If small towns are the real America, then cities like DC and NYC are the ground zero of fake America.
— Jon Stewart
Month: October 2008
Palin Claims The Vice President Is ‘In Charge Of The U.S. Senate’
(via Think Progress) Q: Brandon Garcia wants to know, “What does the Vice President do?” PALIN: That’s something that Piper would ask me! … [T]hey’re in charge of the U.S. Senate so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes that will … Continue reading “Palin Claims The Vice President Is ‘In Charge Of The U.S. Senate’”
210,000
(from the depressing milestone dept.) Since January 16, 2006, over 210,000 attempts to post comment spam to this site have been logged. That’s 10,000 spam comments since September 26, 2008 and more than 70 times the number of legitimate comments posted to this web site since June, 2001.
Halloween of Voodoo
Stan Ridgway : Halloween Shows 2008
Terry Bozzio in St. Louis, MO – October 22, 2008
An Evening With Terry Bozzio : St. Louis, MO : October 22, 2008
Friday Random Ten: 2008-10-17
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Island Magic | Dave Weckl | Master Plan | Jazz |
| 2. | A Great Day For Freedom | Pink Floyd | The Division Bell | Rock |
| 3. | Outside Now | Frank Zappa | Joe’s Garage (Disc 2) | Alternative & Punk |
| 4. | Circus Of Heaven | Yes | Tormato | Rock |
| 5. | Friendly Little Finger | Frank Zappa | Zoot Allures | Alternative & Punk |
| 6. | Dracula from Houston | Butthole Surfers | Scrubs | Soundtrack |
| 7. | The Treason Of Isengard | Howard Shore | The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring | Soundtrack |
| 8. | A Lotus On Irish Streams | Mahavishnu Orchestra | Inner Mounting Flame | Jazz |
| 9. | Suicide Chump | Frank Zappa | You Are What You Is | Alternative & Punk |
| 10. | America | Spinal Tap | This is Spinal Tap | Soundtrack |
John McCain’s allegation about class warfare
From Al Franken’s Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right: Anytime a liberal points out that the wealthy are disproportionately benefiting from Bush’s tax policies, Republicans shout, “class warfare!” In her book, A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century, Barbara Tuchman writes about a peasant revolt … Continue reading “John McCain’s allegation about class warfare”
McCain repeats his ‘overhead projector’ Lie
John McCain felt it necessary to repeat his McCain repeats his ‘overhead projector’ lie in tonight’s debate.
Political Train Blogging
