Freedy Johnston:

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Kim Richey:

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So I have to have a CAT scan later this week, and today I had to go pick up a bottle of this barium crap from the imaging center. I made the mistake of asking the guys I work with if they ever had to drink it. “What’s it like?” I asked the IT director.
“It [...]

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Pretty funny:

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Nick Lowe:

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I just love Kim Richey:

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More war, more unemployment payments:
WASHINGTON — President Bush today signed legislation to pay for the war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the rest of his presidency and beyond, hailing the $162 billion plan as a rare product of bipartisan cooperation.
“This bill shows the American people that even in an election year, Republicans and Democrats [...]

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Laura Rozen has some interesting thoughts on the Sy Hersh New Yorker piece on the impending Iran attacks.

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To keep from crying.

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Manhattan Transfer:

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I am so thoroughly disgusted with the Democrats on this:
When the United States invaded Iraq in order to destroy a nonexistent nuclear threat there were national and world protests. Opposition to that war was loudly voiced by American politicians and world leaders, as well as in mass demonstrations across the globe. Despite the protests, the [...]

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This isn’t like the communists, not at all. In fact, give me a minute and I’ll tell you all the ways it’s different. Any minute now, it’ll come to me:
Hundreds of police, firefighters, paramedics and even utility workers have been trained and recently dispatched as “Terrorism Liaison Officers” in Colorado and a handful of other [...]

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We were supposed to get some heavy thunderstorms last night, but nada. What I wouldn’t give for a nice storm with a cold front!
UPDATE: Must have slept through it. When I left the house, my car was wet and it was much cooler. Yay!

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Glenn Greenwald:
As the 2008 election approaches, the Democrats’ position has strengthened further still. In fact, in attempting to determine the best targets for the $325,000 we have raised so far to target Bush-enabling Democrats in Congress, the most difficult obstacle by far has been to find even a single Democratic incumbent who is vulnerable. Not [...]

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Is it just me, or do we have multiple systems failure right now?
BANGKOK — At least 29 countries have sharply curbed food exports in recent months, to ensure that their own people have enough to eat, at affordable prices.
Rice is prepared for export in Bangkok, above, and processed at a Thai mill. Thailand, Brazil, Canada [...]

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The Searchers:

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Dave Clark Five:

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Dionne Warwick:

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Another Searchers hit:

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Dusty:

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Sly and the Family Stone:

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Very interesting:
Newsweek is set to publish a highly embarrassing report on Sen. John McCain, revealing that the McCains have failed to pay taxes on their beach-front home in La Jolla, California, for the last four years and are currently in default, The Huffington Post has learned.
Under California law, once a residential property is in default [...]

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Remember when they told us the grownups were in charge again? Wish some grownups were in charge right now:
Iran has moved ballistic missiles into launch positions, with Israel’s Dimona nuclear plant among the possible targets, defence sources said last week.
The movement of Shahab-3B missiles, which have an estimated range of more than 1,250 miles, followed [...]

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Mark Klein, the AT&T engineer who blew the whistle on the illegal wiretaps, on the FISA “compromise”:
Congress has made the FISA law a dead letter–such a law is useless if the president can break it with impunity. Thus the Democrats have surreptitiously repudiated the main reform of the post-Watergate era and adopted Nixon’s line: “When [...]

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Feist covers Ron Sexsmith:

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I absolutely love Lynn Miles, but she doesn’t get to my city that often. (I saw her in Boston.) If you have a chance to see her perform, I strongly urge you to do so:

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Corrine Bailey Rae with another great summer song:

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That guy I work with, the singer? He knew the late Minnie Riperton and told me what an incredibly nice lady she was. That reminded me of this:

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You try to get out of the toxic corporate food chain, and look what happens:
It appears that the contamination came from grass treated 12 months ago. Experts say the grass was probably made into silage, then fed to cattle during the winter months. The herbicide remained present in the silage, passed through the animal and [...]

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And the Democrats will own this next war as a result:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W. Bush’s funding request for a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The New Yorker magazine published online on Sunday.
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