Afutilestan XII (Letterman Update)

A new poll conducted by ICOS among young men of fighting age in two of Afghanistan’s most violent provinces shows that 92% of them never heard of 9/11. Democracy Now sums it up: Attacks In other news from Afghanistan, a new public opinion poll of young Afghan men in Kandahar and Helmand provinces has been released by the International Council …

The Manchurian Lunatic

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c George Soros Plans to Overthrow America www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Rally to Restore Sanity PART ONE Where Roger Ailes, in a rare moment of introspection and projection says this about NPR: They are of course, Nazis. Where Glenn Beck uncovers a sinister plot to overthrow …

URANTIAN SOJOURN 12·10

Welcome to the premiere edition of Urantian Sojourn Magazine, our latest effort at simultaneously blogging ourselves into oblivion, and regaining some semblance of a life fairly balanced between work and play.  Here’s what we have in mind. Our “Table of Contents” below shows you what’s in this issue so far;  starting out, we anticipate publishing just the cover story, hoping …

Stewart’s Sanity Speech, Citizens United, & The Mid-Term Elections

Jon Stewart lays down the predicate for his Restore Sanity speech Criticisms of Jon Stewart’s closing speech at his and Stephen Colbert’s Restore Sanity and/or Fear Rally in D.C. last Saturday are varied. One has it  that he didn’t encourage people to just simply vote. As far as I saw, watching the whole thing on my teevee, the only person …

RESTORE SANITY Post-Rally Reflections

Yeah! I didn’t see a single misspelled word on the hundreds of signs I read today. . .

Pre-Rally Reflections

The Fear is palpable on the National Mall tonight;  the crew rocked the sound check with Steely Dan’s Bodhisattva. Well, at least when we were walking by. WASHINGTON D.C. —  We landed at Dulles in a 35 m.p.h. crosswind.  I know this because the pilot came on and praised his first officer for doing a “heckofa job” landing that bitch. …

Tea Party Brownshirts

Rand Paul supporters stomping a member of Moveon.org For those who have doubts about where this country is heading in the post-Bush era, this video should prove instructive. Thanks to the non-stop demonization of progressive groups like Moveon.org and the Tides Foundation from the likes of Fux News and their allies in right wing radio, scenes like the one captured …