Prepare to be nauseated. Bill Clinton got impeached for lying about a blowjob, and we are just going to sit back and take this shit? “Have some more Soma, dear – I’m sure everything is under control…” There they sit, a whole room full of hurricane experts and disaster managers, shouting down a telephone line…
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NYT – Anyone remember Samuel J. Tilden?
On March 2, 1877, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, even though Tilden had won the popular vote.
INCREDIBLE FUKN US ESSAY CONTEST—FABULOUS PRIZES! NO ENTRY FEE!
INCREDIBLE FUKN US ESSAY CONTEST—FABULOUS PRIZES! NO ENTRY FEE! I am proud to announce on the spur of the moment THE INCREDIBLE FUKN US essay contest. The winner will win a gift certificate for $100 to Fuknbooks.com. Second Prize will be a copy of Rough Living: An Urban Survival Manual (signed by yours truly), and…
Simpsons 'trump' First Amendment
The right to own a pet??? Never ceases to amaze me how dense people can be. For the record, the rights are – speech, religion, press, assembly and petition for redress of grievances. Americans know more about The Simpsons TV show than the US Constitution’s First Amendment, an opinion poll says. Only one in four…
Gen-Aid Cloning products
I don’t know exactly what it is..but it’s a creepy way to start the day… cd Gen-Aid Cloning products – a photoset on Flickr Gen-aid provides all sorts of cloning products for your enjoyment.
Jason Bradbury: DIY Hoverboard: Walk-through
This is pretty cool…build your own hoverboard…I might do this with a LooseScrew someday…how fukn cool would that be? cd Jason Bradbury: DIY Hoverboard: Walk-through First up, I want to reference the fact that several sites on the web have plans for building a ‘human puck.’ My build is based on their work, with a…
Arundhati Roy on Bush in India: "Just Not Welcome"
I am a big fan of Arundhati Roy’s writing and of her political sentiments. Here’s a lovely example of both. (And if you haven’t, read her heartbreaking The God of Small Things.) On his triumphalist tour of India and Pakistan, where he hopes to wave imperiously at people he considers potential subjects, President Bush has…
Taylor meets Obasanjo in Nigeria
OK, what is going on here? Liberia’s brutal former-warlord Charles Taylor is enjoying asylum in Nigeria, rather than being sent to the UN Special Court in Sierra Leone to be tried for war crimes. Nigeria had previously indicated that it would turn Taylor over to an elected Liberian government, if not to the special court….
Like Humans, Monkeys Can be Snobs Too
I can relate…I wish someone would pay me to look at the riffraff..though, I don’t mind watching crazy people dance on city sidewalks and am amused by expletives shouted out in public places…but maybe those people aren’t really rifffaff…. cd ABC News: Like Humans, Monkeys Can be Snobs Too Feb. 28, 2006 — No question…
Iconic Che
I see a lot of Che T-Shirts on the UH campus…I like these better… cd His spirit may never die, but he’s dead as a doornail. Che fought exploitation, inequality and oppression. I doubt he would be a fan of his iconic image on t shirts.