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UPDATE: Living Hope Tabernacle Still Getting Evicted

Posted in Bad, Belonging, Bigots, Economy, Government, Human Behavior, Hurting, Institutionalized Hatred, National, Offensive, Reason, Ridiculous/Absurd, Scandal/Crime, Scum Bags, Soul-searching, Soup du jour, State, Trends that suck, politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »

BREAKING NEWS:
Living Hope Tabernacle, Columbus, IN–Eviction is ON!
I wrote February 2 about Living Hope Tabernacle, in Columbus, IN,  a church that faced eviction in part for opening its doors to the homeless.
I noticed a spike in traffic yesterday and discovered that the eviction is in fact, progressing. Perhaps you can help.
They’re being forced from their [...]

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Clean Coal: Coens Say “No”

Posted in Activism, Bad, Business, Economy, Government, Greed, Hurting, National, Scum Bags, Soup du jour, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As I watched TV last night, I saw an amusing, effective spot lampooning the utility industry’s chronic old saw trumpeting claims of “clean coal technology,” (a euphemism for” smoke and mirrors”).

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The Orange Glow of Progress

Posted in Business, Economy, Greed, History, Human Behavior, National, Soup du jour, State, Trends that suck, World, beauty, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

By the time I was old enough to work in a mill, things in the steel valley were tightening up. You needed someone with pull on the inside to get even an interview for the mills.

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Big, Salty Pretzels and Lent

Posted in Soup du jour, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I managed to make my way through the outer doors of the church before I cussed. Somebody mentioned republicans and I heard the fat lady sang. Freaking landmine, that one. I ought to receive some sort of dispensation, considering the circumstances.

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The Economy: A Log in the River

Posted in Bad, Business, Economy, Good, Government, Greed, History, Human Behavior, Hurting, National, Philosophy, Ridiculous/Absurd, Right-Wing Haters, Scandal/Crime, Scum Bags, Soup du jour, Trends that suck, politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I wrote last week that the value of my house dropped $12,000  in one month.  As unsettling as that is, since we have no intention to sell, I can almost rationalize it away as raw data.
Yesterday I visited my financial planner to see where things stand and to discuss any changes he thinks may be [...]

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Homes and Jobs, Not War

Posted in Bad, Business, Economy, Government, Greed, Human Behavior, Hurting, National, Offensive, Scandal/Crime, Scum Bags, Soup du jour, Trends that suck, World, politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

We’ve gone from being among the world’s leading lenders to its biggest debtor. Why? Because we’re “war poor.” We mortgaged our children’s futures to spend countless billions on wars in TWO countries, not against a COUNTRY but an EMOTION. We’ve chosen to occupy nations whose citizenry gleefully piss on our rotting corpses.

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Friday Open Thread: GOP The New Overseers

Posted in Bad, Business, Economy, Good, Government, Greed, History, Human Behavior, Hurting, National, Offensive, Reason, Ridiculous/Absurd, Right-Wing Haters, Scandal/Crime, Scum Bags, politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Should the dems be quaking in their boots? After all, given the record of oversight these guys have, how do we know they’re even capable of it?

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Obama’s Recovery Program: It’s a Rule, Everyone Has a Stool

Posted in Business, Caring, Economy, Entertainment, Films, Good, Government, Heroes, History, Human Behavior, Humor, National, Philosophy, Reason, Soup du jour, politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

When President Obama signed the economic recovery bill, he made good on a promise he revealed to Americans as a multi-pronged approach, the components of which cannot be separated–they are integrated, like the legs of a stool.

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No Racism Here: Innocent Satire? Really?

Posted in Activism, Belonging, Bigots, Government, Human Behavior, Hurting, Institutionalized Hatred, National, Offensive, Race, Ridiculous/Absurd, Right-Wing Haters, Scandal/Crime, Scum Bags, Soul-searching, Soup du jour, Trends that suck, politics, pop culture, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 19, 2009 | 8 Comments »

Rupert Murdoch’s slime machine the New York Post ran a cartoon that has raised the cackles of every thinking human being, although conservatives tend to claim that there’s nothing racially inflammatory about it (a qualification that considering the words “thinking human being” is totally unnecessary).

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Detroit: Humpty Dumpty Redux?

Posted in Bad, Business, Economy, Government, Greed, History, National, Offensive, Ridiculous/Absurd, Scum Bags, Trends that suck, World, politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I stopped buying imports soon after my 1980 trip to Detroit. I owned a series of shitty American vehicles, even succumbing to a high-top conversion van that became a sail in slight winds and “rolled” in turns like `a school bus.

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