Thursday, August 28, 2008

JFK's 1960 acceptance speech




Pittsburgh cartoonist put off by pro-choice convention giveaways



Click on the 'Yes We Can!' for the story.

I'm shocked, SHOCKED!!! that lobbyists are partying with pols in Denver




The report from ABC News is worth watching, especially if you're a New Jersey resident, to see who the Democrat's official "taste tester" is.

Convention Sketchpad, day three: Saying good-bye to the Clintons



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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

The liberalization of MSNBC




First Olbermann booted Dan Abrams. Is Joe Scarborough next?

Discussing the McCain campaign yesterday, Keith Olbermann tells Joe Scarborough, "Jesus, Joe, why don't you get a shovel?"

Afterwords Scarborough responds, Chris Matthews awkwardly chimes in with, "Well, are we done?"

UPDATE: Round two, this time it's Joe Scarborough versus David Shuster.

Convention Sketchpad: Day one



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Monday, August 25, 2008

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Hillary Clinton and Ted Kennedy, McCain as Reagan




Check out this Ronald Reagan ad from the 1980 election, attempting to use the bitter primary between Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter to his advantage.



Seem familiar?

Stanley Kubrick's boxes




(BTW- go 39 minutes in to see behind-the-scenes footage of Stanley Kubrick on the set of Full Metal Jacket telling his recruits how many times to tug their crotch during the "This is my rifle..." scene.)

Stanley Kubrick's films were landmark events – majestic, memorable and richly researched. But, as the years went by, the time between films grew longer and longer, and less and less was seen of the director. What on earth was he doing?

Two years after Kubrick's death, Jon Ronson was invited to the director's estate to explore the hundreds of boxes the legendary film director had collected during his decades at Childwick Manor in Hertfordshire. He's been returning ever since, and the story of Kubrick and the archive, now housed at University of the Arts London, is revealed in this fascinating documentary.

Ronson asks: is it possible to get to understand such a man – and his extraordinary working methods – by looking through the hundreds of boxes he left behind?

Mural-sized cartoon slams the National Security Agency's use of 'secret rooms'



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