George all Alone
Photo by REUTERS
Anonymous’s Message To Ralph Nader
Awesome
Regarding the election, Here are your laurels, why don't you lie down on them and take a God damned nap!
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I don't understand this at all - Berkeley is strange
What Big Media Matt Said:
...the Republican Party exists to serve the interests of large business enterprises and very wealthy individuals, and tends to use national security and cultural anxieties as a kind of political theater aimed at securing votes so that they can better pursue their real agenda of enriching the wealthy and powerful.
She voted for the war
She voted for the war, originally uploaded by seanbonner
Well, that about sums it up for me.
Giants Win!
In the U.S. south, Canadian a new racial slur replacing the N-word
Insane. Time for some more Radical Reconstruction?
We Still Have a Dream
As has been my tradition, I am making available for today only the full audio recording of Dr. Marting Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech *[mp3] - all 16 minutes of this landmark speech. This is for educational and non-commercial purposes only.
I am featuring this for 24 hours because it is still copyrighted by the King family, but I believe that this monumental speech denouncing all hate and warmongering in the world deserves to be in the public domain. Rev. King's message is the most succinct voice for peace that graced America in the last fifty years.
* This audio recording was removed on Tuesday.
On large corporations stealing people's content: Hey, Isn't That . . .
YouTube - Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper
different tracks are pulled out and isolated on St. Pepper
Once Again, Thanks OSU
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Coach Tressel sent the OSU Punter to media day to answer questions; the punter - that is awesome! So Bucks!
2007 Music Listening Habits
DeVotchKa & Mermaid Accordionists, originally uploaded by plemeljr
Here is my top 25 top artists of the year 2008 according to LastFM (I was really smitten by the Amelie Sountrack):
- Yann Tiersen - 1,015 plays
- The Arcade Fire - 697 plays
- Led Zeppelin - 482 plays
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - 458 plays plays
- Beastie Boys - 378 plays
- The National - 344 plays
- John Lennon - 321 plays
- Devotchka & Mychael Danna - 308 plays
- DeVotchKa - 277 plays
- TV on the Radio - 277 plays
- R.E.M. - 265 plays
- The Kleptones - 262 plays
- Sufjan Stevens - 261 plays
- The Who - 252 plays
- Modest Mouse - 236 plays
- The Beatles - 228 plays
- Lyle Lovett - 213 plays
- Nelly Furtado - 189 plays
- Coldplay - 161 plays
- Wilco - 134 plays
- Ben Kweller - 133 plays
- N.W.A - 131 plays
- Counting Crows - 127 plays
- Cat Power - 127 plays
- José González - 117 plays
Below are my Top 25 Tracks of 2008 according to LastFM:
- DeVotchKa – You Love Me - 77 plays
- Yann Tiersen – La Valse D'Amelie (piano version) - 72 plays
- DeVotchKa – How It Ends - 71 plays
- Yann Tiersen – La Valse D'Amelie - 67 plays
- Timbaland Featuring Justin Timberlake & Nelly Furtado – Give It To Me - 66 plays
- Devotchka & Mychael Danna – The Winner Is - 65 plays
- The Arcade Fire – Intervention - 64 plays
- Yann Tiersen – Les Jours tristes (instrumental) - 64 plays
- Yann Tiersen – Comtine D'un Autre Ete: L'apres Midi - 63 plays
- Nelly Furtado – Promiscuous - 62 plays
- Nelly Furtado – All Good Things (Come to an End) - 61 plays
- Yann Tiersen – La Noyee - 61 plays
- Yann Tiersen – L'autre valse d'Amelie - 60 plays
- Yann Tiersen – A quai - 59 plays
- Yann Tiersen – J'y suis jamais alle - 58 plays
- Yann Tiersen – La Valse D'Amelie (orchestra version) - 58 plays
- Yann Tiersen – Si Tu N'etais Pas La - 55 plays
- The National – Fake Empire - 54 plays
- The Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies) 53 plays
- Devotchka & Mychael Danna – We're Gonna Make It - 52 plays
- The Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - 52 plays
- The Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) - 52 plays
- Yann Tiersen – LaValse Des Monstres - 51 plays
- The Arcade Fire – Une Année Sans Lumiere - 50 plays
- DeVotchKa – Til the End of Time - 50 plays
- Sufjan Stevens – Chicago - 50 plays
- Sinéad O'Connor – Untold Stories - 50 plays
Obama, Huckabee Clinch Iowa Caucus
Broad Channel graves, originally uploaded by me
Wow, it certainly is Christmas in January!
