pods.swedesforobama.com

Need some summer reading? Get the book that will make you "sweet Jesus hate" a bit more.
Amazon

don't miss in june: hollywood screw swedish constitution henry & ann al-zarqawis death/democrats gay marriage talking points iran flip-flops kick ass lib songs

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And these guys are protecting
the US from terrorists!?!?

"Now the terrorists are well-informed of the details of our methods and will find other ways to move money outside of the formal financial system."
CNN

Man, the Wall Street Journal most be really scared by now. Having congress on your tail can't be easy.

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The Word
Stephen talks about a real american hero.

"The New York Times, you can learn a thing or two from Superman. The real way to be a hero is to keep secrets from the public and only pretend to be a reporter..."

C&L (video)

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Friday Fun Mini Pods

Closing in on Americas birthday. Lets celebrate.
Top 10 Americana Albums

Great (free) music from swedish bands
Swedesplease

The Pope gets a pimped out Volvo
The Local

The 7 Greatest Superpowers
Cracked

THE PENTAGON AND VIDEOGAMES
The Pentagon's "experts" on how terrorist are using the Internet are worried about people using special plug-ins to popular videogames and in the process becoming terrorists.
The "experts" are unaware that the video clip they found on the Internet is...
1) From the actual game, not a "terrorist plug-in", cause...
2) In the videogame, you can play as anyone you like. Chinese, arab, american.
3) The sound in the clip is from "Team America - World Police"
4) The games - Battlefield 2 - is not designed by an american company, which they claim, but by DICE (swedish). Just published by EA (US).
5) The guy who put the music together with the film clip lives in Europe and is not very hard to find for questioning. ABC seemed to have no problem locating him.
Experts!?!?!
ABC News

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It was a secret, sorta...

Except for the magazine, the website
and the president himself.

C&L (video)

Come on, all together now...

And we're freeeeee, free fallin
Yeah we're freeeeee, free fallin

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Liar, liar, if you had Purple
Hearts they'd be on fire

The righties in the M$M all tag along to a narrative claiming Murtha said things he certainly didn't.
ThinkProgress

MSNBC are still holding out for Tucker Carlson to have an own opinion.
Wow! That's some good abstinence.

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The Keepers of Morality

It's nice to see our buddy Sven's flying the flag
of morality high when representing us in DC
Svens Blog

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The Pandering Patriots

Maybe it's just us, but wasn't Hillary Clintons "pandering" with the flag burning amendment just the most "patriotic" thing she could do?
Oh, sweet irony, we love ya still.

Outside the Beltway
from dec 15 2005, back when this was just a stunt by Hillary

UPDATE: Orrin Hatch is an idiot

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"I will see you in far off places"

Far-right doesn't really
square off with far-left in...

"The equal and opposite worlds of Hitler and Drew Barrymore"

SJIHBO

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The shameful FOX News team lose
out to Saddam for the top spot MM

Gibson continue to play on his viewers lack of knowledge and Geraldo on their lack of their daily dose of Valium.

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Black is white, up is down
...and the hero is a coward

The Swiftboating (literally) of Murtha kicks off.
Another proud moment for the boys of the RNC
Raw Story

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"We're fighting them over there so
we don't have to fight them here"

Nope, not really.

The Grit

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SWEDEN-GERMANY

The germans are going all out before the Sweden-Germany game on saturday in the World Cup. Lots of sauna and IKEA jokes.

We're above that. We would never ever make fun of the germans or Germany. Instead we support them and their national team.

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Have a great Midsummers eve

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Even FOX News report CGS findings.
Then it must be true.

"Global warming is real, caused by humans"
FOX News

Sadly Dubya still think that if the same environmental laws that the rest of the western world have were to be implemented, the "weak" US economy would collapse.

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The gays box is already checked
Now it's the guns
Soon god

"NRA unloads on U.N."
CNN

"Is the U.N. preparing to ban all guns?" (nope)
Opinio Juris

BONUS CLASSIC
"How the NRA messed up Brazil"
GunGuys

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Rick Santorum trails in the polls.
Finds Weapons of Mass... something something

Rick Santorum* seems to
be getting more desperate

C&L (with video of st. Santie)

* this is getting boring, but we still have no picture of Santorum, so we have to settle for this one of Abramoff

Think Progress points out something interesting.

The White House should immediately announce whether it stands with Santorum or whether it stands behind the review conducted by Charles Duelfer and the Iraq Survey Group. Recall, in October 2004, Bush said of Duelfer’s analysis:

The chief weapons inspector, Charles Duelfer, has now issued a comprehensive report that confirms the earlier conclusion of David Kay that Iraq did not have the weapons that our intelligence believed were there.

