DBT Week in Review - 3/6/09

DBT!

Go to the link and you can listen to an audio version of the interview. Good stuff.

Truckin' With Mike Cooley // The 'Zine // Rock Band�:

"BM: Do you think the music industry is going to hell in a handbag?

MC: I hope so. [laughs] I hope it doesn’t take me with it. I feel like we’ve done a lot of things over the years, way before things got to this, to put ourselves in a position where we don’t have to go down with the ship. We’ve never really been part of that crew anyway. They’ll survive. They’ll keep manufacturing what they can manufacture until they figure out how to do something else. It has changed. This thing we’re talking about here – Rock Band – and the way people find and get exposed to and buy music, it’s gone totally left field from what it used to be. You don’t even know where it’s going to pop up anymore. It’s not as simple or cut and dried, and it’s not an industry or market that can be cornered by any one entity. It’s a lot more wide open and more different people with different ideas. I think the record industry and the auto industry and all these other industries that are crapping their pants, it’s not the economy – it’s being stuck in a business model that hasn’t been relevant since about 1989. It’s a failure to adapt."

The Company DBT Keeps:

Beatles Rock Band Debut Set for September by PC World

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Swampland: Daniel Hutchens Reports On Bloodkin-Drive By Truckers Shows Last Weekend

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A true Rock Hero:

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Kids with their crazy video games and rock music these days:

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Fan cover of Something's Got to Give Pretty Soon:

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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Live Last Night: Jason Isbell - Post Rock:

"So this is why Jason Isbell didn't want to stick with the Drive-By Truckers, feeling like Joe Walsh: Because he's as confident and magnetic a frontman as he is prolific and able a songwriter."

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Sunstroke live:

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Streetlights:

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Muscle Shoals Sound

Travis Wammack's son, Monkey, who, if memory serves me, was once the touring drummer for Little Richard, once paid me one of the highest complements I've ever received.

I was still in grad school so my voice was very trained and I'd come home for a visit. A local joint was doing some karaoke and I decided to jump on stage to do my pantie dropping version of Moon Dance by Van Morrison.

After I finished, Monkey pulled me aside and said that that was the best version of that song he'd heard in a long time.

So, yeah, I use to could sing, but my voice is crap now.

Nice memory to have, though.

"In this video clip, guitarist Travis Wammack remembers teaming with legendary music producer Rick Hall and playing guitar for American music legends Aretha Franklin, Paul Anka, The Righteous Brothers and more."

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The Hold Steady

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Music I Like

Check out Ribbonpigeon. They're friends of Glossary and have a new record out.

Joey Kneiser from Glossary sings on tracks Troubled One and Drew Blood.

Ribbonpigeon on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

You can download their new record, Steel Hearts, for free. Good stuff. You should check it out. I'm quite partial to Loneliness is on my Side:

RBBNPGN

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Music

Finally. I've been waiting for this apology for a long time:

Right Music Wrongs

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UK University Offers Masters In The Beatles:

"LONDON — The city of Liverpool already has a Beatles museum and its airport is named after John Lennon. Now a local university says it rolling out a graduate program entirely devoted to the Fab Four."

Spinal Tap To Reunite For Tour:

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The amps won't be turned up to 11 for Spinal Tap's reunion tour"

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Gotham Acme � “Britney Into My Heart”:

"In 2008 Brooklyn singer songwriter Alina Simone released a passionate and compelling album of modern Russian folk covers that was one of the year’s best. Now she has turned her attention a little closer to home and is completing a new album of her own material in English (which is previewed below) — but not before she dabbles a bit by playing a Britney Spears cover or two. I asked her about all this and found the line from Yanka Dyagileva to Britney is shorter than you might think."

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BLABBERMOUTH.NET - METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: I Downloaded 'Death Magnetic' Illegally

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I'm Sorry. So Sorry.

A very special message from Kos to the media:

Daily Kos: Memo to the media:

"Dear media,

95 percent of Americans are getting a tax cut with Obama's budget. So framing this as a tax hike makes you look pretty stupid. And dishonest. And wrong. So stop it.

