historically, when world wide destruction is imminent, people have resorted to erotica. Note the extension of burlesque shows hat erupted after WWI. Note the rise of the cult of celebrity

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So, Trent Reznor is doing a fantastic job of viral advertising. To learn more, click here.The latest development has occurred within the last 24 hours. A flash drive was found in a bathroom at an NIN concert in Lisbon, Portugal. This USB drive contained a song off of the much-anticipated NIN album Year Zero (slated for release on April 17). The drive was (in theory) planted by Trent and the band,

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Stephen Colbert and Debra Dickerson discuss Barack Obama's "blackness." Truly a classic.

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As always, Keith Olbermann strikes again

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Here's the video of Sherman Pore on American Idol. If you haven't seen it, it is in no way viral or humorous. It is only uplifting and touching.Sherman Pore on American Idol - video powered by ToxicJunction.comThis is from the blog Idol Thoughts:"On what I thought was going to be another typical Wednesday night on American Idol, Sherman Pore reminded me and most of my generation that true love

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Yeah...about Ted Haggard....

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Anna Nicole Smith died today (have you heard?). She was a product of the tabloids and a deceptive fight for money. And all I could think about was how annoying her show was.I can't help but contrast Anna Nicole Smith's death with that of Princess Diana (calm down; this has a point). One of the great ironies was that the media pressure had, by proximate cause, killed Diana, and her funeral

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I recently posted about Debbie Schlussel and her ignorance which she paraded on Paula Zahn Now. Many atheists and bloggers have referenced the bit (which you can find here) and derided why there were no atheists on this panel about atheism. While this is obviously odd and incoherently FOX-like (I thought CNN was above this kind of thing), I would like to examine the panel:Debbie Schlussel: Debbie

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The following is a letter I sent to a Miss Debbie Schlussel after her appearance on Paula Zahn Now, where herself and other Judeo-Christian talking heads decided to discuss amongst themselves how whiny atheists are and how militant their tactics are. I've never been more offended by a television program in my life and am boycotting CNN and I urge you to do the same (UPDATE: drop the boycott and

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Newsweek's cover story this week is an analysis of the "Girls Gone Wild" culture, the late-night happenings of Lindsay, Paris, Nicole, and Britney. However, Newsweek is not ploying to a tabloid crowd: the article is bashing the focus on girls that are willing to show some skin (and other choice body parts). As is the case with anything, parents are yelling about how their children will think of

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George W. Bush once said this about global warming:"We don't want to make a decision before we have all the proper information."Really? Really?powered by performancing firefox

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I recently posted about the I. Lewis Libby trial. In this post, I tried to simplify what the hell was going on with Libby, as most Americans are ignorant of it. I probably failed, so here's the master, Jon Stewart.

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A pro-gay marriage group in Washington state is willing to go to the extreme.When pushed against a wall, people often appeal to the Golden Rule. A mere 3 weeks after becoming a member of the majority party, New York representative Charles Rangel removed all discourse by proposing that the military draft be reinstated. His logic, although screwed up to hell, actually makes sense. He argued that,

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One of the oddest choices that a Presidential nominee has to make is their theme song. It seems odd, but it's an important choice. Sadly, most politicians choose based on the chorus alone. For example, George H.W. Bush chose "Born In The USA" to preach a gospel that the verses of that song were preaching against.Today, the Democratic nominees chose their theme songs for the 2008 Presidential

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OK, so there's some trial going on, and it involved Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former Bush administration official, and Karl Rove, otherwise known as "The Brain" of the Bush campaign. Someone outed a CIA official, her name being Valeria Plame, to the press, a NYTimes reporter named Judie Miller. The only part I followed of this whole ordeal when it broke in 2005 were the 85 days Judie Miller spent

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The following was found on a post that was in response to an article on atheism by Pastor Lyle Dukes."If atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby."Logic works wonders.powered by performancing firefox

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MSNBC talking head Chris Matthews just asked the following of White House Correspondent David Gregory:A poll just came out yesterday that showed that Americans think that, on the Iraqi War and other issues, President Bush is, basically, disconnected from reality. Is this a bad thing for George W. Bush?I was too dumbfounded by the logistics of being disconnected from reality as a good thing to

