Monthly Archives: January 2010

Nativists, Nazis, Tea, and Sarah

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Thanos

Where does Sarah Palin come into the picture? Well recently she opted not to speak at CPAC since one of the sponsors is the John Birch Society. Instead she has decided to be the headliner at the Tea Party National Convention in Nashville. Since Nashville is a hotbed of activity for Council of Conservative Citizens, she’s basically jumped from frying pan into fire. Continue reading →

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Ice Curtains

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Thanos

Ice Curtains hide an empty nest as the glacier on my roof recedes.

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Eugene Robinson Gets it Wrong on Cuba

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Thanos

Eugene makes the same mistake that much of the loony right does: he seems to think that all terror originates with Islamic radicals when all terrorism is not Islamic in origin. Cuba still harbors terror suspects from ETA, FARC, ELN, and up until 2004 they had harbored members of the IRA who were training FARC in use of explosives. Continue reading →

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Blasphemy in Ireland

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Thanos

If you are religious you will most likely find these quotes offensive, and I used to really care a lot about not offending religious people even though I’ve been atheist all my life Continue reading →

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Wow: Reign of Kindo – Just Wait

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Thanos

Candyrat records at Youtube posts a lot of great tunes, and here is their latest from Reign of Kindo: If you like this you can get RoK’s latest album at Amazon or at Itunes or you can order direct from … Continue reading →

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Expect More Bootlegging in Russia

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Thanos

Russia just doubled the price of Vodka to combat Alcoholism:

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Airline terror is a complex problem

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Thanos

David Frum at FrumForum has a post up that examines who the real culprit might be in the failed terror bombing on Christmas Day. while I agree with David on the points he makes about the breakdowns that allowed the … Continue reading →

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