183 results for d'Nalgar

Jul 12 2011

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

While this cautionary tale of power and corruption is specifically about the caliphate of Rupert Murdoch, it reveals much about how powerful men like former Vice President Cheney were able to coerce the CIA and others to spoon-feed and self-redact …  [more]

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Jul 08 2011

Turning the sun backward

How the religious right distorts history

By , 01:31 PM ET, 07/06/2011 … On the Fourth of July, the Today show featured an annual ceremony at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home, in which hundreds of immigrants take the oath …  [more]

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Jul 08 2011

The Wörgl experiment

Largely forgotten now (or intentionally ignored), this cautionary tale is excerpted from Silvano Barruso’s account of the amazing, audacious Wörgl experiment.  Had it been allowed to continue, the world today might be a radically different (and better) place.  As…  [more]

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Jul 07 2011

The crazy bus stops here

A public service from Monsieur d’Nalgar:  I watched this codswallop so you don’t have to (you’re welcome).  This is the latest offering from the Garland County Tea Party: [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQxe6nCcSbE[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQxe6nCcSbE Hi-fi version:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rGtnm0ThMM Monsieur d’Nalgar’s painstaking notes:
  • Garland County Tea
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Jul 07 2011

Consent of the people

Monsieur d’Nalgar:  Think “Electric Slide” and you’ll get a sense of what the Dabke is to Arabs.  I don’t think the English subtitles convey exactly the graphic nature of the lyrics, but if your kiddies understand Arabic, you might want…  [more]

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Jul 04 2011

Teabagger’s lament

Monsieur d’Nalgar’s introduction:  This Fourth of July ramble, a tear-stained xenophobic summation of just about everything she thinks is wrong with America (according to her spoon-fed propaganda), appeared on page 6A of today’s Sentinel Record.  Enjoy.

Protect our America

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Jul 04 2011

And they that wasted us

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Do the faithful need a new National Anthem?

By Martha Woodroof, 09:34 PM ET, 07/02/2011 … … Oh what a patriotic tempest a small Anabaptist Indiana teapot of a college has provoked: … Goshen College Board of Directors …  [more]

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