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I have trouble hating someone I've never met (they usually have to send people off to false wars in order for me to do that), but this, which I discovered on FSTDT, is absolutely maddening:"Just recently my son Bobby came out to me. I had been worried forawhile. His teachers said most of his grades were slipping and heseemed depressed and withdrawn.Bobby said he’d been hiding it for awhile

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powered by performancing firefox

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Brian Flemming is a simple man. He has a simple idea.Why not use the advent of Internet video to let a generation of atheists "come out"?Seems innocent enough.However, when the FOX News program Heartland found this out, they decided it was a moral outrage (I have no clue why a show that has the ballzen to call itself "The Heartland" would find atheism so offensive). (See the entire interview here

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There are many stories in the Bible that no one likes to talk about. Not the contradictions, the mass slaughters, or the agreements between Yahweh and Satan. There are weird stories in the Bible that seem to be emitted from the conscience.I'd like to collaborate them for your entertainment.Before I begin, I would like to note that the main reason the Bible is so honored is not that it gives

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The Daily Show recently did a piece about comparisons between George W. Bush and Abraham Lincoln. "President Bush knows that he won't get Lincoln, but he starts there because he can only go down. He asks Lincoln, America says 'No, we're sorry, the highest we'll go for is Harding.' He says 'Well, OK, how about FDR?' And they say "Sorry, now we can't even go above Hoover.' Bush ends up settling in

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VAN HALEN TO KICK OFF REUNION TOUR IN LAS VEGASThe reunion will include David Lee Roth (!) and will be the first time the original band members have been together on stage for 22 years. I'm quite excited.Here's the full story from the Las Vegas Review-Journalpowered by performancing firefox

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Certain consumer complaints are well known. Some more popular ones:People at Wal-Mart do not speak EnglishPNC banks are open at odd hoursThe bathroom in a Taco Bell is always filthyWhile these may be stereotypes (except for the PNC Bank complaint), they are often heard.However, I recently found a fellow Blogspot devoted to a man who feels he has been cheated by Best Buy.Evidently, he bought a LCD

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Here' s a parable for atheists:"An Indian was teaching th Hindu scripture to a group of schoolchildren.'The world rests on an elephant.' He said.'Then what does the elephant stand on?' one child asked.'He stands upon a tortoise.''And the tortoise?''Perhaps it is best we change the subject.' the wise man said."The author John Stuart Mill once wrote "My father taught me that the question 'Who made

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California has long been the refuge of the hopeless and the hopeful, the gold diggers and the gold-holders. As the Red Hot Chili Peppers put it in "Californication", "Space may be the final frontier/but it's made in a Hollywood basement."California truly does hold all that is both beautiful and disgusting about America and, in some cases, the world. If one would like to sing nature's praises,

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A: Watch dreams die.Courtesy of Indexed. I encourage you to check the website out.

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May be too graphic.

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Enjoy.

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The following is from the Associated Press:Pentagon planners this week warned President George W. Bush that his “troop surge” plan could double U.S. casualties in Iraq in the coming year and result in 10,000 or more American deaths by the end of 2008. (with more than 100,000 wounded and/or maimed for life.) In a classified assessment memo, military experts predicted violence against U.S. troops

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The following is a video compiled by Slate Magazine and HCD Research. It grades President Bush's speech on the War In Iraq the other night. They compiled an appropriately distributed group of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents and had them rate George Bush's believability during certain parts of the speech. They follow a predictable pattern for the most part, but it is still pretty

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Thanks to Best Week Ever.

