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John Lee Hooker - “Boogie Chillen’”
With Clapton and the Stones. Perfect for All Saints’ Day, since if this doesn’t get ya movin’, you’re already dead.

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Any bets that he identifies himself as a republican? Caught in women’s clothing and denying it ever happened… sure he is!
Catholic Principal Cited for Prostitution Charge
Louisville Cops Find Educator in Parked Car, Dressed in Woman’s Bondage Outfit
The principal at a Kentucky Catholic school is taking personal leave from his job after police in Louisville allegedly [...]

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In their continuing “shorter” series, Gavin M. at Sadly, No! offers “Shorter Uncle Jimbo”:
The counterterrorism expert Malcolm Nance wrote an informative, definitive and persuasive piece for Small Wars Journal titled Waterboarding Is Torture, Period which nonetheless fails in that I shall keep on quibbling smugly over the definition of torture.
Here’s “Waterboarding is Torture… Period” [...]

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And the few we do have are stationed in Iraq and elsewhere.
“I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic…”
Army numbers dwindling. Blackwater mercenaries (you know, those armed men who DON’T have the take the above oath) scattered throughout [...]

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With hundreds of U.S. diplomats protesting against a government move to force them to accept postings in war-torn Iraq, Juan Cole is calling for the close of the U.S. embassy in Iraq:
I don’t try to start an internet campaign very often, because the blogosphere has its own priorities and logic that are democratic and should [...]

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The Washington Post has an article in today’s paper about Donald Rumsfeld’s memos, or “snowflakes” as they are called. Sometimes he’d send out 20 to 60 snowflakes a day.
From some of Rumsfeld’s “snowflakes”
People will “rally” to sacrifice, he noted after the meeting. “They are looking for leadership. Sacrifice = Victory.”
“Talk [...]

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Foreclosure rate: one in every 196 U.S. households. Pretty scary stuff!
But, hey, the White House and Congress are there to help. So far they’ve done nothing, but they’re there!
Foreclosures jump 30 percent in 3rd quarter
Congress, White House debate solutions to help people keep their homes
As Congress and the White House continue to work toward solutions [...]

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I’m generally opposed to violence, but comedic violence is another matter. Given the vileness of the right-wing these days (ongoing if not escalating), even a peace-inclined DFH might find him or herself feeling filled with anger. But how best to respond?
Writing a scathing blog post can help, as did the many fine posts [...]

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