By Warren Hinckle The Republicans are the finest ambush artists in political historie. Give credit where credit is due. The Rep’s sneak thieves  stole Jimmy Carter’s briefing book before his big debate with Ronald Reagan, and brought us the October Surprise -  whereby in 1980 Republican operatives cut a secret deal with Iran to delay […]

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From Peter Buston:   The widely internet-published photo of Sara Palin in a red-white-&blue bikini holding a gun is a phony (see below.) Governor Palin’s head is pasted atop someone else’s body. Pictures of bikini-clad girls posing with rifles and handguns are a popular fetish online. I had to sift through dozens of redundant images […]

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By David Blake Back in 2002, when his reputation as” The Man Who Saved the World” was at its peak, Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, came to Britain to pick up his knighthood. His biggest fan, Gordon Brown, now the UK prime minister, had ensured that the citation said it was being […]

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By Paul Krassner Welcome to Camp Mogul by Paul Krassner My irreverent friend, Khan Manka, Chairman & CEO of Manka Brothers Studios, had broken his ankle and was afraid he wouldn’t be able to attend the 26th annual gathering of the nation’s most powerful executives and their trophy wives in Sun Valley, Idaho.  I really […]

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By John Calder Before we start swapping spit with the Chinese over the Olympics. Answer me one question China: Where is the Tank Man? Whats his name? Where is he today? Is he making the cheap shit you sell at Wal-Mart’s? Lets remember who we are dealing with and lets not forget our history.Calder

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By Patrick Monette-Shaw July 13, 2008 Budget and Finance Committee The Honorable Jake McGoldrick, Chair The Honorable Ross Mirkarimi The Honorable Chris Daly The Honorable Sean Elsbernd The Honorable Carmen Chu San Francisco Board of Supervisors City Hall 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, CA  94102 In a report just released by San […]

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From Our City Hall Correspondent Hatchet-wielding overpaid City hall bureaucrats have quietly devised a plan to cut the annual costs of street cleaning by depriving the West Side of San Francisco from weekly street cleaning from the current once a week program to twice a month street cleaning. The eastern side of the city would […]

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In December 1962, when Lenny Bruce was arrested for obscenity at the Gate of Horn in Chicago, the police broke open his candy bars, looking for dope. They checked the IDs of audience members, including George Carlin, who told the cops, “I don’t believe in IDs.” Then they arrested *him* for disorderly conduct, dragged him […]

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Introduction Jean Michel Folan, a Belgian artist, has illustrated brilliantly, in bright color form, the desolate voids of 20th century cities and their inhabitants. This blank verse of “A Political Urban Legacy” was obviously influenced by Jean Michel’s graphics. Jean Michel is best known for his illustrations of Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”. A Political Urban Legacy […]

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