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6/27 skylines: Morning Concert Morning Cartoon FLOWERS AND TREES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOadTflvdBg IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE ROSES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74sSeZ64N30 WHISPERING PINES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLr0aRU8Wwk IN THE PINES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91VNilV2XyQ GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQhKqlOccHE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXyVENc05_c FIELDS OF GOLD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UppX6vP3c4g RUN FOR THE ROSES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skzHcYWc4UM SCARLET BEGONIAS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzxjVYi5a30 ROSE OF TRALEE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0sOZTl7w3M Amy Winehouse, you’ve just been diagnosed with drug-related emphysema! Where are you going now? “I’m going to buy booze!” http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/festivals/article.html?in_article_id=195085&in_page_id=82 WIDOW WANTS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLER OF HUSBAND, TWO SONS Rip Post comment: Make it a slow, painful death penalty. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/27/MNV711FT7I.DTL AWARD-WINNING ILLUSTRATOR’S SECRET: RAT PISS We are not making this stuff up. http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2287832,00.html NYC SLAVEOWNER GETS 11 YEARS She's in for some fun! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7476927.stm MEDUSA TO DUMP HER GUY? http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?in_article_id=195142&in_page_id=7 HAILSTORM WRECKS VOLKSWAGENS http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,562478,00.html FLASH! MINI-ME SUES OVER SEX TAPE! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2205045/Mini-Me,-star-of-Austin-Powers,-sues-over-dwarf-sex-tape.html And on to news and comment. . . ASPARAGUS ON MARS! Well, not yet---but it could grow there http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7477310.stm http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-phoenix27-2008jun27,0,6858366.story JOHN YOO, TORTURE LAWYER: I JUST INTERPRETED---I DIDN’T TORTURE ANYBODY! http://www.slate.com/id/2194326/ The Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department, where he worked when he wrote his infamous memos, "was not involved in the making of policy decisions," he asserts. He continues, "Those policy choices—adopting particular techniques within the lines that OLC had determined to be lawful—were not mine to make, and I did not make them." Kim Nook Yoo BOLTON SLAMS N. KOREA FOR DE-NUKING! http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/27/hannity-flip-flop/ CHENEY PISSED OVER TAKING N. KOREA OFF TERROR LIST Well, any good Likud employee should be! http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/27/cheney-hints-at-disapproval-with-administration%e2%80%99s-decision-on-north-korea/ Jesus H. Christ! WHY SERENA WILLIAMS WON’T VOTE FOR OBAMA Jesus told her not to, you see. . . http://www.slate.com/id/2194321/ JAPANESE CHILDREN TAUGHT THAT WHALE SLAUGHTER IS “CULTURALLY IMPORTANT” On another planet, maybe whales are slaughtering humans. . . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/2200175/Japanese-10-year-olds-taken-on-school-trips-to-whale-slaughter.html ER, UH. . .NO ICE AT NORTH POLE THIS SUMMER http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/06/27/eaice127.xml VENEZUELA, COCAINE HIGHWAY 101 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/2205687/Hugo-Chavez%27s-Venezuela-%27supplies-half-of-Britain%27s-cocaine%27.html FRENCH WINEMAKERS ON RAMPAGE! http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/26/europe/fuel.php Man O-Man MCCAIN’S INCREDIBLY LAME ANTI-OBAMA ‘DR. NO’ AD http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/27/dr-no-is-almost-as-old-as-barack-obama/ SWIFT BOAT PUBLISHER NOW TARGETS OBAMA http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/27/swiftboat-publisher-targets-obama/ Conservative journalist David Freddoso’s “The Case Against Barack Obama” will offer “a comprehensive, factual look at Obama,” according to Regnery Publishing president and publisher Marjory Ross. OLBERMANN FLIP-FLOPS ON OBAMA’S WIRETAP FLIP-FLOP http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/06/26/olbermann/ Is that really what anyone wants -- transferring blind devotion from George Bush to Barack Obama? Are we hoping for a Fox News for Obama, that glorifies everything he says and whitewashes everything he does? OBAMA REVERSES HIMSELF ON GUN-BAN ISSUE, HAILS SUPREME COURT DECISION http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/27/barackobama.usa AFL-CIO ENDORSES OBAMA http://rawstory.com/news/2008/AFLCIO_endorses_Obama_for_president_0626.html HINDU GOD ENDORSES OBAMA http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=191109&in_page_id=2 Enviro Wacko MCCAIN THE ENVIRONMENTALIST SHILLS FOR OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,562467,00.html PALAST: COURT REWARDS EXXON FOR VALDEZ DISASTER http://www3.gregpalast.com/court-rewards-exxon-for-valdez-oil-spill/ “If I had a machine gun, I’d shoot every one of those white sons-of-bitches.”---Henry Makarka, Tatitlek native. Mashed Media CLEAR CHANNEL CENSORS ADS FOR NEW BUSH-MOCKING HARRY SHEARER CD http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/27/clear-channel-censors-ads-for-harry-shearers-new-bush-mocking-cd/ LATEST ON L.A. TIMES LAYOFFS http://www.tellzell.com/2008/06/flotsam-and-jetsam.html (Lack of) Health DID ASPARTAME MAKE CARLIN’S HEART CONDITION WORSE? http://www.rense.com/general82/gcar.htm ECSTASY FOR PTSD? (Better to use LSD---Ecstasy is a short-lived thrill ride, nothing more.) http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/89625/?ses=198cf2ed4f922e1574ac8fc0ea3a4715 People’s Repugnic NEW PHOTO BOOK SHOWS LIFE UNDER CHINESE COMMUNISTS http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,562506,00.html R.I.P. NEW YORKER CARTOONIST ED ARNO http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/books/27arno.