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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89985232009-10-13T12:50:40.238-07:00realitiquepolitics + culture + a little night musicRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.comBlogger961125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-18439526372652084262009-02-27T09:29:00.001-08:002009-02-27T09:36:03.086-08:00The Satanic Verses

The book I read that got me writing books. Happy 20th Anniversary.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-5106264826863136722009-02-18T15:48:00.000-08:002009-02-18T15:50:51.560-08:00Truth and Consequences

Plenty of people have written eloquent, unassailable arguments for why we're obliged to prosecute the lawbreakers of the previous Administration. Here is another.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-82304404247060145992009-02-09T12:08:00.000-08:002009-02-09T12:09:49.681-08:00What Cooked the Economy?

A wide-ranging explanation of why we're hemorrhaging money.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-72257576370838714072008-12-13T17:00:00.000-08:002008-12-13T17:01:29.861-08:00On Eve of Bailout, Vitter Proposes Wage Reduction for Prostitutes

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-19122820462201625112008-12-10T15:49:00.001-08:002008-12-10T15:49:14.328-08:00Fitzgerald to Pre-Indict Next Illinois Governor

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-39714845476711054882008-12-08T11:24:00.001-08:002008-12-09T15:02:53.903-08:00Michael Moore Would 'Go Naked' for Right Role

What, you want a story after that?

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-48356689607471842432008-11-04T07:57:00.000-08:002008-11-04T07:58:50.360-08:00John McCain Appointed Guardian of White House Lawn

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-26710336143974222562008-09-27T12:44:00.000-07:002008-09-27T12:45:26.506-07:00RIP Paul Newman

Who doesn't wish they could live that long and that well, and give the world such a legacy?

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-77801213843067654642008-08-06T10:21:00.001-07:002008-08-06T10:22:20.555-07:00The Real War

Some disturbing clips of a Baghdad journalist's return to his home town. (h/t Raw Story.)

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-76593096898738423982008-08-03T14:18:00.000-07:002008-08-03T14:20:37.482-07:00Video Clips from Iraq

Crooks 'n Liars found this revealng post of YouTube clips from Iraq. Won't see this stuff on the teevee.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-36200681245683115412008-08-02T12:16:00.000-07:002008-08-02T12:27:33.434-07:00What a Surprise

Seems the CIA was protecting recently captured Serbian war criminal Rodovan Karadzic for years. Boy, would I like to know why. According to the report, the deal was that he'd have informal protection and immunity from arrest as long as he stayed out of Serbian political affairs. But he jess couldn't hep hissef:"Karadzic, indicted for genocide and war crimes, was under the US protection until 2000

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-38939577990735036882008-08-01T13:11:00.000-07:002008-08-01T18:00:06.335-07:00Tying up Loose Ends

Suddenly, out of nowhere, the gov't claims that a guy you've never heard of, a Mr. Bruce E. Ivins, a scientist with anthrax-access at Fort Detrick, Maryland, where we knew the Ames strain of anthrax used in the post-9/11 anthrax attacks* came from, committed suicide right before being charged with being behind such attacks. Allegedly, Mr. Ivins was depressed for the last month or so before his

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-33097125175282523672008-08-01T10:50:00.000-07:002008-08-01T10:51:47.396-07:00It's a Class War, Stupid

The single best article I've ever read on the state of the country and how our presidential campaigns never address it. A must read.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-47881777871213973302008-07-31T09:51:00.000-07:002008-07-31T09:53:17.149-07:00Bush Cronies not Immune from Supoenas

Shocking ruling from a Federal judge today. You mean...there's more than one branch of government?

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-47734161682575688932008-07-30T21:55:00.000-07:002008-07-31T10:54:08.863-07:00blogsturbation

"Blogging is like masturbating in front of a mirror while you're videotaping it so you can maturbate to it later."--Lewis Black, Root of All Evil, 7.30.08

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-26074043034310838472008-07-30T17:40:00.001-07:002008-07-30T17:40:38.379-07:00The Price of Gas

Pretty much sums it up.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-30959107738166434312008-07-30T16:25:00.000-07:002008-07-30T16:27:23.841-07:00The Real Meaning of Sacrifice

Why can't we have fun politicians like this?

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-33772452371306163892008-07-25T07:31:00.000-07:002008-07-25T07:34:43.404-07:00Those Aliens

Edgar Mitchell speaks. He claims aliens have visited and are visiting us, and that he's been privy to this information. It's sad. Not that I'm not surprised, but that all I care about is whether the aliens will push Pelosi and Conyers to open impeachment hearings. I mean, come on, help us already. Short of that, do they want anything we can sell them?

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-71478200084286064932008-07-23T10:52:00.000-07:002008-07-23T11:19:48.315-07:00Church Committe (Reprise)

Here's a little hope: Salon reports we could get (cross your fingers) an in-dept Congressional investigation of illegal domestic spying, rendition, and use of military assets to potentially spy on Americans. Unfortunately, Salon also reports that domestic surveillance is likely far, far worse than previously reported (note: there have been hints of this for years, but little real information).

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-79334516670086113182008-07-22T17:38:00.000-07:002008-07-22T17:39:51.569-07:00Insurance Company Rules

Funny--and, sadly, true.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-7051618469730302202008-07-22T09:12:00.000-07:002008-07-22T16:41:52.603-07:00WaPo's Grandpa Simpson

Richard Cohen has started yelling at clouds. I understand Cohen's problem with tattoos; they're a mystery to me, too. But I can't fathom why he, a so-called journalist, would bother to write such a screed without even talking to some people who have tattoos. Cohen spoke with a college professor who supposedly knows something about kids today. Whoopee. Did it occur to him to speak with a

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-2286220271672947772008-07-21T19:40:00.000-07:002008-07-21T19:42:46.492-07:00It's Alive!

Zugernat lives. For those unfamiliar with the zine, it's a literary journal Lein Shory (The Irate Savant) and others published years ago. He's put it up again in anticipation of another venture....

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-21204461430934728922008-07-21T16:01:00.001-07:002008-07-21T16:05:19.351-07:00The Iraq-Pakistan Border Cafe

In Richmond, Virginia, there's a restaurant named The Texas-Wisconsin Border Cafe. I'm not sure, since I ate there about 18 years ago, but I think I had some duck with Texas toast. In any case, John McCain seems to have an imagination similar to that of the founder of that cafe. Except in this case, he thinks Iraq and Pakistan share a border. TPM's video guy makes the revelation hilarious.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-82266086791585503592008-07-20T15:40:00.000-07:002008-07-20T15:42:01.431-07:00The Price of Oil

An excellent article on the price of oil and gasoline and why ExxonMobil sucks ass.

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129156702970555068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998523.post-47188092068033128092008-07-17T11:02:00.000-07:002008-07-17T11:04:12.349-07:00Don't Come in My Ear

Harry Shearer gives us another installment of behind-the-scenes satellite news feeds. This time it's Laura Ingram. The key moment is after the 7:00 mark.

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