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Saturday, March 05, 2011

SATURDAY NIGHT THE WATERBOYS, ELASTICA.

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The Waterboys with The Whole of the Moon . Lead man Mike Scott is, afaik, the only consistent member of the band, and must have burned throu...
Friday, March 04, 2011

SOME NEWS TIDBITS TO CHEW ON...

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Still haven't noticed a certain pattern? Do you live on Phobos? Are you a horse? Or have you got Alzheimer? Primo. From the New York Pos...
Tuesday, March 01, 2011

FIRST PRODUCTION F-35 TAKES TO THE AIR.

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On February 25, 2011, the first production F-35 made its maiden flight: The West's prime new tactical fighter, the fifth generation F-35...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

IRENE KHAN IS A SCHTOOPID CUNT (2).

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Almost to the date four years ago I posted the first "Irene Khan is a schtoopid cunt" post. Let's recap a little. Back then, ...
Saturday, February 26, 2011

SATURDAY NIGHT SMASHING PUMPKINS, PETER GABRIEL.

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Smashing Pumpkins with 1979. Peter Gabriel with Humdrum. Got to know this number through a friend who lent me a Live album, from 1983 I thin...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN!!!

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Via Dick Morris : Proud of it, aren't we? Sources: (1) U.S. Energy Information Administration (2) Wall Street Journal (3) Bureau of Labo...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

OUTRAGE: AFGHAN CHRISTIAN CONVERT SAID MUSA ABOUT TO BE EXECUTED BY AFGHAN GOVERNMENT.

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Regular reader Traveller forwarded me a link to the following appalling story. Via National Review Online , February 18, 2011: AMERICA QUIET...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

SATURDAY NIGHT CREAM, PHIL COLLINS.

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Cream with White Room . 1968. Easy Lover , by Phil Collins and Philip Bailey. 1984. Goedenacht. MFBB.
Thursday, February 17, 2011

JOHN SINGER SARGENT (1856-1925).

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Not much time. What follows are three works by an American painter I admire very much, John Singer Sargent . I say "American" pain...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

TIM BLAIR BLASTS THE GREEN WIZARDS OF OZ.

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We don't let our light shine too often on Oz, but today I came across a marvellous Tim Blair observation in his Daily Telegraph blog: Th...
Monday, February 14, 2011

GRATUITOUS VALENTINE'S DAY PIC.

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Hey, any excuse to post a Gemma Atkinson pic is good. MFBB.
Sunday, February 13, 2011

GOOD NEWS FROM SWITZERLAND - AGAIN! CONGRATULATIONS TO "THE MOST ARMED AND THE MOST FREE"!!!

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Between gnarling teeth and a lot of hissing the BBC published this update on the Swiss referendum held today, dealing with tighter gun cont...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

SATURDAY NIGHT DANZIG, THE CULT.

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Danzig with Blood and Tears . This heavy metal band around singer/songwriter Glenn Danzig , saw the light in 1987 in Lodi, New Jersey. The ...
Friday, February 11, 2011

SHAME ON YOU, BARBARA BUSH.

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Maybe it's the dark winter months. Maybe it's the continuous strain. Maybe it's the gloomy news all around the globe. Maybe it...
Thursday, February 10, 2011

LIEGE, BELGIUM. WALLOON SOCIALISTS ACTIVELY PURSUING HALAL HUB AT LIEGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

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I am too f*cked up to translate it myself from either Dutch or French, so I borrowed this from Islam In Europe : LIEGE: PLANS FOR EUROPEAN H...
Saturday, February 05, 2011

SATURDAY NIGHT THE HEADSTONES, TASMIN ARCHER, THERAPY?

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The Headstones with When something stands for nothing . Canadians from Kingston, Ontario. Formed in the late eighties, broke up in 03. Front...
Friday, February 04, 2011

WHY RICHARD STENGEL IS AN ASSHOLE (AND WHAT'S JONAH GOLDBERG'S WAY OF SAYING THAT IN A NICER WAY).

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I'm a bit late to offer my 2 cts. on this travesty, but okay... ... most of us have seen this cover , right? Words fail me to describe h...

THE PRODUCT OF A LIBERAL UPBRINGING.

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Martin Sheen definitely did a darn good job of raising his boy... ... NOT!!! Via FoxNews . MFBB.
Saturday, January 29, 2011

SATURDAY NIGHT THE LEVELLERS, JOHN MURPHY, GUSTAV MAHLER.

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I'm sorry for the light blogging last week, but the work was excruciating. I think I should hire extra personnel, but 1° the insane labo...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

PROP IN THE JET AGE: THE DOUGLAS A-1 SKYRAIDER.

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Designed by Ed Heinemann of Douglas Aircraft Company during WWII, as a successor to types as the Helldiver and the Avenger, the Skyraider ,...
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