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin And in more important matters. . . HEY, WHAT’S ON THE CHINA OLYMPICS MENU? http://www.slate.com/id/2194074/ The menu items in question include "bean curd made by a pockmarked woman," "ants climbing a tree," and "chicken without sexual life." 800 MINUTES OF GEORGE CARLIN http://www.slate.com/id/2194327/ Carlin lost a step or two over the years, but to his credit, the substance abuse and heart trouble that plagued him offstage never really managed to slow him down when he was on it. Physical comedy remained part of Carlin's repertoire throughout his career, as did his special brand of scatological humor. He got almost 30 years of mileage out of examinations of the words cornhole and dingleberry. AMAZING PICS OF THE DAY http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/2205363/Pictures-of-the-day-27-June-2008.html WELCOME TO THE WORD MUSEUM http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2008-05/Word_Museum.html In my day there, I went from Thomas Jefferson’s handwritten lists of his slaves to Maurice Sendak’s original sketches, then spent an hour deciphering Emily Dickinson’s elegantly illegible letters, slowly gaining new glimpses of her prose and voice. From there, I went over the extensive collection of baseball books in the complete living room of the great American poet Marianne Moore, which has been moved, in full—chairs, shelves, chachkas, and all—from Greenwich Village to the museum’s third floor. Musique HEY HEY, WE’RE THE (CLOISTERED) MONKS! http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/26/europe/austria.php New Classical CDs of the Week http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/06/21/bmclasscds121.xml Hey, Be-attle! ALL THE NEWS ABOUT THE NEW BEATLES FOOTAGE http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/news/626raremmtfootage.html Lost Angeles ANOTHER OLD BOOKSTORE BITES THE DUST, SORT OF http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2008/06/dawsons_book_shop_cuts_ba.php And in the end. . . SLIDE SHOW: THE WORLD’S WEIRDEST HOTELS http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/0,5538,32855,00.html 6/26 skylines: Morning Concert MATTINATA---BJOERLING http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=525o_MPTXc0 WOOLY BULLY---SAM THE SHAM AND THE PHAROAHS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJOvCHD1uHY PHAROAH SANDERS---THEMBI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgBVWx_1TKs LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7TTkmC7HX8 THE LETTER---THE BOX TOPS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD9mCp8SifM THE LETTER---JOE COCKER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RnjWLVyMps LEAVING ON A JET PLANE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa3h3pnhg8s JET http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWREAaIqs8Y GANG VERMIN BUSTED FOR SF TRAFFIC KILLING OF DAD, TWO SONS Just inject him http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/26/MNH411F12H.DTL SIGNATURES GROW FOR “GEORGE W. BUSH SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT” http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/24/MNPQ11A3T7.DTL 2 BERKELEY TREE SITTERS SURRENDER AFTER 18 MONTHS http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/26/BA8E11F6S0.DTL MCCAIN DISCOVERS THE INTERNETS! http://www.internetweekly.org/2008/06/cartoon_mccain_discovers_the_internets.html ‘FINDING NEMO’ PROMPTS CLOWNFISH NEAR-EXTINCTION They’re all in fish tanks, thanks to the movie http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=192366&in_page_id=34 MOBILE BROTHEL OF MIAMI BUSTED http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=193168&in_page_id=2 NEW BEATLES FOOTAGE FOUND---FROM 'MYSTERY TOUR' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/7474139.stm Jesus H. Christ! MARK FIORE ON NEW PREZ CANDIDATE http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/fiore/ And on to news and comment. . . OH MY GOD---NOW YOU CAN ‘STUDY’ HIP-HOP AT UCLA http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/features/beat_scholars/ SPANISH PARLIAMENT: APES DESERVE “HUMAN RIGHTS” Does this include Limbaugh and Karl Rove? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/26/humanrights.animalwelfare | All-Melty Dollar ATTY. GEN. JERRY BROWN SUES COUNTRYWIDE http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/25/BUKN11EUDQ.DTL THE SHRINKING INFLUENCE OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,562291,00.html After years of growth, the United States is now on the brink of a recession, one that is more likely to be deepened than softened by a tight money policy. Investments will automatically become more expensive, consumer spending will be curbed and economic growth will slow down, immediately affecting unemployment figures and wages. MUCH OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IS BURNING If you live in SF or above, don’t breathe http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/26/BA9611F182.DTL&tsp=1 Astounding satellite photo http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/resources/2008176/ca-north-000/crefl2_A2008176215900-2008176220510_250m_ca-north-000_143.jpg RUSSIA’S ‘WAR ON TERROR’ AGAINST INGUSH MUSLIMS http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7473645.stm Kim Nook Yoo N. KOREA HANDS OVER NUKE INFO TO CHINA--- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7474952.stm ---AND PREZBOY LIFTS ‘AXIS OF EVIL’ STANDING, BUT. . . http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVlkPA4gZ8ZjSNiN7of68Sbvzpfg WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20147.htm Dishonest John MAD MCCAIN WANTS ‘LEAGUE OF DEMOCRACIES' Cold war, anyone? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20173.htm Homeland Insecurity SEN. ORRIN “BOOBY” HATCH: WIRETAP CRITICS ARE NUTCASES They wear tin-foil hats and think 9/11 is inside job, says senator http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/25/hatch-compares-fisa-critics-to-those-who-wear-tin-foil-hats-and-think-911-was-an-inside-job/ DOWD: MORE PHONEY MYTHS http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/opinion/25dowd.html?em&ex=1214625600&en=8368c115b6d559d0&ei=5087%0A Rove was doing a variation on the old William Buckley line: “I would rather be governed by the first 2,000 names in the Boston telephone book than by the 2,000 members of the Harvard faculty.”Conservatives love playing this little game, acting as if the “elite” Democratic candidates are not in touch with people like themselves, even though the guys doing the attacking — like Rove, Limbaugh, O’Reilly and Hannity — are wealthy and cosseted. RAIMUNDO: IS WAR GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY? NOPE http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1817989,00.html Wars are expensive propositions, especially the sort of all-embracing, the-sky's-the-limit, multi-generational