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Monkeyfilter Double Package Post Since we have a rule about only one post a day I thought I give you monkeys two posts for the price of one. Post 1 Oliver Willis has a video of Jimmy Swaggart saying the he would kill a gay man who looked at that hot ass of his with gay desire. Jimmy only wants hookers to be looking at him that way. Post 2 Wonkette has the transcript of Jon Stewart on Bill O'Reilly's show. more inside

How To Loose An Election This article on Alan Keyes is so hysterical that it reads like a Tom Tomorrow comic strip. I let you monkeys read it and post your comments. more inside

Let's Hear It For the Liberal Media Via Left I On The News: I had to had at how Chris O'Brien of the San Jose Mercury News wrote this piece that reads like it came out of Karl Rove's office.

Silicon Valley's unemployment rate fell nearly a full percentage point to 5.5 percent in August. Yet the valley also lost 1,500 jobs.

It gets bad when you can't tell the difference between real news and The Daily Shows

Homeless use Internet to be connected Since Forks is plugging his media exposure I thought I do the same. I did a 15 minute telephone interview for this article and I'm in one paragraph. So there isn't really much about me (except my real name) in it.

It's Over In Iraq More and more towns are being taken over by insurgents and the Bush administration humorously maintains that the elections in Iraq will proceed in January. I can't see the United States being in Iraq another five years. Sorry for the second post of the day, but I thought this was worth discussing.

The Phoenix Program Long before Abu Ghraib the CIA ran the Phoenix Program in Vietnam that used torture to gain information.

Hooters To Open Restaurants In India I say this is instant karma at India for all those jobs lost from outsourcing.

21 Reasons Why the Neocons Were Wrong About Iraq Hey, that adds up to blackjack. I say the Paul Wolfowitz project of remaking the world is going along just fine.

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New York Times Link Generator Attention monkeys: the New York Times link generator is a handy tool for bloggers that can post New York Times articles without readers having to register to NY Times. So monkeys please use it when you post that liberal media paper to Monkeyfilter. The link generator is also handy for reading articles over a year old and not having to pay the $2.99 fee.

Big Wave The yeti is back and still after penguins. Previous yeti posts here and here.

Young George W Bush Turns out we haven't "misunderestimated" him.

God's Official Party From the New Republic RNC blog.

Soon after Hagel spoke, the acting state Republican chair--an African-American man in a white cowboy hat named Leon Mosley--urged his delegates, "Let's remember what's paramount in our life: God ... This is the GOP: God's Official Party." At that, the room burst into sustained applause. Behold, the Republican base.

RNC Protest Photos Taz at Loaded Mouth took some shots of the protests at the convention. Personally, I'm with Matt Yglesias on this. more inside

Batman Sucks Forever Read the whole thing. more inside

William Buckley Leaving National Review William Buckley is leaving the National Review. He said the main reason is coming grips with his own mortality. He also had this to say about the Iraq war.

"With the benefit of minute hindsight, Saddam Hussein wasn't the kind of extra-territorial menace that was assumed by the administration one year ago," Mr. Buckley said. "If I knew then what I know now about what kind of situation we would be in, I would have opposed the war."

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Blooger is 5 years-old

Tactics Core Demo for a videogame. Highly addictive fun.

Bush's Attacks On Vets In 2000 & 2004 President Bush has refused to condem the Swift Boat Veteran For the Truth ads. Conservative monkeys can think that's fine because it's against Kerry and Bush isn't paying for the ads (it's actually an old crony Bob Perry who is). more inside