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This man has no arms.This man can play guitar.This man with no arms is playing "Mary Jane's Last Dance" by Tom Petty with his feet.I don't play guitar, but some of my friends do, and they have an odd habit of playing "Free Fallin'" in crowded coffee shops or school lobbies in order to impress those around them. Not only can this guy sing better than them, but my man is playing with his feet

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I'm tired of the immigration talk. It was a bigger problem way back in the early 90's, and no one cared. In 2006, it has allowed politicians to grab the Red-State vote and for Arizona to make more of an ass out of itself (although they did not ban gay marriage and did not ban stem cell research). I won't rant about it or present what I think could be the solution, but here are some statistics:

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A couple years ago, South Park made fun of the most boring sport to watch, baseball. In the episode, entitled "The Losing Edge", the boys are in a little league team and decide that the best way to stop playing baseball, despite their parents' wishes, was to lose so they are kicked out of the playoffs, giving their summer and youth back to them.Ironically, they try to play as horrible as they can

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I'm not usually one for viral videos, but this was too funny to pass up on. I hate R&B so much. It's not visually explicit, but does reference dicks quite a bit, so SFW if you have headphones.

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A recent poll was released that sought to find out what the "best thing in the world" is to America's kids. Number one was being a celebrity (number two was good looks, and number 10 was God). This should come as no shock. Ever since TV became a daily part of the American child's life in the sixties, the appeal of being popular has made its way into the collective psyche.This, of course,

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I'm against Saddam Hussein. I'm also against the death penalty, and you should be too after watching this video. This is cellphone footage of his execution. Please note, It is very graphic.

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Here is the full movie Jesus Camp. It's about one and a half hours long, so take a break, get the popcorn ready, and try not to punch the movie (you'll miss and hit your screen).

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Want definitive proof that there isn't a god? Want to know why some people are so misanthropic? Want to know why I'm now ashamed for my hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada? Watch this and watch it good.For Milts, click here.That was Celine Dion butchering possibly the greatest song about hard fucking since Tenacious D's "Hard Fucking", AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long". The song was not only ruined

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Bill Wiese is a preacher. He leads praise-and-worship sessions at his protestant church, is a part of his church, and is, presumably, a nice person (despite his faith).Mr. Wiese also reportedly spent 23 minutes in Hell. His book, creatively titled 23 Minutes In Hell, is becoming pretty big in Evangelical circles. Listen here:If you are like me, you immediately flashed the word "lunatic" in your

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"What do you say to an atheist when they sneeze? 'When you die, nothing happens.'"-Dane Cook I was enjoying Dane Cook, and then he goes on a very anti-atheist rant. He referenced an atheist friend of his who thinks that we die and then become trees. He then wished that his friend will become a tree, cut down, made into paper, and had the Bible printed on him. For the record, I can only hope

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Most people are naming Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" as best song of the year, and I have trouble not doing the same. Its eerie and nightmarish music, surrounding the listener like a squall, is eclipsed by the demanding voice of Cee-Lo Green, who thunders through the song like a bull on parade. No other song reached perfection like "Crazy" did. And, of course, the songs versatility, the fact that no

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Here's a great video courtesy of Current TV. It's a short (roughly 5 minutes) documentary about the Music Genome Project and how Pandora works.If you don't have a Pandora account yet, and are interested in finding new music, you can join here. It's easy, fun, and free.

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I have a good friend named Laura. She was born on December 25th, 1989. She is a fellow atheist.Christmas is a big guilt factor for atheists. We've celebrated it our entire lives, everyone around us expects us to celebrate it, and it's really, really fun to get (and give) stuff. So, when we find ourselves confronted by a combative Christian who questions us, we kind of shrug our shoulders and

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WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?OK. So, in early October, there was a rapid attack of reports of people coming down with E. Coli after eating bagged spinach (experts have dismissed the "dirty bag" theory, and have narrowed it down to the spinach). It spread quickly, infecting people in 22 states.Later in October, lettuce started infecting people with the same deadly virus. It reached 14 states, mainly

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See this guy? Regular readers of The Drudge Report will recognize him, but maybe not his significance. This man is Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. His story is very cloak-and-dagger, a story very much so filled with deception, danger, and a suffocating government gone mad.OK, sorry about the intro. Here's what happened to this man:Alexander Litvinenko played a large part in Russian intelligence

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Hmmmm...I've often criticized religions for putting their faith in a book written by people (and if you find me the book written by a god, I'll show you a fraud). Well, here's a televangelist professing the proof that nature is not only made for man's taking but also proof in the existence of the Judaeo-Christian god:That's right. This man believes a banana is proof enough for Yahweh. And to

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I'm addicted to a game called Line Rider. You draw hills and whatnot to keep your sled moving. There is no end or point to the game. Here are some rather ridiculously good ones I've found (if you click the link and play yourself, you'll understand).

