(via Dunner’s) WHY?
Month: September 2008
Internet Pornography
Friday Random Ten: 2008-09-19
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Opus 1 | Terry Bozzio + Metropole Orkest | Chamber Works | Rock |
| 2. | Brazilian Rhyme aka Ponta de Areia | Earth, Wind & Fire | All ‘N All | R&B |
| 3. | Stranger | Pretty & Twisted | Pretty & Twisted | Alternative & Punk |
| 4. | Fantasy | Earth, Wind & Fire | All ‘N All | R&B |
| 5. | Alfa Waves | Billy Cobham | The Traveler | Jazz |
| 6. | Hollow Years | Dream Theater | Falling Into Infinity | Metal |
| 7. | One Of Our Submarines | Thomas Dolby | The Golden Age Of Wireless | Alternative & Punk |
| 8. | Look At Their Way | Wall Of Voodoo | Call Of The West | Alternative & Punk |
| 9. | Hope Fails | Howard Shore | The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King | Soundtrack |
| 10. | Panic Attack | Dream Theater | Octavarium | Metal |
McCain / Palin Button
John McCain ‘invented the BlackBerry’
(John McCain ‘invented the BlackBerry’)
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the Republican presidential candidate’s economics guru, was being grilled about Mr McCain’s qualifications for addressing the current crisis in the markets when he made the claim.
He cited the senator’s experience and leadership of the US Senate Commerce Committee, saying it placed him at the intersection of a number of economic interests, including the telecommunications industry.
And when pressed on Mr McCain’s achievements on the committee, Mr Holtz-Eakin pulled out his BlackBerry personal digital assistant and declared: “You’re looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create.”
John McCain is so out of touch with America his economics adviser says he deserves credit for creating the Canadian company that invented the Blackberry. Message to Republicans: it’s American entrepreneurship our President is supposed to encourage. — Former FCC chairman Reed Hundt, Think Progress
(more…)Senator Kit Bond: Authoritarian Asshole
(WIL WHEATON dot VOX) I’m not here to say that the government is always right, but when the government tells you to do something, I’m sure you would all agree that I think you all recognize that is something you need to do. — Sen. Kit Bond (R-Missouri), explaining why his fellows had to lock … Continue reading “Senator Kit Bond: Authoritarian Asshole”
Deep Thought
Stephen Hawking, despite his disabilities, can use a computer…
Friday Random Ten: 2008-09-12
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Somewhere In Between | Kate Bush | Aerial: A Sky of Honey | Alternative & Punk |
| 2. | Linger | The Cranberries | Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? | Alternative & Punk |
| 3. | I Ride | Pretty & Twisted | Pretty & Twisted | Alternative & Punk |
| 4. | Niner Two | Don Ellis | Live At Montreux | Jazz |
| 5. | 6:00 | Dream Theater | Awake | Metal |
| 6. | No Better Place | Fountains Of Wayne | Welcome Interstate Managers | Alternative & Punk |
| 7. | Fresh Feeling | Eels | Scrubs | Soundtrack |
| 8. | Aerial Tal | Kate Bush | Aerial: A Sky of Honey | Alternative & Punk |
| 9. | Moguli | Terry Bozzio + Metropole Orkest | Chamber Works | Rock |
| 10. | Open Wide | Don Ellis | Live At Montreux | Jazz |
Mmmm, Bacterium with Chicken
GOP and Science
(via What’s new by Bob Park – Friday, September 5, 2008) 2. DEBATE: DID “SCIENCE” GET A MENTION IN ST. PAUL? Last week we did a word search for “science” in Barack Obama’s acceptance speech in Denver. We thought it unfortunate that Obama made only a single reference to science. As you have surely noticed, … Continue reading “GOP and Science”