Barak Obama wins the Democratic Iowa Caucus with John Edwards and Hillary Clinton a close second, crazy Mike Huckabee won a decisive victory over Romney, Ron Paul beat Giuliani, and Giuliani was in 6th place!
It is clear who has the momentum in this race: Democrats. Just under 220,000 Democrats versus around 115,000 Republicans caucused tonight. All three Democratic front-runners would make excellent Presidents, compared to the whole field of Republican candidates.
Break out the popcorn on Tuesday and be sure to watch the New Hampshire Primary in order to witness the modern GOP implode. If Romney can't win in NH he is over and McCain will become the De facto leader of the race (the Beltway media is already doing this). Huckabee has little chance of winning NH, but if he comes in second, then the race will heat up between the evangelical Christians and the financial conservative coalitions.
As for the Democrats, Iowa has certainly given Obama momentum but if he doesn't translate that to another win in NH, then the narrative will become that he is untested and can't last. Edwards is best seated to take advantage of his "surprising" win in Iowa, where Clinton will be seen as fading as her numbers have nowhere to go but down.
Eight more months until the Democratic and Republican Conventions and anything can happen.
The Democratic Iowa Caucus - a ridiculous anachronism which shouldn't be deciding the fate of our next President (by a bunch of rural white people who don't reflect the depth and breadth of America)
A secretive, undemocratic process, that avoids democratic norms, and discourages participation?
2007 Flights by the Numbers
Per the Great Circle Mapper and my My Year in Airports 2007 list, I flew 91,710 miles in 2007.
That's a lot!
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the older Sesame Street was better
Photos and commentary from The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
amazing photos and commentary from a Getty Images photographer who took perhaps the last photo of Bhutto
Merry Christmas!
My Year In Cities, 2007
OK, so just like I did last year and the year before, here is a list of cities I visited (a full day or overnight) in 2007:
- New York, NY*
- Copake, NY
- Atlantic City, NJ
- Minneapolis, MN***
- Kansas City, MO***
- London, UK***
- Brighton, UK***
- Philadelphia, PA**
- Charlotte, NC
- Lake Lure, NC
- Hackettstown, NJ
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Columbus, OH**
- Beavercreek, OH
- Sydney, Australia*
- Melbourne, Australia*
- Dallas, TX
- Washington, DC
- Emerald Isle, NC
- Tokyo, Japan
- Beijing, China
- Shanghai, China
- Brisbane, Australia
- San Francisco, CA
Those cities marked with an * were visited multiple times on non-consecutive days.
Daily city visits would increase the list, but that really isn't visiting, now is it?
Oh The Places You'll Go...
If you've wondered why I've been quiet, it is because I'm gearing up for the massive trip laid out above.
Mr Show: Pre Taped Call in Show
brilliant
Quiz to help you choose best 2008 presidential candidate
take a questionnaire and it,
connects you to the presidential candidate that represents your beliefs the best.
Disasters in the making,
California's wildfire preparedness reflects how America's political system privileges the needs and interests of the rich over those of the poor.
Halloween Decorating, Greenpoint Style
that's how we roll in the GPT
Video of what Waterboarding looks like
barbaric
Gay Enclaves Face Prospect of Being Passé
, but more importantly, the Castro Halloween Parade is Canceled!
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