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VISIT

Reuters slide show: Bush visits injured vets

POLITICAL CARD GAME

A call to male politicians: Stop playing the gender card! (Feministing)
Hillary Clinton Playing the White Woman Card (Jack and Jill Politics)

LOOK AT THAT AMERICAN WAR

B. Jayashree, “American War Paar Da!” (YouTube, via Ultrabrown)

BLACKFACE PRISON COSTUME @ DHS PARTY

A top immigration official has apologized after awarding “most original costume” to a Homeland Security Department employee who dressed in prison stripes, dreadlocks and dark makeup for a Halloween gathering at the agency.
Julie Myers, assistant secretary overseeing Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement division, was part of a three-judge panel that lauded the costume, worn […]

WORRY NO MORE!

“Where we put our dollars is the difference between human extinction and an exciting new eco-lifestyle!”

Greensumption (YouTube, via getpost)

AMERICANS WHO EAT: PLEASE READ

We would not need all these nutrition programs if the commodity title didn’t do such a good job making junk food and fast food so ubiquitous and cheap. Food stamps are crucial, surely, but they will be spent on processed rather than real food as long as the commodity title makes calories of fat and […]

HALLOWEEN: TWO VIEWS

Tim Boucher (no relation):

It made me realize what Halloween is all about: sharing value amongst your community. When you have extra, you give it away to others. In Harvest Culture, this is directly obvious: food you don’t eat or game you don’t freeze goes bad. Better to give it away than to waste it. As […]

PIGEONHOLE ME

My top three candidates, according to this quiz:

And as we all know, online quizzes will tell you everything you need to know about yourself.
(Via the guy at Critical Mass, who didn’t have the guts to reveal who his top three matches were. C’mon, fess up. And then tell us which D&D character class you’re supposed […]

THE COLBERT CANDIDACY

I think it’s unfair to label Colbert’s campaign as a joke. Our system of selecting a President is a joke; Colbert is merely the punch line.

—Comment by Roger on S.C. Democrats Say No to Colbert (Caucus)
From 24 October:

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that Colbert is preferred by 13% of voters as an […]

TODAY’S LONG MUST-READ: WATERBOARDING

As a former Master Instructor and Chief of Training at the US Navy Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape School (SERE) in San Diego, California I know the waterboard personally and intimately. SERE staff were required undergo the waterboard at its fullest. I was no exception. I have personally led, witnessed and supervised waterboarding of hundreds […]