Monthly Archives: September 2012

Flying With The Windows Down

September 28, 2012 – 7:53 pm

Last Monday a small electrical fire forced the airplane carrying Mitt Romney’s wife to make an emergency landing in Denver. The passengers escaped from the stricken jet without injury and later on stage at a political rally the GOP presidential candidate expressed his relief that his wife was safe and then said, “When you have […]

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Wish I Was There # 1

September 28, 2012 – 1:01 pm

Foto from Sam Royalle at Diamond A Go Go, South Pattaya. This evening. I’m half the world away. Enjoy the dancing girls, farangs. Click on foto to enlarge

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You Bet I Would – Emma Watson

September 26, 2012 – 12:03 pm

The painter Duncan Hannah posted this photo on FB. A friend complained, “I mean, it’s almost too much.” I replied, “Or almost too little.” We live in a world of squares.

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Simple Math, You Idiot

September 26, 2012 – 10:38 am

Yesterday a radical friend posted a video of the comedienne Sara Silverman lambasting the GOP for radically altering the ID requirements for voting across the country. The courts have been knocking down these laws passed by republican-dominated state legislatures, however over 21,000,000 Americans, mostly the elderly, poor, military, and students don’t have state-issued IDs. The […]

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Panic At 39,000 Feet

September 26, 2012 – 9:05 am

Millions of passengers fly on commercial airplanes every day. Most flights reach their destinations without incident, but not all of them, so before take-off stewards and stewardesses stand in the aisles to give safety instructions accompanied by a video. They point out emergency exits and demonstrate how to put on life vests and air masks. […]

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