Archive | December 22, 2011

Merry Christmas, Douglas Bruce. And many more.

by on December 22, 2011 in Crime & Corruption, Politics, Law & Government

Readers of this space perhaps know that I have a burr under my saddle where one Douglas Bruce is concerned. For instance: In a post on the University of Colorado’s unconscionable decision to make Bruce Benson its president, I called Bruce a “perennial pigfucker.” Commenting on his censure by the Colorado legislature for an overtly […]

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Tournament of Rock 3: Doco vs. Rose Hill Drive

by on December 22, 2011 in Music & Popular Culture, Tournament of Rock

First off, wow. Our previous match, The Blueflowers vs. Eilen Jewell, saw Jewell jump out to an early lead. Then The Blueflowers blew past her and established a huge advantage. Then Eilen’s fans battled back and re-took a late lead, only to see Blueflower fans mount a late surge to nip Jewell at the wire. […]

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Colorado anti-tax extremist Douglas Bruce convicted on multiple charges

by on December 22, 2011 in Crime & Corruption, Politics, Law & Government

Colorado anti-tax extremist and term limit hypocrite Douglas Bruce was convicted of multiple charges of tax evasion and related felonies.

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Honoring Langston Hughes

by on December 22, 2011 in American Culture, Arts & Literature, Scrogues Gallery, WordsDay

I first met Langston Hughes in 1990. He’d been dead some twenty-three years by then, and I was a few months shy of my twenty-first birthday. We met almost by accident. It was January, and the country’s eyes were on football. The NFL had moved Super Bowl XXVII from Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, […]

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