Your scary Halloween story: The OiNK dude was arrested last week and his brilliant baby of a site was shut down, a victory for the Captains of Copyright and their lobbyists, a loss for fans of music all around the world. A good thing to come of the disaster, however, is a long-mulled heartfelt essay [...]
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2 Comments This may be a little whack and embarrassing but it’s funny! Obama’s dance and solid punching bag swipe with Ellen surely signal his renewed energy for the campaign. Peter Hauck at PrezVid posted this video and a blurb about how the Obama staff has been preparing for tonight’s NBC debate by watching Bill Clinton as [...]
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La Blogotheque, for finally updating the stale music-video format and making damn fine work of it, too!
Asked to speak on IslamoFascism, a woman in a minidress and heels advocated bombing and torture with glee. Kinda just like a fascist!
The Locust aren’t for everybody. In fact, The Locust are probably for very few people. But if only one person out there reads this who was not previously aware of their existence, and becomes a true believer, then this post shall not have been in vain.
The Locust were formed in San Diego in 1994. Currently [...]
The fight for legal abortion has been underway in Brazil for decades and this week made some small gains. The sad state of affairs in Brazil regarding abortion, as reported by Cecilia Sardenberg for Open Democracy, will have little impact on Americans who oppose abortion for moral and religious reasons. But lawmakers should take note.
Read Brazil calling Justice Scalia »The lesson of Katrina? When expensive real estate is burning and the Republican celebrity governor of the wealthiest state in the union calls, get the president on a plane and make him walk around the disaster zone the same day it’s going down. Also: burnish FEMA’s reputation for incompetence by staging a fake news conference [...]
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By Zoneil Maharaj, October 27, 2007 8:19 am in in depth
Yo, if you can plan your moves on the board, you can plan them on the street!
Yesterday McCain called out Giuliani for equivocating on waterboarding, making the mayor seem exactly like the mayor— that is, like someone who will happily prattle on no matter how head fogged by politics and ideology and wishful thinking he may be on a topic.
McCain has served in the military and has, alone among the [...]
The problem: there’s nothing about the neoRepublican field of candidates that’s refreshingly neo.
Cheap Thrills: Obama’s Texting Blitz From an Ad Girl’s Perspective
Bush Plays Beach Volleyball While the Post-American World Burns. Max Zimbert takes him to task.
Obama’s Looking to be the ‘Text’ President. Torey Van Oot dissects the strategy.
Plagiarism: Does the Medium Define the Word? Chris Nelson poses the question to some people with answers.
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Britney, Russell Brand, and the elephant in the room. 
Shazia Haq: The Boredom’s Are Anything But Boring
From Shaft to Chef, we bid adieu to Isaac Hayes, cool before cool was cool.
Tricia Romano muses on her time spent watching the late Bernie Mac, and how he got her through a self-imposed social exile.
Geek Love: I am an GTD Geek, Hear Me Roar.
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