Archive for November, 2006

Democrats: Dishonest As Republicans

Posted by Brendan on November 30th, 2006 filed in calling bullshit, hypocrisy, politics

Allen Mollohan to control the Purse Strings for the FBI? You’ve gotta be shitting me.
Allen Mollahan, who’s under investigation by the FBI is going to decide how the money’s spent?
The FBI’s probing Mollohan for possible violations of the law arising from his sprawling network of favors and money which connects him to good friends [...]

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The Situation on the Ground in Iraq

Posted by Brendan on November 30th, 2006 filed in impeachment, violence, war

This is copied in full from the Washington Post’s “Global” site.
Guest Blog
How to Stop Iraqi Militiamen
Zeyad A. – To grasp how dire the situation in Baghdad has become over the last few days, here is a sampling of posts to Iraqi message boards where people ask for instructions on how to defend their [...]

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Funnier FOOB

Posted by Brendan on November 30th, 2006 filed in comics

Chris Turner’s Smug Mug does great FOOB parodies.
Just thought you oughta know.

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Van, Part 2

Posted by Brendan on November 29th, 2006 filed in Philadelphia, calling bullshit, direct action

Yesterday, I wrote about James Conaghan and the crooks at Reese Auto Agency, 7150 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia PA, and how for the past year they have failed not only to provide me with the tags, title, and registration I need to drive legally, but thave failed to return any phone calls into the matter. [...]

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Sam in South Jersey, Part Two

Posted by Brendan on November 29th, 2006 filed in parenthood

My dad built a treehouse (more of a deer blind if you ask me) for my nephew Floyd out in the woods. Here, Sam gets ready to go up the ladder.

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Sam in South Jersey

Posted by Brendan on November 29th, 2006 filed in parenthood

My folks have a nice chunk of land in South Jersey. This shot was taken by the lovely Christina on a walk in the woods.
Yes, just like you, I also have trouble believing that someone with a dogface like mine could ever produce such a cute kid.

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Battered Spouse Syndrome: Iraq

Posted by Brendan on November 29th, 2006 filed in calling bullshit, war

From troops on the ground to members of Congress, Americans increasingly blame the continuing violence and destruction in Iraq on the people most affected by it: the Iraqis.
Even Democrats who have criticized the Bush administration’s conduct of the occupation say the people and government of Iraq are not doing enough to rebuild their society. The [...]

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“Where Is He When You Need Him”? Give. Me. A. Break.

Posted by Brendan on November 28th, 2006 filed in comics, just gross

Today’s episode of the ever more execrable “For Worse or for Worser” sinks to its lowest levels yet.
I’m not going to go into my usual background about the Lizzie-Paul-Granthony triangle of innuendo and ungratifying sex.
You can find that story here, here, and here, with a really awesome rant here.
But today’s strip takes the [...]

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So Nice, I Posted It Twice

Posted by Brendan on November 28th, 2006 filed in Philadelphia, biography, heavy metal

Call me vain, egotistical, arrogant, what you will.
I make no apologies for the fact that I look great when I am hard at rock.

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Stubborn

Posted by Brendan on November 28th, 2006 filed in biography, parenthood

Sam has been visiting this past week, and with Thanksgiving on top, it was a weekend of light blogging. It’s amazing how much he’s developed in the past two months, and a long two months it’s been: although I didn’t blog about it at the time, sometime in October, I had a really bad [...]

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