Monthly Archives: January 2012

Campaign Trail Mixology: Is This The Season of the Mitt?

Tumorous rumors and loose talk from unnamed sources speaking anonymously. (If it’s good enough for the NY Times and Washington Post, it’s good enough for me.) Candidates and poll numbers listed in the order of the Jan. 17, 2012 CNN/Time/ORC … Continue reading

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Strange Sounds with a Theremin

The sounds of choice for creepy horror and sci-fi films, especially from the ’50s.

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Stop SOPA and PIPA

To honor today’s blackout by websites across cyberspace objecting to the possible passage of the Internet-killing SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) bills now in Congress, I won’t be posting anything today except the item below. … Continue reading

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Postcard from the Edge: Greetings from South Carolina!

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Note to Republicans: Stop Telling People to ‘Get a Job’

While Republicans in the Senate relentlessly block job bills and GOP governors around the country cut state jobs, stop lecturing people to ‘get a job’ when there aren’t any. It only adds insult to injury and no one with half … Continue reading

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Clueless Romney Dogged By Ugly Dog Tale

As Bart at Bartcop points out, Romney once told the story of putting his Irish Setter Seamus in a crate tied to the roof of his station wagon for a 10-hour drive as a way to make himself seem more … Continue reading

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Today’s Music: Peter Green’s “Albatross” Plus…

Although he’s in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, most people these days barely know who influential guitarist Peter Green was or who he played with or that he composed “Black Magic Woman,” Carlos Santana’s calling-card hit. He also … Continue reading

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Today’s Quotes: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

And these quotes from MLK: “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.” — Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, December 10, 1964. “Nothing … Continue reading

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Christopublicans Pick a Candidate to Bring Down Romney in S.C.

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Huntsman’s Folly Comes to an End

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Jon Huntsman, the half-sane ‘moderate’ in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, is finally calling it quits, unable to make much headway in a party that denies history, science and common sense … Continue reading

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