Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Barack Obama Becomes The Democratic "Presumptive" Nominee

Barack Obama wins Montana and loses South Dakota to Hillary Clinton, but still gains enough delegates to mathematically clinch the Democratic Nomination. Man, this is going to get interesting. McCain vs Obama. Its on.

Thank god for third parties.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Former Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee Calls Bush Worst President in History

OpEdNews

Former Republican Senator from Rhone Island, Lincoln Chafee, recently made some interesting comments on his opinion of President George W. Bush.

Former Republican Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee on Tuesday evening called George W. Bush the worst president in U.S. history and the occupation of Iraq the worst foreign tragedy in U.S. history. Chafee said Bush deserved to be impeached.

You should be able to listen to the audio on this site very soon.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Mike Gravel's Soldier Boy

To quote the Dead Milkmen, "Fucked Up World! We're all living in a fucked up world."

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Ron Paul Number 1 on Amazon

CNN
Ron Paul’s loyal supporters helped him set campaign fundraising records and capture more delegates during his presidential run than some of his high-profile Republican rivals. They even managed to briefly shut down Nevada’s GOP convention earlier this month over a rules change controversy.

Now they’ve taken his latest book to the top of the Amazon.com bestseller list.

“The Revolution: A Manifesto”, released earlier this month, is currently No. 1 on the Web site’s list of top sellers, besting even Oprah’s latest Book Club selection.

“Despite a media blackout, this septuagenarian physician-turned-congressman sparked a movement that has attracted a legion of young, dedicated, enthusiastic supporters . . . a phenomenon that has amazed veteran political observers and made more than one political rival envious,” boasts the book’s product description, adding: “Candidates across America are already running as ‘Ron Paul Republicans.’”


Here is an interesting quote about the above mentioned GOP walkout at the Nevada GOP State Convention from the Reno Gazette Journal:

Paul spokesman Jeff Greenspan said the walkout was a first in his 21-year career in politics.

"I've seen factions walk out, I've never seen a party walk out," he said. "I've never even heard of that."




Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Feith No More


Talking Points Memo



According to Talking Points Memo, via The Georgetown Hoya Newspaper, it looks like Doug Feith, war criminal extraordinaire, was let go from Georgetown University.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Clinton Wins and Ron Paul Surges in Pennsylvania

L.A. Times

While some people pay attention to the alleged contest between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama (and she won big), almost unnoticed is the Republican primary.

Many people think Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain has won the GOP nomination.

Actually, he has. A long time ago.

But Texas Rep. Ron Paul's revolutionaries continue to plug away. With 45% of Pennsylvania's 9,268 precincts reporting, Paul has captured 15% of the vote. He's easily beating former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who has only 12%.

Two things will moderate joy in the Paul camp. One, Huckabee suspended his campaign and stopped campaigning weeks ago. Yet, he's still getting 12%. And second, McCain is capturing 73% of the GOP vote -- which was apparently reduced by some thousands of Republicans who changed their registration to vote Democratic for Clinton, as ordered by their leader, Rush Limbaugh, to promote further prolonged feuding among Democrats.

On the other hand, Paul will point out, McCain has already won the party's top ticket spot and yet is drawing only 3 out of 4 Republican ballots.

-- Andrew Malcolm

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Crinch Pin Late Night Music Club: Hawkwind

Here's some awesome Hawkwind footage from 1972.

Crinch Pin Flashback 1953: Prescott Bush Interviewed on CBS's Longines Chronoscope

Prescott Bush was interviewed on this early 50s CBS show sponsored by Longines. Notice how towards the end of this clip Prescott Bush makes a statement about curbing inflation to make sure we have a "sound dollar, an honest dollar".

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Crinch Pin Late Night Music Club: Pink Floyd

Um....yeah. Just shut up and listen to this. Here's a little excerpt from the Live at Pompeii performance of "Saucerful of Secrets". Fuckin brilliant.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Everyday is April Fool's Day During Election Season

Happy April Fools Day everyone. Hopefully this whole proposition of giving the Federal Reserve MORE power is just a prank for today......we can only hope.

On another note, Butler Shaffer over at LRC wrote an interesting little bit today about April Fools Day, called "A National Holiday?".

I believe that general elections - particularly presidential and congressional ones - should be held on April 1st: All Fools Day. What more meaningful date on which to allow Boobus Americanus to indulge himself in the illusion that his opinions really matter?