Monthly Archives: October 2010

Class Act 2

Posted on October 31, 2010 by kamper

Here’s Steven Bob, the rabbi at a Chicago synagogue, one of the potential targets of the foiled mailbomb plot. “We live in a world that contains some people that are hostile to us and we want to respond to that … Continue reading →

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In Soviet Russia, Car Drives You

Posted on October 30, 2010 by kamper

A collection of vintage Soviet automobile ads from Metkere.com.

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Lauren Valle: Class Act

Posted on October 29, 2010 by kamper

Moveon activist and stompee Lauren Valle issued a response on Friday to Tim Profitt’s insistence that she owes him an apology for forcing him to assault her. Here is part of what she said: I have been called a progressive, … Continue reading →

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The Air will be Rent with the Cries of the Distressed

Posted on October 29, 2010 by kamper

Remember when campaigning consisted of a sober discussion of the pertinent issues? Me neither. [Props=Gawker]

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Yeshmin’s Halloween Emporium Discount Store

Posted on October 29, 2010 by kamper
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After All, We’re Only Ordinary Men

Posted on October 28, 2010 by kamper

It’s been interesting to watch the right wing move ever closer to open racism and/or blatant xenophobia. Now Ralph Reed’s creepily named Faith and Freedom Coalition has just come out and said it: it’s Us versus Them. And guess who … Continue reading →

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Time keeps on ticking ticking ticking into the future

Posted on October 27, 2010 by kamper

Sex, Cigars & Booze has some sobering photos of rock stars, then and now. Below are a few extreme examples — Bob Dylan looking like the transvestite guitarist for a Mariachi band, Bruce Springsteen proving beyond doubt that he is … Continue reading →

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Joe Miller’s Office Computer Adventure

Posted on October 27, 2010 by kamper

TBogg has painstakingly recreated the scene in which Alaska Republican senatorial candidate Joe Miller used his coworkers’ computers for illegal purposes and then lied about it, then lied about it a little less, and then lied about it a little … Continue reading →

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The New Bogus Elite

Posted on October 26, 2010 by kamper

Here is David Frum with a more serious fisking of Charles Murray’s “New Elite” nonsense. Murray is of course right that there exists an American elite. Murray may be right that this elite has pulled further away from ordinary people … Continue reading →

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Are You a Member of the ‘New Elite’? (Hint: you’d better hope so)

Posted on October 26, 2010 by kamper

Charles Murray has his bell-curve-shaped panties all in a bunch about what he’s calling The New Elite, which from what I can glean refers to people who can tie their shoes without the drool getting in the way. Get into … Continue reading →

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