So? Is the WH behind its ethics-frontman?

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Returning solider wants
US to "cut and run"
...cause agreeing with Murtha means you hate
the troops, even if you are the troops. Right?

Troops echo frustration over war in Iraq
"I'm not sure we're doing a whole lot of good," Myers, 46, said of the U.S. presence in Iraq. "Everybody thinks we are. We're trying to, but we're not going to change what they want to do, and if they don't want to change, they're not gonna.
Yahoo

Poor guy. When the GOP smear machine is
done with him, he'll wish he was back in Iraq.

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Reclaim the Issues
"Occupation, Not War"
- Thom Hartmann

If Democrats can succeed over the next three months in making it clear to average Americans that the "War In Iraq" ended in 2003, and that we're now engaged in an "Occupation Of Iraq," then Democratic suggestions to end or greatly diminish the occupation will take on a resonance and cogency that will both help them in an election year, and help to bring our soldiers to safety and Iraq to stability.

Common Dreams

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The Pirate Bay vs. The MPAA part II

The US government responded to the pressure from the MPAA by threatening to put Sweden on the WTO's surveillance list.
The lobby group even contacted the swedish prosecutor directly to "remind him" that he needed to act. They even went as far as to hire a P.I. to look into individuals involved at the file sharing site the Pirate Bay, who according to the MPAA is the single biggest threat to the movie industry.
The Local
SVT (in swedish)

Lobby groups already control US politics, but now they also control the politics and the police force of other countries. We're all fucked.

The Pirate Bay write about it at their blog.

UPDATE: This case is now gonna come before the KU since this might threaten our constitution.
Other countries cannot issue orders to swedish prosecutors and the swedish police.
SVT (still only in swedish)

Old pods. about this here and here

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Stop the Presses!

John Kerry has a three word talking point.
...and we love it! C&L

"Stay the course", oh you mean "LIE AND DIE"

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UPDATE: The game ended 2-2. England was lucky to get a away with a draw. Now the host nation Germany awaits for the yellow 'n blue. They looked good against Ecuadors B-team, but we'll see... we'll see

Sweden-England

As always when Sweden play England 1-1 seems like a safe bet. This swedish team was before the World Cup believed to be a "new one", a team that could dominate games and play fun offensive football. Sadly it looks like we're back to the good old swedish team that play safe, and even, with all teams. Brazil or Trinidad & Tobago doesn't matter.
The english side looks good enough to go past the quarterfinals but not World Champions good. Still the same old boring game from their national side.

You can print your own Wayne Rooney (who?) mask and then walk around town complaining about refs BBC Sport

More sports...

With the Tour just a few weeks away, we're reminded of the side of Lance Armstrong that won him seven straight Tours but lost him a lot of fans (the stubborn bitch side).
CNN (SI)

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O’Reilly’s solution for Iraq:
Run the place like Saddam

Calling All Wingnuts
(with mp3)

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Best Quote Ever!
It kinda sums up what really goes on inside
the head of a right-wing talking pointer.

"All of them are trying to copy FOX News now to be honest. Many of them are doing tabloid, more big lipped blonde's and all this kind of stuff. There's only so much of that trailer trash pie to go around."
- Cal "24" Thomas

C&L (video)

TODAYS FOX NEWS BONUS
Right now: Bill Kristol on FOX News Live explaining how the Iraq war was the factor that stopped the cyanide attack on New York.
He's just speculating of course. Since he has no knowledge of the subject.
"Prez Bush decided to take the fight to them"

Graphics "Did the U.S. led invasion of Iraq affect the NYC terror plot?"

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The Rove Murtha-rer

Karl Rove wants to "stay the course" and not "cut and run". Murtha smacks him over the head and gives us more anti-talking points gold.

MURTHA (Meet the Press): He's in New Hampshire. He's making a political speech. He’s sitting in his air-conditioned office on his big, fat backside-saying stay the course. That’s not a plan! We've got to change direction. You can't sit there in the air-conditioned office and tell troops carrying seventy pounds on their backs, inside these armored vessels-hit with IED's every day-seeing their friends blown up-their buddies blown up-and he says stay the course? Easy to say that from Washington, DC.

C&L (video)
Transcript

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Sven To The Rescue

Nice to see that Sven has taken it upon
him to save Ann Coulter from herself.

