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Archive for January 30th, 2009

Exxon Hits All-Time Profit Record FOR ANY U.S. Company (Again!)

Posted in Bad, Business, Economy, Government, Greed, Human Behavior, Hurting, Record Profits, Ridiculous/Absurd, Scandal/Crime, Scum Bags, Soul-searching, Soup du jour, World, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »

If Exxon wasn’t getting huge breaks from our government at a time when banks are failing, the stock market’s in the tank and Americans face record unemployment, profit landmarks of this magnitude wouldn’t sting so much.
But with the nation suffering as it is, Exxon’s “noise machine” had better crank it up a notch to defuse [...]

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The Young Turks Off XM

Posted in Activism, Belonging, Entertainment, Helping, Human Behavior, National, Philosophy, Soul-searching, politics, pop culture, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“The Young Turks” signs off XM Radio and Air America

Cenk Uygur’s “The Young Turks” began as a web stream/podcast program that Sirius Satellite Radio picked up prior to its debut on Air America and XM.
Since then, TYT bounced around  Air America’s lineup and most recently aired on XM 167 “America Left” weekdays from 8-10 AM.
New [...]

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Bush’s Ghost Appears Even Though He’s Still Alive

Posted in Action, Bad, Bigots, Good, Government, Human Behavior, Hurting, Institutionalized Hatred, National, Offensive, Reason, Ridiculous/Absurd, Scandal/Crime, Scum Bags, World, politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The spectre of George W. Bush, still held in the hearts and homes af Americans visiting both its paychecks and pantries, loomed large yesterday as  Karl Rove responded to the subpoena issued by John Conyers and the House Judiciary Committee earlier this week for his alleged role in politicization of the Justice Department as well [...]

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Beatle’s Last Stand

Posted in 60s and 70s Music, Activism, Entertainment, Soup du jour, politics, pop culture, tagged , , , , , , on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It was forty years ago today that the Beatles performed in public for the last time, atop Apple Studios in London, a performance recorded for the “Let it Be” film. Police were called to cease the performance after noise complaints.
Only two Beatles survive, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.  Recently, Ringo announced that he will no [...]

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Blogo is Blotto

Posted in Bad, Entertainment, Frivolous, Government, Human Behavior, National, Ridiculous/Absurd, Scum Bags, Soup du jour, politics, pop culture, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Everyone knows by now that Rod Blagojevich has fallen, replaced as Governor of Illinois by Pat Quinn. Hopefully Illinois can move past this distraction and get back to business. It’ll be interesting to see what happens to him in criminal court.
What an amazing public figure!  I watched his comments after his removal from office with [...]

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The Incredible Shrinking GOP

Posted in Bad, Belonging, Entertainment, Good, Government, Human Behavior, National, Soup du jour, politics, pop culture, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I mentioned that I used to get grief for sporting an “IMPEACH BUSH” sticker on my minivan.  I got  a stack of them for donating to an organization, I don’t recall which. When I went to the State Capitol to join protesters in reaction to  J. Kenneth Blackwell’s role in stealing Ohio’s `04 election, I [...]

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