Twisted Vintage: The Unknown

Twisted Vintage: The Unknown

i'll bet they say NI

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peek a boo!

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he ain't no neil diamond

 and i thank the great goddess for that EVERY day

Revolution comes out of the barrel of a microphone: James Brown live in Boston April 5, 1968
 by Marc Campbell

On April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King was assassinated. The following day mayhem erupted in cities all across America. Riots and looting had broken out in Chicago, Detroit, Washington D.C. and L.A.. Boston was a powder keg on the verge of exploding and Mayor Kevin White was considering canceling all public gatherings, including an April 5th concert by James Brown at the Boston Garden...........

awwwwwwwwwwww

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if you're surprised by this, raise your hand

you, over there...you're the ONLY one

In Tapes, Nixon Rails About Jews and Blacks

By ADAM NAGOURNEY

 

YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Richard M. Nixon made disparaging remarks about Jews, blacks, Italian-Americans and Irish-Americans in a series of extended conversations with top aides and his personal secretary, recorded in the Oval Office 16 months before he resigned as president........

 

...............Nixon continued: “The Italians, of course, those people course don’t have their heads screwed on tight. They are wonderful people, but,” and his voice trailed off.............

 

is it me,

or is this absurd? there is a tax issue, there is an unemployment issue, there is a dadt issue, there is a marriage equality issue, there is health coverage, there is education, there is hunger......................there is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO effing much at stake here YET....................I READ THIS:

Legalizing Internet poker gets push from Harry Reid in lame-duck session

By Dan Eggen

Washington Post Staff Writer 

the nutmeg grater: the smithsonian may pussy out

the nutmeg grater: the smithsonian may pussy out

from a polar bear's tale (where you can ALWAYS find something beautiful or

unusual or cool or happy or warm or snowy.......................) comes

A Visit From Saint Nicholas, 1862 stop by her blog linked above to see and read the rest

you wanted 'em. you voted for 'em. you got 'em

now YOU deal with 'em

and don't forget who the hell was at the helm on 9/11 too. don't forget it. i won't.

don't forget who actually sent all the american service women and men to their deaths over this. don't forget who sent all the american service women and men into hospitals with horrific injuries. and will the re-pug-nacan't allow money to be spent on our veterans whose bodies and minds were torn apart thanks to them and king george and his band of merry men? (there were a couple of token women in there but mostly MEN MEN AND MEN).  goddess help you re-pug-lican'ts if YOU ever have to be dug out of a pile of asbestos tainted rubble. goddess help you because i don't know who else will

Republicans Block U.S. Health Aid for 9/11 Workers

By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ

 

WASHINGTON — Republican senators blocked Democratic legislation on Thursday that sought to provide medical care to rescue workers and others who became ill as a result of breathing in toxic fumes, dust and smoke at the site of the World Trade Center attack in 2001. 

The 9/11 health bill, a version of which was approved by the House of Representatives in September, was among several initiatives that Senate Democrats had hoped to approve before the close of the 111th Congress. Supporters believe this was their last real opportunity to have the bill passed.

The action by the Senate created huge uncertainty over the bill’s future. Its proponents were working on Thursday to salvage the legislation, with one possibility being to have it inserted into a large tax-cut bill that Republicans and Democrats are trying to pass before Congress ends its current session...............

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Drew Angerer/The New York Times

Senators Kirsten E. Gillibrand and Charles E. Schumer of New York during a news conference after the 9/11 health bill failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday.

no, this story is NOT from the onion

and NO, this story is in no way shape or form funny

Czech Republic under fire for ‘penis testing’ gay refugees

By Daniel Tencer

The European Union's top human rights agency is criticizing the Czech Republic for its practice of using a "sexual arousal" test to see if refugee claimants are telling the truth when they claim to be gay.

According to a report released last week by the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency, refugees claiming to be gay have been subjected to "phallometric testing," a process in which sensors are attached to the penis, and the subject is then shown straight porn.

"Those applicants who become aroused are denied asylum," reports the BBC. If the sensor picks up no movement, the Czech government considers the person to be gay and refugee status is granted.................

 

aqua lung

my friend

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..........Original Caption:

Oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau demonstrates his latest invention, the Aqua-Lung, with the help of Ethel Janney of Cold Spring Harbor, and Commander Douglas Fane, Chief of the US Navy underwater demolition squad.....................

