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  • The Problem With… Taylor Swift’s “Mine” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night

    The Problem With… Taylor Swift’s “Mine” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night.

  • links for 2010-08-20

    Nostalgia Critic: Animaniacs Tribute (tags: tv culture comedy)

  • links for 2010-08-18

    POLITICO: Fox parent gives $1 million to RGA – Ben Smith – Fox parent gives $1 million to RGA News Corp., which owns Fox News and the New York Post, gave $1 million to Haley Barbour's Republican Governors Association this year, according to the RGA's most recent filing. The company's media outlets play politics more […]

  • The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Mosque-Erade

      The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Mosque-Erade www.thedailyshow.com http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:350555 Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party The great absurdity of theopponents of the community center is is the talk about "sensitivity". The same folks who coined the term "politically correct" and related language to justify their unfounded […]

  • links for 2010-08-17

    The two faces of Winston Churchill George Bush kept a large bust of Churchill in the Oval Office because — like so many right-wing, super-hawk, pseudo-tough guys — Bush fetishized Churchill for the warrior courage which Bush craved vicariously to possess but obviously lacked in himself and his own life. In stark contrast, Barack Obama […]

  • links for 2010-08-16

    Bloggers inflame border debate | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Mexico News The latest rumor began swirling the weekend of July 24, when editors and others received reports that the Zetas had invaded U.S. territory. The story was based on a law enforcement bulletin stating that officers were looking into a […]

  • A look back at age 12

    A recent comic from Tom The Dancing sarcastically theorized that popular culture was at a qualitative peak when the subject was twelve years old. I will turn this theory into a subjective survey on my experience on the year I was twelve. Below is a list of notable cultural output from year 1997. Games Diablo (PC) GoldenEye […]

  • links for 2010-08-15

    Warning Stickers For Newspapers f newspapers came with warning labels, they might look something like the ones Tom Scott came up with. The British “geek comedian” created warning stickers you can print out and put on newspapers (PDF below). They include: Warning: This article is basically just a press release, copied and pasted. (tags: newspapers […]

  • The Problem With… Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream.” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night

    The Problem With… Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream.” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night. My review was quoted on a blog. Nice, though they got my employer publication name wrong.

  • links for 2010-08-13

    Johann Hari – When Were You Last Wrong? We Need to Change How We Think About Our Errors One of the most predictable applause lines for any politician is to boast that he won’t back down, look back, or say sorry. Mitt Romney’s latest book is called ‘No Apologies’, while Sarah Palin says she will […]

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