Month: August 2006
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Herman Goering, Nazi Reichsmarshall and Luftwaffe-Chief, on War
Clip and save for future reference: Of course the people don’t want war. But after all, it’s the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it’s always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it’s a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, […]
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Images from Sweden Gay Pride Celebrations
Hot Stuff Originally uploaded by Gary Reef. Gary’s got a ton of pics.
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Cannon Fodder Fathers Replaced With Cardboard Cutouts
This cannot be true: Randall has little to say because he’s a ‘‘Flat Daddy,” a two-dimensional foam board likeness from the waist up of the Maine Army National Guard officer from Hermon who was sent to Afghanistan in January with the 240th Engineer Group of Augusta.The Guard has provided more than 100 of the cutouts […]
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This is My Surprised Face: Millions in Int'l Katrina Aid Remains Unspent, Mismanaged
Ah Thursday! Instead, one year after Katrina battered the Gulf Coast, none of the money given to the federal government has made its way to evacuees. With debris still choking New Orleans streets, a levee system still in need of basic upgrades (even as another hurricane season is upon us), and tens of thousands of […]
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Brokeback Mountain 2: The Fur Traders
Brokeback Lesbo Mounting 2: the Fur traders Originally uploaded by feastoffools. Shouldn’t it be Brokeback 2: The Lickening?
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Ink Goth
Ink Goth Originally uploaded by Gail Orenstein.
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Lebanon Peacekeeper
Lebanon Peacekeeper Originally uploaded by Gail Orenstein. Polish man in the UN peacekeeping team sent to Lebanon.
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Analyzing Islamofascism
Jeff Vail takes a crack: [T]he only value added by the actual articulation of this new “Islamo-Fascism” label is falsity–it is the association in the public perception of attributes and attrocities of Nazi Fascists that are in fact not accurate when attributed to Salafi Jihadists. And it is in that sense that labels such as […]
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Pat Buchanan on Immigration
Nice: Who should decide who comes and what are the criteria? I do believe we should favor folks from cultures and civilization that have been assimilated before.
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Muslim-Americans Racial Profiling Continues in Nation's Airports
We arrived in a small blocked-off area, and we looked around and we saw 200 other Arabs, South Asians and Muslims with us. They asked my sister whether she felt that Iraq was better now or under Saddam’s rule, and they were recording everything they asked us. … They didn’t provide us with enough seating. […]