Barry’s BlueSky- Untitled May 18, 2024The Biggest Crisis A #PoliCartoon by me and Becky Hawkins.
- Untitled May 17, 2024#PoliCartoon: Fat Patients, Fat Patience #FatAcceptance
- Untitled May 17, 2024Thinking of that time that Degas painted the actress Ellen Andree sitting and looking pensive in a cafe, and Monet saw Degas' painting and decided to find the same actress and get her to pose in the same cafe so he could do his own version.
- Untitled May 17, 2024Copyright claims often go too far, crushing free speech and not allowing for the way artists are influenced by, repurpose, and even coincidentally echo, other art. Not this time, though! Jeff Dieschburg is a straight-up tracer who adds NOTHING original when he paints his copies of photos. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled May 17, 2024#PoliCartoon: Defending Free Speech
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Category Archives: Iraq
For Any London Readers
There’s a protest in Downing St 3.30pm-5.30pm today – 10th May. Tell Blair (and his successor) what you think of him. (from Lenin’s Tomb which has a good post). For everyone else: No, Blair’s resignation won’t make any difference. You … Continue reading
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But if anyone is going to be shot at…
From Stuff His pending tour of duty in Iraq has split world opinion, now Kiwi monarchists are urging British authorities not to send Prince Harry to war. The Monarchist League of New Zealand said it was wrong to send the … Continue reading
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Into The Fifth: Stories From Iraq
This is a guest post, reprinted (with permission, of course!) from Liberal Catnip. Thanks to Catnip for letting me repost this on “Alas.” March 19, 2003 President Bush Addresses the Nation The Oval Office 10:16 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: My … Continue reading
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How Far Is This Going To Go? "House OKs timetable for troops in Iraq"
Here is the late breaking news. WASHINGTON – A sharply divided House voted Friday to order President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq next year, a victory for Democrats in an epic war-powers struggle and Congress’ boldest challenge … Continue reading
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Occupation isn't liberation
This was how Tony Blair’s Al Jazeera interview was reported in the Sunday Star Times: Prime Minister Tony Blair has admitted the Irqa war has been a disaster, in an interview on Arab TV channel al-Jazeera. Challenged that western intervention … Continue reading
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Why The Lancet Study Matters
So why does the Lancet study matter? To me, it matters because it reiterates something that too many Americans have forgotten: Starting wars is evil. A chief prosecutor of Nazi war crimes at Nuremberg has said George W. Bush should … Continue reading
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The Tale of the Other Protest
Different people observe the changing seasons in different ways. For gardeners spring means planting things, for sports fans it means the beginning of the cricket season,* for students spring means avoiding studying for exams, and for Wellington activists spring is … Continue reading
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The Great Wall Of China Fallacy
From Gateway Pundit (with a curtsy to Crooked Timber): What universe are these people living in? This weeks disgraceful liberal surprise- Another outlandish Lancet Iraqi Death Estimate reporting 660,000 have died in the Iraq War. To give that some perspective, … Continue reading
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