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One of worlds worst terrorists killed

"Police in Chechnya killed rebel leader Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev during a special operation Saturday, authorities said.
...
Chechnya's separatist movement initially was rooted in nationalist sentiment, but in recent years has taken on a growing Islamic cast. Sadulayev had promoted efforts to spread the rebel movement beyond Chechnya's borders in the so-called "Caucasus Front" and attack Russian forces across the poverty-stricken and corruption-gripped south."

CNN

Never heard of Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev?
Well, why is that?

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Michelle Malkin goes bananas over Hillary

We have no picture of Michelle Malkin, but this
one of Laura Ingraham should do. Same anger. .

The obsession with Hillary Clinton makes
Michelle post a video and change the content.

"What Malkin cuts off is that people were shouting “BRING THEM HOME!” They were not booing the troops. They were booing Hillary for not supporting the troops. I sat in that hall and know good and well no one in that crowd booed the troops. In fact, as I recall, during other speeches (like John Kerry’s, to the same audience) the same audience applauded expressions of support for the troops."

Crooks & Liars (with video)

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Edwards/Obama '08

He's kept himself a contender in '08, even as the press obsesses over Hillary. In a new poll of likely Iowa caucus voters released yesterday, Edwards beats Clinton 30 to 26 percent. It's the first time Hillary has trailed in a potential '08 match-up. And it's proof that Edwards's five trips to Iowa this year--and nine in the past two years--are paying off.
The Nation

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Smear first and ask questions later

For a dozen years until his appointment, Zinsmeister held forth on all manner of issues and personalities as editor in chief of the American Enterprise Institute's magazine. With a sharp pen, he skewered the left, taking special aim at environmentalists, anti-globalists, feminists, contemporary artists, university faculties, Hollywood, Broadway and particularly the media, composed mainly of "left-wing, cynical, wiseguy Ivy League types, with a high prima donna quotient."
The Washington Post

Nice to see the angry, angry right highlighted.

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The YouTube video has been removed
Check it out here

UPDATE II:

"Come on Ann you f**king psycho, lets do this. /Henry"
YouTube

UPDATE:
Even 1850's poster boy Rick Santorum
backs away from MAnnie. The Huff

The brunette that even crossed
the lazy, lazy M$Ms line - part III

that neck has to be retouched

Being angry and making young reps touch themself (Phyllis Schlafly must be so proud) will only get you the protection of the M$M to a certain point.

The MM collection

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UPDATE: No Democrat called the killing of al-Zarqawi a stunt, but that didn't stop the comic book the Washington Times (Malkin, Power Line etc) from saying they did.
Eric Boehlert

Earlier today we saw FOX News Shepard "(heart) Mehlman" Smith interview their military expert on how the Democrats behavior was hurting the troops in Iraq.
Shameful, but not suprising!

Cause we're free, freeeeee faaaallin'

The Bubble Boys

If you're a leftie, you're sad that al-Zarqawi
is dead. No? Well, that's the talking points.

CHARLES McCORD [co-host]: It cannot possibly be bad, obviously.
McGUIRK: Except to people like Michael Moore. And notice, probably, the long faces over at CNN this morning, but otherwise.
MM

...and, then there's this guy

"If Bob Menendez had his way, Mr. Zarqawi would be alive and plotting the next attack on America, Great Britain, Canada or who knows where."
PoliticsNJ.com

Kinda sad, kinda pathetic, kinda USA 2006

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It's kick off time!!

FIFA World Cup

Predictions: Argentina or France will win. Brazil to semis or final. The US should be proud if it gets out of the group stage. Sweden will get out of the group stage but loose the first playoff game.
This prediction will be deleted as soon as something goes wrong, and its existence will be denied.

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O'Reilly not presenting the facts
...that's so 2002

Media Matters also had some problems with McDouche's false claims about gay marriage and scandinavia. MM

While accounting for BO's mistakes they use one of the two swedish words that's in the english dictionary ("ombudsman" being the other one).

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9/11 Widows Smacks Mannie

Statement of September 11th
Advocates Response to “Godless”
Crooks & Liars

"Query for Rev. Coulter: Is the Pope Catholic?" MM

Keith is also kinda tired of Mannie C&L (video)

John Kerry: Shameless, But the Real Shame Is If We Don't Act The Huff

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Happy National Day 6th of June 2006!!

On the 6th of June 1523 Gustav Vasa is crowned king of Sweden (after driving the evil danes out of the then "country" of Sweden) and the constitution of 1809 is ratified on this date.