conflict envisioned by the War Party's editorial board commandos. Our $3 trillion war, as Nobel-prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes have dubbed it, is an albatross hung round the neck of the American giant, whose great neck is bowing under its weight. The unipolar moment the neocons once exulted in will go down in the official record as the briefest incident in human history, albeit not the noblest. LINDORFF: USA’S DOUBLE-STANDARD ON KIDS Victims in prostitutes, terrorists if caught fighting the U.S. http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/?q=node/163 Asinine Commentary of the Day! YELLOW SCIENCE WSJ shills for the “junk science” crowd with hifalutin’ BS. . . http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121433436381900681.html Mashed Media ZELL WANTS TO SELL LAT BUILDING--- http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2008/06/today_in_sam_zell_3.php ---BUT IS IT WORTH ANYTHING? http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2008/06/times_building_virtually.php CUTBACKS COMING AT BALTIMORE SUN--- http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003820904 ---AND HARTFORD COURANT http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003820573 KARL THE PIG OINKS AT THE NYT http://rawstory.com/news08/2008/06/25/rove-critical-of-ny-times-for-outing-cia-agent/ Animals in the news! STEM CELL TREATMENTS FOR PETS http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1817572,00.html GIANT SQUID WASHES UP IN SANTA CRUZ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/06/26/state/n054024D90.DTL&tsp=1 NAME A SEA SLUG http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/06/25/want-to-name-a-sea-slug-a-nonprofit-might-let-you/ (Lack of) health SLEEP APNEA LINKED TO MEMORY LOSS http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/exclusives/apnea_memory_loss/ SHOWER CURTAINS, COMPUTERS LOWERING SPERM COUNTS http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/89453/ R.I.P. IRA TUCKER OF DIXIE HUMMINGBIRDS http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/arts/music/26tucker.html?ref=obituaries Oh, by the way. . . NICARAGUA FIGHTS OVER A HAT http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1817989,00.html And in more important matters. . . RAY BRADBURY DENOUNCES THE END OF BOOKSTORES IN LOS ANGELES Speaks at legendary Acres of Books in Long Beach---yes, which is threatened with extinction http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2008/06/ray_bradbury_mourns_acres_1.php “If this place could be kept here, if you're going to build a mall, they should build it around here. They should be the center of the mall. They should be a shrine. They should have a crucifix up in front. I will come and bless the goddamn place.” NEW CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2287541,00.html TeeVee BBC: TOO MANY BLACKS, ASIANS ON TV Politically correct “overcompensation” has distorted minority presence, says exec, who then says that “white cultural elite” is still in charge of “creative power.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/26/bbc.television Samir Shah, a member of the BBC's board of directors, said this had led to a "world of deracinated coloured people flickering across our screens - to the irritation of many viewers and the embarrassment of the very people such actions are meant to appease". FANS REVIVE LOST ‘DR. WHO’ EPISODES FROM 60’S http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/26/bbc.doctorwho Spotes GWEN KNAPP ON SHAQ’S DESPICABLE RAP http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/25/SP9T11EUCA.DTL Where ya goin’? VISIT THE WATERFALLS OF NEW YORK CITY http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-06-25-new-york-waterfalls_N.htm And in the end. . . SEA SLUGS! http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&q=sea+slugs 6/25 skylines: Morning Concert DIAMOND IN THE BACK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myCDlel_Ek8 LEAN ON ME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kTrkpPXYsM LEAN LIKE A CHOLO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqsrq34qDyk STORMY WEATHER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCG3kJtQBKo RIDERS ON THE STORM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMvfAYEaE8c GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsfw9CEQITA BLUE SKIES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X12aKztV9jM WATCH: THE AMAZING ESCALATOR SPINNER! http://theridiculant.metro.co.uk/2008/06/heres-to-you-es.html IMPORTANT NEWS FOR BLACK LESBIAN FEMINISTS! http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/lorde/feminist.htm Lost Angeles COLISEUM TO WHORE ITSELF FOR ‘NAMING RIGHTS’ http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2008/06/la_coliseum_naming_rights.php "People don't get how valuable these naming rights could be," said David Israel, chairman of the Coliseum Commission. STRANGE DOMES RISE IN FASHION DISTRICT http://downtownnews.com/articles/2008/06/23/news/news05.txt THIRD VICTIM OF CRAZED SF TRAFFIC SHOOTING DIES http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/25/BAT011EC2M.DTL THE TITANIC TOILETS OF TOKYO Japanese toilets can warm and wash one's bottom, whisk away odors with built-in fans and play water noises that drown out potty sounds. They play relaxation music, too. "Ave Maria" is a favorite. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/24/AR2008062401285.html?referrer=emailarticle And on to news and comment. . . Asinine Commentary of the Week! TIME WRITER CALLS HIGH SCHOOL PREGNANCY PACT A SIGN OF MATURITY! http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080622224438.htm “Surely they deserve more sympathy and support than shame and derision, if the trend they reflect is not a typical teenager's inclination to have sex, but rather a willingness to take responsibility for the consequences.” The Torture Never Stops WATCH: ABUSE ON U.S. PRISON SHIPS WORSE THAN ABU GHRAIB---REPORT http://collateralnews.tv/index.php/collateral-news/5/149 RETIRED U.S. GENERAL: BUSH HAS COMMITTED WAR CRIMES http://www.alternet.org/rights/89141/?ses=cb45d272f56fa5427902f888b8a97e3f Israelity ISRAEL LEANING ON U.S. TO ATTACK IRAN---CBS NEWS http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/24/eveningnews/main4206201.shtml Mashed Media WOW---ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER OUTSOURCES COPY EDITING TO INDIA http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2008/06/register_outsourcing_edit_1.php TRIBUNE CO. PINHEAD DIDN’T KNOW LAT HAD REPORTERS IN IRAQ! http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2008/06/yes_another_lee_abrams_bo.php Enviro Wacko THE END OF CALIFORNIA PLANT LIFE? Redwoods could be on the way out. