Blazing

Still having serious internet issues. Won't be remedied til Friday, dagnabit. 20 minutes just to post this.

I dream of this....

New Internet tech transmits data at 26 terabytes per second | The Raw Story

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Internet Down

I'm working on about 8k internet speed, when I do have a connection, thus the lack of posts this week.

Will be back up and running next week when I have a new service provider.

Twister Redux

It has become apparent that Mother Nature is done putting up with our crap.

Thoughts go out to those in Missouri.

Missouri officials say tornado killed at least 89 - Yahoo! News

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One bright note from AL.

Daily Kos: Tornado Victim's Lost Cat Shows Up During TV Interview

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Multi-tasking momma.

Tiffany Goodwin Catches Foul Ball While Holding 8-Month-Old Son (PHOTO)

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RIP Macho Man. The only person Raptured. Check out the embedded vid for classic Savage. Cup of coffee.

Jon Chattman: Remembering Randy "Macho Man" Savage

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DBT Week in Review - 5/20/11

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Drive-By Truckers @ Leeds Metropolitan University 11.05.11 | Bearded Magazine: The Home of Independent Music:

"The best part of the next hour and three quarters then proceeds to prove that not only can music make grown men cry, smile and pretend they are can play an invisible Les Paul, but that chart success and number one singles are in no way a seal of quality or authenticity (and in no way is that an accusation that 50 Cent isn't an expert on contraceptives) and more importantly, if the Drive-By Truckers continue to move their audiences like they have this gig, and sound as genuine and heartfelt as they always have, then the rest will hopefully fall into place... If a representative of Durex is reading this however, maybe the world is as long overdue on a Double Thick Dirty South or an 18 Wheels Of Love Variety Pack as the Truckers are on a top ten album... Just a thought."

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eGigs.co.uk - Drive-By Truckers / Dan Michaelson And The Coastguards - Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds on Wednesday 11 May 2011

In Photos: Drive-By Truckers Josh T. Pearson @ The Button Factory, Dublin (07.05.11) | Ragged Words

Drive-By Truckers: O2 Academy, Liverpool - Getintothis: Liverpool's guide to music reviews, gigs, discussion and opinion.

Birmingham magazine | Smart living, savvy business

George Jones Talkin' Cellphone Blues by Scott Ward Band

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You can see why Rhapsody waited a year to release this Cooley interview. Interviewer was ill prepared.

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Slobberbone

Slobberbone and The Dirty 30s at Off Broadway, 5/18/11: Review and Photos - St. Louis Music - A to Z:

"'It's all in the details,' said an audience member at the bar after the song's final, haunting chorus. 'Some people think these guys are just drunks. But Hemingway was a drunk, too.'"

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Lera Lynn

LERA LYNN // BOBBY, BABY from SLOW RECORDS STUDIOS on Vimeo.

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The Civil Wars

ADELE: THE CIVIL WARS

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Music

May 21st Doomsday Songs: 21 Songs For The Impending Apocalypse (VIDEOS)

Morrissey Compares Queen Elizabeth To Mubarak, Gadaffi, Calls Her A Fascist

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Hickeyless

The penalty should be a beating death. I'm all for Shahira law on this one.

Loud cell-phone talker removed from quiet car by police - Yahoo! News

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No more hickeys from Kenickie,

'Taxi' star Jeff Conaway hospitalized in a coma - Yahoo! News

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Forever awesome.

Burt Reynolds' Fan Letters From The '70s: Pics, Videos, Links, News

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Dibs.

First habitable exoplanet? Climate simulation reveals new candidate that could support Earth-like life

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Staffer Child

So glad this dirt-bag is no longer governor of CA.

Schwarzenegger reveals he had child with staffer

And very glad this guy is. I'd vote for a Jerry Brown POTUS in 2012 in a heartbeat.

Daily Kos: The Jerry Brown Method: Defeating GOP Memes in Four Months Or Less:

"Second, Brown talked directly to the people of California, not just the obstreperous and incoherent Republican commandants. Again, unlike a certain President. Over and over again, he took his message to YouTube (you got to love that), as well as highschool gyms and union halls. For a septuagenarian he made a certain young president look like a geezer. Again the GOP squealed, and most people here saw the Republicans for what they are: ideological bullies who act like South Park’s Cartman when somebody stands up to them."

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I think it might be time to put Brazil on the list of places to expatriate my ass. Brazil, obviously, doesn't have a version of Scott Walker running things, er, down there.

Ana Catarian Bezerra, Brazilian Woman, Legally Entitled To Masturbate At Work (VIDEO)

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I'm shocked that I'm no longer shocked by such things. However, I am confused by the knife/vagina combo.

