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skippy the bush kangaroo



Sunday, May 19, 2013

sunday in the south



conservatives can't name one reality-based example of obama tyranny

joe scarborough wrote bush admin. to audit naacp

only 4 companies process 80% of the beef in this country

the march on monsanto is next saturday, may 25
posted by skippy at 10:09 AM | 1 comments

Saturday, May 18, 2013

saturday night twist

5 major scandals the press isn't obsessing about

california sues chase over credit card collection abuses

why animals adopt other animals

don't make fun of renowned dan brown
posted by skippy at 12:32 PM | 1 comments

Friday, May 17, 2013

good mourning, black friday

meet the michael moore of grade-school lunchrooms

interactive map of racist and homophobic tweets

when the irs targeted liberals

how long has longest-burning light bulb been burning?
posted by skippy at 10:37 AM | 0 comments

Thursday, May 16, 2013

suite thursday

that terrible irs scandal targeting griuos for political purposes? back in 2004?

western black rhino declared extinct

the anti-vax movement: a terrible track record

7 weirdest conspiracy theories now taken seriously by the gop
posted by skippy at 9:09 AM | 1 comments

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

resolution wednesday

christian metal rocker arrested for murder-for-hire attempt

is impeachment only a matter of time?

an itty bitty pity party for the ap

irs sent letter to democrats that the tea party is upset about



posted by skippy at 11:59 AM | 1 comments

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Now with More Canadian Content

Chris Hadfield's cover of Space Oddity is the prohibitive favorite for next year's Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation. (Sorry—well, really not—J. J. Abrams.)

But Hadfield is more than just a dilletante, or even the guy who exchanged Tweets with fellow Famous Canadian William Shatner. He is a Pure Canadian Dilletante, as he demonstrates:


QOTD: "Picture...five guys traveling with me for six months, playing that up in orbit."

posted by Ken Houghton at 6:52 PM | 2 comments

sweet tuesday morning

u.s. ceos make 357 times the average worker

animal activists destroy years of research in italy

1/3 of u.s. honeybee colonies died last winter, threatening food supply

and rip dr. joyce brothers
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Monday, May 13, 2013

In the Clearing Stands a Boxing Expert

R.I.P., (real, not Phil-like) Dr. Joyce Brothers.

posted by Ken Houghton at 4:41 PM | 0 comments

austerity kills

so...all those in dc peddling this austerity c**p...they are a certain type of murderer.
as scholars of public health and political economy, we have watched aghast as politicians endlessly debate debts and deficits with little regard for the human costs of their decisions. over the past decade, we mined huge data sets from across the globe to understand how economic shocks — from the great depression to the end of the soviet union to the asian financial crisis to the great recession — affect our health. what we’ve found is that people do not inevitably get sick or die because the economy has faltered. fpolicy, it turns out, can be a matter of life or death. - nytimes

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posted by Cookie Jill at 6:34 AM | 0 comments

come monday x

study finds sex and partying make people happier than having kids

check out americans against the tea party

you & your family are guinea pigs for chemical companies

will durst on "too stupid to fail"
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Sunday, May 12, 2013

sunday in new york

public opinion may be the one enemy the nra fears

in the recovery, the rich gained $5.6 trillion while the rest of us lost $669 villion

u.n. finds little appreciation for himan rights among u.s. businesses

choose your poison: game of thrones i can haz cheezburger or you must be ned stark's bastard tumblr
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Saturday, May 11, 2013

skippy's saturday night music club

a little jay leno prank gone way, way funny.


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posted by Cookie Jill at 11:48 PM | 0 comments

saturday night (so i married an axe murderer)

strange as it seems, happy workers lead to bigger profits

you'll find koch bros. money at the root of calls for armed rebellion against obama

the reason americans aren't going asbatsh!t crazy over benghazi as the right

look out!  it's a hurricane on saturn!
posted by skippy at 9:18 AM | 2 comments

Friday, May 10, 2013

get 'em out by friday

general motors calls for u.s. to address climate change

crows literally build a nest on a crow's nest

most women would prefer over-the-counter birth control

call dr. who! robot finds mysterious spheres in temple of the feathered serpent
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