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The Most Trusted Man in America
You can’t be serious: How a comedian became the most influential voice in American politicsby Leonard Doyle / August 19, 2008 See video below. When Jon Stewart inaugurated his fake news anchor on The Daily Show eight years ago, his … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Comics, Entertainers, Humor, People, Satire, Video
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Swingin’ on Sunday – the East West Jazz Alliance
East West Jazz Alliance – In A Hurry / I Do Hope Musicians: John Hansen, Phil Sparks, Daisuke Kurata, Atsushi Ikeda, Yasuhiro Kohama, Jay Thomas. Recorded: 2006 in Seattle, WA. [I’m quite sure this is Tula’s on 2nd Street in … Continue reading
Bill Moyers and Prof. Andrew J. Bacevich on The Limits of Power
Andrew J. Bacevich, retired Army colonel and Boston University professor, is interviewed by Bill Moyers.Former Army colonel Bacevich urges us ‘to take a step back and connect the dots between U.S. foreign policy, consumerism, politics, and militarism’August 15, 2008 See … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Consumerism, Foreign Policy, History, Military Industrial Complex, Philosophy, U.S. Military, Video
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BOOKS : The Lies of Jerome Corsi: Inside the Deceptions of the #1 Best-Selling Anti-Obama Book
The following is a comprehensive review, and debunking, of Jerome Corsi’s book with the oh-so-clever title, The Obama Nation : Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality. Corsi, it should be noted, is the architect of swiftboating and a man … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Right Wing, Video
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You Will See It in a Child’s Dream
A Message of Peace Source / Where Date Palms Grow The Rag Blog / Posted August 9, 2008
Assessing the Success of the Surge
The Guardian’s Ghaith Abdul-Ahad went back to Baghdad to see the effects of last year’s troop escalation (“surge”). He argues that the US military’s blast walls and forcible division of the city into isolated micro-neighborhoods are the cause of the … Continue reading
McCain, Anthrax and the Afghan Blunder
McCain: Let’s see. Bin Laden? Afghanistan? Yes, let’s invade Iraq. See Video of McCain on Letterman in 2001 below. ‘Barely a month after the 9/11 attacks and while the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan was still underway, McCain was already eyeing … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bin Laden, Campaign Tactics, Iraq, Iraq War, McCain, Presidential Campaign, Terrorism, Video, War on Terror
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Snickers : ‘Get Some Nuts’
New ad encourages drive-by shootings of unmanly men See video below. Via Towleroad comes a new spot for Snickers which appears to endorse violence against the effeminate, or at least against speed-walkers. In the spot, a yellow-shorts-sporting butt-shaking speed-walker is … Continue reading
McCain : Is Foot-In-Mouth Disease Age-Related?
John McCain crying on Dubya’s shoulder after latest gaffe?McCain gaffes pile up; critics pile onBy Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei / July 22, 2008 Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said “Iraq” on Monday when he apparently meant “Afghanistan”, adding to a … Continue reading
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Tagged McCain, McCain Mistakes, Media, Presidential Campaign, Video
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A Free Speech Graveyard at the Democratic Convention in Denver?
Free speech zones have been employed by both Democrats and Republicans at past political conventions. This year, however, Democrats face the embarrassing possibility that they will be the only party actually caging dissenters. Yet as John W. Whitehead points out … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties, Democratic Convention, Democratic Party, Freedom of Speech, Social Action, Video
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JibJab : Time For Some Campaigning 2008
The Rag Blog / Posted July 16, 2008
You Tube and the Hagee Videos
Pastor Hagee’s Desperate News Suppression Campaign BackfiresBy Max Blumenthal / July 9, 2008 See video below. During the week of July 1, lawyers representing far-right Pastor John Hagee demanded that YouTube remove scores of videos supposedly infringing on the copyright … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Christian Right, Conservatives, Internet, Meida, Religion, Religious Right, Video
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