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Hanson Mayer
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News & Views
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| With Election 2008 coming I may pick up again
the blog in the News & Views -
California section (?)
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| From GasBuddy - want to know where to get cheap gasoline in O.C.? Also fill in your ZIP code to find cheap gas anywhere in the U.S. |
| We've gone and busted our freaking Planet. See the Earth section here |
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Table of Contents
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News & Views (replacing Election 2004 and Post-Election 2004)
CNN.com - The U.S. & Coalition Forces Casualties in Iraq - a continually updated listing by date or in alphabetical order, offered here out of respect, in sorrow, and with sympathy
washingtonpost.com: Faces of the Fallen - similar to the above, but with many photos of the fallen in the Iraq War.
Let's remember, also, the many wounded and maimed in this war.
10 Ways to Lower the Cost of Driving from ConsumerReports.org on Yahoo! Autos
Fuel Economy - from the U.S. Government. All kinds of good information on the subject, including comparing vehicles against each other in regard to annual fuel cost, as well as air pollution
Today's Best Political Cartoons
Today's Front Pages - The daily front pages from newspapers around the U.S. and around the world.
Commentary Today - from the Left and from the Right, the latest from leading political commentators
"The Daily Show" on Comedy Central - Jon Stewart and his gang with the best political satire on TV. Watch video clips from the show here.
Comedy Central - The Colbert Report - something of a spin-off from "The Daily Show" above
TIME Magazine - News Magazine - Current Events
---> A few of my favorite topical cartoons, including editorial cartoons:
| Non Sequitur |
| Doonesbury |
| Pat Oliphant |
| Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index! |
| The New Yorker magazine cartoons |
| Is It Over Yet? - Find out the percentage of G. W. Bush's term of office that has already been completed (Yes, updated to include his second term.). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chortler -- The George W. Bush Countdown To The End Of His Presidency Clock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Build a Better Bush | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Americana (or what you call a section too
good to give up after July 4.)
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| Justice is Duck Blind! - Remember that whole business about Cheney and the Energy Commission and Supreme Court Justice Scalia? (Whatever became of all of that, anyway...?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Give Bush a Brain Game - Self-explanatory. (Contains genuine Bushisms, in his own voice.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Understanding the truth (and lies) about liberals and conservatives -- Beliefnet.com - Seriously. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CNN.com - Transcripts - CNN Presents: Fight Over Faith - Religion, politics, and the recent election. Again, seriously. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 Things To Do Before the Bush Inauguration - If you've been procrastinating you better get a move on!! (This is a humor bit, while a little late, is too funny to pass up altogether. Yes, I am still procrastinating - 3/28/06) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chortler - Yoga for Democrats - Help is on the way. Peace be with you. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Fiore's Animated Political Cartoons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Age of AOL video - A real LOL! x(: D ROF,L...! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MilkandCookies - Origin of CTRL-ALT-DELETE - video a little slow in downloading (at least today), but worth the wait. "I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." Not only stars the Creator of the Three-Fingered Salute, but co-stars Bill Gates. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Drugs I Need... - thanks to JibJab for referring this link. Be sure not to miss this song/cartoon animation poking fun - and a [well-deserved] sharp stick - at drug companies. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chortler - George W. Bush Emoticons - The President shown as "resignatory" to "compassionated" to "nucular" - and more | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purpose Driven Life - the book's website. Note that you can read the first seven chapters online at no cost. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Capitol Steps
Home Page
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| Chortler -- The History Of The World In 10 Seconds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beat the Meter - Make buying gasoline fun! This game has you as a gas station attendant (remember those?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political Cartoon Rorschach Test - Political Cartoon Quiz - how you rate these funny pictures will indicate your political leanings (if you didn't already know...). Amusing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bushisms Audio Gallery - Funny Bush Audio Clips - Bush Quotes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The Onion" in the year
2056
