And right on schedule...
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OH, AND DID I MENTION TERROR?
(And of course the ever popular tax cuts for the rich and quantum profits for the oil industry?)
In the above, my friends, you have the entire 2006 Republican election campaign in a nutshell.
The illustration – send by Valerie – is Cruficied Grouper by Hugo Bruce. (And damn do I feel like a crucified grouper.)

BUT TO STOP YOU ALL GETTING AS DEPRESSED AS I AM,
here’s a bit of video of a monkey annoying Tigers. It was sent by HCB who advises turning off the ghastly audio.
Http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8811551493740102634&hl=en

The secret word is Signifyin’

GORE IS GREAT!
A couple of weeks ago interviewed Gore Vidal -- one of my heroes -- and here’s the teaser...

"[Bush and his cronies] are all sissies. Remember that," he says. "These are people who’ve never been in an army. The men behind the war in Iraq are cowards who did not fight in Vietnam. They’ve run away like the president, who I refer to as the Yellow Rose of Texas. They’re weak little people with an agenda – which is: ‘We’ve gotta show our muscle around the world. Running out of oil? We’ll take it. Show how tough we are. We’re macho.’ And we’re also dumbo, and that is the problem."

For the whole deal...
http://lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=4180&IssueNum=166

I also managed a demented deliberation on TV commercials...
http://lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=4177&IssueNum=166

VAMPIRE SEA SPIDERS!
Everyone knows we adore cute critters at Doc40, but these, drawn to our attention by HCB, seem pretty fucking extreme. (And don’t they look kinda familiar, Lt. Ripley?) Oh for the happy days of the pandacam.
"Weird spider-like creatures that live at the bottom of the ocean and use a 'straw' to suck on their prey are baffling scientists. These sea spiders, some of which are blind, are defying scientific classification. They crawl along the bottom of the sea floor, sometimes more than 6000 to 7000 metres down, where they live in the dark, feeding on slow-moving soft-bodied sponges and sea slugs."
For the full story...
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1675573.htm

The secret word is Bathyscape