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Feb 8, 2012, 2:26 pm
“They’ve got a foreign policy that shows a lot of weakness,” Hannity said. “I know the President will say they got bin Laden, putting that aside.”
“And the public gives him credit for that,” Luntz interjected.
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Feb 8, 2012, 6:06 am
...that those who run and hide when the Kosacks come are survivors, to be certain, but survivors who must live with the shadow of their cowardice. And if you live in cowardice, do not deign to lecture those who do not...about anything.
...that the best part about rain is that, unless you’re in ... Comment - Like
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Feb 7, 2012, 2:02 pm
...And What Seems to Really Matter to We Americans
The recent kerfluffle over the Komen decision to no longer fund Planned Parenthood - then switched to continuing to fund Planned Parenthood - then presenting a host of non-stop bullshit about the decision and reversal - then the Conservative Echo Ch... Comment - Like
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Feb 7, 2012, 6:08 am
...at least according to Alabama State Senator Shadrack McGill:
Teachers need to make the money that they need to make. There needs to be a balance there. If you double what you're paying education, you know what's going to happen? I've heard the comment many times, ‘Well, the quality of education... Comment - Like
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Feb 6, 2012, 6:15 am
OK.
I'm now 46. We know that. Now I make changes.
I've always felt that a birthday is a better time to "make resolutions" than New Year's primarily because New Year's is everyone's holiday. The birthday is a personal holiday and is ripe for the kind of personal resolves for self improvement.
So, and... Comment - Like
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Feb 3, 2012, 6:07 am
Wow.
Forty-fucking-six years old today.
And I am NOTHING like I thought I'd be.
I wish I could say that I had plans on what 46 would be but when I was in college, I simply KNEW I would be dead at 45. Seriously. I KNEW it. There wasn't an ounce of doubt in my mind that I would not last past 45... Comment - Like
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Feb 2, 2012, 6:09 am
How is Your Heart?-- Charles Bukowski
during my worst times on the park benches in the jails or living with whores I always had this certain contentment- I wouldn't call it happiness- it was more of an inner balance that settled for whatever was occuring and it helped in the factories... Comment - Like
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Feb 1, 2012, 6:06 am
...that the central conflict of a Consumerist Society is between the convenience of the consumption versus the human costs of the production of that which we consume. If you can't find the humane balance, stop consuming that which is unnecessary.
...that as long as the Oligarchs control the larges... Comment - Like
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Jan 31, 2012, 2:20 pm
Apparently, Slate's Bill Wyman decided to rank the movies of Steven Spielberg. I see a few of his points but I think he's WAY off on others. Here's his list:
The Sublime E.T.: The Extra-TerrestrialJaws Only a Hater Could Complain Close Encounters of the Third Kind Raiders of the Lost Ark J... Comment - Like
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Jan 21, 2012, 6:38 am
I eat meat.
I like eating meat.
Yes. I have seen Food, Inc. and I still eat meat.
Rather than shame people for eating meat, my suggestion for PETA activists and vegans is to attack those in the meat supply industry for the categorically horrifying treatment of animals in pursuit of profit. Attac... Comment - Like
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Jan 20, 2012, 2:17 pm
"Appalled?" Really, Newt?
According to history, it was Republicans who were the most despicable "Dirty Tricksters" in politics from the Nixon Administration on. According to history, it was Newt Gingrich who actively promoted the idea of impeaching a sitting president for getting his cocked polis... Comment - Like
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Jan 20, 2012, 6:04 am
If You Keep Voting for Them, They Will Take You for a Ride...
Well, glory be, somebody out in Kansas ran the numbers: Families making under $25,000 a year will see their taxes rise $156 a year, while families making ten times that much will see their tax burden drop more than $5200 per annum. Who ev... Comment - Like
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Jan 19, 2012, 6:07 am
To spring or bounce back after hitting or colliding with something.
After colliding with a failure.After colliding with a broken promise.A confidence broken.A job revoked.A missed basket.
The Japanese say "Fall down 7 times, stand up 8"Edmund Vance Cooke asks "It isn't the fact you're licked that co... Comment - Like
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Jan 18, 2012, 6:00 am
...that, when someone on the Beltway says something outrageous to get media attention and CNN goes on to cover the statement nationally, well...c'mon guys...
...that a couple of recent films I think you should get off yer ass and see include: Moneyball, Warrior, and A Beautiful Boy.
...that you know... Comment - Like
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Jan 17, 2012, 6:09 am
I'm happy I went to college.
