David Swanson engages in public political masturbation over at the Democratic Underground. Here’s the sordid little fantasy, caught in medias res.
3. Form a team. We need teams in California, Texas, New York, and Washington, D.C., among other places. Your mission is to locate a war criminal from the list above in a public [...]
Posted on June 4th, 2008 by pwyll
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AFP quotes Obama:
“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” Obama said.
WTF?!
I suppose it will become the role of the President of the United States to ask other [...]
Posted on May 19th, 2008 by pwyll
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For years we have all heard the bleating from the left. The religious right is gonna git you. Falwell this, Baker that. The Christianist theocrats are scheming to take away women’s rights, and kill the gays. They’re gonna reprogram your children. They’re going to launch crusades, nuke the whales, put an end to rock and [...]
Posted on May 13th, 2008 by pwyll
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That’s not true. They’re both offering to lose the war in Iraq. Better late than never, eh?
Posted on May 12th, 2008 by pwyll
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A sign seen at a May Day protest. … Hire only local vaginas.
Posted on May 4th, 2008 by pwyll
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Some things never change. Slate quotes Orwell:
One sometimes gets the impression that the mere words ‘Socialism’ and ‘Communism’ draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex-maniac, Quaker, ‘Nature Cure’ quack, pacifist and feminist in England.”
One of the magnetic poles must be in Berkeley.
Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by pwyll
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