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Category Archives: Culture
If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
What do tea parties, Glenn Beck, Fox News, and the US Chamber of Commerce have in common? All are demonized opponents of the Obama administration, and more popular then ever. “If you strike me down, I will become more powerful … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Domestic Politics, Keith's Page, Media
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Your New Drink
Burbon and Ginger beer. Thank me later reader(s).
Posted in Chris' Page, Culture
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Picture of the Day
This is a statue from outside Denver International Airport.
Posted in Art, Chris' Page, Travel
Tagged Denver, denver international airport, el, horse, zombie horse
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The Permission for Resistance
Brief except of a talk at the 92nd Street Y between Salman Rushdie and Irshad Manji, discussing the possibility of reform against extremism in the Islamic faith. Rushdie draws a fine parallel with the experience of the Western left during … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Foreign affairs, Uncategorized
Tagged 92nd Street Y, Cold War, criticism, iron curtain, Irshad Manji, islam, reform, resistance, Salman Rushdie, socialism, totalitarianism, western left
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Not only is she a Bonneville record holder, but Leslie Porterfield also used an innovative new skin wrap on her bike. While I would suspect the claims of any company, a personal endorsement such as the following holds weight enough … Continue reading
Posted in Keith's Page, motoring, Technology, Travel
Tagged Bonneville Salt Flats, FastSkinz, Leslie Porterfield, MPG, Technology, Worlds Fastest Woman
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I Love Fast Women!!!
I think it’s great that there are fast women in the world. Fast on the 1/4 mile, fast on the Speedway, fast on the road course, and fast on the Salt Flats. If you thought I meant something else, you … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Keith's Page, motoring, Sports
Tagged female racers, Jessica Zalusky, Leslie Porterfield
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Mr Bad Example
Isn’t there an energy crisis or something that we all have to worry about? Guess, we can just call him “Mr Bad Example,” and be done with it. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/us/politics/29whitehouse.html?_r=2&ref=politics?xid=rss-page The capital flew into a bit of a tizzy when, on … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, energy, Environment, Keith's Page, Music
Tagged energy crisis, Mr Bad Example, Obama, Warren Zevon
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New Chili Pepper on the Block
The Dorset naga: Tesco, Britain’s biggest supermarket chain, recently added a new pepper to its vegetable shelves: the Dorset naga. Inhaling its vapour makes your nose tingle. Touching it is painful; cooks are advised to wear gloves. It is the … Continue reading
Nixon and Kissinger in Watchmen
The newish montage for the screen version of Watchmen, has a fine scene of the Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger characters about mid way through it (video). Looks like they finally found an actor who could do the nose.
Posted in Culture
Tagged Alan Moore, alternative history, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, video, Watchmen
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A New Age of Female Masturbation
Lesbian feminist Lily Tomlin once joked that the only reason cretinous men walked upright was to free their hands for masturbation. Fair enough, but the posture of the lady might soon lack for any better purpose. According to a new … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, social science
Tagged Britain, British women, cheeseburgers, Constitution, Feminism, gender, lesbian feminist, Lily Tomlin, masturbation, Media, poll, self-restraint, sex, sexualized, social conservative, study, survey, women
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Where have the strong women gone?