Hugs and kisses,

kos"

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Now THIS is how you apologize to Rush.

DownWithTyranny!: BREAKING NEWS: Alan Grayson Apologizes To Rush Limbaugh:

"Late this afternoon, in keeping with apologies to Rush Limbaugh from Georgia Republican Phil Gingrey and RNC Chairman Michael Steele, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) issued the following statement:

“I’m sorry Limbaugh called for harsh sentences for drug addicts while he was a drug addict. I’m also sorry that he’s bent on seeing America fail. And I’m sorry that Limbaugh is one sorry excuse for a human being.”

The Congressman then rejoined his Democratic colleagues in working on cleaning up George W. Bush’s mess."

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Electronic voting machines with a delete button.

FREEEEE-DUMB!

The Raw Story | Diebold voting system sported 'delete' button: report:

"Zetter continues, 'But the most startling information in the state's 13-page report (.pdf) is not about why the system lost votes, which Threat Level previously covered in detail, but that some versions of Diebold's vote tabulation system, known as the Global Election Management System (GEMS), include a button that allows someone to delete audit logs from the system.'"

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Thank god we haven't had another terrorist attack on our soil since 9/11..... oh, wait....

Remembering the anthrax attack - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

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I like the cut of this young lady's jib.

911 McNuggets Call: Latreasa L. Goodman Calls 911 3 Times Over McNuggets "Emergency" (VIDEO):

"Police were not buying Latreasa L. Goodman's definition of emergency after she called 911 three times to report that her local McDonald's was out of chicken nuggets. Goodman had paid for her 10-piece McNuggets but was then informed by the employees that the restaurant had run out. Goodman claims she was refused a refund and felt it rose to the level of a 911 emergency. Police have charged Goodman with misusing 911."

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Nice 'boy meets girl' short film.

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Of Dogs and Cats and Republicants

Where up is down and white is black and the traditional news media can't tell the difference between its ass and a hole in the ground.

Yes, show us.

Daily Kos: Bizarro GOP world

Ouch.

Met with Republican Rep. Mary Bono Mack from Riverside County's Coachella Valley. While a social moderate, Sonny Bono's widow is a solid conservative. Talked to her about Obama's $780 billion stimulus legislation. She's outraged that the plan has "$1 billion wasted on a magnetic-levitation train from L.A. to Sin City" - all at Nevada Sen. Harry Reid's doing.

After expressing my doubt that the Las Vegas line was actually in the bill's language, Bono Mack directs her staff to "get him the bill, it's right there, show him." A few minutes later, a staffer emerges with a copy and quietly says "it's not in the bill."

This is what happens when Republicans listen to their Dear Leader Rush Limbaugh. Alternate realities have a habit of colliding with the real world. And while the GOP's alternate reality once held sway in this country, those days are long past.

If Republicans want to keep themselves from being embarrassed like this time and time again, they might want to stop getting their information from conservative radio or Fox News:

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Damn bloggers and their making up shit.... oh, wait.

I'm no economics whiz by any stretch. But you'd figure that ABC would, you know, have some people on staff who actually knew a little something about something.

Does ABC News understand how income tax works?:

"In reality, a family earning $255,000 will pay the higher tax rate only on its last $5,001 in income; the first $249,999 will continue to be taxed at the old rate. So intentionally lowering your income from $255,000 to $249,999 is counter-productive; it will result in a lower after-tax income."

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Hell, I'm smitten with Jack Cafferty because of his smitteness with Michelle Obama.

Commentary: My crush on Michelle Obama - CNN.com

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Now this is an interesting filtration system. Kitty sativa.

Cat In Bong: Man Arrested For Smoking Bong With Cat Inside (VIDEO):

"In one of this week's more bizarre stories, a Nebraska man was arrested for smoking marijuana out of a bong that had his cat stuffed inside. The man, who claims he was trying to calm down his hyperactive pet, faces animal cruelty charges but thankfully the cat, who was understandably disoriented, seems to be on the road to a full recovery:"

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Got to give some equal billing to the dog.

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Fools Rush In

Gee-zeus. Who's the 'America hater' now.

