The holidays are just around the corner and ’tis the season for exploiting others:
Holiday Shopping
November 11, 2009
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Classic TV
November 8, 2009From the Golden Age of Test Patterns(what they used to put up on the screen, along with a tone for a soundtrack, before a station actually started it’s daily programming). Here’s the famous Indian Chief Test Pattern. Hey, Test Pattern’s initial’s are TP, as in teepee. Is that the reason behind the Indian Chief’s appearance? Politically incorrect, but plausible.
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Belated Halloween Creepy
November 2, 2009Should have posted this on 10/31, but the thought didn’t occur to me till after reading about former VP Dick Cheney’s sudden memory loss: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/10/22-things-dick-cheney-cant-remember-about-plame-case
BTW, Mr. Sardonicus is a delightfully creepy movie(which I got to see again recently on TCM). Here’s the trailer, featuring the film’s legendary producer, William Castle:
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Two Bit Manchild
November 1, 2009Famous chickenhawk/war supporter Rush Limbaugh, appearing on one of those stupid Fox News sunday morning talking head shows, again called Barack Obama a “man-child.”
http://rawstory.com/2009/11/limbaugh-obama-afghanistan/
Speaking of manly behavior, did you know Rush dodged the draft due to having an anal cyst? Liberal Talk Host Randi Rhodes said she had the same thing – an anal cyst. However, she had outpatient surgery to have it removed —– and then went on to proudly serve in the military.
BTW, “Two Bit Manchild is the title of a non-chart busting single by Neil Diamond from 1968:
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I Agree With George Will(on 2 topics)
October 26, 2009Maybe there is some common ground between libs & cons afterall. You’d never know it listening to/watching hate talk. I give credit to George Will(and to the late William F. Buckley, Jr.) for speaking their minds even if it might anger other righties. And you have to give me credit for angering “over the top” liberals who hate all conservatives. If Fox News can be fair and balanced, so can I.*
http://rawstory.com/2009/10/george-probably-process-legalizing-pot/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/25/george-will-to-cheney-you_n_333036.html
*obvious sarcasm
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Rush of Refusal
October 17, 2009Is there no end of stupid news stories? Approximately 65% of the NFL players are african-american and Rush and his gang are enraged that the NFL doesn’t want him in their club. And for the record, there has been little evidence over the years to suggest that NFL owners are a bunch of flaming liberals.
This is a guy who once said: “Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?” and many other stupid, racist things? At least Balloon Boy story this week appears to be non-political. Too bad they can’t fire Rush and give Balloon Boy his own show.
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ancient archives: Wal-Cult
October 13, 2009Here’s something from a little project called Fake Ads that I was playing around with back when I was first learning Photoshop(click on the above link to view all of them):
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Columbus Day Thought
October 12, 2009Teachers – enjoy your day off. You deserve it. When I used to sub teach, it meant a day with no pay. BTW, the reason so many school districts advertise constantly for sub teachers is because after they hire them, they treat them like Joe McCarthy treated Hollywood directors and screenwriters back in the early 1950s. While many work days were fine, this white Anglo-Saxon male never knew what it was like to be in a discriminated minority group until he became a sub. Bottom of the barrel. Most teachers seem to be dedicated – can’t say the same for many of the school administrators.
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New Official Anthem for the GOP?
October 12, 2009Considering the Bush/Cheney/GOP Iraq War concept of liberation by death, this old time satirical favorite of mine from Randy Newman comes close to being realistic foreign policy for some of our more extreme right of wing friends. This is one of many great songs where Randy employs the unreliable narrator technique.
This one first came to my attention back when I was a volunteer DJ at my college radio station. Being in college and not geting paid, I could play anything I wanted. A few years later I would be a “radio pro” and limited to a super strict music playlist(“ahhh, not the Bee Gees again!!!). So were the days. And this song is as timely now as it was then. Maybe more so.
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Neocon Book of the Month?
October 11, 2009
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