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A Country Ruled by Faith (NYTimes Review of Books)
An excellent article on how the White House subverted the separation of church and state one evangelical at a time.

The deputy undersecretary for defense intelligence, General William (Jerry) Boykin—a man leading the search for bin Laden—made headlines during the Iraq war with a slide- show lecture he gave in churches. He appeared there not in his dress uniform but in combat gear. He asked audiences (this was after the 2000 election and before the 2004 one):

Ask yourself this: why is this man in the White House? The majority of Americans did not vote for him. Why is he there?... I tell you this morning he's in the White House because God put him there for such a time as this. God put him there to lead not only this nation but to lead the world, in such a time as this.

Then he asked the congregation who the enemy is. He showed slides of Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong Il, and Taliban leaders, asking of each, "Is this man the enemy?" He gave a resounding no to each question, and then revealed the foe's true identity:

The battle this nation is in is a spiritual battle, it's a battle for our soul. And the enemy is a guy called Satan.... Satan wants to destroy this nation. He wants to destroy us as a nation, and he wants to destroy us as a Christian army.

Some of us go to work every day. Stevie Starr swallows stuff and hocks it back up for money.

I've linked to Bob Dylan's fantastic XM Theme Time Radio Hour show in the past, but not frequently enough. WhiteManStew has links to every show broadcast here
The most recent theme is Halloween. Enjoy.

Russia's Hell House of Wax, designed to show kids the dangers of drugs.
From WFMU's Beware the Blog

A huge flickr gallery of Soviet/Eastern Euro propaganda posters

A gallery of old Northern Soul labels at thisoldsoul

The Vormator Design Challenge.

Worried that Republican-backed ventures may be lurking in your investment portfolio? Get the Blue Fund. They're not all shorts, and hey! there are even a few non-Granola companies in there! (via memepool)

Gray Kangaroo Personal Liquor Filter

Periodic Table of Funk

Pat Robertson Coloring Book
Be sure to check out the submissions of the colored pages.

A nice retro illustration flickr set

80's arcade game-inspired art at Fort90

The Beginning of the end of America
More on-spot analysis from Olbermann (youtube). Must see.

Time To Go! Inside the Worst Congress Ever (Rollingstone)
How our national legislature has become a stable of thieves and perverts -- in five easy steps

"The 109th Congress is so bad that it makes you wonder if democracy is a failed experiment," says Jonathan Turley, a noted constitutional scholar and the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington Law School. "I think that if the Framers went to Capitol Hill today, it would shake their confidence in the system they created. Congress has become an exercise of raw power with no principles -- and in that environment corruption has flourished. The Republicans in Congress decided from the outset that their future would be inextricably tied to George Bush and his policies. It has become this sad session of members sitting down and drinking Kool-Aid delivered by Karl Rove. Congress became a mere extension of the White House."

The end result is a Congress that has hijacked the national treasury, frantically ceded power to the executive, and sold off the federal government in a private auction. It all happened before our very eyes. In case you missed it, here's how they did it -- in five easy steps"

Linux to ship for Sony PS3

A nice tilt-shift flickr set
A tilt shift lens gives images a distorted focal depth, often making real-world scenes look like toys.

The Residents' One Minute Movies

The Global Curse of Comic Sans
The gray sweatpants of the font world. Nothing screams "I just don't care" like comic sans.