Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
JETHRO TULL frontman Ian Anderson is featured in a new interview with Classic Rock Revisited
Ian Andersons reason for not playing Woodstock,,"Because I don’t like hippies, and I’m usually rather put off by naked ladies unless the time is right."
Monday, November 16, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Stealing Money, Selling Heroin and Raping Boys -- The Very Dark Side of the Afghan Occupation
(from the comments)--- "and historically been accounted for as a tradition Alexander the Great brought with him at the time it was common for the elite rich Greek males to have sex with boys - unbelievable but true.
So the tradition is deep and strong in Afghanistan, and nothing we can do 1 2 3 is going to stop it save for capital punishment for anyone convicted doing that."
How we got to Zero: General Eikenberry's Hail Mary
So the tradition is deep and strong in Afghanistan, and nothing we can do 1 2 3 is going to stop it save for capital punishment for anyone convicted doing that."
How we got to Zero: General Eikenberry's Hail Mary
Instead of a last meal, Tennessee convict Philip Workman requested that pizza be distributed to the homeless in Nashville.
(Prison officials denied his request, but local groups passed out pizza in his honor.)
On June 9, 2009, singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith memorialized Workman's case in the song "Not Innocent Enough," to which John Prine contributed the coda in voiceover, "My name is Philip Workman. I was not innocent enough."
On June 9, 2009, singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith memorialized Workman's case in the song "Not Innocent Enough," to which John Prine contributed the coda in voiceover, "My name is Philip Workman. I was not innocent enough."
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
is a 2005 documentary film based on the best-selling 2003 book of the same name by Fortune reporters Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind, a study of one of the largest business scandals in American history.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, November 09, 2009
US Government's Proposed Mandatory Health Insurance Will Mean Mandatory Vaccinations,
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) says that for anyone who refuses to keep up-to-date vaccinations, under the new health reform, you will not be able to obtain any health care you may need until immunizations are current.
First Patrick Leahy scoffed at questions over whether the federal government has the authority to order Americans to buy a particular product, even though that has never happened in our 233-year history, and now the Speaker of the House claims that the question is “not serious.”
First Patrick Leahy scoffed at questions over whether the federal government has the authority to order Americans to buy a particular product, even though that has never happened in our 233-year history, and now the Speaker of the House claims that the question is “not serious.”
161 U.S. airports now have 'Behavior detection' officers covertly watch travelers' conduct
FBI Has 400,000 People On Terrorism "Watch List"
Watch this video for the faint red boxes that indicate they are using Recognition Software on the public(part of the new Surveillance Security Complex)
Watch this video for the faint red boxes that indicate they are using Recognition Software on the public(part of the new Surveillance Security Complex)
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Friday, November 06, 2009
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Monday, November 02, 2009
You're On The CIA Payroll Too?
'Reader's Digest' (5 of 10)
In the 1940s and 50s, the CIA planted content in Reader’s Digest--an incredibly successful magazine that had taken a strongly anti-communist stance since the publication of its first issue. Subsequently, the CIA influenced the magazine’s numerous pro-Vietnam War editorials.
In the 1940s and 50s, the CIA planted content in Reader’s Digest--an incredibly successful magazine that had taken a strongly anti-communist stance since the publication of its first issue. Subsequently, the CIA influenced the magazine’s numerous pro-Vietnam War editorials.
A Life in Hashistan
Turns out that was this guy-- John "Chris" Turner was pouring 7.62 down range during the 2 hour gunbattle, saving the lives of the UN workers cowering in the cubby...
"I am armed. I carry an AK-47 and I kept firing it to keep the attackers away from the group I was guarding," he said, describing how he shot from the entrance of the laundry room. The group later jumped over a back wall to take refuge in a house behind the guest house.
"I am armed. I carry an AK-47 and I kept firing it to keep the attackers away from the group I was guarding," he said, describing how he shot from the entrance of the laundry room. The group later jumped over a back wall to take refuge in a house behind the guest house.
Sunday, November 01, 2009
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