When I initially went, my goal was to...go. Nothing more than simply doing what almost no one (except my Aeronautical Engineer Genius uncle - whom I was named after) in my family had done. Attend. Get a degree in...something. Maybe drink some. Participate in th... Comment - Like
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Jan 16, 2012, 6:09 am
You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics. - Charles Bukowski
Watching the coverage of the GOP Primaries in tandem with the online news of the economy and the current Congress and the waining information on the Occupy Movement is leaving my... Comment - Like
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Jan 14, 2012, 7:29 am
So the Marines took a piss on the dead bodies of some Afghan soldiers.
What's the big deal?
Metaphorically, we took a big piss on their entire country so you'd think by now we'd be used to the idea. But there is a hefty amount of outrage being flung around as well as the quick, military "We will inv... Comment - Like
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Jan 13, 2012, 6:09 am
And Here's an Even Better Answer to Tom Laughlin...
George Lucas was on the Daily Show to promote his new flick Red Tails. It is, if you believe Lucas, the first action picture with no major roles for white men in it in history. He detailed how he's been working on the film for twenty-three yea... Comment - Like
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Jan 12, 2012, 6:03 am
According to my grandma, she just bought my mom a car, takes no medicine, and hasn't had dinner but isn't hungry.
My grandma lives in a care facility (in the parlance of a less cautious age, an "old folks home") and lives on her Social Security, Medicare, and the charity of the Catholic Church. Sh... Comment - Like
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Nov 1, 2011, 6:11 am
Want
Written by Zayd Dohrn
Directed by Kimberly Senior
Presented as one of three new plays
by Steppenwolf Theatre's First Look
Last Thursday was my first look at Steppenstein's First Look program, a self proclaimed experiment in new play development. It was an overall excellent experience.
Dohrn, ... Comment - Like
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Oct 31, 2011, 1:53 pm
I kind of love this rant.
"I'm a non-Christian. Just like most Christians." - Bill Maher Comment - Like
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Oct 31, 2011, 6:11 am
Discovery is that "Eureka!" moment that Archimedes writ in stone as he solved a problem. He needed to find out if a king's crown was 100% gold but knew that the oddly shaped object could not be measured in the traditional ways. He puzzled over this and decided to take a bath and as he sat in the t... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2011, 7:08 am
Ah.
Halloween.
I wrote about my lack of enthusiasm for this "holiday" years ago.
In my burgeoning Old Man phase, I'm slowly realizing that, on the whole, I really find Halloween to be wholly objectionable. I suppose part of it is the part of me that basically hates the modern costume party, the no... Comment - Like
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Oct 28, 2011, 6:13 am
Apparently I Look Like...
I've been blessed/cursed with surprisingly average looks. This is good from an acting standpoint - it's easier to grow some facial hair or change my haircut and I'm like a completely different person.
Over the years I've been told I look like Emilio Estevez, Dan Akroyd, R... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2011, 6:11 am
March, 1999
The Matrix blew minds, South Park made a movie, The Sopranos begin their epic journey (remember the ducks?), there were still VHS tapes used, and the introduction of the iPod was still a year away.
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Last week, as I was walking around Lakeview before seeing a show at Links Hall, I d... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2011, 6:09 am
...openly disparage the business practices of Apple and Google while writing their Blogger Blogs on their MacBook Airs.
...are strident and apathetic; courageous and complacent.
...spend more on pornography, illegal drugs and funerals than they do on live sex, healthy food, and birthdays. Then lie... Comment - Like
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Oct 25, 2011, 6:07 am
"There is only black and white. That's it. There's no grey. Black or white." - Brandon Hantz
I'm a big fan of Survivor. All of it. The very concept of it fascinates me in a Hitchcockian Lifeboat sort of way. Put a bunch of people together on an island, far away from the comforts of perso... Comment - Like
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Oct 20, 2011, 6:11 am
One of the devices to keep things interactive at The Moth is the slips of paper that encourage audience members to submit "tweets" (which I'm pretty sure just means "Write something in a sentence") of their own personal connections to the theme. The host then reads these in between stories while t... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2011, 6:10 am
(H/T to the work of Coya Paz)
...blame the victims for rape, poverty, and racism then claim victim status when they are subjected to the same. If HE trips over the rock, it's because HE is careless, or lazy, or a hippie. If I trip over the same rock, it's the fault of the rock.
... eat an 1,800 ... Comment - Like
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Oct 18, 2011, 2:13 pm
When I turned eighteen years old in 1984, I was suddenly imbued with the power to vote in this country's presidential election. And, much to my lasting discomfort, I voted for Ronald Reagan.