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/24/MNJ811EEAC.DTL&tsp=1 MCCAIN: OFFSHORE DRILLING IS GOOD FOR PSYCHOLOGY! http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/24/mccain-psychological-offshore/ EXXON VALDEZ PENALTIES CUT FROM $2.5 BILLION TO $500 MILLION http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Court_cuts_judgment_in_Exxon_Valdez_06252008.html REMOVING SUGAR CO. WILL SWEETEN EVERGLADES http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1817390,00.html MORFORD: WE’RE DOOMED---SORT OF http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/gate/a/2008/06/25/notes062508.DTL Electile Dysfunction NADER ON OBAMA: HE’S NOT DOING MUCH FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS Spoiler also asks, “Is it because he wants to talk white?” http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jun/25/nader-critical-of-obama-for-trying-to-talk-white/ http://rawstory.com/news08/2008/06/25/ralph-nader-barack-obama-wants-to-talk-white/ Man O-Man PRESTO-CHANGEO---IT’S THE NEW OBAMA! http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1817679,00.html To some observers, Obama's transformation from upstart candidate to presumptive nominee has made him begin to look dangerously like the typical Washington politicians he so often rails against. Worried about his patriotism? He now wears a flag pin daily. Worried about his church? He left it. Think he's inexperienced? Don't fret; he's got lots of renowned advisers. Too liberal? Well, just look at his recent policy statements on defending Israel and protecting warrantless wiretapping. And for a man who last week flip-flopped on his pledge to stay within the public financing system, his planned meeting tomorrow with Hillary Clinton's fat cat donors seems to be Obama's way of saying, 'I may not like your game, but I'll take your money.' SURPRISE! OBAMA GOES SOFT ON FREE TRADE Why is this not surprising? http://www.alternet.org/election08/88754/ O-MAN TAKES ON JACKASS DOBSON http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/24/politics/main4206668.shtml?source=mostpop_story WHAT’S IN THE O-MAN’S IPOD? http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/06/the_meaning_of_obamas_ipod.html MAN OH MAN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apqJrbPfmlo Dishonest John WHY DOES MCCAIN HATE AMTRAK? http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/What_2008_is_all_aboutAmtrak.html McCain's longstanding jihad against Amtrak is no secret -- except maybe to voters in the 2008 election. I was just searching around and found only a couple of recent articles, mostly in obscure places or in the British media, that mention the Republican's positions against funding rail. In fact, I'm a little surprised that the Obama campaign hasn't spotlighted this issue in Pennsylvania, since Amtrak has higher ridership here than anywhere else. FLASH! MCCAIN IS ‘AWARE OF THE INTERNET’ http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/89394/ Homeland Insecurity MESSAGE TO FEDS: NO, YOU CAN’T SEARCH MY LAPTOP http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/25/swire-laptop/ MCCLELLAN DENOUNCES CHENEY http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/25/mcclellan-cheneys-memoir-could-be-called-i-upped-halliburtons-income-so-up-yours/ McClellan who is clear that he has no great admiration for Cheney, joked to the audience that his national book tour has given him some ideas for book titles Cheney might consider: “The Lies I Told,” or “I Upped Halliburton’s Income - So Up Yours.” MCCLELLAN TO LEAVE GOP? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/25/MNLL11EE58.DTL Wold Gone Mad INTERVIEW: THE INCREDIBLE HORROR OF DARFUR http://www.guernicamag.com/interviews/610/crisis_darfur/ (Lack of) Health AGAVE SYRUP IS GOOD FOR YOU http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/18/FDEJ116TOH.DTL&hw=agave&sn=001&sc=1000 Spaced Out MARS AIR HAD MOISTURE http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080625093242.htm Animals in the news! CAT SURVIVES 18 HOURS ON POWER LINE 8 lives to go http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=191182&in_page_id=34 MAN SAVES BEAR, IS PROSECUTED FOR BOTHERING WILDLIFE http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=189728&in_page_id=34 SLIDE SHOW: BIRD ATTACKS ON HUMANS ARE UP http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/jun/25/wildlife.photography?picture=335244304 Oh, by the way. . . MORE MEN DIE IN FLOODS http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1817603,00.html A PLANE WITH WINGS OF GLASS? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080622224438.htm ITALY IS NOT BIG ON ‘CULTURAL DIVERSITY’ http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/25/arts/25abroad.php VISIT TO A SOUTH KOREAN CRAM SCHOOL http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/25/asia/cram.php And in more important matters. . . GEISHAS MAKING A BIG COMEBACK http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/25/japan.internet THE BEIJING OLYMPICS’ NOT-SO-WARM WELCOME http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0625/p01s08-woap.html Fearful of terrorist attacks and of embarrassing protests, the authorities are draping a security blanket over Beijing so thick that many residents fear it will stifle the Games. "They are not taking any chances, whatever the impact on ordinary people, either local or foreign," says Gilbert van Kerckhove, a longtime Beijing resident who is advising the city on Olympic issues. "They are totally paranoid; there is no other word for it." JACKIE CHAN: FIGHT TO HELP PEOPLE http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7473318.stm Where ya goin’? TRAIN TRIP 3: RUSSIA TO TAIWAN (BY BOAT) http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/jun/25/japan.russia.ferry For Art’s Sake MONET SETS MONEY RECORD http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/26/arts/melik26.php Musique TWO OLD MOTHERS KEEP INVENTING http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/arts/story.html?id=dd5edd28-12c5-4e41-80b5-e483939b6a8c MEAT LOAF: WHAT AM I GONNA DO, RUN A HOT DOG STAND? http://music.guardian.co.uk/rock/story/0,,2287261,00.html And in the end. . . LEAN LIKE A GORDO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAODF9eCq58 6/24 skylines: Morning Concert HELLO HELLO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11bLTZPaS2U HELLO GOODBYE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QShSmpI0r9k GOODBYE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbhEtYdZ3Wo GOODBYE (McCartney and fake Beatles) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbhEtYdZ3Wo HELLO I LOVE YOU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x34wa2jehek HELLO DOLLY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd4HPipfceU GOODBYE BLUE SKY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE_yNPNCflk GOODBYE PORKPIE HAT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU_RxWXijz0 HELLO, I MUST BE GOING http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCvz8y_DUSY SURVIVING BEEGEES TO TOUR? