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October 31, 2008
Category: Michele Bachmann
The Up and Coming Replace Michele Bachmann Web Carnival .... which will be the LAST ONE ... is ... well, it's up and coming! Submit your entries HERE at the blog carnival site, and look for the carnival at Tangled Up in Blue Guy. In...
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Category: GLBTA
What are you reading this dumb post for, when you can see the film!?!?!? Click the picture of Mandy Steckelberg and get an ear full of Tangled Up in Blue Guy. Whose blog is finally up and running again....
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Hat Tip DMB!!!...
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Category: Politics
Glass Bead Collective, Twin Cities Indymedia, and other independent media activists have released a new film, 'Terrorizing Dissent', an exposé of events at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. Featuring first-person accounts and footage from more than forty cameras on the...
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Category: Politics
A word about some of the battle ground states, including Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania. As you know, McCain has been claiming that the "gap is closing" in many toss up states. This is an expected exaggeration, but it is not pure fantasy,...
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That does not sound good, does it? Oh, and if you feel inclined to spank me for using the "n-word" then I'll let you know right away, you can keep that opinion to yourself.... been there, done that. The important thing is that I got...
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No, this is not about phenotypes and genotypes. It is about smarm. Norm Coleman, the Republican Senator from Minnesota currently fighting to hold his seat against a challenge by Al Franken, is a power hungry amoral selfish bastard who should not be allowed near a...
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The poem is here, it's pretty cool. It's very clear it's not a tool. No, it's a squid with a rhyming flair Best amid the blogosphere....
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Category: Politics
Emailed to: info@brazileassociates.com Ms Brazile, I heard your comments on CNN regarding the North Carolina race. See this: "My Godless Money: Take it or leave it" Donna, about 20 percent of the Democratic party are atheists. You just told us that the word "Atheist" is...
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Category: Other
But wait, there's more.......
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October 30, 2008
Watch this news story. When you listen to the words of the CNN commentator, replace terms like "religious," "Christian," and "faith" with, oh let's see, how about "African American," Black" and if you like, the "n-word." Or, if you don't want to do this with...
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Category: Michele Bachmann
the so called War on Wanking, which by the way seems to exclude women explicitly as I read it, the idea that governments are set up to serve as god's tool for running Earthling society, the idea that this is a Christian Nation, that leaders like Michele Bachmann are key to tying this all together, and that churches need to organize to make sure that anti-wanking pro Jesus candidates are elected, are all wound up together and READY TO EXPLODE!
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Category: Blogospherics
The latest on live Pterosaur sightings in Papua New Guinea: A Creationist is upset with me! Summary of conservatives going for Obama. Extended essay on bioluminescence with pretty pictures: into the deep...
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Category: Michele Bachmann
Today, October 30th at 11:00 to 11:30 AM Central, on MPR with Gary Eichten. Details here. Thanks Jake for the tip on the LOL Michele Bachmann picture!...
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October 29, 2008
Category: Politics
H/T: Ana the blogless....
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Category: Politics
The latest viral video from the Obama campaign....
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Live blogging the Obama Infomercial .... so you don't have to. (see this, this, this) Wheat .... Flags .... Fans in slow motion. Children and uncertainty. Ooops. He's standing in a room thta looks a little too presidential, Kennedy eskqe. Looks good but a little...
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Category: Race and Racism
Hat tip Ed...
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Category: Carnivals
zombie Encephalon 57 on Mind Hacks Replace Michele Bachmann Blog Carnival #5 Welcome to the "Make It From Scratch" Carnival! All Things Eco Blog Carnival Volume Twenty Two Friday Ark #214 Praxis #3 The Four Stone Hearth Blog Carnival: October 22nd edition. Carnival of...
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Category: Politics
We (American Liberals/Democrats) all know that the wheels have to come off at some point. Yes, at some point the wheels of the seemingly unstoppable Obama Machine have to come flying off, the tide turns, and McCain/Palin are elected President and Vice President of the...
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Category: Politics
Oh, what the heck, here's some more:...
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Category: Politics
This blog Anti-Endorses Deborah Hedlund for Minnesota Supreme Court. Deborah Hedlund, a candidate for the Minnesota Supreme Court, received an anti-Muslim email from a campaign vendor, Matt Look, that said, "Can Muslims Be Good Americans?" the Pioneer Press reports. The email continued, "Perhaps we should...
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Category: Politics
What a great idea. Visit "Yes We Carve"...
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Sen. Obama's pledged stance on science resonates with us. He has vowed to restore integrity to the role of science advisor by reestablishing the senior status of the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and more broadly, by surrounding himself with individuals with...
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Category: Politics
My close personal friend John Kerry just sent me this letter: Hey, Grego.... (that's what he calls me), It is sickening. But not surprising. Today's Republican Party is so depraved that they're running ads in Florida trying to connect a Democratic candidate to 9/11 attacker...
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Category: Politics
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Category: Caption Needed
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October 28, 2008
In this moving talk, documentary photographer Kristen Ashburn shares unforgettable images of the human impact of AIDS in Africa. Kristen Ashburn's poignant photographs bring us into close contact with individuals in the midst of enormous hardship -- giving a human face to struggles that much...
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Category: Al Franken
Right now, as an outcome of this Tuesday's election, it is certain that Democrats will have 55 seats and the republicans will have 37 seats, with eight seats with a reasonable degree of uncertainty. The most recent information from Mississippi seems to indicate that the...
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Category: Cosmos
This is one of the nicest explanations for one of the deepest mysteries of our modern (as in post Bronze Age) technological era: Why is it that when you look in a mirror, left and right are reversed, but not up and down? The answer...
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In one week from tonight, we will be hearing the results of the elections in the US. There is a widespread feeling of unease among Obama supporters, but the numbers are looking good. The house is likely to remain Democratic. The big question right now,...
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Category: Politics
She is a dog killer....
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Category: Palin
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Category: Religion
Another Abrahamic Translation Project, but this from the Koranic worshipers of Rewfkat. Well, it's not that new, started in August, but I just heard about it. Click the praying cat to visit this LOLKoran:...
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Category: Gun Ownership
New questions have been raised about US gun laws after a boy aged eight shot himself in the head with a submachine gun at a Massachusetts weapons fair. The kid, Christopher Bizilj, was playing with an Uzi at the Westfield Sportsmen's Club, blastng pumpkins. A...
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October 27, 2008
Previously, we thought they were sahing "bzzzzzz..zzzzz bzzzzzzzz" and stuff like that.... Researchers in Australia have discovered that honey bees have the ability to count -- at least to the number four. A scientist from the University of Queensland put five markers inside a tunnel...
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A couple of years ago, Amanda and I got new cell phones from a company with service up at the cabin. This was the only company with service in that area so we were stuck. Since then, Verizon, the company in question, has over charged...
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UPDATE: GO HERE for more info and an interesting analysis. Including a discussion of "why 88?" and "why 14?" ] MySpace photo of Daniel Cowart of Bells, Tennessee, charged with plot to kill obama. Obviously, this sick fuck is a poster child for gun control....
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The longest-serving Republican in the US Senate has been found guilty of lying about gifts worth $250,000 he received from an oil company. Ted Stevens, 84, was charged with seven counts in connection with the gifts. Mr Stevens faces up to five years in prison...
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from youtube or some place...
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Category: Ashwin Madia
Barack Obama wants you to vote for Ashwin Madia. So do I. I'm Greg Laden, and I approve this blog post....
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Category: Al Franken
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