Tag Archives: WMPC
links for 2007-12-04: Burial, electoral fraudsters
Burial interview by Emmy Hennings at Cyclic Defrost Magazine. (I know I was rather lukewarm about the first album, but the new one really is excellent) (tags: music dubstep Burial) Bush tells Putin of poll concern Pot, kettle, black. (tags: … more…
P! — Impeachable? Or Treasonous?
ddjango lays it out one more time: Constitution [Presidential Oath of Office]: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, … more…
These chimps are fishing for ants…
…but does this ritual make them cultured? A large and growing body of research shows that chimpanzees have quite a rich and varied culture, which carries implications, so they say, for conservation policy. It’s another step in a slow awakening; … more…
Telemarketing militarism to school kids?
This boggles my mind. Amidst all the other fascistic measures introduced by the WMPC a year ago, this one never came to my attention. Sharon Shea-Keneally, principal of Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington, Vermont, was shocked when she … more…
Hoagy Carmichael
Craig Jensen has an impressive collection of Hoagy Carmichael links posted today, including a stream of a 1947 recording of his most successful composition, Stardust – for years and years the most recorded song in popular music – and another … more…
Manifest Destiny, revisited
Manifest Destiny, revisited The WMPC channelling the late, great Kenneth Williams. Just check the nostrils…(“Unaltered AP photograph of George W. Bush, taken at a fundraiser for Republican congressional candidate Bob Beauprez in Denver, Colorado September 27, 2002″) (via Mousemusings)
Nelson Mandela, fighting the good fight
Nelson Mandela, finding that the WMPC is not returning his calls, just went and called George Senior, asking him to have a word, regarding the shrub’s boneheaded determination to trigger Jihad by invading Iraq. He made some forthright remarks, then … more…
Blair is our last hope, says Iraq
Guardian Unlimited Politics | This week | Blair is our last hope, says Iraq “Richard Dawkins, an Oxford science don, suggested Mr Bush was just as much of a danger to world peace as Saddam Hussein, adding: “It would be … more…