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7466377.stm BOY GEORGE DENIED U.S. VISA Well, he is pretty terrifying. . .and shouldn’t he be Man George by now? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7470608.stm HEINZ PULLS AD SHOWING GAY COUPLE http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/24/asa.advertising WOMAN SAVED BY SPORTS BRA http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/23/sports.bra.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview PULL MY FINGER! http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,561007,00.html CARLIN: IT’S BAD FOR YA “And f--- Dr. Phil, too!” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRCKoT1HY3U INCREDIBLE: BLOGGER ASKS IF CARLIN WAS ANTI-SEMITE Simply because a GREAT Carlin rant about the power elite---no references to Jews---is posted on a nutball website http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3302 HERE IS THE GREAT RANT: "THEY OWN US" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMqJvhmD5Yg TWO GREATS: CARLIN AND OLBERMANN--- "THIS COUNTRY IS FINISHED." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UVXj8F9Fmk (More Carlin links below) And on to news and comment. . . MCCAIN: STRAPPED FOR CASH? GET ON EBAY! Computer-illiterate echoes Bush advice (How can we elect a guy president who does not know how to use a computer???) http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/001039.htm NASA SCIENTIST: OIL EXECS SHOULD BE TRIED FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY Hear, hear. . . http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-james-hansen/twenty-years-later-tippin_b_108766.html CEOs of fossil energy companies know what they are doing and are aware of long-term consequences of continued business as usual. In my opinion, these CEOs should be tried for high crimes against humanity and nature. If their campaigns continue and "succeed" in confusing the public, I anticipate testifying against relevant CEOs in future public trials. LIPOSUCTION---THE REAL ENERGY SOLUTION! http://www.alternet.org/story/89127/ The average liposuction removes about half a gallon of liquid fat, which may not seem like much. But think of the vast reserves our nation is literally sitting on! Thirty percent of Americans are obese, or about 90 million individuals or 45 million gallons of easily available fat -- not from dead diatoms but from our very own bellies and butts. ISRAELI SOLDIER KILLS SELF AS SARKOZY, OLMERT BOARD PLANE Sarkozy’s wife rushes into plane ahead of husband http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_sarkozy Enviro Wacko MEAT INDUSTRY TO BLAME FOR POISON TOMATOES http://www.alternet.org/environment/89015/?ses=4cb883581dc7af1f09193e5401163d20 You read that right: Cow shit is in your tomatoes. Actually, cow shit is in everything: the water, hamburgers, other plant life, and if one ascribes to the hippie New Age belief that we are all one pulsating organism upon Mother Earth, then cow shit is in all of us. . . A 2006 United Nations report described the devastation caused by the meat industry as "one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global." Aside from global warming, meat production is a large factor in deforestation, wasted land, and air and water contamination. Mashed Media RETIRING WASHPOST ED: IT’S LIKE ‘CONDUCTING GREAT ORCHESTRA’ Who are these pretentious jokers, and how did they become editors? http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003819838 HORRID STORY OF CRIME REPORTER WHO KNEW WHO DUN IT---BECAUSE IT WAS HIM http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/24/pressandpublishing.internationalcrime Religion MALAY MUSLIMS TO WOMEN: LOSE LIPSTICK AND HIGH HEELS, AND AVOID RAPE http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/24/malaysia.religion NEW MUSLIM MAG: INTEGRATE INTO U.S. SOCIETY http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0624/p04s01-usgn.html They are not headlines one sees at the grocery store checkout. "A Jihad for Love" or "There's Something About Rumi." OBAMA (WISELY) SHUNNING MUSLIM-AMERICANS http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/24/america/24muslim.php Electile Dysfunction HAHAHA---MCCAIN AIDE SAYS TERRORIST ATTACK WOULD HELP THEIR CAMPAIGN How many minutes before this guy is canned, do you suppose. . . http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/24/johnmccain.uselections2008 CLARKE: MCCAIN MUST FIRE BLACK IMMEDIATELY http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/24/clarke-black/ ELIZ. EDWARDS: MCCAIN’S HEALTH PLAN DISCRIMINATES AGAINST WOMEN http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/24/elizabeth-edwards-mccains-individual-market-for-health-insurance-discriminates-against-women/ BROWN: OBAMA’S A MUSLIM, MCCAIN WILL KEEP US SAFE. . . http://www.capitolhillblue.com/cont/node/8913 If gullibility was indicated by back stripes America would look like a zebra. We are not a particularly skeptical nation. We tend to believe what we're told by our authority figures. Often we simply believe the illogical because that's what we want to believe. Iraq and Roll EU TRIES TO STOP FLOOD OF IRAQI REFUGEES http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,561674,00.html The ongoing terror in Iraq is driving an increasing number of refugees to Europe. Now the EU is being forced to make some tough decisions: Who will be allowed to stay in Europe, and will Iraqi Christians have greater chances here than Muslims? RAIMUNDO: Imperial 'Justice'--- The Haditha massacre and what it means to be an empire http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=13031 When the Marines came into the house they just started shooting, going from room to room, killing all where they found them. When they were done, they went on to the next house in the Iraqi village of