Republicans really, really hate the Constitution.

Yoo needs to be in jail... and C-B law school needs to foot his ass.

Bush Adm. Weighed Restricting 1st Amendment | Newsweek.com:

"In perhaps the most surprising assertion, the Oct. 23, 2001, memo suggested the president could even suspend press freedoms if he concluded it was necessary to wage the war on terror. 'First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully,' Yoo wrote in the memo entitled 'Authority for Use of Military Force to Combat Terrorist Activity Within the United States.'"

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A bastard, calling someone's positive actions 'bastardization' while 'bastardizing' the very thing he claims is being 'bastardized'.

I would recommend that Rush take the time to actually read the Constitution, but.... see first article above.

Think Progress � Limbaugh misquotes Constitution while arguing Obama policies are ‘bastardization’ of Constitution.

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Daily 'legalize it' news.

I'm readying my business plan.

Legalize marijuana Tom Ammiano | Salon News:

"On Feb. 23, the California State Assembly member introduced legislation that would regulate the cultivation and sale of marijuana, and then tax it. By legalizing pot, the San Francisco lawmaker argues, the state could reap huge new revenues. Currently pot is California's biggest cash crop, with annual sales reaching $14 billion. Vegetables, the state's second hottest agricultural product, take in a mere $5.7 billion. And California's famous grapes? A piddling $2.6 billion.

If passed, the Marijuana Control, Regulation and Education Act would give California control of pot in a manner similar to alcohol, while prohibiting its purchase to citizens under age 21. The state's tax collectors estimate the measure would bring in about $1.3 billion in new revenues a year."

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Talking on her cell AND breast feeding... while driving.

Nice.

Police cite breast-feeding driver for endangering:

"Police in Ohio say a woman has been charged with child endangering after another motorist reported she was both breast-feeding a youngster and talking on a phone while driving."

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Rushing into Oblivion

I watched Oliver Stone's "W." over the weekend. I figured I could tolerate watching since old W is no longer in office.

A lot of reviews said the movie mad a human out of "W.".

I happen to agree.

Pretty good flick.

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I'm starting to really love Rahm.

It is freaky seeing Democrats have message control. Freaky-good, but not something I'm use to yet.

Rahm On Rush: He's The Voice, Energy And Intellect Of The GOP:

"SCHIEFFER: We talked about Newt Gingrich a lot this morning and now you bring up Rush Limbaugh. Who do you think now speaks for the Republican Party?

EMANUEL: You just named him: it is Rush Limbaugh. He has laid out his vision, in my view. And he said it clearly. I compliment him for that. He's been very up front and I compliment him for that. He's not hiding. He's asked for President Obama and called for President Obama to fail. That's his view. And that's what he has enunciated. And whenever a Republican criticizes him, they have to run back and apologize to him and say they were misunderstood. He is the voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican Party. He has been up front about what he views and hasn't stepped back from that, which is he hopes for failure. He said it and I compliment him for his honesty. But that's their philosophy that is enunciated by Rush Limbaugh and I think that's the wrong philosophy for America..."

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Yes. Excellent. Fully support. Just because you get elected once doesn't mean you should never be challenged in a primary again.

Democracy.... smells like... well, Democracy!

Get rid of some of these damn Blue Dogs in the process, too.

'Accountability Now': Bloggers And Progressive Groups Plan To Challenge Elected Dems:

"Some of the most prominent names in progressive politics launched a major new organization on Thursday dedicated to pinpointing and aiding primary challenges against incumbent Democrats who are viewed as acting against their constituents' interests."

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It ain't a day in the week, unless a Republican is lying.

A Republican is lying.

Jindal Admits Katrina Story Was False

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heh-heh.

Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers - science-in-society - 27 February 2009 - New Scientist

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My, my. Repealing marijuana prohibition is in the news an awful lot these days.

Holder Vows To End Raids On Medical Marijuana Clubs:

"Attorney General Eric Holder said at a press conference Wednesday that the Justice Department will no longer raid medical marijuana clubs that are established legally under state law. His declaration is a fulfillment of a campaign promise by President Barack Obama, and marks a major shift from the previous administration."