Some claim that there has been some "modification" of history when it comes to choosing the date of our National Day. This to increase the national pride in the 1890's when the day was first celebrated. But whatta hell!
Any day that you wave the flag and celebrate the greatest country in the world (see pod below) is a good day to us.

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The constitution is about to be amended.
Now lets party like it's 1899!!

"Tolerance & respect" or civil rights?
Raw Story

Sorry if we're screwing up your talking points and not sticking to the cable news narrative but...

Sweden have civil unions for gay couples and tops the atheist ranking, yet it's the best country to be a mother and child in (??).

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Welcome to Bushlandia

"The Republicans, this theory holds, won Idaho as part of a long-term, bottom-up, nationwide strategy to change the focus of politics from economics to morality. Only a similarly broad Democratic initiative has any hope of turning things around."

The Guardian

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MPAA: 0
Little guy: 1

The Pirate Bay is open again.
Plus they have a little message to $$Hollywood$$

Stealing music and movies is illegal!
But so is the use of the police by a minister.

"An opposition lawmaker called on Parliament's Constitution Committee to investigate the case after a report on public broadcaster SVT suggested the Justice Ministry ordered the raids on a U.S. request (lobbied by the MPAA). Under Sweden's Constitution, ministers are not allowed to direct the work of the police."

CNN

UPDATE: watch the video of the police
raiding the Pirate Bay's office. YouTube

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Brown shirts, the Klan and immigration

"Klan raises anti-immigrant clamor"
Montgomeryadvertiser.com

A blast from the past with this pod from february...

Tom Tancredo (R-CO) seems suprised to hear about some "brown shirts" at the CPAC Minutemen rally in DC.

MP3

"Nope, no hate among the minutemen, No Sir Ree Bob, no hate here, nope, not on this side of the fench, the nazis don't belong with us, nope no hate here, no haters as far as the eye can see"

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How to go from being an
asshole to just plain crazy
...and get FOX News to cover it up

O'Reilly steps over the line, but keeps on going (as always). Luckily Olbermann is there to stop him.
Wonder how many times FOX News have "cleaned up" the transcripts?

Watch and download
OneGoodMove
CrooksandLiars

"Bill O'Reilly slanders 82nd Airborne"
Steve Gilliard

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Kerry, Bush and Iran
Sam Seder summed it up well in March

MP3. 44 sec, 400 kb

"He was against negotiations before he was for them"
Carpetbaggers

"For Bush, Talks With Iran Were a Last Resort"
NY Times

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The offices of swedish torrent site the Pirate Bay was raided yesterday and the servers were shut down.
The Local
BBC

It now appears that the US state Dept, after being lobbied by the MPAA, contacted its counterpart in Sweden, who ordered the police and prosecutor to act. They had earlier not been able to do so, since what the Pirate Bay is doing is, technically, not illegal. Heads will roll, but probably not in the US end of this.
DN.se (so far only available in swedish)
SVT.se (with video, also only in swedish)
MPAA press release (pdf)
BBC (updated)

Other
"MPAA accused or hacking system"
EliteHackers

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Kick Ass Lib Songs
After reading the Top 50 conservative rock songs-list, we just had to do one of our own. You'll be suprised how many songs actually appear on both lists. Projected identity is not something reserved for one side.
Since we're "commies", they're in no particular order.

The Clash "Rock the Casbah"
Screw censorship

Duran Duran "Rio"
(heart) the USA

Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA"
No comment needed

David Bowie "Heroes"
Non-violence

Bright Eyes "When the President talks to god"
There's christians, then there's "christians"

The Who "Won't be fooled again"
Stick it to the "man", the corporate "man"

Green Day "American Idiot"
Well maybe I'm the faggot America.
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.
Now everybody do the propaganda.
And sing along to the age of paranoia.

Martina McBride "Independence Day"
Maybe Hannity needs to listen to the lyrics

John Lennon "Imagine"
No comment needed

The Jam "Town called Malice"
Thatcherism starts at home

Metallica "....and justice for all"
The title really says it

Beatles "Revolution"
Non-violence

Johnny Cash "Man in Black"
Like... you know.... peace... and justice... dude

UPDATE: Songs: Illinois "25 best liberal songs"

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Dancer/Rapper/Republican
Shagger K-Fed tells it like it is.
....no really, not kidding.

"The same day Dick Cheney shoots someone, they've got me on the cover of MSN [Web site]. It's life they're diverting attention from what's really going on"

US Magazine
best source ever!!

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Is Iraq safer than DC?

Sadly no.

ThinkProgress