Haditha, which they attacked with hand grenades, methodically executing everyone inside. When they were done, they had killed 24 people, including two babies, a 5-year-old, a mother who had recently had an appendectomy, and an elderly couple. Oh, by the way. . . FATBOY HASTERT VISITS SEVEN COUNTRIES---ON YOUR TAB http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/23/hastert-wastes-20000-in-taxpayer-money-on-lavish-trips-during-last-11-months-in-office/ INCREDIBLE: SWORN TO VIRGINITY AND LIVING AS A MAN IN ALBANIA http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/23/europe/virgins.php MICROBES EATING CAMBODIAN HISTORY http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/24/healthscience/24micr.php And in more important matters. . . Bye, George CARLIN’S LAST INTERVIEW http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/brainstorm/200806/george-carlins-last-interview Originally it was slated to run as a 350-word Q&A on the back page of Psychology Today. But I was so excited to talk to him—and he was so generous with his time—that I just kept on going. By the end I had over 14,000 words. TRIBUTES TO CARLIN POUR IN http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/24/lkl.carlin/ “I bet you if he was here now, what he would be saying is, 'Why do people say nice things when you die? That's the stupidest thing to do. They can't hear you, you know?' " Maher said. FROM COMIC TO ICON (He would have hated that headline) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080623/ap_en_ce/obit_george_carlin PROVOCATEUR FOR THE AGES http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/23/DDQR11DS5A.DTL CARLIN WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR MORE THAN SEVEN WORDS http://www.kansascity.com/238/story/676280.html You’d be hard-pressed to find a comedian who doesn’t think George was the most profound philosopher in modern history.” CARLIN: I MAKE PEOPLE COMFORTABLE WITH DELVING http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=3cc9849c-6344-40e9-a8cf-9bbb87895a94 CARTOON REFERENCES CARLIN JUST BEFORE DEATH http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003819666 A CARLIN LETTER TO THE EDITOR, FIRING BACK AT CRITIC http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003819880 CARLIN’S ‘ZEAL FOR FREEDOM’ http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/theatre/2008/06/george_carlin_a_comic_with_a_z.html Film SPIELBERG GOES BOLLYWOOD Makes huge deal with India’s Reliance Entertainment http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1817222,00.html But this deal is more about money than any hybrid art form. Dreamworks gets at least half the funding it would need to get out of its troubled marriage with Paramount, ensure its independence and still make six or so movies a year. INTERVIEW: ACTRESS JANE HORROCKS http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/story/0,,2287169,00.html ISRAELIS FLATTERED BY ‘ZOHAN’ FLICK http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/24/arts/Film-Israel-The-Zohan.php Books CONSERVATIVE PUBLISHER STOPS SENDING BOOKS TO NYT http://www.nysun.com/arts/encounter-books-crosses-times-off-mailing-list/80530/ Where ya goin’? GREAT TRAIN RIDE 2: MOSCOW TO VLADIVOSTOK http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/jun/24/railtravel.transsiberian.russia And in the end. . . WORLD NETTLE EATING CHAMPIONSHIPS http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=189302&in_page_id=2 6/23 skylines: Morning Concert BE HERE NOW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUGa0v0bz1w GEORGE CARLIN.COM http://www.georgecarlin.com/ GEORGE CARLIN EXPLAINS HIMSELF (Just listen to Carlin and ignore the doofus who has used this to promote his sorry ass.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL5c-LGtHQU GEORGE CARLIN ON RELIGION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o GEORGE CARLIN ON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyWEBbFwU1o GEORGE CARLIN ON VOTING http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u6lCBnRoHQ LEON REDBONE: LAUGHING BLUES/POLLY WOLLY DOODLE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziucmWCzcl0 Insane Amy Whitehouse has emphysema from smoking http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7468655.stm RUSSIAN SPA OPENS MONUMENT TO THE ENEMA http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_fe_st/russia_enema_monument Related: THE ILLINOIS ENEMA BANDIT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOeOlcR_CgE And on to news and comment. . . SAY IT AINT’ SO. . .GEORGE CARLIN IS DEAD http://blogs.villagevoice.com/bushbeat/archives/2008/06/say_it_aint_so.php HOW CARLIN CHANGED COMEDY (Well, he wasn’t exactly a comedian. . .a commentator. . .a philosopher. . .who was funny.) http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1817192,00.html WATCH: GEORGE CARLIN ON DEATH http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PiZSFIVFiU THE EVER-RELEVANT GEORGE CARLIN, R.I.P. http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_popmachine/2008/06/george-carlin-w.html GUESS HIS KENNEDY CENTER AWARD WILL BE POSTHUMOUS At least he knew about it. . . http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2008/06/18/carlin_to_be_honored/ JAY BOOKMAN DOESN’T UNDERSTAND CARLIN’S LOVE OF PLAIN TRUTH. . . What a dope. http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/bookman/entries/2008/06/23/george_carlin_will_never_rest.html NYT OBIT http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/arts/24carlin.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin 1973 INTERVIEW: CARLIN IN TRANSITION TO TRUE CHARACTER http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0623/p25s08-usgn.html "In my own experiences, my own observations, my own childhood. Like, for instance, the cliches that all parents seem to use in dealing with their children. You see, my gift is that I see the absurdities and ironies of life, and have the ability to verbalize and mimic them. I'm the class clown. I made faces at the teacher and then did my routines on the street corner. In the end, I'm just the guy who thought of the stuff and got hold of a microphone. Once I'm on stage, my wits are my only defense against ignominy. It amounts to pure self-defense." In far less important news: STORY OF THE DAY: PRISON ORCHESTRAS OF VENEZUELA http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/22/america/journal.php A.P. COMMENTARY: IS EVERYTHING SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL? by Alan Fram and Eileen Putnam http://www.marinij.com/ci_9658387 