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THREE HEROES IN THE DAYS OF YORE

By Richard Day on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 3:47pm |

RUSH IN YOUNGER DAYS

1970: Place: Some Selective Service Office:

Oh I was supposed to check in here, my number is 9.

Selective Service: Oh well that is fine. Just go over there in that line with the semi naked guys.

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HALEY BARBOUR DONE ALL HE COULD FOR THEM NEGRA'S

By Richard Day on Mon, 12/20/2010 - 5:58pm |

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/barbour-i-saw-dr-king-speak----but-paid-more-attention-to-the-girls.php?ref=fpa

I had hit on a link that showed Mississippi finally passing Civil Rights Legislation forty years after LBJ did. This guy is touted as the answer to Palin!!

HYPNOTIC RHYTHMS

By Richard Day on Mon, 12/20/2010 - 2:49pm |

I found Garrison Keillor reviewing the ‘new’ autobiography of Mark Twain.

Incredible.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/books/review/Keillor-t.html?pagewanted=2&ref=general&src=me

IRAQ FINALLY GOES NUCLEAR

By Richard Day on Mon, 12/20/2010 - 12:49pm |

http://crooksandliars.com/

At last, now Bush's contention about Iraq seeking nucular capabilities is proven correct.

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FEE SIMPLE ABSOLUTE

By Richard Day on Sun, 12/19/2010 - 12:24pm |

BANKRUPT TRIBUNE COMPANY: MANAGEMENT IN DEEP DOO DOO

By Richard Day on Sun, 12/19/2010 - 9:17am |

http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2010/12/17/180-million-is-not-chump-change-if-youve-got-to-give-it-back

The Tribune Company recently went bankrupt but only months before management had received 180 million dollars in 'bonuses'. These might have to be paid back.

Wiki is helpful in getting some background scoops on this mess http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Company where the Flagship of this mighty corporation was the Chicago Tribune.

BACHMANN APPOINTED TO INTELLIGENCE PANEL

By Richard Day on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 4:40pm |

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/17/michele-bachmann-intelligence-committee_n_798561.html

WHAT MORE COULD I ADD?

This is like beckerhead being appointed Dean at Harvard Law School!

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CARLIN OR AVLON:TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME

By Richard Day on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 3:45am |

George Carlin

JOHN AVLON @ THE BEAST

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Unmanned Drone Crashes

By Richard Day on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 8:02pm |

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/unmanned_mexican_drone_crashes_near_el_paso_texas.php?ref=fpa

An unmanned drone crashed in somebody's back yard--in El Paso. Anyone ever see a manned drone?

TEN YEARS AFTER

By Richard Day on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 2:15pm |

TEN YEARS AFTER

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX

By Richard Day on Wed, 12/15/2010 - 1:35pm |

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EMAILING IT IN

By Richard Day on Mon, 12/13/2010 - 2:00pm |

SARAH PALIN ON THE READY

STUPID REP TRICKS

By Richard Day on Sat, 12/11/2010 - 3:32pm |

REPRESENTATIVE TOM HACKBARTH

Some folks are really good at planning their bizarre behavior.

Some folks are really good at offering excuses for their bizarre behaviors.

Some folks are really good at offering explanations for their seemingly bizarre behavior.

COMPLICITY

By Richard Day on Thu, 12/09/2010 - 4:18pm |

I came across a nice little essay looking back at the Civil War in the Washington Post. Philip Kennicott concluded his short essay as follows:

A NEW STIMULUS PLAN

By Richard Day on Wed, 12/08/2010 - 1:45pm |

UNCLE BEN'S

Evidently there were some problems with the last 1.1 billion one hundred dollar bills printed a short while ago. Some unknown percentage of these bills is fucked up.

TEN PERCENTERS

By Richard Day on Tue, 12/07/2010 - 1:47am |

REPUBLICANS DO NOT CARE A WHIT ABOUT ANYBODY WHO IS NOT IN THE TOP ONE PERCENT

By Richard Day on Sun, 12/05/2010 - 9:39pm |

REPUBLICAN PARTY EMBLEM

No go ahead.

ORGAN TRANSPLANTS

By Richard Day on Fri, 12/03/2010 - 11:01am |

No, I am not talking about transporting a church organ from Strasbourg to Milan you idiots.

I am referring to transplants along this order:

ODE TO SARAH

By Richard Day on Thu, 12/02/2010 - 12:52pm |

Sarah Palin

An Ode to Sarah by Murkowski

I sit at the bar down from your house, why?

I can feel that Miller comin’ round

I go to put my arm around you

And you give me a look like I’m way out of bounds

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COKAYGNE

By Richard Day on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 12:58pm |

Pieter Bruegel the Elder's "Luilekkerland" ("The Land of Cockaigne"),