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Hurry up and find the switch.

Is Aging an Accident of Evolution? -A Galaxy Insight:

"Everyone has assumed we age by rust. But how do you explain animals that don't age? Some tortoises lay eggs at the age of 100, there are whales that live to be 200 and clams that make it past 400 years.'

Stuart Kim, PhD, Stanford University professor of developmental biology and genetics

Prevailing theory of aging challenged by Stanford University Medical School researchers. Their discovery contradicts the prevailing theory that aging is a buildup of tissue damage similar to rust. The Stanford findings suggest specific genetic instructions drive the process. If they are right, science might one day find ways of switching the signals off and halting or even reversing aging."

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DBT Week in Review - 2/27/09

Patterson Hood

Patterson has two new social sites up and running. Check back often in the next few weeks for updates.

Patterson on Facebook

Patterson on iLike

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DBT!

Here's a bit of DBT history.

The first ever 'Cooley's 2 Hours of Power' in D.C.

Internet Archive: Details: Drive-By Truckers Live at 9:30 Club on 2009-02-20

Training Ground:

"It was the second edition of the video game 'Guitar Hero' that inspired Eastep to pick up real musical instruments. The timing that the game demands helped him speed through learning instruments, he said."

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NineBullets.org - Message Board • View topic - 3 DD on Rock Band!!!:

"Re: 3 DD on Rock Band!!!

Postby rlipps on Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:20 pm

I was looking over some of the Rock Band forums to see reactions to 3 Dimes Down and here are some samples. DBT got lots of mentions on there and almost everything was positive."

Training Ground:

"It was the second edition of the video game 'Guitar Hero' that inspired Eastep to pick up real musical instruments. The timing that the game demands helped him speed through learning instruments, he said."

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Lauderdale

New Lineup, new record and more things coming.... - lauderdale MySpace Blog:

"So it's 2009 and we've been pretty low key for a few months now.
The band has been rehearsing and recording with what I believe to be our strongest lineup to date. Along with Daniel's addition as second guitarist last year, we've recently added Ben Tanner on keys and Chris James (former Sons of Roswell) on bass. These guys both bring so much to the table and are valuable assets to the band. Lauderdale is a 5-piece band for the first time. I think it's safe to say I speak for everyone involved when I say that the new sound is better than ever. Tracking on the second album started last week and was a very pleasant experience. Because we all have jobs, school and families this will more that likely be a slow moving process. We will hopefully be able to put the record out early this summer. We'll keep you posted for sure. In the meantime, keep an eye on our show schedule, as we are planning on coming to your town this summer. We've added a few dates and will be adding lots more very soon.
-patrick
and don't forget we've got several live shows available for free download at archive.org. Thanks Russ, for putting those out there!"

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Muscle Shoals Sound

Local music history documentary on tap | TimesDaily.com | Florence, AL:

"Muscle Shoals - Filmmaker Wallace Sears wants to go back to the beginning and create an accurate account of how the Shoals became a mecca of sorts for recording artists.

Sears, a former executive with Alabama Public Television and owner of In The Family Productions, is in the pre-production stages of a documentary tentatively titled 'Sweet Home Alabama - The Music of Muscle Shoals.'

'We will be concentrating on the '60s and '70s, when things really started and took off,' Sears said.

The full-length film will be geared toward a theatrical release and is being produced through a partnership with the Alabama Music Hall of Fame."

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Athens, GA Sound

Pylon Guitarist Randy Bewley, R.I.P. | Pitchfork

Pylon on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

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Snot out of the Noses of the Student Body

As one who teaches in supposed 'higher education' all I can say is 'amen'.

The issues outlined in this article are the same ones that are making me seriously reconsider my line of work.

The biggest bunch of whiny-ass-titty-babies you've ever dealt with.... especially in the 'for-profit' education 'companies'. Because they are far more a 'company' than they are a 'university'.

Student Expectations Seen as Causing Grade Disputes - NYTimes.com:

"“Many students come in with the conviction that they’ve worked hard and deserve a higher mark,” Professor Grossman said. “Some assert that they have never gotten a grade as low as this before.”

