June 2009
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AP: Motorcycle bomb kills 15 in Baghdad market →
More than 200 people have been killed in Iraq this week by these goddamn insurgent bombs. These monsters place these bombs at places and times that maximize the number of innocent people killed.
The bombings occur so often that I’m afraid many of us in the West are getting numbed and desensitized — that it’s just some number being reported. Each and every one of those lives lost...
There are rumors that Perez Hilton is responsible...
You know, because of #unfollowperez. I really don’t believe it. The guys at Twitter aren’t this stupid or at least I hope so. The timing seems a bit suspect but I’m sure it’s some sort of glitch or whatever. The search function is gone as well.
Anyway, nobody likes Perez and that gives me hope in humanity. Regardless of politics, beliefs, whatever, we can all agree Perez...
Texting And Driving Worse Than Drinking and... →
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Bob Marley - So Much Trouble in the World
Dana Milbank: Stay Tuned for More of 'The Obama... →
The use of planted questioners is a no-no at presidential news conferences, because it sends a message to the world — Iran included — that the American press isn’t as free as advertised. But yesterday wasn’t so much a news conference as it was a taping of a new daytime drama, “The Obama Show.” Missed yesterday’s show? Don’t worry: On Wednesday, ABC...
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Glen Hansard - Say It To Me Now
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McGurn: The Media Fall for Phony 'Jobs' Claims -... →
“The expression ‘create or save,’ which has been used regularly by the President and his economic team, is an act of political genius,” writes Mr. Mankiw. “You can measure how many jobs are created between two points in time. But there is no way to measure how many jobs are saved. Even if things get much, much worse, the President can say that there would have been 4...
“Our job is to bash the President.”
– Newsweek editor Evan Thomas in 2007.
This is the same guy who last week compared Obama to God.
What changed?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-7) →
Roy Acuff (4)
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (4)
The Carter Family (3)
Doc Watson (3)
Jimmie Rodgers (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“I saw God before me because I saw this smile that a million people have seen...”
– Jacques Boudon, owner of La Fontaine de Mars where the Obamas had dinner on Saturday night, talking about President Obama.
Everyone, and I mean everyone, needs to cool it with the God comparisons to Obama. We get it. You like him. You like him a lot.
WatchHere’s some video I took at today’s Jazz Age Lawn Party.
Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Orchestra is the name of that fine orchestra playing. They were amazing.
“I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world,...”
– Newsweek editor Evan Thomas takes Obama adulation to a whole new level.
“…the one silver lining in having Obama serve two terms will be watching...”
– AllahPundit
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(Have You Heard The News) Dewey Cox Died - John C....
How Fox News defies ratings gravity -... →
In the just-ended May ratings period, Fox once again manhandled the competition, posting big gains in both primetime and full-day while MSNBC stumbled and CNN plunged headlong. Fox’s primetime audience in the demographic of adults 25-to-54 (the ratings group that ad buys are based on) was up 30 percent versus May 2008; MSNBC’s was down 9 percent, while CNN, which seems increasingly...
A foreclosure filing every 13 seconds - Boston.com →
There have been 1 million new foreclosure filings across the country – all since January.
And that number is expected to more than double by year’s end, according to a depressing new report released by the Center for Responsible Lending. That’s a new foreclosure filing every 13 seconds.
Sondre Lerche and Lillian Samdal - Modern Nature
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