Monthly Archives: June 2011

Tea Party History 101: The revisionists strike again

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

Back in January, Michele Bachmann, the Republican rep from Minnesota, went off on a tangent about slavery and the founding fathers. You might have read about that somewhere. In her Fractured Fairy Tales version of American history, the founding fathers … Continue reading →

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Everything is a remix: part 3

Posted on June 30, 2011 by
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Everything is a remix: part 2

Posted on June 29, 2011 by
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Lagarde gets the top IMF job

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

Christine Lagarde of France was chosen as the new head of the International Monetary Fund today. It was a done deal when Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said the U.S. would endorse her over the other candidate for the job, Mexico’s … Continue reading →

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Everything is a remix — Part 1

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

I’ve said before that there are no movies that haven’t been made before. So this series of videos on remixes by Kirby Ferguson is something I can really relate to.

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Remember when …?

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

From The Mills River Progressive:

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A musical interlude

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

I didn’t know the theme for this … … and the theme for this… … were written by the same guy. Fred Steiner, who wrote the theme songs for “Perry Mason” and “Rocky and Bullwinkle” died last week at the … Continue reading →

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A surrogate candidate?

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

This was on Jezebel: While Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been focused on her recovery, many have been inappropriately concerned with whether or not she’ll be well enough to run in 2012. Now the speculation has shifted to her husband Mark … Continue reading →

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Oh, I’m sorry. There’s just one more thing …

Posted on June 25, 2011 by

I caught a 1972 episode of “Columbo” recently called “Etude in Black” where John Cassavetes plays a symphony conductor who murders his mistress. Early in the episode, a familiar older woman showed up as his mother-in-law. It took a few … Continue reading →

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The Idoru (part 2)

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

This is Aimi Eguchi. She’s a member of the Japanese pop-music girl group AKB48. And she starred in a Japanese candy commercial. What’s more significant: She’s not real. She’s a composite of various members of AKB48. The pop group is … Continue reading →

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