Monthly Archives: May 2011

Grand Rapids bakes a pie

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

I know absolutely nothing about Grand Rapids, Mich., but how do you get a whole city to shut down and a major chunk of the population to film a continual music video? That’s just remarkable. (I saw Don McLean perform … Continue reading →

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Motown, via Kentucky

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

Joan Osborne from Anchorage, Kentucky, with the Funk Brothers performing “Heatwave.” That’s from the documentary “Standing in the Shadows of Motown.”

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Tea Party history 101: the Herman Cain edition

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

Herman Cain, one of the declared candidates for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, said this: We don’t need to rewrite the Constitution of the United States of America, we need to reread the Constitution and enforce the Constitution,” Cain said. … Continue reading →

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Elections are not videogames

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

There have been a rash of post-election withdrawal symptoms involving recently elected GOP governors, where we’re getting a barrage of opinion polls that are telling us things like this: Only three months removed from Governor Rick Scott‘s (R) inauguration, a … Continue reading →

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DSK’s house arrest (photo and video)

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

When you’re very rich, and a New York judge puts you under house arrest as you await trial for a serious felony, this is the kind of place you have to live in. Click the link and get a video … Continue reading →

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This seems obvious, but …

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

Fox News got rid of Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum before they announced they were going to run for president, because it determined they were going to run for president. Fox News didn’t get rid of Mike Huckabee around the … Continue reading →

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The Internet in Society: Empowering or Censoring Citizens?

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

From RSA Animate

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The latest thing driving the GOP to a tizzy

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

We’ve had to deal with Republican meltdowns over Obama’s use of teleprompters and Obama’s birth certificate. What’s next? President Obama’s use of a mechanical “autopen” to sign the new PATRIOT Act extension from abroad has at least one Republican lawmaker … Continue reading →

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Well, no reason to go to Holland anymore

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

From Reuters: The Dutch government on Friday said it would start banning tourists from buying cannabis from “coffee shops” and impose restrictions on Dutch customers by the end of the year. The Netherlands is well known for having one of … Continue reading →

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