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Entries from August 2007

Senator Larry Craig vs. Avenue Q, and Butch Otter Goes Shopping

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 31st, 2007 at 4:24 pm

Proving that the Republican Party truly is just one big puppet show:

 
… I can’t find it now, but I swear that at some point in the 24 hours after the Craig story broke, there was a headline referring to him as “Toilet Sex Senator.”
And of course my first thought was that The Toilet Sex […]

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Tags: Politics · Culture · Media · Comedy · Theater · Performance · Republicans · U.S. Senate · Video · Journalism

Roundup: Dinosaur Corsage Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 31st, 2007 at 11:01 am


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Science · LGBT · Media · George W. Bush · Activism · Film · TV · Democrats · Comics · Karl Rove · Doctor Who · Peace · Health · Advertising · Iraq · Animals & Environment · UK/England · Ireland · History · Human Rights · Russell T. Davies · Foreign Policy · Energy · Nature · John Edwards · Cancer · Pets · Europe · France · Healthcare Crisis · Law · Justice System · Roundup

Review: Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 28th, 2007 at 4:17 pm


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Tags: Culture · LGBT · Film · TV · Books · HIV · Lit · AIDS · Fiction · Reviews · San Francisco

Daily Kos Diary: Gonzales Doesn’t Recall Resigning

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 27th, 2007 at 12:55 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Blogs · George W. Bush · Alberto Gonzales · Comedy

Video: Fox’s War Drums, Colbert’s Water Fight, and Stewart on Bush’s Magical History Tour

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 26th, 2007 at 6:26 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Media · George W. Bush · Daily Show · Comedy · TV · Stephen Colbert · Peace · Iraq · History · Foreign Policy · Video · Journalism · Pets · Documentaries · Rudy Giuliani

Saturday 8/25: Grigsby Award Ceremony for David Kodeski and Edward Thomas-Herrera

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 24th, 2007 at 1:55 pm


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Tags: News · Culture · Chicago · Theater · Oobleck · Neo-Futurists · Fringe · Performance · The Partly Dave Show

Clip and Trailer for Todd Haynes’ New Dylan Movie, I’m Not There

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 24th, 2007 at 12:06 am


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Tags: Culture · Music · Film · Folk · Folk-Rock · Video · 60s Pop

Roundup: Fantasy History Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 23rd, 2007 at 3:29 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · Science · Tech · Food · Blogs · Cats · LGBT · Media · George W. Bush · TV · Climate Change · Apple · Books · Comics · Star Trek · Peace · Health · Business · Iraq · Animals & Environment · Greenpeace · History · Foreign Policy · Wind Power · Energy · Nature · Macintosh · Pets · Elections · Documentaries · Rudy Giuliani · Roundup · Racism

Jerome a Paris on the Politics of the Market Crash

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 22nd, 2007 at 12:02 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Blogs · Media · Activism · Europe · France · The Economy, Stupid · Infrastructure · Fair Trade · Trade

Uganda Burning: Anti-Gay Bigots Rally to Keep Hatred Alive

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 21st, 2007 at 1:15 pm


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Tags: News · Politics · Culture · LGBT · Media · Human Rights · Civil Rights · Religion · Journalism · Africa

Review: Crowded House in Chicago, August 19, 2007, with Liam Finn

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 20th, 2007 at 5:47 pm


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Tags: Culture · Music · New Wave · Cardy Pop · Crowded House · Neil Finn · New Zealand · Video · Modern Rock · Online Communities · Reviews

The Oingo Boingo Video Vault: Gong Show, Flaming Bathtub, and an Urgh! Outtake

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 18th, 2007 at 10:47 pm


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Tags: Culture · Music · New Wave · Film · TV · Video · Punk · Documentaries

Mr. Blue and Kiwi: Exclusive New Photos!

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 17th, 2007 at 3:45 pm


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Tags: Cats · Pets · Photos · Kiwi · Mr. Blue

Olbermann on O’Reilly, Colbert on Huckabee, and Stewart on Kristol

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 17th, 2007 at 2:09 pm


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Tags: Politics · Culture · Media · Daily Show · Comedy · TV · Stephen Colbert · Iraq · Foreign Policy · Video · 2008 Election · Journalism · Keith Olbermann