‘Dirty Old Town’
From Rod Stewart’s first solo album:
From Rod Stewart’s first solo album:
Rick Santorum’s grandfather and uncles were… anti-fascist Communists! Bookmark It
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This one came to mind while I was reading about the presidential primaries: Bookmark It
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On Ron Paul’s popularity with young people: The Republican right thinks Paul’s views on the economy are responsible for this fire among the young. Yesterday evening, on Larry Kudlow’s CNBC program, I squared off with Larry and the Wall Street Journal’s Steve Moore. Both are convinced young people are attracted by Paul’s strict adherence to the views of Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises, and Paul’s desire to move America back to the gold standard. Baloney. The young are flocking to [...]
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Mitt Romney actually managed to out-slime Newt Gingrich in campaign ads leading up to the Iowa primary, but Newt is hitting back with a 27-minute film, “When Romney Comes to Town,” that convincingly portrays Mittens as the cold-blooded jobs-killer he was as CEO at Bain Capital: From Raw Story: Produced by a former top Romney strategist, the film focuses on people turned out of their jobs at four of the many companies Bain essentially looted, tapping into the popular discontentment [...]
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From Rod Stewart’s first solo album: Bookmark It
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From Achtung Baby: Bookmark It
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Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker thinks the world is becoming less violent, but scientists believe we’ve taken a step back in our efforts to avert nuclear catastrophe: It is five minutes to midnight. Two years ago, it appeared that world leaders might address the truly global threats that we face. In many cases, that trend has not continued or been reversed. For that reason, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is moving the clock hand one minute closer to midnight, back [...]
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The NY Times asked if they should point out when the people they interview are lying. You know, as if it’s controversial. Bookmark It
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12:33 pm
Ah, yes, music from when Rod mattered. Nice .
2:43 pm
Ya mean before he rented himself out for rich guys’ birthday parties?
6:20 pm
Wasn’t this first written and sung by Ewan MacColl? I first heard from the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, who also sung his “Shoals of Herring”. McColl also had a song praising Ho Chi Minh which seemed a little forced.