Woman busted with 25 different illegal prescriptions - NBC-2.com WBBH News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida:

"After she was searched, the other woman became ill and was transported to the hospital. It was there that medical staff discovered another bottle of pills and a knife hidden in a roll of fat in her stomach, as well as an additional knife hidden in her vagina."

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The Feast of the Hostage Taker

What Krugman says... again. Expect another epic cave. But, hey, what do the dirty fucking hippies know anyway, right?

Held Hostage Over the Debt Ceiling - NYTimes.com:

"But the president can’t call the extortionists’ bluff unless he’s willing to confront them, and accept the associated risks.

According to Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, Mr. Obama has told Democrats not to draw any “line in the sand” in debt negotiations. Well, count me among those who find this strategy completely baffling. At some point — and sooner rather than later — the president has to draw a line. Otherwise, he might as well move out of the White House, and hand the keys over to the Tea Party."

Daily Kos: Krugman gets this right:

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Ch-ch-ch-changes.

Charges Against the N.S.A.’s Thomas Drake : The New Yorker:

"When President Barack Obama took office, in 2009, he championed the cause of government transparency, and spoke admiringly of whistle-blowers, whom he described as “often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government.” But the Obama Administration has pursued leak prosecutions with a surprising relentlessness. Including the Drake case, it has been using the Espionage Act to press criminal charges in five alleged instances of national-security leaks—more such prosecutions than have occurred in all previous Administrations combined. The Drake case is one of two that Obama’s Justice Department has carried over from the Bush years.

Gabriel Schoenfeld, a conservative political scientist at the Hudson Institute, who, in his book “Necessary Secrets” (2010), argues for more stringent protection of classified information, says, “Ironically, Obama has presided over the most draconian crackdown on leaks in our history—even more so than Nixon.”"

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Looky! Someone is feeling all mavericky again. Good effort, St. McCain, but your legacy from hence forth will be known as Palinized. And please tell your daughter to stop calling people 'honey'. She's a 20-something from Arizona, not a 50-something waitress from Tupelo.

McCain: Torture did not lead to bin Laden | The Raw Story

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Don't tell me what to never do.

Dr. Mardy Grothe: 'Neverisms': 11 Things You Should Never Do, Never Say, Never Forget (PHOTOS)

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DBT Week in Review - 4/16/11

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eGigs.co.uk - Drive-By Truckers / Dan Michaelson And The Coastguards - Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds on Wednesday 11 May 2011

Drive-By Truckers: O2 Academy, Liverpool - Getintothis: Liverpool's guide to music reviews, gigs, discussion and opinion.

In Photos: Drive-By Truckers Josh T. Pearson @ The Button Factory, Dublin (07.05.11) | Ragged Words

Flickr: The Queen's Hall's Photostream

18. “Everybody Needs Love” – Drive-By Truckers (2011) | The Ultimate Alabama Playlist � The Year of Alabama Music

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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Those crazy kids.

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Slobberbone

Da 'Bone touring the Midwest. I wish for 'west' w/o 'mid'.

Slobberbone

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Muscle Shoals Sound

Tornado victim gets chance to make music | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL

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Music

National Jukebox LOC.gov

Groupon, Live Nation form online-ticket deal site

Flagpole Athens Music Awards

Google to launch online music service: report | The Raw Story

Tupac's Next Posthumous Release: A Screenplay - Amplifier

Judges and Bob Dylan: Judges hand down the law with help from Bob Dylan - latimes.com:

"During a semester in 2007, Long combed legal databases to identify lyrics in court filings and scholarly publications, finding Dylan cited 186 times, far outpacing the rest of the top 10: the Beatles, 74; Bruce Springsteen, 69; Paul Simon, 59; Woody Guthrie, 43; the Rolling Stones, 39; the Grateful Dead, 32; Simon & Garfunkel, 30; Joni Mitchell, 28; and R.E.M., 27."

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Food and Music

Witty and well done.

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Literature

One of my favorite authors.

Ink and Page � Blog Archive � Interview with Author Christopher Moore

Rather than take the bait, my friend said, “Well, she communicated with someone, didn’t she? Art is about communication, and what she had to say resonated with a buyer.” He wasn’t offended or competitive about it, but simply resolved to the truth that art was communication.

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Unwise Center

This article is as comprehensive as I've read regarding what is being called the Hackleburg tornado. Hard to put into words, but somehow they did.

132 Miles of Devastation: EF-5 tornado deadliest in United States in last 56 years | al.com

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I get a bit put off by the bastardization of the word 'elite' when what they really mean is 'privileged-hasn'tworkarealjobever-powerhungry-assholes'.