I’ve now read my first real “vampire” book. Okay, so it’s a werewolf book with vampires, but I’m told this is *the* genre these days. Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn. Not bad, not bad in a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture, Synova's Page, Uncategorized
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When the Future is Boring
It seems the marriage of David Pollard and Amy Taylor is heading toward divorce, due to Pollard’s virtual affair with a virtual prostitute, uncovered by a virtual private detective hired by Taylor. It occurs to me that the key thing … Continue reading
Oral Nonsex
I recall it being reported at the height of the sordid and tedious Monica Lewinsky scandal, that Bill Clinton personally felt he had not violated his wedding vows because in his view, receiving fellatio did not constitute adultery. Evidently Clinton … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Lee's Page
Tagged 2003, adultery, analingus, Bible, Bill Clinton, blowjob, colorado, conversation, cunnilingus, fellatio, irreligious, language, marriage, Monica Lewinsky, Montrose High School, morality, New Hampshire Supreme Court, oral nonsex, oral sex, scandal, scripture, sex, social conservatism, students, thesaurus, wedding, youth culture
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The Infantile Identity
I tend to take a liberal attitude toward alternative lifestyles generally. Apart from the moral requirement to protect personal freedom, I like to think they do more to enliven the human experience for spectators, than they do to exert the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture
Tagged adult baby, alternative lifestyles, bestialism, California, civilization, Gavin Newsom, hate crimes, Heidilynn, hypnosis, identity, identity politics, incest, incontinence, infantilism, legalization, liberalism, liberalization, paraphilic infantilism, pedophilia, pride parades, prostitution, Robert Bork, San Francisco, social legitimation, therapist, therapy, toilet training, Vanderbilt Hospital
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Misfits Halloween Consumerism
I was in the supermarket earlier tonight buying candy and they had a rack of Halloween themed t-shirts. I didn’t notice it at first, but the slogan on each shirt was an old Misfits song. “Ghoul’s Night Out”, “Astro Zombies”, … Continue reading
Where the Hell is Matt?
This is the greatness of the internet
Posted in Chris' Page, Culture, Humor, Travel
Tagged Matt, new media, the world, travelling, youtube clips
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Against Galt
Synova wrote a little post that gets halfway to where I would come down on this perennial parlor game of the John Galt general strike. Sy recognized that to be successful, such a revolt would realistically be a miserable experience … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture, Lee's Page, Libertarianism
Tagged America, Aristotle, Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, Carl Schmitt, collectivism, Conservatism, constitutional order, Culture, democracy, epiphany, Eric Hoffer, fascism, futurism, Galt's Gulch, general will, government, group identity, guardians, ideology, individualism, John Galt, justice, liberal democracy, liberalism, Libertarianism, literary style, literature, materialism, Objectivism, Plato, popular democracy, radicalism, Randianism, revolt, revolution, Rousseau, salvation, sectionalism, seperatism, skepticism, socia, social justice, strike, war, William F Buckley
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How to help loose the election, in 10 easy steps…
I was commenting to my wife the other night when we saw the trailer for “Religulous,” just what the Obama camp needs at the moment, something to remind the right, and especially the religious right, why they hate liberals. Bill … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Domestic Politics, Keith's Page
Tagged An American Carol, Bill Maher, Religulous
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40 Years (a Haiku)
It is not so much, And Time stands alone for a moment. Fall begins.
When They Came for Kenny…
Photos of Russian kids mounting a street protest against the banning of South Park by the state. This is no small or meaningless act. As daily experience, one of the worst aspects of living under a repressive fascist regime is … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Foreign affairs
Tagged boredom, entertainment, fascism, Kenny, liberalism, Media, opera, photos, pics, propaganda, Putinism, radio, repression, Russia, South Park, State, teenager, television, tv, youth
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Outer Dark
(photo: Brian Long) Dr. Andre Lalonde, executive vice president of the Canadian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, is concerned that Sarah Palin’s decision to have Trig, may lead to a reduction of abortions in Canada through positive example. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Domestic Politics
Tagged abortion, Andre Lalonde, antiabortion, Brian Long, Canada, Democrats, Eugenics, Lalonde, Medicaid, Obama, Palin, pro-choice, pro-life, radical feminism, Sarah Palin, social policy, Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Trig Palin, Unintended Pregnancy Reduction Act, vice president, zero population growth
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Ruining Ramadan in Egypt
Ramadan always means new soap operas in the Arab world. I learned today it also means not even thinking about masturbation. A small thing to you perhaps, but in a repressive sexual society where the curves of the female figure … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Religion and theology, Travel
Tagged Arab, Cairo, casino, cigarettes, Egypt, fear, freedom, God, haram, Helwan, infidel, islam, masturbation, Muslim, North Africa, raincoats, Ramadan, religion, roulette, sacrifice, sex, sin, smoke, soap operas, tobacco, Travel, Tunisia, western
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The Sarah Palin Style
(Italee) Apparently Sarah Palin has become the latest women’s fashion trendsetter. Ladies across the country are flocking to find her rectangular rimless spectacles, created by Japanese designer Kazuo Kawasaki, to achieve that “Sarah Palin look.” Some are comparing the glasses … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged designer, eyeglasses, fashion, Jackie Kennedy, Japanese, Kazuo Kawasaki, Palin, pillbox hat, rimless glasses, Sarah Palin, style
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Warehouse
I’ve mentioned before that I lived (in the fullest sense of the word) in Charlottesville, VA for many years in the 90′s. During that time I got to know a great many talented musicians including Dave Matthews. We weren’t buddies … Continue reading
Posted in MichaelW's Page, Music
Tagged Charlottesville, Dave Matthews, LeRoi Moore, Music, Virginia
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All Tomorrows Parties
A treat for Velvet Underground fans, Bud Benderbe reinterprets the seminal alternative band: More over at Airforce Amazon.
