HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Here's a nice scary video for you.

Everything old is new again. Joe Conason writes about republican intimidation of minority voters then and now and the ugly legacy of William Rehnquist.

Hey Californians! If you're in one of the counties that is using the Diebold touchscreen vote stealing voting machines, you can still demand a paper ballot and they will have to give you one. Make sure your vote counts. Vote on paper.

I don't know how effective these online petitions are, but here's one to the republicans to stop vote suppression. My take is that since vote suppression is about the only way these criminals can win, they'll be ignoring this petition, but hey, why not send them a ton of these anyway?

And just when we thought he was captured and put on ice for an October Surprise, bin Laden shows up on video and effectively campaigns for Bush.

The Bush campaign has managed to reach a new all-time low, and giving an ironic new meaning to the term "attack ad." Their latest anti-Kerry screed is just chock full o' images of the World Trade Center burning. Real classy. And republicans still wonder why people are angrier at them than usual this year.

One of my favorite text-based adventures is online for its 20th anniversary. I'm both psyched and feeling a little old, but I plan on wasting a good chunk of time playing The Hichhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for the first time since I got rid of my Commodore 64.

If you haven't seen Fahrenheit 9/11 yet, here's another place where you can get it for free. Michael Moore said that he hoped this movie would be pirated so more people can see it, so don't feel bad about downloading it.

Ilsa She-wolf of the SS Ann Coulter says that getting pies thrown at her was "an act of terrorism." We made a pie last weekend. Who knew our kitchen was such a stockpile of Pastries of Mass Destruction?

Looks like I missed quite the show at the Fillmore last night.

Sometimes it amazes me what sorts of searches that this blog tops the list on.

Today's story of republicans showing their "respect" for free speech that they don't agree with is brought to you by New Jersey. (via freakgirl)

Hehehe Apple - iPod Ashlee Simpson Karaoke Edition.

This is brilliant! Somebody created a mosaic portrait of George W. Bush using photos of all of the Iraq war dead. It's titled: Mission Accomplished.

Hey undecided voters (as if anybody undecided is reading this blog)! Go check this out right now! That's right, Fahrenheit 9/11 is up and streaming on the web in its entirety. You're probably better off renting the DVD, but if you have a fast connection and two hours with nothing better to do than to get really really angry at the state of our country, go watch it.

Now here's an election Bush won that I don't have a problem with: LONDON Oct 27, 2004 — Readers of a British magazine have rated President Bush the year's top screen villain, for his appearance in Michael Moore's documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11." Bush beat out a shortlist of fictional film bad guys, including the nefarious Doctor Octopus, played by Alfred Molina, in "Spider-Man 2"; cannibalistic Leatherface in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"; Andy Serkis' creepy Gollum from "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy; and the eyepatch-wearing assassin played by Daryl Hannah in "Kill Bill: Vol. 2."

Here's a photo of my latest sign. The lettering is a bit crooked since it was such a rush job, but the message is what's important (especially since it will be taken down as soon as the republicans can get their hands on some tin snips or bolt cutters). I'm going to put it up around 4:00PM on Friday to give it the most rush hour visibility before they can remove it.

Who wants audio of Howard Stern calling in on FCC Chairman, Michael (Colin's son) Powell? Here you go!

I voted against Mayor Gavin Newsom twice. I thought that he would represent the interests of yuppies and businesses over those of the working class. Plus, his opponent was a member of the Green Party and a bass player. But since he was sworn in, I couldn't be happier with him. He's visited crime scenes late at night in our worst neighborhoods. He thumbed his nose at the Bush administration and their supporters in the religious far right by allowing same sex weddings in City Hall. And today, he has joined the picket with striking and locked out hotel workers and is threatening a hotel boycott. I expect to find Democratic elected officials to be huge disappointments, but so far, Gavin Newsom has beyond exceeded all of my expectations.

And today's electoral shenanigans are brought to you by, once again, Florida, where almost 60,000 absentee ballots go missing. And in other Florida electoral shenanigans news, the queen of their last voting fiasco just narrowly missed a date with karma.

One of my all time favorite albums just got re-issued as a double CD with lots of bonus material! Go buy it now.

Howard Stern took his fight with the FCC straight to FCC Chairman Michael (Colin's son) Powell today on a radio call in show today. I can't wait to hear it tomorrow morning!

