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Okay, I realized when I started uploading these that I had left the stupid camera in the video selection so my pictures aren't that great and most showed up as videos, even though I just wanted still shots. I apologize.

I saw a piece on the news recently which said, in essence, that even if you want to "buy American," there are so few American-made items in the stores that it is almost impossible. Sad, and if you insist on buying the trendy stuff at the mall, probably true. But there is an alternative. All across our land there are artisans, craftsmen, and artists who produce Made-in-America items which are far superior to the brummagem stuff made in China.

Ever wondered what the movie They Live would look like in the time of Obama? You won't have to with this video.

Here's a thing of beauty, a great image to divert your attention from all the talk about our $12 trillion (and growing) deficit. Let's just say Obama's got a leg up on things over in Asia.

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We would love it if all the Palin supporters who read this would share this idea with all the Palin forums you go on. It’s something we wish we had thought to do for Hillary Clinton back in 2003 when she did her Living History book tour. It would have given us a major ground support advantage in 2008 that we didn’t have. If you are going to a Palin book signing, don’t just stand there in line quiet by yourself or talking to whomever you came with. Introduce yourself to the other people in line. If you are all...

By Michael P. Tremoglie Tremoglie's Tea Time Blog Hill Street Blues was one of my favorite television programs. I watched it religiously each week. Moreover, it was a favorite of my Philadelphia Police Department colleagues. The characters, the chaos of the district headquarters (called precincts in other cities); the challenges of the bureaucracy and the politicos, all of these resonated with cops. Not since Wambaugh had there been such realism. Yet, there existed in the plots certain themes that were disconcerting. There was a subliminal promotion of a certain philosophy. The most obvious example was that of Lt. Howard Hunter,...

NOTE - Partial schedule is now available. This is what I was able to piece together off the information just added to Cartoon Network website schedule today. This gives you a rough idea what cartoons will air during each hour. It is unlikely they will air in this exact order. This schedule is also likely incomplete. 1:00pm: Odor-Able Kitty Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century Gee Whiz-z-z Beep, Beep Crowing Pains Tom Turk and Daffy 2:00pm: Stage Door Cartoon Great Piggy Bank Robbery Hare Tonic Going! Going! Gosh! Porky Pig's Feat Bad Ol' Putty Tat 3:00pm: Sandy Claws Bugs...

When Jugtown Pottery kicked off the North Carolina art pottery movement in the early 1920s, its owners focused on two lines of ware: traditional lead-glazed "dirt dish" earthenware and new, colorful pieces based on oriental designs. Potters in the surrounding area observed no such strictures; whether by genius or by serendipity, they used colorful art-pottery glazes on anything that went into the kiln, pitchers included. The pitchers sold and, some nine decades later, they still sell.

You have never seen anyone jump rope like this! ~~~~ VIDEO

A year after his historic election, President Barack Obama sought to remind Americans on Wednesday the biggest problems he is grappling with -- from the economy to the war in Afghanistan -- are the legacy of his predecessor, George W. Bush....he said his administration was also confronted with a "financial crisis that threatened to plunge our economy into a Great Depression, the worst that we've seen in generations.""We had record deficits, two wars, frayed alliances around the world," Obama added.He said his administration had acted swiftly to save the economy from "imminent collapse." -(http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-43692420091104?sp=true) It seems the Manchild-in-Chief is...

A cartoon of Nancy Pelosi as Nurse Ratchet is at the link below....

Sesame Street’s Oscar the Grouch Trashes FOX News Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Jim Hoft Even children’s shows are not safe from the far left. Oscar the Grouch trashed FOX News this week: Big Hollywood reported: Last week, in a re-broadcast of an episode that originally aired two years ago, Oscar starts his own news network, GNN (Grouchy News Network). An irate viewer calls in to berate him that the news is not grouchy enough: “I am changing the channel. From now on I am watching ‘Pox’ News. Now there is a trashy news show.”

McNoughton's response to liberal criticisms of "One Nation Under God." Incredible painting. As you move your cursor over the various images, a brief description is revealed on the side panel.

The maples and other showy trees are done now. The weather has turned dour again and the maple leaves are falling fast. These are pictures taken (mostly) around town near the end of the high season. Most are maples, but there are other trees, including a cherry and a willow oak.

The British Library formally opened it’s landmark photography exhibition Points of View last night at a well-attended private view. The exhibition marks the librarys first ever photographic exhibition. It opens to the public free. At a risk of running out of superlatives Points of View is quite simply the best exhibition that the library has ever put on. It is a large show, but never feels unapproachable. It is well designed and laid out and presents a wealth of the library’s treasures... The poison in the veins: “After the fall of Ceausescu, the country has long delayed the opening of...

The nation would live happily every after.... See an awesome pic at the below link.

Four weeks ago, Big Hollywood posted audio of a conference call in which Obama administration officials asked "grant recipients to plug Barack Obama’s domestic agenda." At least six federal laws and regulations were violated when then–NEA communications director Yosi Sergant and White House Office of Public Engagement deputy director Buffy Wicks tried twisting the arms of artists and arts groups interested in getting federal arts grants to produce government propaganda. To protect the scandal from expanding further, the White House threw Sergant under the bus, denied that they were involved issued new guidelines for the NEA and promised that it...

Wait...did I said portrait of the Prophet Muhammad? Take that back. What I meant was Jesus portrait. Man of great courage, this guy. NOT.

The world's smallest working model train set has been unveiled – measuring just 1/8th of an inch by 1/4 of an inch. At 1-35200 scale to the real thing, the five-carriage train travels around an oval route including ride through a tunnel. Powered by a standard two-inch-long rotating motor head and carved out of mouldable plastic, the model train cost Mr Smith just over £6 to make. "To get a sense of scale you have to remember that the River Branch project is being built to the scale of 1-220," Mr Smith added. "It has taken up two and a...