It Does Exist…
Pragmatists frustrated, idealists vindicated: Art project by Ed Thompson.
Posted in Art
Tagged art, Ed Thompson, idealism, pragmatism, project, utopia, utopianism
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Ethnostatism Fails
The movement of “ethnic studies” curricula from colleges to public schools, is something that troubles many of us who have experienced such classes in modern times. Ethnic studies programs are often called “multiculturalist,” but since they tend to be monoethnic … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Lee's Page
Tagged academia, academic, American history, Arizona, Arizona Republic, astrology, astronomy, Che Guevara, colleges, cultural, curriculum, Department of Education Reform, Doug Maceachern, ethnic studies, ethnostatism, fascism, government, History, Jay P. Greene, math, monoethnic, multiculturalism, non sequitur, political, public schools, raza studies, trigonometry, Tucson, Tucson Union School District, TUSD, University of Arkansas
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Just show him your O face
via Instapundit, we find Tigerhawk making the complaint that the new O salute is discriminatory against those differently-abled people who have lost an arm or hand. He doesn’t seem to have a problem with those who have lost both arms … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Election 2008, Keith's Page
Tagged cult of personality, Election 2008, o face, Obama
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ASHC is Alan Finch Central
Alan Finch, Helen Finch, Alan Finch the Revenge Looking over our logs, it’s incredible how much global traffic we get from people searching for information on Alan Finch (August’s #1 ASHC keyword and a top-30 quantity since February). Perhaps a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Society
Tagged Alan Finch, ASHC, Australian, Dani Bunten Berry, Enlightenment, female, gender, gender identity disorder, Helen Finch, injustice, international affairs, liberal, Lynn Conway, male, nature, party politics, postop, public policy, reactionary, Renée Richards, Samantha Kane, Sandra MacDougall, sex, sex change, social networking, srs, traffic, transgender, transgenderism, transsexual, URNotAlone
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn R.I.P.
The impact of this man on the world is not part of the memory of many today. I’ll be breaking out a few of his books this week in his memory. A true Giant has passed away. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, Lance's Page, Religion and theology
Tagged Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, communism, Russia, Soviet Union
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Dissonance Control in Political Paranoia
(photo: companyink) After writing about the Ronpaulist fear mongering of Jordan Page, and then reading Lance’s splendid post on the latest contheorist pandering of Glenn Greenwald, a common insight has reoccurred to me: the absurd amount of cognitive dissonance conditional … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Domestic Politics, Glenn Greenwald's Carnival of Fisking, Lee's Page, Uncategorized
Tagged ammunition, car bomb, Christopher Hitchens, cognitive dissonance, compartmentalism, contheorist, cynicism, Daniel Dennett, Four Horsemen, Glenn Greenwald, government, improbable politics, intelligence, Jordan Page, NSA, paranoia, realism, resistance, Richard Dawkins, Ronpaulism, Sam Harris, Twinkies, underground, video, youtube
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Jupiter Unveiled
A simply stunning series of pictures of Jupiter and its moons. Lots more at the link.
Finally! Car Blogging!
I am co-bloggers Keith and Josh will be thrilled to know that Vanity Fair now has a gay car blog.
Don’t piss off the wordsmith
It isn’t just that this is funny-or so devastatingly literate, profane and lovingly crafted- and all over the removal of the indefinite article “a”. Nor is is just that Giles is so absolutely correct to be so exercised over the … Continue reading
And You Think the Housing Market is Tough?
