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Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

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Happy B-Day, Oliver

by John Cole|  December 6, 20031:16 pm| 3 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads

Go wish Oliver Happy B-day. He is 26, although I don’t know what that is in dog years (you will understand my comment if you click the link).

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Good Reads

by John Cole|  December 6, 20036:45 am| Leave a Comment

This post is in: Excellent Links

Mike at Cold Fury has been blogging up a storm. Just start at the top and work your way down.

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Go Vote

by John Cole|  December 5, 20032:08 pm| 4 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads

Make sure you go vote for the Weblog Awards.

Predictably, I am getting my ass handed to me.

For some reason, I am not even on the Playful Primates ballot. Weird.

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Blogger Awards

by John Cole|  December 3, 20037:55 am| 9 Comments

This post is in: Excellent Links

John Hawkins has his 2003 Warblogger Awards up, and once again, it was a clean sweep for Balloon Juice.

Nothing.

Zip.

Nada.

Zilch.

I did get five votes for Best Overall Blog, tying me for 14th place, so I would like to thank mom, dad, and my brother and sisters for those votes (*** Update *** This was just a joke- or supposed to be I really appreciate the fat that that many people voted for me, and I am actually quite surprised).

In other end of the year award news, Little Green Footballs is accepting nominations for the 2003 Fiskie:

Speaking of awards, it

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How Did I Miss This?

by John Cole|  December 2, 20035:26 pm| 28 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, General Stupidity

Someone just needs to go slap the asshole editor at the New York Times who wrote this headline:

Iraq’s Shiites Insist on Democracy. Washington Cringes

Because it is really that simple, you see. Even a theocratic Shiite cleric wants democracy more than this administration. I can’t write anything else because I will use too many four letter words.

How Did I Miss This?Post + Comments (28)

I am a Country

by John Cole|  November 29, 20037:51 pm| 2 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads

And my name is JCOLEDOVIA. My neighbors are rampant lefties, but I am assuming I am am nuclear equipped.

I am a CountryPost + Comments (2)

Cat in The Hat

by John Cole|  November 28, 20036:26 pm| 1 Comment

This post is in: Open Threads

Via Dean Esmay, it appears that the movie critics feel the cat should not have been let out of the bag:

“They may as well have skipped the hassle of securing licensing rights and simply called this mess Mike Myers: Asshole in Fur.” — Gregory Weinkauf, DALLAS OBSERVER

“Like being run over by a garbage truck that backs up and dumps its load on top of you.” — David Edelstein, SLATE

“A vulgar, uninspired lump of poisoned eye candy.” — A. O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES

The Defective Yeti has more.

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