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aqua net

 is NOT just for women ya know

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r e s p e c t

Aretha Franklin Has Cancer

myFOXDetroit.com Staff Report

FOX 2 News in Detroit has learned that the "Queen of Soul" has cancer. A relative of Aretha Franklin tells reporter Al Allen that the icon has cancer.  Another relative says the family is very concerned.
At this time Franklin's family says she is doing "OK", but they are asking for the continued prayers and thoughts from the community. ............

i just don't know

it's one shite show after the other.  as if our service people haven't suffered enough, now they want to make them eat GULF SEAFOOD

now, the 'powers that be' claim the seafood is safe. guess what? i flat out DO NOT BELIEVE THEM

Mabus pushes Gulf seafood

By Jonathan Tilove

Washington bureau

WASHINGTON -- Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who doubles as President Barack Obama's point man on Gulf Coast oil spill recovery, is pressing America's armed services to consume as much Gulf seafood as possible.

Navy Capt. Beci Brenton said Monday that Mabus has talked with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the secretaries of the Air Force and Army, and his staff has talked to the Defense Commissary Agency, which operates a worldwide chain of stores for military personnel, making the point "that we should be buying Gulf Coast seafood."..............

your kids ARE on drugs (it's that rock music you know)

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santa?

chout for the claws!

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no words no words no words

Republican state senator files for repeal of Missouri’s ‘Puppy Mill Act
 By Eric W. Dolan
Missouri Republicans are flocking to a call to fight socialism at all costs, even if it means killing a few puppies.
Republican State Senator Bill Stouffer filed legislation to repeal a bill aimed at curbing cruel and inhumane treatment of dogs by breeders last week.

The Missouri Dog Breeding Regulation Initiative, Proposition B, known as the "Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act," requires large-scale dog-breeders to provide basic food and water, adequate shelter, necessary veterinary care, adequate space, regular exercise, and adequate rest between breeding cycles to dogs under their care. The bill also prevents breeders from owning more than 50 breeding dogs...........

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yet another sick fuck

hey afa, METHINKS THOU DOTH PROTEST WAY TOO FUCKIN' MUCH (IF YOU CATCH MY DRIFT)

AFA: WikiLeaks is about gays in the military, not Assange
 By Daniel Tencer

A senior official at the American Family Association says the political storm over the WikiLeaks cables shows that gays shouldn't be allowed to serve in the military.

Bryan Fischer, the AFA's head of issues analysis, believes he knows what motivated the man thought to be behind the WikiLeaks release of State Department cables: A "homosexual" agenda............

elizabeth edwards

she DID stay strong

from wapo:

Elizabeth Edwards dies; lived her pain on a public stage

By Patricia Sullivan

Washington Post Staff Writer  

Elizabeth A. Edwards, who captured the nation's sympathy and admiration for her forthright grace in coping with her struggle with breast cancer and the infidelity of her husband, presidential candidate John Edwards, died Dec. 7 at her home in Chapel Hill, N.C., after a six-year battle with cancer. .....

i would take care o' bid-niz if i were you

it appears the end of the world is upon  us

via dangerous minds

The Problem with Feminism...

yeah, spank that bio-tch (no, really. there IS a website devoted to 'christian' men knocking the shite out of their wives)

The Problem with Feminism...

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Assange Accuser Worked with US-Funded, CIA-Tied Anti-Castro Group

are there no work houses?

..............

"Since you ask me what I wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. I don't make merry myself at Christmas and I can't afford to make idle people merry. I help to support the establishments I have mentioned—they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there."
"Many can't go there; and many would rather die."
"If they would rather die", said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population................ (via) and if you don't know what this is from, why the character said it, or who wrote it, i indeed madams and sirs feel sorry for you

i know someone i wish would have visits from three ghosts

BIO-TCH

National Review editor: Parents of kids in school breakfast programs are criminals

By Daniel Tencer

Parents of children who participate in school breakfast programs are "criminally negligent," says the Washington editor of the conservative National Review.

Kate O'Beirne, who also appears as a pundit on MSNBC, made the comment at a Republican strategy session she moderated at the Hudson Institute Friday.