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Apparently, he was trying to garner a protest, got a good few dozen kids, and was then tasered by cops for failure to present ID. This is video taken by a video phone.

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Of course, the world has lost its mind as yet another celebrity spews unacceptable racial comments. For those of you that haven't heard, Michael Richards, formerly casted as Kramer on the unreasonably popular Seinfeld, was being heckled by two black men when he lost his cool and said "Shut him the fuck up! He's a nigger! Nigger!" This, of course, is a death sentence for Richards' thriving career

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I have digital cable at this moment (I'm staying with a relative) and am about to enjoy my favorite piece of television: VH1 Classic. They are showing a late night filming of the Sex Pistols documentary The Filth And The Fury. That still has about 15 minutes, so, for now, I've got Stephen Colbert interviewing the inventor of the Segway. Dean L. Kamen, who also invented the insulin pump and the

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(I'm not at Comic Relief, but I am watching it on stolen HBO, which I think should count for something)Dane Cook is unsuccessfully trying to make Oprah seem weird, which means Dane Cook is fucking retarded. Making Oprah seem weird can be done by my cat, who loves Oprah. Dane Cook, I'm guessing, is not a habitual Oprah-watcher, meaning he caught one episode and thought he'd make fun of her. The

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To all parties interested;I'm currently watching what may be the cheesiest movie I've ever seen. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, a movie made in full technicolor, if you're interested, puts a storyline behind the fictional band the Beatles created in the album of the same name. Currently, I'm watching the Beegees do a spot on cover of the title track, which lead to Peter Frampton doing a

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I've been following the election closely over the past...12 hours (what was honestly going to happen during the election?), and I'm....excited, one might say, about the results. The House went to the Demos, Senate is pointing in the same way, and Donald "Rummy" Rumsfeld is out. The latter is particularly intriguing because a Congress can't take us out of Iraq; a new Secretary of Defense might.

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Here's the top 3 sleaziest political campaigns from Slate Magazine as we wrap up the election season...Well, it's been great. Underage sex, racism, and just plain lies. If you're still undecided, please get informed, then vote. Screw party loyalty; if you don't agree with them, don't vote for them.

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I was recently reviewing the reasons Rome fell in 467 AD. Chief among these reasons was the emperor Constantine's need to alleviate Christianity from the constant persecution Christians had experienced since Nero. Constantine legalized Christianity, naming himself the "pontiff", the first use of this term which means "divine ruler." This was a much more complicated process than one might imagine.

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One Picture Every Day Revver from OldeEnglish.orgRequires Quicktime

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When I talk to twentysomething hipsters who listened to emo during their high school years, the most often phrases I hear are those of having "grown out" of emo, but that it was the "soundtrack of my high school years." This is good news for emo as a genre, because there will always be high school kids who can't get enough attention from so-and-so boy or cannot seem to get over so-and-so girl.

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This sums up my basic sentiment for the war...Bill O'Reilly: Do you want America to win in Iraq?David Letterman: (Pauses)You see-BO: It's a simple question, DaveDL: It's not simple for me, you see, because I'm thoughtful.Mad Dog O'Reilly is officially useless.Here's the full interview in Quicktime

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Sorry about the quality, but here's Bob Dylan doing a Frank Sinatra tune...never thought I'd see it

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For the record, I hate the Dixie Chicks music, but they've become the most representative victims of Bush's influence over the public (that he may have had then but has hopefully lost now)

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Here's something from PostSecret ( a truly beautiful mission by the world's most trusted man)...I've been following PostSecret for a while (getting the new book this weekend), and this is the first one I've seen where they showed their face...I'm shocked he posted it (the image is titled "Yes" by Frank, the guy who runs it).

