Archive for April, 2006

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

Why Mexico will become the #1 spot for college spring breaks….

According to an A.P. report on Friday, April 28:
Mexico’s Congress approved a bill Friday decriminalizing possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use — including cocaine and even heroin — raising potential questions about joint U.S.-Mexican anti-narcotics operations.
The only step remaining was the signature of President Vicente Fox, whose office indicated he would sign [...]

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Friday, April 28th, 2006

Listen to Neil Young’s new album- FOR FREE

If you’d like to hear Neil Young’s controversial new album “Living With War,” you can hear for FREE by clicking here.

And,if you’re sick of this damned war, then you can take action.
It’s time for America to get out of Iraq.
The majority of troops stationed in Iraq believe that we need to get out of Iraq, [...]

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Thursday, April 27th, 2006

Cato Institute on Bush

The Cato Institute isn’t exactly known for advocating “liberal” viewpoints. In fact, it’s considered one of the most conservative thinktanks in America. Here’s an excerpt from a recent report by Gene Healy, senior editor and author of “Arrogance of Power Reborn: The Imperial Presidency and Foreign Policy in the Clinton Years“:
Unfortunately, far from [...]

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Thursday, April 27th, 2006

Just How Would a Patriot Act, anyways?

I think of this blog as a good recycling tool. Sometimes, I may get inspired and actually compose some original words here and there, but for the most part I’m merely bringing some extra attention to what I believe is the “good stuff.”
In life, sometimes the simple things are the ones that work [...]

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Monday, April 24th, 2006

Why not a 100-mpg hybrid- RIGHT NOW?

On Saturday, I went to the first annual MAKER Faire in San Mateo, CA, sponsored by MAKE magazine. I love the magazine with the slogan “technology on your time,” and this two day festival was a great celebration of the magazine’s DIY ethic. At this fest, I saw some very cool [...]

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Saturday, April 22nd, 2006

The Republican-to-English Dictionary

In case you’ve been having trouble recently in deciphering speeches and news reports, here’s some clarifications, courtesy of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence of San Francisco, with a tip of the hat to Amacker B:
Republican-to-English Dictionary
alternative energy sources /n./ New locations to drill for gas and oil.
bankruptcy /n./ A means of escaping debt available to [...]

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Saturday, April 22nd, 2006

More Responses to the BUSHit!

1) In support of his upcoming album entitled LIVING WITH WAR, Neil Young now has his own blog.
2) With a tip of the hat to Howie Klein’s DownWithTyranny blog, I’ve discovered a brilliant mashup of George W. Bush performing John Lennon’s IMAGINE. It’s a full-fledged video that uses Beatle tracks, war footage, [...]

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Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

My Kinda Sequel…

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Sunday, April 16th, 2006

Is Bush impotent? Could that explain Iraq?

Here’s an interesting theory from Sugarbank.com
I recently discovered (via Metafilter I think – I can’t remember) an ancient thread at Something Awful which is a mine of the kind of possibly-true information that makes the web worthwhile. Supposedly posted by a Whitehouse insider (who appears to be in the Secret Service) it’s a list of [...]

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Sunday, April 16th, 2006

NEW Unheard Beatles album for Cirque du Soleil

Here’s some great news for Beatles fans, courtesy of BBC news

Unreleased Beatles tracks are to be reworked for a Las Vegas circus show soundtrack, with an accompanying album reported to be lined up for release. Producer Sir George Martin is making background music for the forthcoming Cirque du Soleil show by remastering unheard recordings by [...]

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Sunday, April 16th, 2006

NEW Neil Young song- “Impeach the President”

Here’s some excellent news from Howie Klein’s DownWithTyranny blog:
Just after debuting his new film at SxSW Neil shocked the music world by announcing, kind of off-the-cuff, that he had recorded a brand new album and that it’s all ready to go. (The guy introducing him, SxSW director Roland Swenson, had referred to how important Neil’s [...]

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Friday, April 7th, 2006

Velvet Underground and Lawrence Welk?

Velvet Underground and Lawrence Welk? Why not…
To see a brilliant example of creative video editing, click here.

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