Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Here’s a news article for all those who were stupid enough to believe them: One of the women accusing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sex crimes appears to have worked with a group that has connections to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). While in Cuba, Ardin worked with the Las damas de blanco (the [...]
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Saturday, September 25th, 2010
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
“Long Tall Sally”, Live at The Moscow Music Peace Festival, August 1989: Scorpions & Gorky Park – Long Tall Sally
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
The State of Oklahoma’s Title 21. Crimes and Punishments->Chapter 9 – Offenses Related to Flags->Section 374 – Display of Red Flag or Emblem of Disloyalty reads as follows: Any person in this state, who shall carry or cause to be carried, or publicly display any red flag or other emblem or banner, indicating disloyalty to [...]
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Journey’s low-budget video for "Separate Ways" is always criticized. Sure, it’s not like "Take on Me", Peter Gabriel’s stuff, or other early MTV material, but it conveys a simple image of "having fun" (the opposite of, say, this cause of childhood creepiness)
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
Life Magazine has a photo gallery of "30 Dumb Inventions from the Mid-1900s" (wow) Some, like the Baby Cage and the Dog Restrainer, were just tasteless. Others, like the Goodyear Illuminated Tires and the Flying Platform, I thought were pretty cool. The Finnish Portable Sauna looks like a predecessor to the modern Snuggie. A predecessor [...]
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