Chris Hedges was way ahead of the curve. Back in October Prez Huha‘s] administration. It could begin in as little as three weeks. Probable? Was he nuts? Three weeks? Really nuts? Well, his timing may have been off, but the clock is still running. EmailFacebookTwitterReddit
Emmett Williams, RIP
Another old friend is gone. We spent many a winter night together in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, keeping ourselves entertained over a bottle or two. He died in Berlin. He was 81. interview worth reading that fills in lots of details about him. And here’s an excerpt from “THE VOY AGE,” which “started out,” he once […]
John Bryan, RIP
They left 12 roses on his doorstep along with half of their kidnap victim’s California driver’s license. He was grateful for the roses. “They could have been 12 bullets,” he said. The kidnappers were the Symbionese Liberation Army. The license belonged to Patty Hearst. The year was 1974. The roses were both a warning and […]
Blogs Are Personal (in Case You Hadn’t Noticed)
Been gone. Now back. Why gone? Flew out west to see an old friend and collaborator, “Century,” a massive volume of photos from London’s Sunday Times Magazine chronicling the years 1899 to 1999. The main point of interest, however, is the partial view of Mustill’s large collage from the mid-1960s on the wall behind me. […]
Molly Ivins, RIP
Molly Ivins, who “Stand Up Against the Surge,” it was a sober, even solemn commentary without so much as a hint of the satirical wit for which she was famous. She called it part of an “old-fashioned newspaper crusade to stop the war.” President With His Head Up His Ass as often as possible. For […]
The Experts Do Their Thing
Pat Lang, who offered background. “We invaded the Iraq of our dreams,” he said. In other words, “the country was not, in fact, what we thought it to be.” Furthermore, Lang said, differences in values between Americans and Iraqis are so great and so misunderstood, on both sides, that there is no basis for believing […]
Yeah, Yeah
The state of the union is wrong. Make that 1/27/07 EmailFacebookTwitterReddit
Proud of His Steadfast
The National Conference for Media Reform and gave one of his typical brain-addled speeches. It’s guaranteed to make you laugh. Then Helen Thomas asked him a few questions: As Huha said in closing, “If there’s questions that has not been answered that’s not my fault.” Now stop laughing and watch or listen to video excerpts […]
He’s B-a-a-a-ck!
Shoah and Pin-Ups
That’s the title of a new documentary about “Lurie would like to have painted comfortable, comforting things,” says Matthias Reichelt, a curator and art historian who collaborated on the film with the director Reinhild Dettmer-Finke. “But something kept him from doing so. And that something is what this film explores.” Anthology Film Archives in New […]
Bold and Beautiful
Today’s national holiday marks the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. He would have been 78. That’s younger by five years than two living ex-presidents, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush, and yet he seems a figure from a far more distant past. BnnRpbiblustering moral pipsqueaks? Click these links: 1) to read or watch King’s […]
Old Bull on Top of New Lies
If anybody needed further proof that whatsisface is still flogging the same old bullshit, let him read Washington Post mush and the Prez Huha‘s] aides insisted that the plan [for more U.S. troops] was largely created by the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki,” “does not really want them,” according to another NYT report. […]
Over the Top
Take a close look. Does he bear any resemblance to the It’s Alfred Jarry’s woodcut of Père Ubu, better known as Ubu Roi, and it comes to mind as a prelude to Huha’s speech tonight because a reader has just suggested Père Bubu (Papa Bubu) or BuBu Roi (King BuBu) as our new moniker for […]
Terminology
The Bullshitter-in-Chief?” The answers were, “Of course.” But the suggested terms, ranging from “d’Oily Farte” and “Mr. Stupid” to “Banana Head,” “Fratboy” and “The Dolt,” failed to inspire the staff. So we’ll stick with our term, shortened to The Bullshitter. We hope this will underscore his iconic status not just as the first among equals […]
More Popcorn
If it’s true he hasn’t seen the video of Saddam Hussein’s execution, as the what a mumbler he is. raw execution video, he could watch the
The Believer’s Gas
He has called himself horseshit op-ed column in today’s Wall Street Journal. mulling a suitably demeaning term to substitute for our customary
Dirty Stockings: 2006
Bullshitter-in-Chief‘s next maneuver to cement two legacies of his regime — the BnnRpbiTo Our Pipsqueak Leaders One More Ventriloquist Dummy ‘I Am Me and Rummy’s He …’ Deja Prevu, or Just the Facts No Parking for 9/11’s Fifth On a Bicycle and a Prayer Pants on Fire Pass the Milk, Please The One True Person […]