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Sunday funnies I recently discovered Todd Butler through Spider Robinson's podcast.  He's a terrific guitar player and songwriter -...

A little music for the weekend  Dear metalhead guitar wankers,  Suck on this: the horrible interview is by Toni Tennille (as  in the Captain...

"It's funny, 'cause it's true It isn't what he says, it's what he means. Proof once again that Jon Stewart is the b...

Hillary's glass house But both Democrats are basically the same or so I thought until the last few weeks. I've never had much of a s...

In which I admit to being evil In comments, longtime lurker/first time commenter HT accuses me of evil for tempting him/her into clicking th...

And speaking of barking mad wingnuts... Meet "Pro-life" a candidate for Governor in Idaho this year, and likely for any public of...

Presidential Go watch the speech or read the transcript . This is a speech that kids will be learning in grade school in twenty years. It ma...

I can be as jingoistic as the next guy... But this is funny. BTW  the song is by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie, not the Arrogant Worms. 

Getting things done to for Canadians, eventually Only weeks after former Prime Minister Paul Martin went to visit, a deal may be in the wor...

another one bites the dust First they came for Tucker Carlson, now John Gibson -- when will it be O'Rielly's turn?

Storytime --In the neighborhood We are neighbors. I don't like you and you don't like me, in fact I punched you in the nose a month ...

Five years There will be plenty of articles like this one this week. I hope to see some mass media mea culpas about the role of the press, ...

Places to see before I die #943 My standard answer when I am asked why I came to Japan is that "I came for the waters" when they l...

Georgie get your gun "I must say, I'm a little envious," Bush said. "If I were slightly younger and not employed here, I ...

Love on the rocks Ex-lovers in charge when ship crashed Report blames total safety system breakdown Cindy E. Harnett, Canwest News Service, ...

Maybe she was studying English I've been accused of hogging the bathroom in my day, but this is unbelieveable . NESS CITY, Kan. - Autho...

John McCain=Maverick Bugs Bunny - Oily Hare

A shitty way to learn a language When I first came to Japan, I came to teach English at a chain of school that was to linguistics what Micke...

Cheaters never prosper I know you'll be shocked, as I was, to learn that Republicans like to cheat in elections . 16,000 Republicans in ...

.... ... ... door ... ... .. ... ass .. .... way out - I'm sure you can fill in the blanks In what I'm sure was a moment of emotiona...