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Dumb all over, a little ugly on the side People outside the United States and many within it often look at the USA with its mindless fun...

A little Kristmas music Jesus was a capricorn He ate organic food He believed in love and peace And never wore no shoes Long hair, bea...

Hardboiled detective strictly softheaded Drop Dead My Lovely? By Ellis Weiner New American Library 277 pp, $23.95 By Kevin Wood Daily...

Family portrait in Kimono from Nov. 17, 2004 

Flipping the bird Bravo to the Mirror for such fine investigative reporting. Parrots really do live to ripe old ages F*** THE NAZIS...

WHY MOVE TO CANADA? (Why not, eh?) Reasons to move to Canada, as cited by www.canadianalternative.com: 1. Canada has universal public hea...

Hacking the vote This is not just some tree-hugging nut job saying the vote was stolen , this Dick Morris. But does the so-called liberal ...

Voting with your feet We've already had one letter from an American blogospherian over at Atrios asking about immigration to the Grea...

Provinces dammit, not states! PROVINCES!! 

Well apparently it was fixed don't belive me, check out the numbers

I must share this admirable concession one with you Adam Felber concedes the election with admirable grace : "I concede that I ove...

What happens next For my blue state friends and progressive and liberal bloggers trapped in the red zone, Slate has kindly published thi...

After being glued to election coverage on CNN and the internet(s) all day, I went to work the night shift at the paper. Our late Tokyo editi...

Election day is upon us - let the lawsuits begin I am a lonely visitor. I came too late to cause a stir, Though I campaigned all my...

Why I like Canada better than our neighbour to the south reason #726 Sensible laws designed with Peace, Order and Good Government in min...

Everything you want to know about Sumo

One nation, one people, one leader Billmon at the whisky bar has the best take on the new bush loyalty oath I've seen so far

"John Kerry - Superhero" the rude pundit tell it like it is - Kerry (wounded three times in Vietnam, hockey player, Harley ride...

Man's best friend A photo of a dog doing what any dog does when it sees a bush

Scared enough yet? My kids will be going to their Halloween party as a pirate and a fairy princess - pics to come on 31st, but for the co...