But, yeah, what the professors says... again.

The Unwisdom of Elites - NYTimes.com:

"The fact is that what we’re experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. The policies that got us into this mess weren’t responses to public demand. They were, with few exceptions, policies championed by small groups of influential people — in many cases, the same people now lecturing the rest of us on the need to get serious. And by trying to shift the blame to the general populace, elites are ducking some much-needed reflection on their own catastrophic mistakes.

Let me focus mainly on what happened in the United States, then say a few words about Europe."

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Maybe the Democrats will finally realize this on 1/2013 when President Huntsman is being sworn in. Doubt it, though. That lot doesn't do much learnin' from past mistakes.

Appealing To The “Center” Drives Away Voters:

"The way to grow your voting base is NOT to try to “appeal” to some group that is not left or right, but is “between” something called left and right. To get more voters — especially the “independent” ones who won’t identify with a party — is to take stands, be more committed to progressive positions, and to articulate them more clearly."

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The operative here is 'with the right policies' so, not gonna happen in the States.

Renewable energies could supply 80 percent of world’s demand by 2050: UN report | The Raw Story:

"ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Governments approved on Monday a U.N. report projecting that renewable energies such as solar, wind or hydropower could leap to supply almost 80 percent of the world's demand by 2050, with the right policies."

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Alabama's GOP Delegation Voted Against Funding for Tornado Forecasting

Not nary a one will pay a political price.

Legal Schnauzer: Alabama's GOP Delegation Voted Against Funding for Tornado Forecasting:

"Bachus, however, apparently neglected to mention that he and other Republicans in Alabama's Congressional delegation voted against funding for satellites that are critical for accurate storm forecasting. The Web site climateprogress.org reports that Bachus and his fellow Alabama Republicans--Martha Roby, Mo Brooks, Robert Aderholt, Mike Rogers, and Jo Bonner--voted against a bill that would replace aging satellites that are the heart of America's weather-forecasting system."

Therefore, who's really at fault? The asshole politicians or the dumb-asses who elect them. This we know for sure: An ass is involved in the process at all points.

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Oh, Matt Taibbi. How many nails must you crush on the head...

Loony-ass Insurgents vs. Waffling Bores: GOP Presidential Fight Starts Tonight | Rolling Stone Politics | Taibblog | Matt Taibbi on Politics and the Economy

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Daily Kos: Bill Maher lays out GOP's utter failure

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People of the U. S. can not or will not wrap their collective heads around the ass kicking we receive. America. farf yea.

AMERICAblog News: Rachel on Osama and money: "The goal of Al Qaeda was to bleed America to the point of bankruptcy":

"'According to bin Laden, the goal of Al Qaeda was to bleed America to the point of bankruptcy. That was his grand strategy' (6:35 in the clip).

She titles her report 'On Our Terms, Not His'. On his terms, we lost, right? After all, isn't that what the Reagan of our myths did to the old Soviet Union — get them to spend themselves into bankruptcy?

Food for thought, though I don't hold out hope for our digesting it. The real predators feeding on our decline — the military-security industry — are feasting. They're unlikely to allow the process of decay to stop until the last drinkable drop has passed their lips. And we're unlikely to stop them."

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Struggles

With all of the big news of late, a reminder:

Devastated Alabama Town Struggles to Account for Its Missing - NYTimes.com

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ESPN visits Tuscaloosa for tornado-recovery story | al.com:

"Davis grew up in Muscle Shoals and graduated from Alabama. He was in second grade when his house in Guin was destroyed by the outbreak of tornadoes that swept through the South in April 1974."

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Toomer's for Tuscaloosa

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COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF HARDEST HIT AREAS IN ALABAMA IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE RELIEF!!!

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DBT Week in Review - 5/6/11

DBT!

DBT's in the UK, loves. Spot of Rock in Britain, innit.

Preview: Drive-By Truckers, Queen's Hall - Scotsman.com Living

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Booker T. Jones

Booker's new record is outstanding. Stream it at the link, buy it on Tuesday (5/10)

Listen to Booker T. Jones Upcoming Album 'The Road From Memphis'! - The Roots Report - Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Scene Live: Jason Isbell | My Secret Boston

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Lauderdale

New website.

lauderdalemusic.com - Home

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Muscle Shoals Sound

Via Zoid.

Florence, Alabama 1974. Waylon Jennings, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Outlaws and Jimmy Buffet all play on one weekend.

