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Politics
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Two Original 'Deep Throat' Satire Pieces
WARNING: This isn't necessarily hilarious. That's for the warped, unforgiving souls who read this to decide.
- Gay Pride, Gay Prejudice
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EU Constitution Flames Out in Netherlands
With the Dutch vote the EU Constitution is history and the EU may be tottering. Can it be saved?
- GOP torn between Evangelical Talibans and Country Club elite
- LIES! And more damn lies.
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Stout's Out—Army Purges Gay Soldier
Sgt. Robert Stout, who earned a Purple Heart in 2004, has been discharged from the Army. His crime? Being gay.
Sci/Tech
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Good Spam, Bad Spam, Everywhere Spam
I savor the meat (yes, really) and I adore Monty Python, but this new version of digital SPAM? Definitely on my top ten hit list.
Culture
- International Flavor, Chicago-style
- Mundane Visual Pollution: Vol. 10
- Treasure America: Promoting ANWR and Economy
- Human Mildew
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Polarium Nintendo DS Review
Finally, another game that uses the DS properly.
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Monty Python's Spamalot on Broadway
Everything that is best about Spamalot is what's new, not what comes from the film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Eric Idle and Mike Nichols have created something very distinct, something just a wee bit Python, and a lot... well, Mike Nichols.
- Disease of the week: Women's magazines
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Men of America: Rise Up!
There you have it. Far more than you ever wanted to know about breeding in the kingly world of thoroughbred racing and a call to arms for PETA. If this is not cruel and inhumane treatment of animals, I have not seen it. It's certainly time to get involved. Men of the world, RISE UP!
- High school Graduation
- Intentional Intimidation by Gay Activists
- I'm all alone
- ExxonMobil Investors Demand Climate Change Resolutions
- New Hirshhorn Museum Director
- Seven
Music
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Robert Cray Named His 14th Album 'Twenty'
A solid, if unspectacular album from a vetran bluesman (Grade= C+)
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Spanish Fly-Live In Spain
Lou Reed is an enigma, a true rock poet with a cause.
- NIN's Reznor Awarded $3mil in Suit
- New album releases, 5-31-2005
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The Fearless Freaks
After watching this two DVD set from the Flaming Lips I have no doubt that the name The Fearless Freaks is absolutely appropriate for this band.
- The Gigantour and The Daily Music and Tech News
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Collective Soul builds 'From the Ground Up'
It is in no way revelatory and as such will not be of much interest to anyone who is not already a Collective Soul fan (C+)
- The Jeff Healey Band - Live At Montreux 1999 (DVD Review)
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Music Playlist: Tuba Madness
Tuba and Rock & Roll go together better then you would think. Check out these popular songs that use the instrument to great effect.
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"I see a little silhouetto of a man"
When you think 'Queen', what's the first thought that comes to mind? (Apart from Freddy's teeth and those ghastly costumes?)
- ARChive of Contemporary Music Annual Sale
- Rod Stewart Announces Proof of Virility
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DVD REVIEW: Stranglers - Live 1978 in San Francisco
Like a low-tech bootleg, asshole.
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Demon Days Is A Dark, Pleasant Surprise
Demon Days may be one of the biggest surprises of the year.
Tastes
Books
- Blood and Money
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Map of Bones
James Rollins' latest Sigma Force thriller pits the covert agency against an ancient order of alchemists.
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Hedges
Solution to sexual temptation realizes we cannot avoid being tempted, and plants hedges around us to guard against sexual sin.
- A Man of God
- Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove
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Remembering Terror
A tale of a woman's unbreakable inner being and her ability to rise beyond the crushing dust of a shattered childhood.
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The Black Dahlia
The first, dark chapter in Ellroy's L.A. Quartet. I'm just getting around to it now.
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The Book Of Ralph
As best as I could tell, Dad's vision was this: Christmas gave everyone a good beating.
- Umberto Eco Revisits His Adolescence
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Interview with Dorice Nelson, Historical Author
Life was tough in 852, 1650 and 1863.
- The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost
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Graceful Insanity: A History of McLean
McLean Hospital has long been a place for the elite, country-club on the surface and mental institution underneath.
Video
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Sith Happens
Wait a minute! Aren't we Americans (and of course the world-wide fans of Star Wars, who are perhaps a little more American than they want to be) too sophisticated to buy into the Evil Empire myth? We can see shades of gray, we can interpret the nuances; are we not postmodernists?
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Region 1 DVD Releases For 31st May 2005
Plenty James Dean and Steve McQueen, if that's your bag.
- American Idol: Good Signs for Carrie, Bo
- May 2005 Movie Recap.
- Hell’s Kitchen: Hella Bad TV
Sports
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Futon Report: MLB NL All-Star Watch, Part II
It's June, so let's see how baesball's "April tigers" materialized.
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