Author Archives: Myca

Olbermann: "President Obama, You Are Wrong"

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Pirates and Emperors

Since we’re all very deeply concerned with the issue of Somali Pirates now, I thought it would be a great opportunity to repost a video from a little while back about piracy, government thuggery, and the difference between them. Special … Continue reading

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You've. Already. Lost.

Speaking of how the marriage segregationists have already lost, here’s a great video, via Andrew Sullivan, of Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal refusing to support an effort to amend the Iowa Constitution to forbid same sex marriage. Without his … Continue reading

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Vermont Legalizes SSM Over Gov. Douglas' Veto

From the Burlington Free Press: The Legislature voted Tuesday to override Gov. Jim Douglas’ veto of a bill allowing gays and lesbians to marry. The vote was 23-5 to override in the state Senate and 100-49 to override in the … Continue reading

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So … er … I was in a TV show last night.

Through a kind of weird set of circumstances, I ended up acting in a TV show last night, playing Paul Stine, victim #7 of the Zodiac Killer. I’ve included a couple of pics, but at least one includes movie-gore, so … Continue reading

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Christianity Is The Problem

In all the discussions about Same Sex Marriage, the rarely-acknowledged elephant in the room is that there is no coherent non-religious opposition. The religious opposition, of course, boils down to “people who are not members of my chosen religion should … Continue reading

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Michele Bachmann: Irrational conspiracy theories are awesome.

Matt Yglesias has the goods, but what it comes down to, basically, is that Michele Bachmann does not see the difference between China making an internal decision about what currency to use as their reserve currency and the institution of a sinister One World … Continue reading

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The Republican Party: "We are innumerate and don't understand the use of proper nouns."

Okay, so the new Republican budget proposal has come in for a lot of mockery lately, and rightly so. Much has been made of the utter lack of numbers attached to their proposal1, and I enjoyed Robert Gibbs’ reference to the ‘windmill … Continue reading

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I'm engaged!

This afternoon my lovely girlfriend got home from work, took me outside to our deck, proposed to me, and became my lovely fiancée! Yay us!

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Don't Divorce Us!

Everyone else is posting it, so I certainly should too. Warning: May lead to weepyness. “Fidelity”: Don’t Divorce… from Courage Campaign on Vimeo. This is the thing, right? This is the thing that I just can’t get past, no matter what … Continue reading

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