Times Daily - Google News Archive Search

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Music

Sweet

Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister fronts new rockabilly supergroup — The Head Cat | Tom Lanham | Backstage Pass | San Francisco Examiner:

"But let us be your abacus — it represents an extremely powerful new power trio called The Head Cat, comprised of no less than Lemmy Kilmister from Mot�rhead, Slim Jim Phantom from the Stray Cats and Danny B. Harvey of Rockats renown."

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YouTube - Union Town by Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman

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Double Waterspouts - What Does it Mean

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

He thanks his bathtub manufacturer. Javy is a good dude.

Ex-Tide football star Javier Arenas survived Tuscaloosa tornado, gives back to storm victims (video) | al.com

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What does it mean?!

Double waterspouts form off Hawaii shore - Yahoo! News

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Nerds.

Mac Tips: 25 OS X Tricks Every User Should Know

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Double nerds. Very cool. You can also see what each letter means.

NOVA | Write Your Name in Runes

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Insert Cheney joke here. Capnography is cool.

Man goes without pulse for 96 minutes — and lives | The Raw Story:

"Emergency workers used technology called capnography, which measures how much blood is traveling to the lungs and other organs. By seeing how much blood was still flowing through the body, EMTs could keep trying to revive the man.

'A pulse gradually returned,' anesthesiologist and cardiac care specialist Dr. Roger White wrote in the paper describing the incident. 'The effort was successful in large part because of capnography, which informed emergency workers that if they persisted, it was conceivable they'd have a survivor on their hands.'"

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Living in Fear

What, not soon enough?

"Guy walks into a bar..
Bartender asks, what can I get you..
Guy says I'll have a Bin Laden..
What's that asks bartender...
Guy replies, Two shots and a splash of water."

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But, seriously, we ain't winning.

Turley: The demon is dead; so are many of our rights - USATODAY.com:

"What has been most chilling is that the elimination of Saddam and now bin Laden has little impact on this system, which seems to continue like a perpetual motion machine of surveillance and searches. While President Dwight D. Eisenhower once warned Americans of the power of the military-industrial complex, we now have a counterterrorism system that employs tens of thousands, spends tens of billions of dollars each year and is increasingly unchecked in its operations."

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On Osama Bin Laden’s Death | Common Dreams:

"While I don’t in any way minimize their danger, I despair. I despair that we as a country, as Nietzsche understood, have become a monster that we are attempting to fight."

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"The whole thing's just kinda stupid" - Slobberbone

Pedestrian, 84, injured in karate assault : Crime Scene

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Geronimo's Hard Drive

Serious game face on the POTUS.

Tis fun watching all of the Rethugs tie themselves in knots attempting to 1) Not praise Obama. 2) Figure out a way for it to be Bush's win. 3) Lie that waterboarding

After Uncertainty, a Moment of Triumph in the Situation Room: ‘We’ve IDed Geronimo’ | Swampland

Osama bin Laden raid yields trove of computer data - Mike Allen - POLITICO.com:

"“They cleaned it out,” one official said. “Can you imagine what’s on Osama bin Laden’s hard drive?”"

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Southern Tornadoes: NASA Imaging Shows Storms Forming From Space (VIDEO)

'It's all gone' | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL

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Rest in Hell

T-minus 5 seconds before Michelle Bachmann et. al. demand to see his long-form death certificate.

I like that they said they buried him at sea.

Suck it, bin Laden. Not a bad start to the week.

Hey, now we can fully leave Iraq and Afghanistan, right? Right?!

Osama bin Laden said to be buried at sea after brutal firefight in Pakistan | The Raw Story:

"US media reports said that bin Laden's body had been buried at sea, in a bid to prevent his final resting place from becoming a shrine for extremists."

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I like this guy. Seems to have a spot of fight in him. Granted this was an inside baseball, insular rich media people gathering having no bearing on the real world.

White House Correspondents Dinner: Obama Takes On Trump, Birthers, The Media, And More (VIDEO)

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Credit where credit is due. However, I don't believe any administration, Dem or Repub, would allow another Katrina debacle. Bad for the polling numbers, dontchaknow.

Government’s Reponses to Tornadoes Is Praised by Those Affected - NYTimes.com:

"State and local leaders have not complained that the task of recovery, however big, is beyond their management. But with Alabama facing serious budget shortfalls, Mr. Bentley and Mr. Maddox made it clear that they would quickly require hundreds of millions of dollars in federal reconstruction aid.

Asked what his city most needed from the federal government, Mr. Maddox answered in one word. “Revenue.”"

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Stark reminder that a lot of people in the South need a lot of help:

Alabama Tornado PHOTOS: Aftermath Of Massive 2011 Storm

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