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Wednesday, December 08, 2010
New Found Photos!
A new batch of photographs have appeared on Foundphotos.net. Updates have slowed to a crawl over the las year or so... Here is my favorite from the new current crop (archive 137):
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Painting: The Balance of Power (digital)--Newly minted Blue Dog, President Obama, throws in the towel on tax cuts
Painting and Commentary by Jack Brummet
Social Mores Editor
I created this last night while thinking about President Obama basically throwing in the towel on tax cuts. That was very disappointing for both us, and especially for him. How much choice did he have? Just a hair more than none at all.
No matter how little We, The People, or, The President like it, he has little choice but to operate like a Blue Dog Democrat. Just ask President Bill Clinton.
Social Mores Editor
I created this last night while thinking about President Obama basically throwing in the towel on tax cuts. That was very disappointing for both us, and especially for him. How much choice did he have? Just a hair more than none at all.
No matter how little We, The People, or, The President like it, he has little choice but to operate like a Blue Dog Democrat. Just ask President Bill Clinton.
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Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Monday, December 06, 2010
Watercolor by Jack Brummet: Bluehead 11: Patient Zero
Watercolor: Bluehead 11: Patient Zero
by Jack Brummet
by Jack Brummet
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Sunday, December 05, 2010
Poem by Jack Brummet - A spring and an autumn
A spring and an autumn
by Jack Brummet
Times change
And with them the demands
Of time
There is a spring and an autumn in
The life of people and countries
There is a fire below and a lake above
With the forces of light
And the forces of darkness
Always at war in different guises
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Saturday, December 04, 2010
The Golden Times music video of "Let It Be"
By Jack Brummet
Social Mores Editor
Wow. This is a must see. This is so bizarre and random, and somehow sort of sweet. The video has B-listers, has-beens, active celebs, and even at least one dead one...all performing Let It Be. The video apparently promotes a Norwegian TV show "Golden Times". Huh? Golden Times seems to be a show on the theme of "where are they now?"
I don't watch many viral videos--or not all the way through to the bitter (and often disappointing) end, but this one. . .I found myself watching all the way, just to see who, and what, came next.
I can't even explain why I find this compelling. But that's why you need to watch it yourself.
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Social Mores Editor
Wow. This is a must see. This is so bizarre and random, and somehow sort of sweet. The video has B-listers, has-beens, active celebs, and even at least one dead one...all performing Let It Be. The video apparently promotes a Norwegian TV show "Golden Times". Huh? Golden Times seems to be a show on the theme of "where are they now?"
I don't watch many viral videos--or not all the way through to the bitter (and often disappointing) end, but this one. . .I found myself watching all the way, just to see who, and what, came next.
I can't even explain why I find this compelling. But that's why you need to watch it yourself.
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Friday, December 03, 2010
The real NASA press conference was cancelled & they ended up using a back pocket story about bacteria...
Science Editor
As it turns out, NASA had to go with their lesser story when the family of Greys they planned to show the world got an extreme case of stage fright. We will be posting more details on the press-conference meltdown in the next few days. In the meantime, have a great weekend.
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Thursday, December 02, 2010
WikiLeaks: Does this batch of leaks end up being "good" leaks?
By Jack Brummet
Social Mores Editor
I've read more than one "expert" or "pundit" this week say that while there were some embarrassing moments in the current round of WikiLeaks, on the whole many foreign governments were pleasantly surprised to find that the U.S. diplomatic corps actually seem to care and are actively working to solve real problems. You can say I am just a hapless dupe, but, yeah, it's possible?
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Social Mores Editor
I've read more than one "expert" or "pundit" this week say that while there were some embarrassing moments in the current round of WikiLeaks, on the whole many foreign governments were pleasantly surprised to find that the U.S. diplomatic corps actually seem to care and are actively working to solve real problems. You can say I am just a hapless dupe, but, yeah, it's possible?
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Double painting by Jack Brummet: Eden/The Tooth Monster
Digital Painting by Jack Brummet
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010
The Four Horsepeople Of The Apocalypse: The Republican Front-runners Romney, Palin, Huckabee, and Gingrich
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Editor
Illustration by Jack Brummet, Social Mores Editor
In the Republican-Tea Party, there is, at the moment, a four-candidate top-tier including Ex-Governor Palin, Former Governor Mike Huckabee, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt "Contract On America" Gingrich.
A recent Quinnipiac University poll showed the four of them all in a pretty tight cluster--with each potentially receiving around 15 to 19 percent of the vote.
Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Haley Barbour, John Thune, Mike Pence, Rick Santorum, Mitch Daniels, Gary Johnson, Chris Christie all pulled from 1 to 5% of the potential voters.
Let's face it. . .the Republicans have to be scared sh**less! I don't think the Tea Party wing is smart enough to be spooked. The one candidate that seems mostly likely to be elected--Mitt Romney--is not loved, and the party activists like neither his religion nor the excellent health-care bill he marshaled through in Massachusetts.
Obviously this is an extremely early poll and EVERYTHING can--and probably will--change. And then remember, too, I published my first list Democratic front-runners at about this same time in the election cycle last time around. Barack Obama wasn't even on my list. . .just in case you're wondering how solid these prognostications are.
Illustration by Jack Brummet, Social Mores Editor
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In the Republican-Tea Party, there is, at the moment, a four-candidate top-tier including Ex-Governor Palin, Former Governor Mike Huckabee, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt "Contract On America" Gingrich.
A recent Quinnipiac University poll showed the four of them all in a pretty tight cluster--with each potentially receiving around 15 to 19 percent of the vote.
Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Haley Barbour, John Thune, Mike Pence, Rick Santorum, Mitch Daniels, Gary Johnson, Chris Christie all pulled from 1 to 5% of the potential voters.
Let's face it. . .the Republicans have to be scared sh**less! I don't think the Tea Party wing is smart enough to be spooked. The one candidate that seems mostly likely to be elected--Mitt Romney--is not loved, and the party activists like neither his religion nor the excellent health-care bill he marshaled through in Massachusetts.
Obviously this is an extremely early poll and EVERYTHING can--and probably will--change. And then remember, too, I published my first list Democratic front-runners at about this same time in the election cycle last time around. Barack Obama wasn't even on my list. . .just in case you're wondering how solid these prognostications are.
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