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Right-Wing Comics Conspiracy!

By On November 13, 2004 · Leave a Comment · In Politics, Pop Culture

For all those who scoff at anything that even remotely suggests so-called “conspiracy theories,” believing they’re all far-fetched fictions made up by paranoid whack-jobs, here’s a little something to chew on: right-wingers looking to inflitrate comic books!

At Bill Jemas’ zenith as President of Marvel Comics he commissioned “4/11,” also known as The White Album, [...]

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Cannibalism is nutritious

By On August 25, 2004 · 2 Comments · In Politics

“War is good for the economy…like cannibalism is nutritious.”

In related news:

U.S. stocks rally as oil drops to two-week lows

Wednesday August 25, 1:35 pm ET

By Mark Cotton

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) — U.S. stocks gained ground in afternoon trading Wednesday, buoyed by fresh drop in oil prices to [...]

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Democratic Party’s Identity Crisis

By On July 20, 2004 · 3 Comments · In Politics

My issues with the Democratic Party Platform: Strong at Home, Respected in the World, aka Identity Crisis.

from the PREAMBLE

That is the America we believe in. That is the America we are fighting for. That is the America we will build together – one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice [...]

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Dubya is no Reagan

By On May 25, 2004 · Leave a Comment · In Politics

The front page of today’s Daily News proclaims: TEAR DOWN THAT PRISON, inferring a ridiculous comparison of Bush’s speech last night and Reagan’s infamous “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” speech at the Berlin Wall.

I wondered last night whether or not the US had continued to use any of the German concentration camps once [...]

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No such thing as a just war

By On March 16, 2004 · Leave a Comment · In Politics

Another hopeful sign…

Soldier who refused to return to Iraq to surrender in North Miami

By Erik Schelzig, Associated Press

NORTH MIAMI, Fla. (AP) Shaken by a gunfight in Iraq that killed innocent civilians, a 28-year-old U.S. soldier declared the invasion ”an oil-driven war” and said he won’t return to the Middle East [...]

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