The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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EVERYBODY'S GOT THE FEVER

data                               PEGGY LEE never know how much i love you never know how much i care when you put your arms around me I give you fever that's so hard to bare   Because if you have 500 --...
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PICASSO AND THE CAVEMEN

A bison from the Altamira cave ceiling, one of the most famous paintings from there.   In France and Spain alone there are over 300 caves containing some of the most monumental art the world has ever seen.  After...
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I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M GOING TO PRISON

s  Social alienation was one of the main themes in Francisco Goya's masterpieces. Friday's Wall Street Journal says it all. ObamaCare: Repeal, Replace or What? Editor's Note: We have asked five opponents of government directed health care to give their...
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YES, BUT DOES THE NEW LEGISLATION HAVE ANY TEETH?

s                                               DEAD MAN'S TEETH"She was forced to wear her dead sister's teeth. (Representative Louise Slaughter) Here's Rush Limbaugh: "There are people out there that think this is huge because it's so stupid. I mean, for example, well, what's wrong...
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WHO IN THE HELL IS MIKE VANDERBOEGH?

                                 The Battle of Lexington, April 19th, 1775 Gentlemen, raise your bricks.... At last count five different Democratic Party offices have been attacked with bricks or stones. Supposedly, Mike Vanderboegh; a militiaman, is at least partially responsible... File:Battle of Lexington Detail.jpg
                                The Battle of Lexington, April 19th, 1775
 

Gentlemen, raise your bricks.... 

At last count five different Democratic Party offices have been attacked with bricks or stones.

Supposedly, Mike Vanderboegh; a militiaman, is at least partially responsible for these acts of violence. This man was profiled on Rachel last night; very intriguing gentleman. There are a number of relevant sites out there for us to examine in an attempt to get the full story.

Rachel Maddow demonstrated rather forcefully that Mike Vanderboegh has a history in what I call the 'Militia Movement'.

She alleged Mike Vanderboegh initiated the calls for people all over the country to attack Democratic offices and headquarters with bricks. And that is what happened. TPM has logged five such incidents. I noted this yesterday.

Rachel then provided a sketchy history that sure pushed my buttons.

There is a three percent solution. This is at least a double pun on Sherlock Holmes' Seven Percent Solution and Suskind's slam on Cheney called The One Percent Solution. It may seem that the Majority in any democracy can become authoritarian vis a vis the minority. But if Mike Vanderboegh can get just three percent of the population well trained and armed he will have an army approaching 10 million and as Bill Cosby liked to put it:

 

LET THE BEATINGS BEGIN!!


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INSURRECTION

links How come every time I hear a reference to Netanyahu I immediately think Gesundheit?  By the by, Julian Jaynes believes that one of the Greek words for 'soul' was phrenes. Phrenes referred to the lungs. When someone breathed out...
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THESE ARE THE DAYS TO REMEMBER

                                                                     EXCALIBUR Ripper McCord noted in Missy's blog today: I'm so happy. I feel like I can see the stars and stripes by the dawn's early light, fluttering still in a billowing breeze.My soul is...
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THE BALLAD OF STUPID STUPAK

                                        WHAT, ME WORRY?Principle. That is what it is all about; principle.   That ultra liberal pundit George Will stated in 2005 that: GM says health expenditures -- $1,525 per car produced; there is more health care than steel...
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WHAT PRICE CHARITY?

      s                 Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, "Beggar Boys Eating Grapes and                                       Watermelon", (Alte Pinakothek).                  Mediamatters.com has come upon a rather interesting story through its normal channels; that is by covering conservative blogs. Evidently a conservative blogger...
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HISTORY

Herodotus Ostensible bust of Herodotus History is supposedly something you study in school. For me, news is a report of some event or some writing or some speech that just happened.  Recently. Because news refers to something new. History...
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HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

   s My poor father was a drunk and a no count and died at a young age; loved to scream at the top of his lungs before he retired for the night (read 'passed out') that he was born...
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EARNED INCOME

ks                         JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe economic outlook is rosy, at least for people at the top of the ladder.The number of U.S. millionaires rose 16 percent in 2009, according to a new report by Chicago-based research firm Spectrum Group. Some...
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JESUS CHRIST CAUGHT IN A TIME WARP

  Water boils at 212 Degrees Fahrenheit at sea level. Why is that important? Ever think about why we learn things like this type of scientific truth in school? If you desire to make some tea, you do not have...
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And Now For Something Completely Different

s Coincidence is when something uncanny and coincidental happens. The word is derived from the Latin co- ("in", "with", "together") and incidere ("to fall on"). In science, the term is generally used in a more literal translation, e.g., referring to...
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The Hydra of Wall Street

      Upon reaching the swamp near Lake Lerna, where the Hydra dwelt, Heracles covered his mouth and nose with a cloth to protect himself from the poisonous fumes. He fired flaming arrows into its lair, the spring of...
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WASTE MANAGEMENT

                                                 THE BASEMENT AT BOA Tom Friedman discovered a short while ago that the world was flat and that he was married to one of the richest women in the world. What a genius. I was reviewing a clip...
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The New & Improved BIBLE!!!

                                                         GODThere is this project whereby conservatives are writing their own bible. Like fascistpedia, they are attempting to create their own reality. This stuff just fascinates me. I mean fascistpedia will spend time telling you that Einstein had nothing...
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JUSTICE AT THE PROPER PRICE

                  Before I start this post, I would like to vent for a second or two. Dick Cheney is free as a bird with no charges lodged against him. Rumsfeld is still free as a bird probably standing by some...
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DEATH INCARNATE; A NOVEL

                                          THE TREE OF LIFEIt was a tough gig. But I had learned it. You have to find some forum, some place of trial, some experimental lab to test things. I am no good at golf. I break all...
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TORTURED LOGIC

                                               Incendio, fuego de noche by Goya PREFACE There is a nice report put out by the Congressional Research Service that just came out January of this year.  Its pdf and located at this link: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R40991.pdf It is...

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