Politics
Obama Floats as McCain Flails During Presidential Debate
I watched last night’s presidential debate between Senators McCain and Obama while enjoying a fine home-cooked potato dish and a full-bodied pale ale. It was quite an entertaining spectacle. McCain darted around the room flailing his arms like a zombie robot on fire, his hands snuffing the life out of the mic (maybe someone put [...]
Hillary’s Rate Freeze Screws New Homeowners
Hillary Clinton has been touting her bold plan to save the crumbling housing market, which would call for a halt on foreclosures for 90 days and, most alarmingly, an interest rate freeze on mortgages for five years. There’s only one problem: her plan will screw new homeowners by increasing mortgage interest rates. It would also [...]
Splendid Marbles Salon- Saturday, October 13, 2007
Splendid Marbles Salon number 7 was held just this past Saturday night at a brand new location on Varick Street in Jersey City. The crowd was large and the discussion brisk. We even had two special guests representing “NJ for Obama”, one of whom stayed on to answer questions- and this with no safety nets [...]
Farewell, Turd Blossom- by Greg Strid
Farewell, Turd Blossom!
Karl Rove, the boyish-looking political strategist widely
believed to be Bush’s brain announced his departure
on Monday in front of a rather stunned collection of the
news media. Mr. Rove said that he will be resigning from
his position as deputy chief of staff at the end of the month.
The political tactics that Rove employed may [...]
“Images That Lie Between” by Henry G. Sanchez
Artist Statement:
I appropriate images from political advertisements, campaign flyers, and mailings to create digital prints with glitter. I use glitter to obscure and disguise certain features of the images to expose a tension between adoration and mystery.
“El Gringo de la Bachataâ€- glitter on ink-jet print, 18†x 24â€, 2004
“Supporting the Column”- glitter on ink-jet [...]
Praying-by Greg Strid
From the collection of Jay Van Houten
Splendid Marbles’ March Salon
Salon number 5 ( a new cologne possibly?) , held at my
humble cave last night, went very well . This is not just
my over-inflated ego speaking, I received some extremely
positive feedback as a I mellowed and mingled- cocktail in
hand- after my stellar performance as dictator, oops, I
mean moderator.
The group discussion covered many of today’s [...]
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