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Category: Journal

  • The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: McKinney Introduces Articles of Impeachment in the House

    From David Swanson Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney has introduced articles of impeachment against George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Condoleezza Rice. In doing so, she alone has spoken for the 51 percent of Americans who Newsweek says want Bush impeached. Read McKinney’s remarks.  McKinney charges that Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld manipulated intelligence and lied to justify war, […]

  • Pie Patrol

    A couple days ago Ron had come in for a post-lunch nap while I worked. I started cleaning up this hellhole and throwing stuff away, including a blueberry pie we’d bought at Jewel six days ago. Ron wakes up: Ron: (yawn, groan, stretch, yawn) Oh… now I just want a piece of that pie. (pause) […]

  • Ron's Laptop Was Stolen After All

    And it is Monday. Kitty here on the bed sleeping already – he is worn out from a night of sleeping. Ron isn’t crazy. He ran into a neighbor who said his laptop had been stolen out of his locked apartment. So Ron did have his laptop with him on his flight home and did […]

  • Screw the Children

    (walking out of the gym, waiting for light at corner of  Diversey and Clark, monsoon-esque downpour) Operative holding clipboard: ‘Scuse we sir do you have 40 seconds for Save the Children? Andy: I can’t save the children today. I’m saving the environment today, impeachment tomorrow so I can’t save the children until Friday. Operative: (laughs) […]

  • San Diego Bans Wal-Mart

    (via ThinkProgress) The San Diego City Council “voted late Tuesday to ban certain giant retail stores, dealing a blow to Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s potential to expand in the nation’s eighth-largest city.” Also today, WakeUpWalMart released the first ad in its “Hope For The Holidays” campaign.

  • Little Orphan Shirley

    (Home. Shirliey Bassey’s rendition of ‘As Long as He Needs Me’ plays on iTunes. Andy sings along) Ron: You know that song? Andy: Yeah. It is from Oliver! Ron: No it is not. Andy: Yes honey. Ron: Shirley sang this song first. Andy: No she didn’t. Oliver! is about an orphan named Oliver. I know. […]

  • Perez Hilton Featured in Chicago Tribune

    Perez Hilton was featured in Chicago’s Red Eye again yesterday for his penchant for outing closeted movie stars. He sees nobility in his efforts to force celebrities to publicly announce their homosexuality. It seems vindictive to me. And in the case of someone like Anderson Cooper who is a journalist first, I think forcing him […]

  • Dame Shirley Bassey

    Did I tell you about my Shirley Bassey obsession? Repeated viewings of Bassey in a Spencer & Mark’s holiday ad (Mark & Spencers? Ron says it is like Target in the UK) where she is singing Pink’s ‘Get This Party Started’ while sleek models prep for a north pole party – along with Twiggy with […]

  • I [Heart] Rahm

    I think I have a crush on Rahm Emanuel. Ever since I heard he’s a trashmouth ex-ballet dancer. Something about him is Clooney-ish though less Cary Grant-ish. In other news: Did you know the Ann Sather on Belmont used to be a funeral home? That’s what Richie says. It explains why the dining area is […]

  • Day 3 – No CNN

    2 days without CNN and I’m doing just fine. The need to have a constant influx of the same 30 minutes of news (advanced one tick per hour) has subsided. I’m listening to Democracy Now on the stationary bike at the gym and then checking my RSS aggregator. My podcasting course starts today – I’m […]