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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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)

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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…

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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…

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