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No Mo’ Moue

Uncategorized 10 August 2009 | 0 Comments

It’s official: Moue is no more. Blame it on the economy, folks. Thank you to the wonderful staff, our loyal readers, and the stray people who ended up disappointed when a search for “amputee porn” brought them here.
Good night and good luck.

I <3 Taibbi

Uncategorized 17 July 2009 | 0 Comments

I know his style rubs some people the wrong way, but Matt Taibbi cracks me up and reminds me of a really clever friend you would debate economic policy with over shots of Jack Daniels. Taibbi’s fantastic piece (the opening paragraph alone is enough for a wordgasm) on Goldman Sachs is now up in full [...]

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No Place Like Home

Uncategorized 22 June 2009 | 0 Comments

Posting has been light from all of us for a variety of reasons.  For my own part, no, I did not forget the vow I made a mere three weeks ago to post more regularly.  I’ve been traveling for work and am just back in from the Dominican Republic this weekend, and spent most of [...]

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Holy Crap

Headline, Uncategorized 12 June 2009 | 0 Comments

Someone calling himself a Christian and an American is praying for the death of President Obama.

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Sex, Violence & Videotape … + Disability?

Featured, Uncategorized 10 June 2009 | 0 Comments

Between Sociological Images over at Contexts Blogs & now Jezebel, we’ve got two sources looking at the themes present in pop provocateur Lady Gaga’s latest video for her song “Paparazzi. ”

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dig deeper: Officer Down

Art, Featured, News, Society, Society & World, Uncategorized 5 June 2009 | 0 Comments

On May 28th, Officer Omar Edwards was shot and killed while out of uniform by fellow officer Andrew Dunton. Edwards is black, Dunton is white.

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Judge Sotomayor to SCOTUS?

Uncategorized 26 May 2009 | 2 Comments

Unless every major news agency is jumping the wrong gun this morning, President Obama will nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retired SCOTUS Justice David Souter. Obama will be on the teevee making an announcement at 10:15 EST.

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Elephants in the Room: Thursday Edition

General Politics, Politics, Uncategorized 7 May 2009 | 0 Comments

Except for that lynching part: Pat Buchanan of MSNBC was on Chris Matthews’ show talking about a white firefighter who lost out on a promotion due to affirmative action. Buchanan said, “What is happening now to white men right now is exactly what was done to black folks for years”. Matthews and co-guest Joan Walsh were quick to label that statement as flawed.

Jonah Goldberg Serves Up 31 Flavors Of Wrong

Uncategorized 5 May 2009 | 1 Comment

I’m absolutely convinced that somewhere amongst the large pile of Bush administration torture documents is a memo giving Jonah Goldberg legal cover for doing horrible, unspeakable things to basic logic. How else can one account for his misrepresentation and misappropriation of the legacy of Jack Kemp, which he accomplishes by putting said logic through contortions that would outdo a spasmodic python?

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In the Meantime…

Uncategorized 23 April 2009 | 0 Comments

All of us here at Moue are a bit wrapped up in the “stuff of life”, so to speak. Between that and the server throwing tantrums, April has indeed been the cruelest month. We’re currently getting our bearings; all will be back to abnormal soon. For now, I present you with the brilliance of Gachapin underwater:

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