Monthly Archives: October 2009

Why Fox ain’t news — and toes the line between dissent and treason

There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the obvious: That filthy-rich-wingnut-owned-and-operated Fox “News” — often called “Faux News” — isn’t news, but is right-wing, pro-corporate propaganda. The buzz stems from the White House’s announcement of the obvious that Fox ain’t news … Continue reading

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Die, Dick, die!

My fantasy: Justice delayed is better than no justice at all. Dick Cheney deserves to die in federal prison. Why does Dick Cheney’s faulty, cold heart go on beating? Why is washed-up former Vice President Dick acting like the Penguin to … Continue reading

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Where the neurotic things are

Film review Boy hero Max hitches a ride on monster Carol in Spike Jonze’s rather disappointing adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s children’s book Where the Wild Things Are. After my boyfriend and I watched Spike Jonze’s film “Where the Wild Things … Continue reading

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An open letter to Joe Solmonese

Joe Solmonese — here he is rubbing shoulders with pseudo-progressive Billary Clinton (the Clintons did little to nothing for gay men and lesbians but they sure have liked their money!): – is the president of the Human Rights Campaign, probably the … Continue reading

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President Obama’s prize apparently meant as a pre-emptive strike for peace

  AFP graphic Barack Obama is the third current or former Democratic U.S. president or vice president to have won the Nobel Peace Prize this decade. You just don’t see any warhawk Repugnican politicians who put corporate profits far above … Continue reading

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REALLY ‘going rogue’

More to come (off): A shirtless Levi Johnston holds infant Tripp, the apparent grandson of Sarah Palin-Quayle, in a photo for the July issue of GQ magazine. Johnston is about to go even more rogue than Palin-Quayle ever would. It’s official: the … Continue reading

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Filmmaker Michael Moore pounds another nail in the coffin of capitalism

Film review Associated Press photos Filmmaker Michael Moore attempts to speak to traders on Wall Street for his film “Capitalism: A Love Story” in March. At the end of “Capitalism,” Moore correctly concludes: ”Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate … Continue reading

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It’s NOT all about U.S. — really

The American reaction to the news that the International Olympic Committee picked Rio de Janeiro instead of Chicago for the 2016 Olympic games demonstrates how we Americans think that it’s all about U.S. — er, us. U.S.-centrism is so ingrained within us … Continue reading

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