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Tuesday, March 08, 2011

tuesday teasings

protesters rally in dc for harsher sanctions against mortgage brokers

wisconsin gop state senator faces unfriendly, angry constituents at townhall mtg.

the obesity-cancer connection

bloomberg agrees w/michael moore: we're not broke
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Monday, March 07, 2011

"Am I Being Crazy Here?"

Yes.

Or, that's just my initial answer. Maybe I'm way off base here, but I just don't understand what it is about David Brooks that obsesses you, Doug. It may be a personal thing -- my eyes tend to glaze over every time I read Brooks' nonsense. So I assiduously avoid reading it whenever I can..

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posted by Jim Yeager at 11:52 PM | 1 comments

phil

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posted by mahakal at 11:53 AM | 1 comments

monday must-see

wa state senate passes statewide mail-in ballot bill

conservatives turn on glenn beck

the gop assault on unions is the assault on the democratic party

john mccain thinks ipads are built in america. they aren't
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Sunday, March 06, 2011

Here, Have A Video...

Normally, since this is my second post of skippy international tonight, this would be where I would act mostly coherent but somewhat awkward. I do have a history of that here, unfortunately. Sometimes, it's because something pissed me off to no end; other times, I simply forgot to not blog when I'm about half in the bag. (I have a history of that, too.)

Well, there will be none of that tonight. Sorry. Instead, there will be Sly and the Family Stone...


Things have been kind of slow 'round here lately. So, enjoy...

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posted by Jim Yeager at 6:06 PM | 1 comments

Can You Blame Him?

Former Genesis frontman Phil Collins tells Rolling Stone he's just about had it with being Phil Collins (h/t Mahakal):

Mainly, it's because he's had it with people thinking they know who Phil Collins is. And not in a good way. He has been called "the Antichrist," the sellout who took Peter Gabriel's Genesis, that paragon of prog-rock, and turned it into a lame-o pop act and went on to make all those supercheesy hits that really did define the 1980s. So, he wants to move on. He could make another original album, but he knows that will bring a rehashing of all the old criticism. It's inescapable. Forget it. He'd rather spend his time in his basement, building up his collection of Alamo memorabilia, which, oddly enough, is his great consuming passion these days. "I sometimes think, 'I'm going to write this Phil Collins character out of the story,'" he says. "Phil Collins will just disappear or be murdered in some hotel bedroom, and people will say, 'What happened to Phil?' And the answer will be, 'He got murdered, but, yeah, anyway, let's carry on.' That kind of thing"...


Collins also admitted that he's had suicidal thoughts -- which is troubling no matter who says that. In light of this RS article, and since Genesis has been my favorite band for more than twenty years, what follows is rather spooky. It was released in 1978, and Tony Banks wrote it, but it may as well have been written by Collins...


"The way you built me up, then knocked me down again." Those lines all but predicted Collins going from being a pop superstar to being the "Antichrist" many years later.

It's not hard to see why he feels the way he does these days...

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posted by Jim Yeager at 2:19 PM | 7 comments

sunday soupcon

warming arctic leads to colder northern hemosphere winters

maddow beats beck in key demographic

conservatives move to disenfranchise voters in 22 statehouses

science proves listening to music is good for you
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Saturday, March 05, 2011

saturday situations

5 things unions have done for america

right wing dismisses white house report on women's rights

help recall the wisconsin hacks

news outlets http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/04/news-outlets-sue-wisconsin-governor-over-lack-of-response-to-email-requests/>sue gov. walker over requests to provide emails
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Friday, March 04, 2011

dressed to the neins

it was just a matter of time



adolf hitler on scott walker

(via)
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happy cat blogging friday

wisconsin badger style.

BERJAYA

see more friday furry creatures over at the modulator's friday ark

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posted by Cookie Jill at 8:38 AM | 2 comments

friday fol-de-rol

cal. aty. gen. calls for gay marriages to reaume

why making fun of charlie sheen isn't funny

may 1933: hitler abolishes unions

michigan cops botch drug raid while microphones were recording
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Thursday, March 03, 2011

skippy's thursday nite music club

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posted by Cookie Jill at 11:53 PM | 0 comments

For Now The Lizard's Shed Its Tail...



This is the end of man's long union with Earth.

Enjoy...

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posted by Jim Yeager at 10:45 PM | 2 comments

you can never have enough dick

long time readers of this space know how much we love dick.

and, having been sorely disappointed by ben affleck's dick, we felt some trepidation at the thought of seeing matt damon's dick.

and yet, rotten tomatoes is giving the adjustment bureau a solid 69%

dick is tricky to get right on screen. when it works, there's nothing as fascinating, thought-provoking or downright exciting as dick.

but conversely, bad dick is oh so disappointing.

we'll go see the adjustment bureau. any time we can watch emily blunt is time well spent.

and we think you can't beat the combination of a good blunt with a good dick.
posted by skippy at 9:22 PM | 1 comments

thursday thoroughfares

tragedy in afghanistan: 9 afghani boys were mistakenly killed by nato forces

4 national polls find americans supporting union workers over gov. walker

the kochs vs. main street

2 fla. state senators (1 dem, 1 repub) sue gov. rick scott for rejecting high speed rail funds
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Wednesday, March 02, 2011

ad it up

act blue has a tv spot to counter the gop gov's propaganda in wisconsin:



if you can help act blue get it on the air w/a donation, pls. contribute.
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wisconsin wednesday

highlights (or should we say low lights) of scott walker's budget

and if wisconsin voters had a do-over, they wouldn't elect walker

a judge issues orders that the madison state house must remain open

video proves fox news reporter was not attacked by madison protestors

and, speaking of fox, someone tell that network that there are no palm trees in wisconsin in february
posted by skippy at 4:42 AM | 1 comments