"My question is what poor excuse for a parent can’t rustle up a bowl of cereal and a banana?" O'Beirne asked. "I just don’t get why millions of school children qualify for school breakfasts unless we have a major wide spread problem with child neglect.".......

 

whoa

 this is scary in itself. an online seller who scared his customers in order to BOOST HIS RATINGS WITHIN A SEARCH ENGINE????????????? whoa whoa whoa

and what he did (he ADMITTED at least to SOME of it) and allegedly did is criminal. not to worry (for the time being that is). he HAS been arrested

being a bully IS cowardly

U.S. Arrests Online Seller Who Scared Customers

By DAVID SEGAL

Federal law enforcement agents on Monday arrested a Brooklyn Internet merchant who mistreated customers because he thought their online complaints raised the profile of his business in GoogleThe merchant, Vitaly Borker, 34, who operates a Web site called decormyeyes.com, was charged with one count each of mail fraud, wire fraud, making interstate threats and cyberstalking. The mail fraud and wire fraud charges each carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The stalking and interstate threats charges carry a maximum sentence of five years................. searches.

 

guess which service i have?

i CAN give y'all an example of their outstanding customer service. just recently i had reason to be IN an at&t store. they didn't have what i needed but one of the reps said a ups truck was coming in at 1:00 pm and asked me to call him back at 1:30 or 2:00. he gave me his BUSINESS CARD. 

i called the phone number on the BUSINESS CARD. no answer. not just NO answer BUT a voice message telling me i couldn't leave a voicemail message because the USER HAD NOT SET UP HIS VOICEMAIL BOX yet. i tried three more times and the same thing. NO ANSWER AND I WAS UNABLE TO LEAVE A MESSAGE.

tell me, what kind of at&t employee gives you their business card with their business phone on it and then can't even set up THEIR voice mail and/or messaging system? 

nuff said

(oh except i have had EXCELLENT service from at&t as well. the person who installed my father's cable tv from at&t was GREAT. helpful, knowledgeable AND NICE.)

AT&T is rated worst cellphone service provider by Consumer Reports
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times

AT&T Inc. is the nation's worst cellphone service provider, according to Consumer Reports.

The magazine, known for independent testing of consumer products, said AT&T came in last behind top scorer U.S. Cellular. Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile also scored higher than the exclusive service provider of Apple Inc.'s popular iPhone.......... 

PCL LinkDump: Fats Waller - Winter Weather

PCL LinkDump: Fats Waller - Winter Weather

listen to it. it's FATS for goddess' sake!

monday, funday

i have today off (from work). well i was SUPPOSED to have today off. i have to go in for a bit. i have to finish (well make a dent in) a project i'm working on. i need to be in the office because i'll be too distracted at home.  i have a meeting late morning to further discuss this project. once i'm done with that, i'll just hop in the a rose is a rose mobile and motor on home for the rest of the day.

in the MEANTIME, why don't you take a look at these 'wonderful' songs from peeps who had some issues with the 'women's lib' movement of the 70s

oh, it's MORE than taking a look at. you can LISTEN to 'em too. really DO IT. and i'll say it now. YOU'RE WELCOME!

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pic from the wfmu blog

i concur

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oh my goddess (SO TO SPEAK)

i agree sam,

STONE THE BITCHES!

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we have seen this one before BUT

it IS the festive holiday season after all..............

kathleen, you SHOULD have just stopped after the word WRONG

end period finis. sarah palin is wrong

Sarah Palin is wrong about John F. Kennedy, religion and politics

By Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Sarah Palin has found a new opponent to debate: John F. Kennedy. In her new book, "America by Heart," Palin objects to my uncle's famous 1960 speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, in which he challenged the ministers - and the country - to judge him, a Catholic presidential candidate, by his views rather than his faith. "Contrary to common newspaper usage, I am not the Catholic candidate for president," Kennedy said. "I am the Democratic Party's candidate for president who happens also to be a Catholic." ................

............Palin's argument seems to challenge a great American tradition, enshrined in the Constitution, stipulating that there be no religious test for public office. A careful reading of her book leads me to conclude that Palin wishes for precisely such a test. And she seems to think that she, and those who think like her, are qualified to judge who would pass and who would not. ..............