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And the Wrongest Statement of the Week Award goes to.....Claude Presbyterian Church for this foolish Church Sign! Google Has A Posse!The Church of Google

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6:05: Joe Scarborough states that we live in the "Age of Oprah". I've never agreed with him more. Sen. Ney and Sen. Foley, as well as Laird Gibson, have used alcoholism as an excuse for excepting bribes, pedophilia, and anti-semitism, respectively. Alcoholism is not a handout addiction, meaning it should never be a proper excuse for anything. It should NEVER illicit sympathy. Does anyone have any

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Nuclear war got you down? Try this...

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My computer is being weird, so enter these coordinates into Google Earth and you should get the exact location of the recent nuclear test in North Korea (courtesy of the United States Geological Survey). 41.311°N, 129.114°E is the exact epicenter of the explosion, as measured by seismographs, I suppose. The explosion measured a 4.2 and was the same as "550 tons of TNT" South Korea reports.

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I'm listening to Matt Drudge, who, right now, is debating with a conservative woman who thinks the Democrats past actions in sexual scandals verify the Foley's current actions. Matt Drudge, my hero, is soley for information whenever he does anything. He bases all his opinions on proven facts, not some editorial based on beliefs. He does, though, remind us that no one that has called him has

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NORTH KOREA SUCCESSFULLY TESTS NUKE"The field of scientific research in the DPRK (North Korea) successfully conducted an underground nuclear test under secure conditions on October 9, at a stirring time when all the people of the country are making a great leap forward in the building of a great, prosperous, powerful socialist nation."

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One can't help but note that the Armed Forces are, above all things, a business. It's seemingly impossible to watch their commercials with out realizing this. They market to individual interests the way Dick's Sporting Goods might. They use the image of a soldier returning after service to his friends. Why not be fair? Show one coming back pyschologically fine. Show one damaged mentally beyond

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YouTube is featuring a video of Columbia University students storming the stage during a speech by the MinuteMan project...the way they propel the stage makes you wonder if that fence their supposedly building will do any good...Here's another one in the streets of Reno...And one in Chicago, this time against the war in Iraq...

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Rollingstone.com has an interesting video posted on their website. In light of recent drug busts involving Jimmy Buffet and Willie Nelson, they're sharing with us one of the greatest Youtube finds ever. "Stop The Madness", a cheezy anti-drug music video, was pushed by Nancy Reagan. The star-studded event includes a teenage Whitney Houston (Robert Downey, Jr. couldn't make it, presumably), David

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Carlos Mencia is a sad excuse for a human being. He is truly one of the fatalities of Hollywood. He started as a humble comic in LA during the early nineties, which eventually lead to several appearances on The Arsenio Hall Show (I'm sure they were name-makers). This then got him a gig hosting the HBO comedy show Loco Slam in 1994, one of the first comedy shows to specialize in Latin-American

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I don't know how many of my readers are evangelical Christians (more than I'd like, probably), but hopefully any rational person with a sense of compassion for the young and naive can relate with me here: Jesus Camp, a new documentary due soon in select theaters, is a horrific display of the disgusting lows people will go to embolden there own beliefs in people. The movie, a display of a camp

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(Yes, the typo in the title is on purpose)One of Jon Stewart’s crews recently sought out a local news team’s “investigative reporter,” one by the name of Carl Monday. Monday (remind you of the old Dragnet episodes?) recently did a semi-ripoff of Dateline’s habit of inviting pedophiles to their house and having them arrested (I dunno; to each his own). Well, Monday and his news team posted secret

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The Arctic Monkeys frighten me. They have somehow made themselves an attribute to the internet form of popularity by breaking every record in the books (200,000 CD’s sold in a day) by making most of their material available online. Through this, a massively small following was built by English bar-hoppers that religiously tended to be anywhere this band was and, if they weren’t, they were working

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System of a Down has a very serious issue on their hands. They claim to actually have a goal in their musical career beyond making headlines and living the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, yet they were influential before they were immensely popular. Therefore, many stereotype metal bands (read: Avenged Sevenfold, Hawthorne Heights, Coheed and Cambria) took SOAD’s sound, not so much in a thievery manner,

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