In honor of John Peel's passing, a whole bunch of Peel Sessions MP3s!

And today's story of republican voter intimidation is brought to you by, you guessed it, Florida.

I really hope this is just paranoid ranting, but given how this administration works, it's hard to tell. Could this be the October Surprise? And is attacking Iran the nice way to thank them for their endorsement?

Check out this exclusive online demonstration of Diebold's Florida Election Ballot.

Oh neat! I'm being syndicated here. I'm on at least one friend's Live Journal page, but this one came completely out of the blue. Hi Web Nymph readers! Come visit and check out my movie too.

Rupert Murdoch: lying sack of shit. "We're not in the least bit biased, we're a fair and balanced company." Yeah, and the moon is made out of cheese, asshat.

Hunter S. Thompson - Fear and Loathing, Campaign 2004.

This is very sad. R.I.P. John Peel.

May I have your attention please? May I have your attention please? Eminem Announces Plans To Vote, Stresses That Bush Isn*t His "Homie". And check out his new video while you're at it. It starts with a plane crash and president Shady reading a book in a classroom.

By now, everyone has heard of the "Wolves" attack ad from the Bush campaign. Apparently, the people who supplied the wolves for the ad were duped. "They told us we were shooting a Greenpeace commercial!"

Who wants to read private emails between republican staffers? Georgewbush.com is the official campaign site. Georgewbush.org is a parody of the official campaign site. Staffers got confused over .com and .org, and hilarity ensued. Full emails with addresses, phone numbers and even file attachments are posted! (via Wonkette)

My dad has a blog! Check it out. He also has an album of original music coming out really soon and you can win a free copy if you help him figure out what genre to try to classify it under. Let's all give him a warm and hearty blogosphere welcome! And if anybody knows how to keep apostrophes, quotes and other characters from looking funny in IE when using blogger from a mac, please let me know so I can fix it for him.

The New Yorker Magazine has never in its history endorsed a political candidate, until now.

Lyndon LaRouche - Scarier than I had thought.

The need for regime change in the US next week just got even more critical. Rehnquist is part of the conservative majority of the Extreme Court, but think of just how much worse his replacement could be if Bush appoints them. My boss has signed up for us to phone bank to battleground states on Friday, and we're working on another sign to put in front of the Bush Winnebago parked outside.

Poor little Bush supporters are playing the victim again while completely ignoring the reasons why people might be outright hostile toward for supporting this vile administration.

Jimmy Carter says what I've been saying for the last 3 years: Bush exploits the suffering of 9/11. Thanks again, Jimmy!

Ashlee Vanilli Simpson blows her lip synch on SNL last night! Check it out. I love it when some corporate popster with questionable talent gets busted for having zero artistic integrity like that.

Flag-waving, bible thumping babes are waiting for you to spread freedom. Click here now! (sfw)

See video of the Ilsa She Wolf of the SS Ann Coulter pie attack!

Today's news of republicans engaging in voter intimidation brought to you by Ohio.

For an automatic complaint-letter generator, this thing knows what it's talking about... "Bush's apple-polishers consider his principles a breath of fresh air. I, however, find them more like the fetid odor of chauvinism. If Bush were as bright as he thinks he is, he'd know that this is a free country, and I suspect we ought to keep it that way. He wants us to think of him as a do-gooder. Keep in mind, though, that Bush wants to "do good" with other people's money and often with other people's lives."

In broad daylight, in front of some angry Bush supporters, I bolted this sign right to the fence today: They immediately put up a Viva Bush sign right underneath it which came down when I went to the other side of the fence to make it more secure. They accused me of taking down their sign. Poor little victims. They took down two of my signs already. I hope they get splinters trying to take this one down! Next week I'm dropping banners from the highway overpass. UPDATE: It only took these clowns an hour to take this sign down. Those miserable little fascist thugs seem to think that they own that strip of fence along the highway. Sometime next week, I'm going to have to go out there during rush hour with a sign that says "Honk Against Bush - And Vote Against Him Next Week" and set up right outside with a loud boombox for an hour or so. I'm also thinking that if I made another sign out of a thick sheet metal, drilled holes in it and padlocked it to the fence, they might have a tougher time getting it off. Perhaps I'll save that one for election day.