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Found a new favorite website, courtesy of, of all places, Deus Ex Malcontent. It's From the Basement, a website set up to showcase live performances from artists in a studio setting. Filmed entirely in HD, sans host and audience, and lovingly produced by Nigel Godrich, the engineer & producer best known for his work with […]

Chez over at Deus Ex Malcontent links to a New York Times article which reveals that one of CNN's contributors, who happens to be against health care reform, is, in fact, in the pocket of the private health insurance industry. Disgusting. Having a conflict of interest is one level of unethical, but failing to disclose […]

It's rare that I agree with anything in the Bible (“love thy neighbor” and “do unto others…” are some other exceptions I enjoy), but I’ve got to say, this is a good one, courtesy of Chez Pazienza's Quote of the Week (Wrath of God Edition):
“For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the […]

Really, I love Chez over at Deux Ex Malcontent. He posted this great quote from Keith Olbermann:
Town halls, death panels, oligarhies, a multi-racial president accused of hating half his own ancestry, neuroses about communist artwork, the idea that fascism and socialism are not mutually exclusive, grass roots protests bought and paid for by lobbyists and […]

So I read this bit from one of my favorite bloggers, and had to pass along some of it. Here's Chez over at Deus Ex Malcontent with Take Care:
Cesca posted something yesterday afternoon that really needs to be republished and circulated far and wide.
'Thought I'd summarize why support for the public option is so tenacious. Here […]

Pretty much my favorite Looney Tunes ever. Here's Rabbit of Seville.
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(Via Deus Ex Malcontent: Saturday Morning Cartoons)

Go. Laugh. Enjoy.
Deus Ex Malcontent: Quote of the Week (Honorable Mention)

From yesterday's [editor's note: 1.17.09] New York Times, by artist Barry Blitt

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Seriously, this is totally fucked up: Huffington Post — Bailed-Out Executives Got $1.6 Billion In 2007.
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"She said that small towns, that's the part of the country she really likes going to because that's the pro-America part of the country. You know, I just want to say to her, just very quickly: fuck you."
Jon Stewart, referring to Sarah Palin while speaking in Boston last Friday
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