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Arnie Vetoes with Authority

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As we’ve learned from his prolific action movie career, the Governator doesn’t take anyone’s guff. Ever.

That’s why it was hilariously reminiscent of my Ultraviolent 90s Cinema upbringing when the San Fransisco Chronicle revealed that Arnie intentionally hid an F-bomb in a letter explaining a recent veto…

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If You’re Healthy, Getting the H1N1 Vaccine is Immoral


You may think getting the H1N1 vaccine is a good idea. If you’re a kid, elderly, pregnant, or have a vulnerable immune system, sure. But otherwise, you’re being immoral.

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A Life Lived in the Rat Race

Leave it to the French to author the final word on Corporate Darwinism. “Switch” is a short film by Jean-Julein Pous and Pierre Prinzbach intended to convey “…a methaphysical thought about time. It’s the destiny of humanity through a character and its different choices, materialized by doubles of himself.”

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Charming British Political Protest

Try as they might, British reformers are much too quaint and humble to really ruffle anyone’s feathers (nudge nudge) with their political attack ads.
Kudos to Wifey Duck for a remarkable Terry Jones impression.

Max Keiser: Dollar Tanking, Recovery Fictional

Favored populist economic hyperbolist Max Keiser was in top form this morning on France 24’s Face Off with Robert Parsons.

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Cartoon Animals Wage Resource War

“Yellow Cake,” is an animated short that teaches us something about global trade, hegemony, and the exploitation of the third world. It’s pretty heavy stuff for the genre, but, then again, this is pretty much exactly how I envision a nation of Toms dealing with a nation of Jerrys.

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Nader Slams Obama

We seem to be on a nice run of left of center commentators calling Obama to task on his various shortcomings. Why stop now?

Larry Lessig on Institutional Corruption

Fantastic (if a bit long winded) lecture on the principles, causes, and consequences of institutional corruption, by Internet Hero, Professor Lawrence Lessig.

White House Tells Bloggers to Suck It

As reported in the Huff Post today, the Obama administration is becoming increasingly peeved at left-wing bloggers who criticize the erosion of its campaign promises and central-shifting policymaking. God forbid anyone criticize the President that isn’t an immediately ridicule-worthy Birther and/or Tea Partier.

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Obama’s Nobel Prize Win Inspires Irrational Exuberance Awards!

Presenting the latest (and greatest?) TMR video production:

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