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@Watcher If you scroll through Barry's old cartoons on leftycartoons.com, some of the old ones are about Clinton, while some…
@Watcher: Much as I would like to have Obama or Clinton or even Dubya* back rather than the current wannabe…
I am curious now, where can I view the Clinton Iraq sanctions comics?
Watcher - This may not apply to your friends, but during Obama's term, my impression was that part of the…
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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Review: Soulless, book one of the Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger (Orbit, 2009)
When I first laid hands on Gail Carriger’s Soulless (Orbit, 2009), I began to wonder if the book had been written specifically to irritate me. 1. To start out, the novel is urban fantasy. Already we’re on bad terms. 2. … Continue reading
Posted in literature, Recommended Reading
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Book Review: House of Cards by David Ellis Dickerson
When Hallmark lured David Ellis Dickerson to a Kansas City interview, they offered him a potential starting salary of $27,000. After interviewing him in person, they upped their offer to $32,000. “To this day,” writes Dickerson, “I am convinced that … Continue reading
Posted in Whatever
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Food sovereignty Part 1: Land Grabs Rich vs Poor
This is just the week for me to be pissed off at the world, apparently.
The Great Land Grab PDF
Farm Land Grab One of the best resources, but is having bandwidth troubles.
GRAIN statement at the joint GRAIN-La Via Campesina media briefing
For over a year a half now, we have been watching carefully how investors are trying […]
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Posted in Site and Admin Stuff, Syndicated feeds
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The “myth of thanksgiving” linkspam
Thanksgiving is on us.
Wednesday Addams
So, I thought a post would be cool.
(Earlier video was replaced due to well-argued objection)
delux_vivens linked me to Deconstructing the Myth of Thanksgiving
Myth #1: “The First Thanksgiving” occurred in 1621.
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Fact: No one knows when the “first” thanksgiving occurred. People have been giving thanks for as long as people have existed. […]
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Proposal to pay for the Afghan War
Some leading Democrats have been proposing that the Afghanistan war, like Health Care, should be deficit-neutral. The tax applies to all Americans earning $30,000 or more (although there are exemptions for “anyone who has served in Iraq or Afghanistan since … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Economics and the like, In the news
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Open Thread for November 23rd
I’m once again buried under deadlines, and expect to be pretty much a non-blogger until sometime in March. The good news is, all this translates (if nothing goes awry) to having a nice, 140-page Hereville volume in bookstores a year … Continue reading
Posted in Link farms
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Palin Fans Are Awesome
Okay, so this may be a cheap shot … wait, no. Strike that. It is a cheap shot, but it’s also awesome. Okay, seriously, Palin is a joke, and her supporters are laughably ignorant. It hardly needs saying, and isn’t … Continue reading
The Virtues of Vampires
Via Whatever, I found this piece by Matt Yglesias asking why — if vampires are thousands of years old — they don’t act old: Across various fictions, why don’t vampires exhibit more cranky old man characteristics? I’m only 28 and … Continue reading
Posted in Whatever
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Conservation Refugees and other perils facing indigenous people and their environments…from environmentalists as well as the usual suspects.
Internets? I am so fucking angry right now. Why? I saw this two days ago: Thanks to GM, People Are Being Displaced So Their Forests Can Become Offsets for SUVs. and I’m thinking what the everloving fuck????? Then I am meandering about on Daily Kos and I see a book review for Conservation Refugees: […]
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@beth: Thank you