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Hanukkah Song (Original)
December 20, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Adam Sandler of Saturday Night Live has done several versions of his Hanukkah Song over the years, but how many of you remember the first time he performed his song on SNL? (Wait for the ad to run at the beginning). Happy Hanukkah.
A Very Calvin & Hobbes Christmas
December 20, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I was a huge fan of the Calvin & Hobbes comic strip. One of the features of the comic was Calvin making "unusual" snowmen. These Calvin & Hobbes inspired creations are now in this video by Jim Frommeyer, Teague Chrystie, & Bill Watterson. "Some have been asking how this was made, so … Read more
Tea-Publican treachery and cowardice: a middle-class tax increase in time for Christmas
December 20, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The "less-than-do-nothing" Tea-Publican Congress has fallen into total chaos over middle-class tax cuts. Steve Benen reports at the Political Animal – Congress’ conservative, convoluted chaos: As of Sunday night, the New York Times noted that the deal that would send everyone home for the holidays had “given way to chaos.” Yesterday, Capitol Hill … Read more
John McCain throws gas on the fire
December 20, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Much of the world has headlines like this in the last 24 hours: N. Korea uncertain; region gets jitters over Kim Jong Il's death: It was the scenario strategists from Beijing to Washington worried about: Kim Jong Il of North Korea dies suddenly, before the isolated regime can complete a transfer of … Read more
More on the closing of St. Louis’ Imagine charter schools
December 20, 2011
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by David Safier Arizona has 18 charter schools run by Imagine Schools, the nation's largest charter school chain. Two Imagine Schools in St. Louis were shut down because they were doing such a lousy job. The other four in the city are on probation. Do Arizona's Imagine Schools suffer the same deficiencies? I don't know. … Read more
Newt Gingrich gets a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Present
December 20, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Newt Gingrich, who has proposed taking poor children from their parents and sending them to orphanages where, no doubt, he would put them to work scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms for their keep, gets a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Present. In this version, George C. Scott plays Ebeneezer Scrooge in … Read more
And Arapio’s Supporters Go There Publicly
December 19, 2011
By Michael Bryan In my post summarizing the DOJ's 14141 action against MSCO, I suggested that one of the political ploys that Arpaio and his supporters might try is to attack the messenger: Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Thomas Perez, Esq. The simple fact is that Perez is Latino, and that in … Read more
Joe Scarborough IS the new/old Bob Dylan? Really?
December 19, 2011
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by David Safier You be the judge. Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan album cover: Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzenzinski in a print ad for Morning Joe on MSNBC: The similarity is even more glaring with a crop of the album cover. Joe, unlike Bob, you Blow, in a Wind-y kind … Read more