He attributes those complaints to his students’ sense of entitlement.

“I tell my classes that if they just do what they are supposed to do and meet the standard requirements, that they will earn a C,” he said. “That is the default grade. They see the default grade as an A.”"
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"“I think that it stems from their K-12 experiences,” Professor Brower said. “They have become ultra-efficient in test preparation. And this hyper-efficiency has led them to look for a magic formula to get high scores.”

James Hogge, associate dean of the Peabody School of Education at Vanderbilt University, said: “Students often confuse the level of effort with the quality of work. There is a mentality in students that ‘if I work hard, I deserve a high grade.’ “"

S & A really expresses how I feel on the matter:

Scholars and Rogues � An “A” for effort

What a professor did do was launch a study to quantify just how much snot runs out of the noses of the student body. Ellen Greenberger found that two thirds of students surveyed said that explaining to a professor that they were trying hard should count towards a better grade. It will be great fun to see this horde descend upon the workplace in a few years time and tell their bosses that trying hard should be factored into getting a raise.
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They’ve been coddled and told that they’re special for their whole lives. Here’s a lesson for the youth out there reading that won’t even cost one credit hour of tuition: you’re not special; you never will be special…at least not any more special than anyone else. A few of you are actually special, but you’re not bitching about how you should get an A for effort because you’re special. It’s a big, mean world out there and you’re going to have to take off the diapers someday. Or maybe you don’t think that you’ll have to take off the diapers, and that’s a more serious issue than whether or not a professor gives you the grade you expect.

And I've been on this side of the debacle too.

The professors, however, don’t get the worst of it. From what i can gather, the administrative offices at universities spend a silly amount of time dealing with this issue. Worse than the students are the parents who call to set things right for their baby and have been known to go so far as threatening legal action when the university isn’t being “fair”. If Mommy is still making phone calls on behalf of baby when baby reaches his twenties, we can safely assume that teachers throughout baby’s academic career have been hearing from mommy about how the family expects their baby to be treated.

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"Unaware" my ass.

White House Watermelon Email From California Mayor Dean Grose Inspires Outrage:

"Grose confirmed to the AP that he sent the e-mail to Price and said he didn't mean to offend her. He said he was unaware of the racial stereotype that black people like watermelons."

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Prez has been getting a lot of shit done.

NPR: The Obama Tracker:

"President Obama has kicked off his term by making key leadership appointments, carrying out an ambitious economic plan and laying the foundation for foreign and domestic policies. NPR's Obama Tracker charts significant events and developments in the new administration, and actions the president takes as he settles into the job."

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I don't know what, I don't know where, but I do know that I want to go there and I want to play.

NSFW. Via Fugere.

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Pork by any other name.....

How nice was it to have an actual President actually 'speak' last night. Barrack rocks.

The best part was when Richard Shelby scooted up to Obama when Obama was entering the hall. Shelby looked like he was apologizing in that special Republican way for the birth certificate gaffe and Obama graciously accepted the apology. Republicans in general last night upon Obama's entrance looked like a bunch of school girls trying to get in a hand shake.

Once you go Barrack....

Another reason Obama rocks:

"Dear President Obama": The President Reads 10 Letters a Day from the Public, With Policy Ramifications:

"Every day President Barack Obama is handed a special purple folder. The folder contains ten letters, and every day President Obama takes time to read them.

Are they from world leaders? From members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? Members of the intelligence community?

No, these letters have been culled from the thousands the White House Correspondence Office receives each day from Americans who have taken the time to sit down and write to their president."

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Your liberal media... not so liberal.

File this under 'no-shit'.

'Self-censoring' journalists gave visual nod to GOP: study:

"Journalists, so concerned with being accused of having a liberal agenda, will at times overreact by self-censoring themselves, resulting in more favorable coverage of Republicans, a new analysis of television coverage finds.

A book by two Indiana University professors details their study of the three broadcast networks' -- ABC, CBS and NBC -- presidential campaign coverage from 1992 to 2004. According to the analysis, the coverage favored Republican candidates in each election.

