This picture was taken way before Palin was ever picked as McCain’s running mate, back when my hair was darker too: I don’t think it’s very similar at all, but I’ve been using it on LJ, and two separate comments to the tune of “omigod is that, like, a Palin Halloween-themed userpic” have appeared. Hmmm.Continue reading “I do my best Sarah Palin”
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Dear John McCain – No thank you
I was listening to Voice of America in Ukrainian the other day, and lo and behold, there was a segment on how McCain is targeting Ukrainian-American voters. And his entire shtick with that is apparently “f*ck Russia… I mean, I will help keep Ukraine independent.” No, you’ll just “help” split Ukraine in two. I’ve saidContinue reading “Dear John McCain – No thank you”
More bad news! These from the former USSR!
So this is what happens when people keep saying – “skinhead problem? What skinhead problem?” Now, I walk a fine line when publishing such essays, because I do not wish to contribute to russophobia. I get angry, helplessly angry, when I see Nazi slogans spray-painted in my neighbourhood, but I also have repeatedly seen myContinue reading “More bad news! These from the former USSR!”
More creepiness from Carolina: dead bear cub covered with Obama signs
Once again, my state continues to shock me. Is this a threat? Someone’s idea of a stupid, sick joke? First a reporter getting kicked at Elon, and now an animal shot to death, with Obama signs acting like some sort of funeral shroud. Meanwhile, someone has sent in this postcard to PostSecret. Is this alsoContinue reading “More creepiness from Carolina: dead bear cub covered with Obama signs”
Abu Ghraib should damn well haunt us…
Daisy has posted something you really ought to read: on Abu Ghraib, on our national nightmares, and even with some commentary on radical feminism thrown in the mix. When I read that, all I could think was “I just want to go back.” But to what, exactly? Has there even been a time in thisContinue reading “Abu Ghraib should damn well haunt us…”
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