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Glenn Beck and the War on Honor

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Sun, Aug 29, 2010

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I have failed you, dear readers. I promised to journey into the heart of Glennbeckistan for “Restoring Honor,” or “Whitestock,” or “The Greatest Affront to American Ideals in History,” or whatever you wanna call it. Instead, I ended up watching it on C-SPAN and monitoring real-time reactions on Twitter. The following was repurposed from my various [...]

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The Tea Party Can Haz Dream?

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Sat, Aug 21, 2010

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If you live in America and currently draw breath, you know the country is in some serious straits. We’re out of work, facing dim prospects for economic growth and our towns and cities are literally falling apart. Then there’s the escalation of the culture wars, now starring an emboldened coalition of bigoted Christians, bigoted free [...]

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When the World is Running Down…

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Mon, Aug 9, 2010

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…you make the best of what’s still around. My stars, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? I apologize for my absence, but there have been a great many things to attend to in the world of music-tech-policy-law. It’s been pretty much nonstop all summer, actually. But at least it keeps me distracted from all the gloom-and-doom. Speaking [...]

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FZ: “Jesus Thinks You’re a Jerk” B/W “Outrage at Valdez”

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Tue, Jun 29, 2010

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You ever get that feeling of deja vu?

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South Korea’s “99 Luftballons” Moment

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Fri, Jun 18, 2010

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Oldsters and ’80s fetishists will no doubt recall the song “99 Luftballons” by German synth-pop-punk act Nena. In 1983, the tune lit up roller rinks across the globe. “Luftballons” was more than just a day-glo earworm — it painted a disturbing picture of hair-trigger Cold War defense systems and the threat of accidental annihilation. But it [...]

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