'We don't think this is journalists conspiring to favor Republicans. We think they're just so beat up and tired of being accused of a liberal bias that they unknowingly give Republicans the benefit in coverage,' said Maria Elizabeth Grabe, an associate professor at IU, who along with Associate Professor Erik Bucy, wrote Image Bite Politics: News and the Visual Framing of Elections. 'It's self-censorship that journalists might be imposing on themselves.'"

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Amen

Torture Commission Senate | Salon News:

"'We have this American government, which has an architecture and a shape and a system that drives it and constrains it and that keeps it honest,' he said. 'And what happened is that the Bush administration figured out a lot of ways to tunnel through the walls and sneak over the fences. So now we need to go back and say, 'We have got to plant those walls deeper so you can not tunnel under them.' We've got to spotlight how they did it,' Whitehouse explained. 'The ultimate goal in this is to protect and enhance American democracy.'"

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Republicans and Blue Dogs.... workin' on the important stuff.

House Reps Want To Ban Products That Beat Drug Tests:

"Hoping to ride on the tattered coattails of Alex Rodriguez, three members of Congress plan to introduce legislation to ban products intended to help a person beat a drug test. Republican Reps. Jean Schmidt (Ohio), Lee Terry (Nebraska) and Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel (N.Y.) make the argument, in a letter to colleagues, that if Rodriguez couldn't get away with using drugs, then neither should ordinary Americans."

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At least be prepared with something?!? Jeez.

"This bill is full of pork. Bacon is literally hanging off the side of it. Pork, pork, pork, PORK!!!"

"Name one piece of pork"

"Uhhhhhhh......."

Classic conservative noise. Sound and fury signifying nothing.

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Nice site

Found Cameras and Orphan Pictures

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No-mo-hibition

Lots and lots of articles currently floating along the etherweb regarding the repeal of marijuana prohibition.

I wonder what's the over/under for this to become a reality. 10 years?

Daily Kos: Legalizing Marijuana More Popular Than Republicans

FiveThirtyEight.com: Politics Done Right: Americans Growing Kinder to Bud

Could be sooner in California.

The very first month I lived in San Francisco back in '99 I went to see Tom Ammiano debate SF mayoral icon Willie Brown. Ammiano was on the city counsel but previous to that he was a stand-up comic. And he's gay, too. Willie isn't a slouch when it comes to a retort either. That was the most hilarious debate I've ever witnessed.

Tom is currently serving in the state legislature and he introduced this piece of loveliness yesterday. If California really takes the reigns on legalizing marijuana we could see it happen across much of the country much sooner than 10 years.

Calif. lawmaker introduces bill to legalize pot:

"Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, a San Francisco Democrat, introduced a bill Monday that if approved by the California Legislature would put pot on the same legal footing as alcohol. Adults over the age of 21 would be allowed to buy it, and driving under the influence of marijuana would be prohibited.

Under Ammiano's proposal, which has been endorsed by some law enforcement officials, pot would be taxed at a rate of $50 per ounce and bring an estimated $1 billion into state coffers."

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Tough times call for the repeal of stupid Sunday blue laws.

Will the Recession Doom the Last Sunday Blue Laws?:

"A handful of state legislatures have declared it's closing time for Sunday alcohol sales restrictions, saying an extra day of sales could give their foundering budgets a much-needed shot of revenue. Those states - Georgia, Connecticut, Texas, Alabama and Minnesota - enjoy overwhelming voter support for an extra day of sales, but face opposition from members of the Christian right, who say that selling on Sunday undermines safety and tears apart families. 'During times of economic stress, our families are under enough pressure,' says Jim Beck, the president of the Georgia Christian Coalition. 'I don't think we need to add even more pressure to those families by passing this law.'"

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Umm, HELL NO!

GOP: ISPs, Wi-Fi Must Keep Logs For Police, Proposed Data Retention Law Covers All Internet Providers, Even Your Home Wi-Fi Access, To Combat Child Porn - CBS News:

"CNET) Republican politicians on Thursday called for a sweeping new federal law that would require all Internet providers and operators of millions of Wi-Fi access points - even hotels, local coffee shops and home users - to keep records about users for two years to aid police investigations.