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| Chortler - Presenting The Huffington Post Blog Filling Gizmo - Too busy to blog? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The George W. Bush Loyalty Quiz - It's possible I may have posted this before a long time ago, maybe, and my apologies if I have. Regardless, it's time once again to test your loyalty. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Donklephant - big teeth, huge ass, surprisingly reasonable, and a worthy blog | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| onegoodmove: Bush Flips Out - our President is such a class act. Bush giving the media the finger. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NASA - Home | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stupid Pat Robertson Quotes - Robertson's Top 10. If he were less dangerous and had fewer followers, he'd be more funny. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B.S. Protector - check out this guy's ear attire. Couldn't we all use a couple of these sometimes? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Flora Bush // The Child Left Behind - and you thought the Bushes had twins - Meet Flora, their rebellious third daughter. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Since Tom DeLay's big news today: Tom DeLay compares himself to Jesus - See the side-by-side comparison graphic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Let the political
campaigns begin! November 2008
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| Gulf Coast Recovery
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| Song "Eve of Destruction" (performed with ukeleles) - Updated to today's Iraq War | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| CNN.com Video - Smurfageddon? - report and clips of UNICEF's recent Smurf anti-war video for Belgian TV. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stupid Liberal Quote Quiz | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stupid Conservative Quote Quiz | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| JibJab.com - Big Box Mart - JibJab jabs WalMart and their ilk, also the trade deficit, consumers, etc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crony Jobs - Choice government careers for the taking. No experience necessary. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| CBS | Late Show Top Ten Archive: - Top Ten Signs Your Supreme Court Pick Isn't Qualified | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom DeLay Mug Shot - October 20, 2005 - From The Smoking Gun | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chortler - Dick Cheney Responds to Your Stupid Questions - Dick Cheney, Advice Columnist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chortler Poll - Karl Rove, The Bush Administration And The Plame Scandal | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| If Fox News Had Been Around Throughout History - see Fox cover the Crucifixion, the Boston Tea Party, check out what O'Reilly has to say about Southern slavery. Also, see the coverage of the Civil Rights movement, the Titanic sinking, etc.... | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The New Yorker: The Return of the Bush Quiz - Test your news knowledge (also funny) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| www.dimwitty.com/11-08-05/presaddress.wmv - a scary video about our President and Congress (based on The State of the Union speech from 2003 - the actual speech a pretty scary one). BTW, my college-age son sent this to me in an E-Mail saying "Watch that!" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Test Your Boomer Knowledge - The Boomer Files - MSNBC.com - yes, on the Wazzup Page, too - sorry about that. This quiz is harder than you'd think. I got a 55%. I guess if you're a Boomer and you flunk, it must mean you were living in a cave back then, or some such. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top 10 Bushisms of 2005 - Stupidest Bush Quotes of 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth to America Comedy Special - good comedy, good reminder about global warming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| George W. Bush in Polling Freefall | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| While searching for a poseable Buzz Lightyear (not for me, it's a gift!), I came across this Action Figure: George W. Bush "Elite Force Aviator" Action Figure | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| What is Victoria's Secret? - (In actuality, "she" needs to stop wasting paper.) Among other goodies in this video, be sure not to miss Karl Rove in ladies' underwear. Yet another good one from "The Meatrix" people. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| JibJab.com - 2-O-5 (Two-Oh-Five, you know, this year). Our President gives a year-end review, in song. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 'Truthiness' Is Word of the Year - companion to my blog entry today (1/13) noting the conflict between Stephen Colbert and the Associated Press | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bush Nicknames - George W. Bush's Nicknames For Friends and Foes - you always wanted to know, and now you can | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| NPR : Wait Wait -- Don't Tell Me! - lots of humor + news, including current news quiz. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light Bulb Joke - Bush Administration Members Change a Light Bulb | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Battle Hymn of the Republicans - Funny Song Parody | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| You Might Be A Democrat If... - some of this rankled, but too much of it was on-target not to post | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael "Osama Bin Laden" Moore vs. Chris "Hardball" Matthews
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video clip of Letterman dissing O'Reilly
