August, 2008

Good Guys and Bad Guys

  Who wears the black hat and who the white? Is evil so easy to recognize? Can you see inside the shadow of a man s eyes Who he really…



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Necrophilia

Singed and silent corpse, All the world s leaders Have fallen for you And will not eschew The lade of lovers To hunt for you in corps



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Movie Version of Paul Bowles’ The Sheltering Sky

Bowles saw it in the desert, and we can see it again now: what we as Yanks do not comprehend, we squash.



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Bonus Gate: Keeping Nader Off The Ballot

“The Pennsylvania Democrats’ effort to deny Pennsylvania voters the choice of voting for the Nader-Camejo candidacy in 2004 appears to have been a criminal conspiracy massive in scale, involving virtually the entire House Democratic caucus staff, and top Democratic leadership,” Nader said.

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Who Murdered Science Fiction?

When a new generation of writers takes up the literary challenges of the age, this is where the quest begins.



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Reframing the Anti-democratic, Anti-American, and Anti-intellectual Rhetoric of Elite

Anti-intellectualism is an emotional response to arguments and candidates with which one disagrees. It stems from a fear of coming across ideas that might cause cognitive dissonance, or the discomfort one feels when faced with new information that challenges what one already believes to be true.

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ASARO: Images of Oaxaca

Off the Wall: Radical Graffiti and prints from Oaxaca, photos by Kevin McCloskey, 2008.

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Losing our 18th Century Minds

George Lakoff Dazzles with Science!



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Bonus Gate: The Fallout

“Bonus Gate,” has all the ingredients that the public has come to expect from contemporary political scandal. Cold cash in the form of illicit bonuses handed out to both witting and unwitting accomplices, titillating sexual encounters, interns, blowjobs, dirt surreptitiously uncovered and used on political enemies, all carried out by an unlikely cast of characters. It even has comedic hijinks, and innuendo worthy of the Daily Show’.



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NEW YORKER COVER…MY VERSION

From August 1st, we have 174 days, 24 weeks (rounded down), 4176 hours, 250,000 minutes or 15,033,600 seconds until the Decider leaves….too long to hold my breath! Just think, he could make 15,033,600 quick decisions with the time he still has.

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