Oy! Just as the economy is headed to recession, the shidduch system is in crisis mode. Or so the rabbis moan, noting the surplus of women eager to marry and the corresponding shortfall in the quality and quantity of available … Continue reading
Surreal Video of the Day
Feist, the glorious female vocalist from Broken Social Scene who went solo and got her song in an iPod commercial, recently made an appearance on Sesame Street: I don’t know if it’s creepy or not, but it is most definitely … Continue reading
Did We Ever Escape the Nineties?
Yo Yo, a flash in the pan empowered-but-sexless female rapper (try selling that today), got her big break by teaming up with Ice Cube on her 1991 debut Make Way for the Motherlode. Why, here she is, being so early-90′s … Continue reading
Ellas Otha Bates, R.I.P.
Rock & Roll lost one of it’s brightest and most penetrating stars yesterday, even if one of the least well known. The founder of the jungle beat heard in too many songs to count over the last 50 years succumbed … Continue reading
Posted in History, MichaelW's Page, Music
Tagged Bo Diddley, death, Ellas Otha Bates, guitar, Music, pioneer, rock & roll
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Spam Comments
Reading through our spam comment queue is like listening to Feel Good Hit of the Summer.
Posted in Chris' Page, Humor, Music
Tagged comments, qotsa, queens of the stone age, spam
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Synergy at ASHC
This post + this post = This.
Posted in Art, Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Music
Tagged Obama, zz top
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Cheap Sunglasses: ZZ Top and the Price of Fame
Previously posted on last.fm, now with political addendum at the end. The concept of the price of fame is usually applied in the sense of the personal cost to the famous, from the relatively mild annoyance of not being able … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Music, Robby's Page
Tagged Bush, Music, velvet underground, zz top
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War, Peace, and Reconciliation
Some thoughts from Hal Moore on war, peace, and reconciliation. When the blood of any war soaks your clothes and covers your hands, and soldiers die in your arms, every breath forever more becomes an appeal for a greater peace, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Keith's Page, Military Matters
Tagged Hal Moore, LZ X-Ray, peace, reconciliation, Vietnam, war
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Pressing the Flesh
Robby and I got back to our roots a few weeks ago, garage band roots that is. We went to see the Fleshtones. Robby shared his thoughts over at Last Fm. I figure they belong here as well. First, my … Continue reading
Shooting Oneself in the Foot
Never underestimate the power of a politician to overestimate their power, especially in an election year. Just as the signs are trending towards a “permanent” majority for Democrats, one of them has the bright idea to poke a sleeping bear. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Election 2008, Firearms, Keith's Page
Tagged Elections 2008, GOA, gun control, guns, Lautenberg, NRA, SAF
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Beware the Believers
Heh, a response to Richard Dawkins and the unbelievers amongst us. Right or wrong, arrogant condescension does not go unpunished. Hat tip: D.A. Ridgely
Posted in Humor, Lance's Page, Music, Religion and theology
Tagged Christopher Hitchens, creationism, Daniel Dennett, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Humor, PZ Myers, rap, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, science music
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Yuri’s Night
A worldwide celebration is happening tonight. Yuri’s Night! The local arts organization I am a member of, Art Mob, is supporting our local version. Unfortunately Art Mob’s sight is having trouble, but the temporary site can be found here. I … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Baton Rouge, Culture, Lance's Page, Music, Photography, Technology
Tagged art, Art Mob, Stooges, Yuri's Night
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What’s wrong with Iraq War Movies?
I’m often guilty of seeing connections between things that others seem to think make no sense at all. So bear with me and then tell me what you think. The New York Times review of “Stop-Loss” explains the failure of … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Military Matters, Society, Synova's Page
Tagged Hollywood, Iraq, John Kerry, Rovian Plots, war movies
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Frank Miller’s Geostrategic Theory
Frank Lovece sat down with Frank Miller for Newsday to discuss his upcoming film The Spirit. Toward the end of it Lovece asked Miller about remarks he’d made in 2007 in support of the Iraq War, and offered him an … Continue reading →