Your corporatocracy at work! COMO SE DICE, ‘FILL ‘ER UP?’ http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/23/mexico.gas/index.html AS AMERICANS SUFFER AT THE PUMP, ENERGY INDUSTRY BASKS IN LUXURY http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/23/as-americans-suffer-at-the-pump-energy-industry-basks-in-luxury/ Maserati sales way up. . .Chanel doing well. . . Man O-Man THE MYSTERIOUS BARACK OBAMA http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25328351/ Still, sixteen months after announcing his candidacy, and after twenty-six Presidential debates and thousands of public-speaking engagements, Obama remains a puzzle to many voters. Almost as dedicated a policy wonk as Hillary Clinton and arguably more centrist in his economic beliefs, he offers plenty of specifics about what needs to be done. But his captivating eloquence and his slogan—“Change We Can Believe In”—have seemed to lift him dangerously high above the concrete. He has proved his steadiness of purpose without clearly defining his priorities. What, above all, does he intend to accomplish if he is elected President? OBAMA, FRIEND OF ETHANOL http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/23/america/ethanol.php Obama is running as a reformer who is seeking to reduce the influence of special interests. But like any other politician, he has powerful constituencies that help shape his views. And when it comes to domestic ethanol, almost all of which is made from corn, he also has advisers and prominent supporters with close ties to the industry at a time when energy policy is a point of sharp contrast between the parties and their presidential candidates. In the heart of the Corn Belt that August day, Obama argued that embracing ethanol as a substitute for gasoline "ultimately helps our national security, because right now we're sending billions of dollars to some of the most hostile nations on earth." America's oil dependence, he added, "makes it more difficult for us to shape a foreign policy that is intelligent and is creating security for the long term." N. KOREA DEVELOPED NUKES FOR IRAN AT BOMBED SYRIA PLANT? Or is this another “aluminum tube”/yellowcake report? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20147.htm According to intelligence reports seen by SPIEGEL, the Syrian facility at Al Kibar that Israeli jets bombed last September was the site of a secret military project. The report states that North Korean, Syrian and Iranian scientists were working side by side to build a reactor to produce weapons-grade plutonium. Military Industrial Complex HOW CHENEY’S BUDDIES SUPPORT THE TROOPS. . . U.S. TROOPS ACCUSE KBR OF EXPOSING THEM TO TOXIN http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/21/9792 “These soldiers were bleeding from the nose, spitting blood,” said Danny Langford, an equipment technician from Texas brought to work at the Qarmat Ali Water treatment plant in 2003. “They were sick.” WHITE HOUSE SHOOTS DOWN ARMY EFFORT TO INCREASE OVERSIGHT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTORS http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/23/waste-army-proposal/ Electile Dysfunction MCCAIN OFFERS $300 MILLION FOR NEW CAR BATTERY (We’re not making this stuff up) http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1817173,00.html MCCAIN TO PICK PAWLENTY FOR VEEP? That would be Pawlenty stupid, so please do it. . . http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4187549.ece The Case Against Tim Pawlenty http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/06/the_case_against_tim_pawlenty.html?hpid=topnews "She loves football, she'll go to hockey games and, I jokingly say: Now, if I could only get her to have sex with me." RICH: NOW THAT WE’VE ‘WON,’ LET’S COME HOME http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/opinion/22rich.html?em&ex=1214366400&en=2501a171c026ac0b&ei=5087%0A Oh, by the way. . . YESSIRREE! I WANT TO RIDE A PHILLIPINE FERRYBOAT! When will these people figure out that high seas are not conducive to safe trips? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7468493.stm ‘POSITIVE PROOF’ THAT LECH WALESA WAS COMMUNIST SPY http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,561414,00.html 9 PEOPLE SHOT TO DEATH OVER WEEKEND IN SF AREA http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/23/BAL411DD99.DTL&tsp=1 And in more important matters. . . ANOTHER LEGENDARY BOOKSTORE CLOSES http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/23/MNH711DDT0.DTL INDIA TOWN GOES NUTS EVER YEAR ON DYLAN’S BIRTHDAY--- It ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe. . . http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/23/arts/23dylan.php ---WHILE ANOTHER IS FULL OF MAGICIANS http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1816792,00.html Light reading WHY IS MARIJUANA ILLEGAL? A HISTORY http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stories/2003/12/22/whyIsMarijuanaIllegal.html "Marihuana influences Negroes to look at white people in the eye, step on white men's shadows and look at a white woman twice." Where ya goin’? GREAT TRAIN RIDE: FROM COLOGNE TO MOSCOW http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/jun/23/moscow.cologne And in the end. . . JOE COCKER WITH SUBTITLES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4_MsrsKzMM 6/20 skylines: Morning Concert HI-DE-HO---Cab Calloway http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hovtGsLPYeA HI HI HI---Sir Paul http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5D_e2j9q-w HI HI---Puffy Ami Yumi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-T59L4n-Jo HIDEY HO---Stumblebum Brass Band http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLKXNX7hilc HI-DE-HO---Blood Sweat and Tears http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-zeSPEz3kg HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY---Beatles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNMhPQoEbJE POLICE HELICOPTER CHASES UFO http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2160814/Police-chase-UFO-over-Cardiff.html HEATHER BANS SIR PAUL---FROM IPOD http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/49002/Mills-is-more-out-of-tune-with-Paul Related: COMING SOON: THE PORN IPOD Talk about phone sex. . . http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1815933,00.html INTERNET ADDICTION NOW A CLINICAL DISORDER Help! Help! