kontextmaschine

thephotoregistry:

From 42nd Street panorama, 1979

Maude Schuyler Clay

HomeGrown - Yee Yee

historicaltimes:

USAF F-15s and F-16s fly over oil fires set by retreating Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm. 1991.

via reddit

1: rural Americans are developing ceremonies around revealing the sex of unborn children
2: yeah I could see it
1: by shooting guns at things to make them cinematically explode
2: what
1: …with blue or pink powder mixed into the…
2: wait what
1: …serves to reify sex AND gender roles…
2: Americans just invented a lifestage ritual with guns

official-mugi:

Send nudes of America

The original version released in 1986 included 10 tracks. Tracks 11 to 15 are available on a Special Expanded Edition released in 1999. Tracks 16 to 20 are available on a Deluxe Edition released in 2006. Tracks 16-20 do not appear in the film, nor are they related to it in any way.

2006 Deluxe Edition bonus tracks

1. “Can’t Fight This Feeling” by REO Speedwagon
2. “Broken Wings” by Mr. Mister
3. “The Final Countdown” by Europe
4. “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” by Starship
5. “The Power of Love” by Jennifer Rush

Idea: blue and red tribes as priesthoods of the 1st and 2nd amendment.

Expand the parallel, “speech”, press"-> general right of expression, “arms”, “militia” -> general right of violence.

“The solution to bad (speech/violence) is more (speech/violence)”

kontextmaschine:

So I hear you guys like musical theater about American political history. Here’s an emo-rock opera about Old Hickory, the President of the Common Man.

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Populism Yea Yea

So I hear you guys like musical theater about American political history. Here’s an emo-rock opera about Old Hickory, the…

nightpool:

fastbreakthrees:

im mad these are all bangers

I’m glad these came around again, because I didn’t reblog any of these last time with my vine masterdump

vortex-atom:

I don’t think having one holiday about soldiers who died in a war and another holiday about soldiers who didn’t really works, it all blends together into one “military” theme.

The truth is Memorial Day started out as a holiday to celebrate the Civil War, while Veterans’ Day started out (as “Armstice Day”) as a holiday to celebrate WWI and then later got patched to incorporate WWII and Korea (displacing attempts to sanctify V-E, V-J, or Pearl Harbor Day).

Meanwhile Independence Day started as a celebration of the Revolutionary War, Patriot Day is I guess a celebration of the War on Terror. Armed Forces Day is a celebration of bureaucratic reorganization.

argumate:

cosmicwarden:

I know it’s ridiculous, but the “person carrying an absurd and improbable number of weapons must remove them all (to the bewilderment of those around them)” trope is still one of the best tropes of all time.

You: drop your memes!

Me: what, all of them?

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Rock Star

Washington crossed the Delaware River
Washington acted like a
Rock Star

Washington made America deliver
Washington tried to be a
Rock Star

But all the fame that he had won
it wasn’t really any fun
soon the people started turning
(woah-oh-oh)

that boy who couldn’t tell a lie
two terms and then he said goodbye
Georgie went back to Mount Vernon
(woooooahhh)

why don’t you just shoot me in the head
‘cause you know I’d be better off dead
if there’s really no place in America
for a celebrity of the first rank

Ladies and gentlemen!
Governor!
Andrew!
Jackson!
(yeeah)

That’s right motherfuckers
Jackson’s back!

one-two-three

John Adams tried to be an American idol
Jefferson tried to be a
Rock Star

Madison tried to make the presidency vital
and James Monroe was a
DOUCHEBAG

the story always ends the same
it’s hard to handle all that fame
if you don’t really have it in you
(woah-oh-oh)

there’s no place in democracy
for your brand of aristocracy
take that shit back to Virginia
(or Massachusetts, beyotch!)

why don’t you just shoot me in the head
‘cause you know I’d be better off dead
if there’s really no place in America
for a celebrity of the first rank

you can’t just be a founding father
(would you like to see my stimulus package?)
when everybody wants you to be their father

you can’t just be a founding father
(I’m gonna fill you with POPULA-JISM!)
when everybody wants you to be their father

why don’t you just shoot me in the head
‘cause you know I’d be better off dead
if there’s really no place in America
for a celebrity of the first rank

(crosstalk medley)

man, can you imagine if this musical was written by an actual songwriter?

Lin-Manuel Miranda rates like one win and two places in the filk competition at an off-season con and look where it got him

This is a dumb nationalist merchandising stunt that is absolutely going to trick me into buying a case of America for my 4th of July party

metrocosmblog:

The flow of traffic through the U.S. circulatory system

Click here to see traffic flows mapped in other parts of the world

amoebalanding:

The Snake River and canyon near Twin Falls, Idaho