An AWESOME image of Obama as a baby...

We live on the western edge of the Ridge and Valley Province of the Appalachian Mountains, where the landscape is defined by long ridge mountains, with coves nestled in higher elevations and river valleys in the limestone and shale formations below. The Autumn turning of the leaves this year has been slow, giving us a long season of fall color. The images in this article are from the past week.

History comes back to haunt us. Just over 20 years ago, the then British prime minister Margaret Thatcher told Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev: “Britain and western Europe are not interested in the unification of Germany. The words written in the NATO communique may sound different, but disregard them. We do not want the unification of Germany.” She went on to say... About one year after the construction of the wall, Peter Fechter attempted to flee from the GDR together with his friend Helmut Kulbeik. The plan was to hide in a carpenter’s workshop near the wall in Zimmerstrasse and, after...

My whole life prior to 1992 was given solely over wholly to the music industry. From playing the music to that of absolutely following all aspects of the industry and culture as some of you who knew me well know. As Almighty God began to get a hold of me and started to redirect me by His Word, I began to see the evils and vices of the whole music culture and life style. I remember saying to myself - the last day that I played in the last phase of Silent Desire (1986-1992) - I thought to myself... What...

Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger

The Fashion Time Magazine’s Best Dressed Of The Day, who could it be? There were many strong candidates embracing old school glamour and chic, but Blake Lively and Hilary Swank sartorially inspired us the Hollywood way. Hilary Swank walked the red carpet in New York for the “Amelia” premiere. The actress stunned — we saw stars — in a blue Vionnet Resort 2010 draped gown. Super!

Scene from One Flew Over a Cuckoo's Nest

Glenn Beck today educated his TV viewers about what Mao Zedong, so admired in the Obama White House, was really like. Beck previously revealed that White House communications director Anita Dunn (shown above) reveres the Chinese Hitler as a political philosopher. Mao, according to Beck, urged communist leaders in East Germany to build the Berlin Wall. Mao was also enthusiastic about executions, child labor, torture, and organized public denunciation sessions for political figures who fell out of favor with him. But in the brief segment, Beck didn't have time to go into detail about Mao. It is known that some...

And now, it's time for a little FR musical interlude--everybody sing along! :-)

a scene from the classic Dirty Dozen.

If I'm the first man to say it, it must be said: while good looking, Megan Fox is definitely not one of the hottest women in popular American culture. She just isn't. She's pretty good looking, whatever, but I don't see what people see in her. The media makes her seem like sex on wheels. There are so many more attractive women in the world; I don't understand all the attention. For example: Who is better looking... Megan Fox or

B.B. King and Buddy Guy classic blues duet.

Oasis Wonderwall

Great Manifestation anti-avortement à Madrid (English Translation) Over one million people participated in this mobilization organizers said. They were protesting against the proposed liberalization of abortion which would abort freely within 14 weeks. Seniors, families with children and strollers, groups of adolescents, religious and priests: A human tide has flooded the center of the Spanish capital. They were more than one million Catholics supported by the Church and the right to protest Saturday in Madrid against the proposed liberalization of abortion from the socialist government. The organizers have amounted to 1.5 million people participating in this event, while the Madrid...

classic scene from Fargo.

Sit back, relax and watch the Afro sing! Libertas

Swingers scene in the diner.

opening scene from The Player an homage to Touch of Evil.

Here is a quote from Mao, concerning art: "There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause." Why does that sound familar? Oh yeah...A 39-year-old Los Angeles film producer is accusing the National Endowment for the Arts of initiating a "call to action" to artists to support President Obama's domestic agenda. The film producer, Patrick Courrielche, said he was one of roughly 75 artists, musicians, writers, poets and others on an...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - For more than five decades, legendary blues artist B.B King has graced the music scene with unforgettable hits such as "The Thrill Is Gone" and "Three O'clock Blues." This fall, the Inland Empire will have an opportunity hear and see him in concert when he performs at Cal State San Bernardino's Coussoulis Arena on Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. Tickets, which are available through Ticketmaster, are now on sale. Tickets also are available at the Coussoulis Arena box office. Ticket prices are $85 for VIP Gold Circle seating, $65 reserved seating and $55 for general admission.....

Jesus As An ape? Artist Crucifies Simian Specimen In London October 14, 2009 [Pic in URL] No, that's not a real gorilla hanging from a cross. It's a large waxwork sculpture that British shock artist Paul Fryer has crucified in an attempt to "highlight [the] plight of the Western Lowland Gorillas, and to challenge the Christian notion that animals do not have souls," according to one report. Fryer, who caused a stir earlier this year when he exhibited a statue depicting Christ in an electric chair just in time for Easter, has told reporters that his latest work, titled "The...

Alexander McQueen’s runway shows are some of the most anticipated ones during Fashion Week and his Spring/Summer 2010 show was no exception. The King of drama presented his signature art pieces, but THE SHOES were the most eye-catching highlight. We just wonder, will anyone actually wear them in real life?

Orbison You Got It video.

Video if his punk anthem...

Classic Robin Williams at the Met...

THIS must be one of the greatest blogs of all time. Hint ... one of the old lesbians looks like ... Michael Moore.

Frank Caliendo doing some of his best impressions...

the greatest combo of voices ever imo.

Like his art? Let him know: larryart@insightbb.comThanks again Larry, keep up the great work!

US President Barack Obama and his wife have decorated their private rooms and the Oval Office with a range of modern and abstract art, the White House says. They began selecting pieces before January's inauguration, but the list of borrowed works has just been released. The scope of the modern work exceeds that hung by previous White House occupants, Mr Allman said. "The first lady had clear ideas about what they were aiming for.