I give myself a pass on this choice because I was eighteen and pretty stupid politically. I was far more ... Comment - Like
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Oct 17, 2011, 2:12 pm
The story is well-known by those of us who grew up without TeleTubbies or Barney -
An Emperor who cares for nothing but his appearance and attire hires two tailors who promise him the finest suit of clothes from a fabric invisible to anyone who is unfit for his position or "just hopelessly stupid". ... Comment - Like
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Oct 17, 2011, 6:08 am
And this is why it's important to continue the democratization of communication.
Cell phone videos, YouTube, Vimeo, iMovie - these tools allow us to shine light on what was once a hidden secret.
Sure - the comparison has some flaws but the point is made.
Do us a favor. Send this video around befor... Comment - Like
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Oct 15, 2011, 7:13 am
I was fully prepared to wait the whole day to get my iPhone 4S.
I was prepared to be disappointed and wait in line only to have the Apple store sell out before I got mine.
The sensible part of me said "Jeesh, dude! You just bought the 4 less than a year ago! Chill out. Wait another 3 months an... Comment - Like
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Oct 14, 2011, 6:11 am
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Well Lookee Here!
Last month, I performed my first story at The Moth (in their second Chicago location over at Haymarket Pub on Randolph). Apparently, I wasn't supposed to record it.
On the other hand, the producers dug my story and style enough to ask me to host it, at Haymarket, this coming... Comment - Like
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Oct 12, 2011, 2:15 pm
Jeesh!
The Grand Old Party cannot get a break!
First, the absolute destruction of the dying idea of Trickle Down Economics (turns out if you give the Wealthy tax breaks, they keep the money instead of "trickling down" on anyone but the Trust Fund Babies).
Now, with the head-to-head comparison of bot... Comment - Like
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Oct 12, 2011, 6:09 am
(Disclosure: I've been doing "I Believes..." for about four years now - how much shit can I believe!!?? - so I'm going to, inspired entirely by the work of Coya Paz, start doing this for awhile...)
THE AMERICANS...
...love Jesus and his teachings but ignore his advice about the poor.
...watch pornog... Comment - Like
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Oct 11, 2011, 2:12 pm
As things continue to get heated up in the Class War (not the fake one against the Rich but the actual one that as been waging since before the Civil War), the realities of whether or not our Republic, in any way, follows "the will of the people":
More than two-thirds of Americans, including 53 per... Comment - Like
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Oct 11, 2011, 6:08 am
The major beneficiaries of foundation support for the arts are big-budget institutions with fat-cat audiences, according to a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy.
Fifty-five percent of foundation arts grants go to the less than 2 percent of arts organizations with annu... Comment - Like
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Oct 10, 2011, 2:39 pm
The Americans
Created and Directed by Coya Paz
Presented by Halcyon Theatre in cooperation with DCA
From the DCA Incubator Blog
"...we took advantage of the DCA Incubator’s prime downtown location to go out onto the street and do some flash interviews. Working in pairs, we set out to ask random pe... Comment - Like
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Oct 10, 2011, 6:07 am
NYT theater critic Charles Isherwood has issued an interesting idea.
Turns out he's just plain tired of Adam Rapp's work.
"Adam Rapp won’t have me to kick around anymore. Oops. I think I got that backwards. I mean I won’t have Adam Rapp to kick around anymore. Fear not, admirers of this almos... Comment - Like
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Oct 8, 2011, 7:05 am
...And Don't Let Them Have the Last Word...EVER.
Here's the conversation:
LEFT:
Wow! It's hotter than it has been in a century. All the science available pretty clearly indicates that a part of the problem is our reliance on fossil fuels.
RIGHT:
Can you PROVE that it's hotter?
LEFT:
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Oct 7, 2011, 6:13 am
I Love These...
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The Passing of Jobs
I was in the the midst of pitching for our Fall Membership drive. AP come on and informed us the Steve Jobs had died at 56. I was a bit floored - not in a mournful way. Steve told us he was going, he stepped down with the words "That time has com... Comment - Like
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Oct 6, 2011, 6:12 am
From CBS News:
A new CBS News poll finds that just 11 percent of Americans approve of the job being done by Congress. That’s down from 12 percent last month and reflects a new low in the CBS News poll, though the 1 percent drop is not statistically significant.Eighty percent of Americans – fo... Comment - Like
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Oct 6, 2011, 5:30 am
STEVE JOBS
Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age, died Wednesday. He was 56. Comment - Like
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Oct 5, 2011, 6:08 am
...that the new Facebook Timeline interface is kind of brilliant...mostly because it ups the visual fun of a completely narcissistic exercise and changes things up in a way that kicks Google+'s ass...
...that the new IOS 5 Siri Assistant feature is so fucking cool that soon people won't even need ot... Comment - Like
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