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10 Years Gone

When one gets to looking back on any period of their life, the eyes tend to get misty, obscuring that which actually happened with a gauze of memory that is almost always skewed. If I were to sit here and try to recap the last ten years of my life, organizing it into lists in ascending order, quantifying it in a very neat and orderly way, it would be all wrong. I’d be making those...

Jan 1st

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Dec 31st

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Dec 31st

Jim Hightower | THE RICH VERSUS THE REST OF US →

Fuck them.

Dec 31st

Merle Haggard: Obama 'Very Different' Than Media's... →

Waiting for country fans to freak out and turn on Haggard…

Dec 29th

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Dec 29th

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Dec 29th

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Latest Right-Wing Freak-Out: Obama Wants To Give... →

I love how it’s totally okay to make racist and derogatory statements about the native tribes without worry of rebuke. It’s also entertaining that some people can be led to believe the most insane sort of shit. If there is one principle that the United States has never gone back on, it’s screwing over the native tribes. We do that kind of shit left and right and never think...

Dec 28th

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NCAA Bungles Ohio State Ruling Along With Entirety... →

I think Clay kinda nailed it on the NCAA’s rulings here.

Dec 28th

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Dec 28th

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My Best Guesses: Bowl Pickin'

My Bowl Season post from my sports blog. Enjoy. fourthandblog: As I start this picks column, Florida International has roared back to take the lead over Toldeo, 28-24, in the Little Caesar’s Bowl. In case you were wondering why I hadn’t posted bowl picks before this, the previous sentence gives you your answer. This might be a good game, but by-and-large, the bowls to this point have been...

Dec 27th

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Dec 27th

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All I Want for Christmas...

This year’s was an understated Christmas. Instead of giving each other gifts, we bought a gift for both of us (The Simpsons Season 13). We (okay, Sara) made most of our gifts to our nieces and nephews. We didn’t do anything big or go anywhere exotic. We hung around the house and entertained each other. I made some peanut butter chocolate balls while we watched Die Hard 2. This...

Dec 26th

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Here's The Presentation LeBron James Used To Get... →

You think it’s terrible from the first page, and it is. But right at the end is the M. Night Shyamalan twist that just sends it entirely over the top. Wow. The arrogance, it’s, just, too much.

Dec 25th

Dec 24th

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Griper Blade: Demonstrating the Value of a... →

I was going to post something about the recent flurry of activity in congress. The START treaty, the Zagroda bill, the repeal of DADT, but Wisco does it just as well as I would have (if not better) and I’m feeling lazy today. So, here you go…

Dec 23rd

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Just Call Me Sam: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal →

Makes me wish I lived in the city proper… samadamspdxor: President Obama and the 111th Congress were right to end a discriminatory policy that not only asked the men and women of the armed forces to lie about who they are at a fundamental level, but also to potentially die in the closet while serving our country. Today’s repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t…

Dec 23rd

DEMINT KEEPS PLAYING THE CHRISTMAS CARD →

I work today, tomorrow, Christmas Day and Sunday. I have no days off this holiday season. I’m pretty sure that I’m not the only American that has this kind of work schedule. Grow up, Senator DeMint.

Dec 22nd

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Colbert: Conservatives are keeping Christ out of Christmas

Dec 22nd

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Dec 22nd

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Dec 22nd

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Dude Vs. Duke: 'True Grit' Offers Comparisons -... →

I haven’t seen True Grit just yet, but this is easily the most asinine discussion to have about the movie. I can just picture the Coens and the actors rolling their eyes after they answer these questions.

Dec 22nd

Pope’s child porn 'normal' claim sparks outrage... →

Whoa whoa whoa! What?! That’s how you’re going to argue this? That pedophilia was “normal” in the 1970s? Wow. Just…wow.

Dec 21st

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Dec 21st

“The math is really pretty simple. When the uber-rich are heavily taxed,...”

– The Great Tax Con Job | Thom Hartmann Surprise, surprise…

Dec 21st

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Oklahoma Sen. Coburn Plans To Hold Up 9/11... →

Hey, here’s an idea, Sen. Coburn, what if we didn’t extend tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans? Would that have helped offset the cost of paying for the medical treatment GROUND ZERO WORKERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS?! You’re a cold-hearted, clueless, classless fucking dipshit.

Dec 21st

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Nate's Top Ten Albums of 2010

NOTE: I had included playable Grooveshark links for songs from every album in this post, but half of them weren’t playing at all and those that were played the wrong songs entirely. I’m going to take another swipe at it soon, so keep an eye out. Sorry. It’s been ten years since my friends and I stumbled into the studio at KMSC, set up a few extra microphones to hold a three hour BS...

Dec 20th

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Dec 20th

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Dec 20th

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Right of Passage: 'True Grit' (2010) < PopMatters →

So excited to see this…

Dec 20th

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Nate's Top Ten Albums of 2010

It’s been ten years since my friends and I stumbled into the studio at KMSC, set up a few extra microphones to hold a three hour BS session centered around our favorite albums of the previous year. That was the end of my junior year of college. It all came about because that year, before Christmas break, a few of us crashed our friend Cosmo’s radio show and ended up sitting around for the better...

Dec 20th

“We are now stuck with sexual deviants serving openly in the U.S. military...”

– Bryan Fischer: Benedict Arnold Republicans destroy military and our national security - RIGHTLYCONCERNED.COM Why don’t you go crawl back into whatever hole you came out of? Our country has moved on and moved forward. Piss off.

Dec 19th

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Dec 18th

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Dec 18th

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Senate Republicans Explain Their Vote Against 9/11... →

Let me get this straight, Senate Republicans- You didn’t want to vote for the 9/11 First Responders bill because you it wasn’t funded with cuts elsewhere or tax hikes, but your most important point of order before recess is to make sure that the Bush tax cuts are extended for another two years? Fuck you, you self-important assholes.

Dec 18th

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Dec 17th

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If you watch this and don’t get so fucking angry that you can barely move, not only are you not an American, you’re barely fucking human. Fuck you, GOP, fuck you. And fuck you CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, ABC News, CBS News- you are all useless piles of shit for not reporting on this. I’m literally so angry I’m shaking. What the hell is wrong with Congress for not passing the...

Dec 17th

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Oregon OKs spell check on student tests →

Fuck everything about this. The fourth graders can’t use the spellcheck, because they’re still learning the foundations of spelling, but middle and high school students can, because by the time you’re 13, you already know how to spell every word perfectly, right? We’re raising a generation of kids so dependent on computers for every little thing. It’s obscene....

Dec 17th

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