The legislation, which echoes a measure proposed by one of their Democratic colleagues three years ago, would impose unprecedented data retention requirements on a broad swath of Internet access providers and is certain to draw fire from businesses and privacy advocates."

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When is incest not really incest? When you're in Alabama, apparently.

Not blood related. Both of age. Yet, incest.

Two charged with incest - The Times Daily | Florence, AL:

"FLORENCE - An east Florence man and his stepdaughter have been charged with incest after their sexual encounters were reportedly videotaped and photographed, authorities said.

Heather Ann Montanez, 20, 3202 Huntsville Road, Florence, and 43-year-old Kenneth John Trieber, 4702 Huntsville Road, Florence, have been charged with four counts of incest, authorities said.

Incest is a felony in Alabama and can involve people who are not blood relatives. The law states that having sex with a stepchild or stepparent is considered incest."

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The kids are all right.

Amid the grieving, a rare act of sportsmanship

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Now this is some change I can rub one out to.

NSFW... so that means you really, really want to click.

Nude Carnival Queen, Viviane Castro, Bodypaints Obama On Her Leg (NSFW PHOTO)

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Thank jeebus for science.

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Sony introduces a new product. I've so got to get one of these. (dirty words. NSFW)


Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn't Fucking Work

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Yo-Yo Republicans

Richard Shelby is a fucking moron. He is lower than low.

There is a reason the best and brightest flee Alabama like the goddamn plague.

People say that Richard Shelby doesn't fuck goats, but I haven't seen a police report to confirm or deny, so.....

Richard Shelby, Alabama Senator, Questions Obama's Citizenship:

"Another local resident asked Shelby if there was any truth to a rumor that appeared during the presidential campaign concerning Obama's U.S. citizenship, or lack thereof.

'Well his father was Kenyan and they said he was born in Hawaii, but I haven't seen any birth certificate,' Shelby said. 'You have to be born in America to be president.'

According to the Associated Press, state officials in Hawaii checked health department records during the campaign and determined there was no doubt Obama was born in Hawaii."

Obama's birth certificate.

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'Don't tell 'em you're bigger than Jesus...'. Unless you actually are.


Poll: Obama over Jesus; McCain crushes Palin:

"President Obama's broad public popularity continues with Americans naming him their number one hero in a new poll.

Obama is brand new to the poll, last conducted in 2001 by Harris Interactive. He vaulted to the No. 1 slot in front of Jesus Christ and Martin Luther King, who were ranked number two and number three respectively."

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Hells to the yeah. Super train this entire country. I'd much rather kick back on a high speed train that have to deal with the airport.

Another area in which we are far behind the rest of the world.

Obama plots huge railroad expansion:

"Railroads made Chicago, and now a Chicago-rich White House wants to return the favor: remaking rail with a huge new federal investment in high-speed passenger trains.

The $787.2 billion economic recovery bill — to be signed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday — dedicates $8 billion to high-speed rail, most of which was added in the final closed-door bargaining at the instigation of White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.

It’s a sum that far surpasses anything before attempted in the United States — and more is coming. Administration officials told Politico that when Obama outlines his 2010 budget next week, it will ask for $1 billion more for high-speed rail in each of the next five years."

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I've never understood the concept behind a 'mileage tax'. Why wouldn't you just raise the gas tax. Wouldn't it be the same thing?

Obama nixes plan to tax motorists on mileage

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Yeah, yeah, yeah boyz. Hip-hopping into further irrelevance.

Hilarious.

RNC Chair Steele: GOP Needs "Hip Hop" Makeover:

"'There was underlying concerns we had become too regionalized and the party needed to reach beyond our comfort' zones, he said, citing defeats in such states as Virginia and North Carolina. 'We need messengers to really capture that region - young, Hispanic, black, a cross section ... We want to convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that stands on principles. But we want to apply them to urban-surburban hip-hop settings.'"

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My President.

Too funny.

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I was pulling for Mickey Rourke last night simply because I wanted to see another acceptance speak like this one. (Dirty words used, so NSFW)

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