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| "Bush"'s State of the Union Speech 2006 - sort of. (New on this Page) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cagle's Web Log! from the Professional Cartoonists Index - had to see what cartoonists themselves are saying about this Mohammed cartoons uproar (or whatever to call it.) Do note that the Muslim press has been known to publish cartoons making fun of Christians and Jews... Turn about isn't fair play apparently? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| YouTube - Dick Cheney - Just A Big Bowl of Bad - from Letterman, video about how The White House wants to distract us so we'll move on from Cheney's hunting accident | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dick Cheney's To-Do List | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| IFILM - Shorts: The Dubya Movie - bringing back the GWB bio from the 2004 campaign. Starring the wonderful, recently-departed Don Knotts, doing a remarkably apt impression of the President. (rerun from 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The History of the Universe in 200 Words or Less - Wow, talk about getting right to the point! (Yes, this is on the Wazzup Page, but I do think it belongs here just as much.) Could and should be a song, hmmm... | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jay Leno's Q&A with "President Bush" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jay Leno Interviews "the Leader of UAE" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Patriot Act: The Home Version - a Monopoly game that fits our times. And there's even a free download version. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interesting "Google Glitch" which has been around for a while now, only I just discovered it: Go to the Google Home Page, type in the word "failure", then click on "I'm Feeling Lucky", then see what happens. : ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lost Gospel of Judas--Photos, Time Line, Maps--National Geographic
- this is all pretty exciting. BTW, if you haven't yet read the
Gospel of Thomas, you should - not only does it include familiar
material you'll recognize from the canonical Gospels, but new-to-us
teachings of Jesus, which are very likely, judged by Biblical
scholars, to be as authentic as those in the canonical Gospels.
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Comedy Central - The Colbert Report - see Colbert's bit
about global warming just below in the Earth Day section
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CNN.com - Bush pokes fun at himself at dinner - Apr 30, 2006 -
George W. Bush - twice! (Bush was a good sport to invite this guy...)
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| Kewlbox: Games: Drive Like a Kennedy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 Webby Awards - the Webbies have been presented for this year | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| SNL - If Al Gore Were President - with Al Gore - I saw this broadcast - it was wonderful. Sad, too, in a way. Clever and funny, any way you look at it. (Gore apologizes for the budget surplus being smaller, also mentions G. W. Bush being the Baseball Commissioner, among other gems.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| YouTube - India Driving - and I thought it was bad in L.A.! Note how there is no apparent "right-of-way" whatsoever. Scary. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Da Vinci Code & The Albino Code
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| Swearing to Success! 7/19/06 - Mark Fiore yet again being wonderful. This time about this bleeping Middle East bleep. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| CALL CENTER - What really happens when you phone Customer Service. Twelve minutes, but well worth it - very funny and on target. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| YouTube - The Immigration Debate - a funny, clever take on immigrants (legal and illegal) appreciated by this cracker daughter of a, ahem, legal immigrant. Very interesting take re Native Americans and American History as well. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Larry King Covers JonBenet Ramsey Case While World War III Starts - well, not really, but it wouldn't surprise me. (I've been starting to get pretty fed-up with CNN lately... Too "infotainment.") | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earth EveryDay
- April 22 and always
(Okay, yes, almost the same Earth Day content you saw on the Wazzup Page.
I believe it belongs in both places, plus I consider it that important.)
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---> Note that most "old" Election 2004 items - and there are a ton of them - can be found on the Wazzup Election 2004 Archive Page. And, now, presenting the new Wazzup Election 2004 Archive Page, Part 2. I'm also archiving some old "News & Views" items in these "Election" archives. <---
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News &
Views - From Southern California, The Blog - click
on the silver button as yet another way to get to the blog.
Adding instantly and frequently Java script Blog stuff here. The following are the latest three entries:
Thanks to Google Earth - Huntington Beach Pier and its environs, Orange County Coast, CA Links & Other California & News/Views Stuff... (Last update for this section: November 2006 See the blog above for the latest.)
For still more gasoline info: Orange County Gas Prices - Find Cheap Gas Prices in California (Again on this Page) 10 Ways to Lower the Cost of Driving from ConsumerReports.org on Yahoo! Autos
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