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2152972/Internet-addiction-is-a-%27clinical-disorder%27.html MARTHA STEWART BARRED FROM BRITAIN http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7465460.stm WATER ON MARS. . .NO ELVIS YET http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/mars-phoenix-tw.html ASTONISHING PICTURE OF BRAD PITT http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/films/article.html?in_article_id=183270&in_page_id=27 CARTOON: THIS MODERN WORLD http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2008/06/17/tomo/index.html And on to news and comment. . . PRESTO! NO CHANGE-O! OBAMA APPROVES MORE BUSH DOMESTIC SPY POWERS http://rawstory.com/news08/2008/06/21/obama-ill-fight-to-strip-telecom-immunity-from-fisa/ http://www.nj.com/njvoices/index.ssf/2008/06/obama_caves_to_bush_on_domesti.html Lost Angeles CITY GREASES WAY FOR YET ANOTHER DEVELOPER-RAPIST Little Anthony’s pet Mid-Wilshire project under scrutiny http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-midtown20-2008jun20,0,2327083.story EX-STATE DEPT. OFFICIAL: HUNDREDS OF “DETAINEES” DIED--- AT LEAST 25 WERE MURDERED Honey, I’m going to be late. I’ve been detained. . . http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20128.htm ROBERTS: JOHN YOO, TOTALITARIAN http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20133.htm Yoo believes that the Constitution and liberty rank below “the nation’s security.” Fortunately, Yoo wrote, a fix is at hand. “The advancing age of several justices” means that President McCain can give us more judges like Roberts (no relation) and Alito who will make certain that mere civil liberties don’t get in the way of arbitrary executive power justified by national security. In a Yoo-McCain regime, the terrorists you will have to fear are those in your own government, against whom you will have no protection whatsoever. MITCHELL: TEXAS WOMAN SOLIDER DIED FROM FRIENDLY FIRE---NOT http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003819038 Forget friendly fire. It turns out that Spc. Block was actually murdered, and the killer, another soldier, Staff Sgt. Brandon Norris, then turned the gun on himself. And more: Her parents were misled at the start, and only after the mother noticed a suspicious head wound at the funeral (it turns out she was shot five times) and asked why, were they informed a few days later about the murder angle. CANADA WILL DEPORT ARMY DESERTER TO U.S. http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/21/guardsman.deserter/?iref=hpmostpop Glass, who's still on active duty and is considered absent without leave, applied for refugee status at the Canadian border in August 2006 on the grounds of objection to military service. COUNTRY JOE PLAYS BENEFIT FOR DESERTER--- UNITED AIR LINES SMASHES HIS GUITAR From Leah Garchik's column in the San Francisco Chronicle, June 10: Country Joe McDonald was in Canada the first weekend in June playing a benefit for Corey Glass, who fled to Canada to escape being court-martialed for desertion from Iraq. Glass is being deported to the United States. When McDonald returned, his baggage claim ticket for his guitar case had "Luv Yr Stuff" written on it in marker, apparently by a baggage handler. But when he opened the case, it looked as though his 1960s Gibson guitar had been bashed with a hammer. A supervisor at United told him, "I have decided not to file your claim for damage as the case is not really harmed ... just the guitar." An airline representative confirms this practice, although she says the situations are reviewed "on a case-by-case basis .... The airlines do not open bags and inspect them. Has your reader filed a complaint with the TSA? That is what we recommend travelers do in these scenarios." BUSH'S LATEST POWERS--- COURTESY OF DEMOCRAP CONGRESS http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/06/19/telecom/ So all the Attorney General has to do is recite those magic words -- the President requested this eavesdropping and did it in order to save us from the Terrorists -- and the minute he utters those words, the courts are required to dismiss the lawsuits against the telecoms, no matter how illegal their behavior was. LINDORFF: KEEPING AMERICA SAFE FROM CHILD TERRORISTS http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/?q=node/162 When they went to check on him, the critically injured, yet miraculously still living Khadr reportedly pleaded, “Shoot me!” Reportedly, some of Sgt. Speer’s buddies were ready to do just that. Apparently the “clicking” of injured captives by American forces (a war crime) is not uncommon, and even has its own slang word. But a medic with the group interceded and stopped the battlefield execution, and took action to save Khadr’s life.Khadr was eventually shipped off to Guantanamo, at the age of 15. . . Bordering on madness THE GREAT WALL OF AMERICA http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1816488,00.html Man O-Man O-MAN’S HUGE FLIP-FLOP ON PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCING http://www.capitolhillblue.com/cont/node/8883 O-MAN CONSIDERING EDWARDS FOR VEEP? http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Obama_team_weighs_Nunn_Edwards_as_r_06192008.html OBAMAISMS! http://www.slate.com/id/2194015/ MICHELLE ON ‘THE VIEW’ http://www.slate.com/id/2193857/ TENNESSEE DEM: FOX NEWS MADE ME THINK OBAMA WAS TERRORIST http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/20/tennessee-dem-fox-news-made-me-believe-obama-was-terrorist-connected/ Plame-Out MCCLELLAN: BUSH TOLD ME TO LIE ABOUT PLAME http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/20/georgebush.usa1 MCCLELLAN: DON’T PARDON SCOOTER http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/20/mcclellan-dont-pardon-scooter-libby/ Mashed Media BIG ZELL ASSAULT ON L.A. TIMES IN WORKS. . . HIS NEW-LOOK ORLANDO SENTINEL IS ALL GRAPHICS http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2008/06/zells_influence_kicks_in.php DAILY NEWS SLUMPS FURTHER TOWARD OBLIVION http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2008/06/daily_news_shrinks_some_m.php BOB “BOZO” BUGLE SPECIAL: IRAN Ray McGovern: Bomb Iran? What's to Stop Us? http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/061908c.html It’s crazy, but it’s coming soon – from the same folks who brought us Iraq. Ray McGovern was a CIA analyst for 27 years. U.S. Says Exercise by Israel Seemed Directed at Iran http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/washington/20iran.html?hp More than 100 Israeli F-16 and F-15 fighters participated in the maneuvers, which were carried out over the eastern Mediterranean and over Greece during the first week of June, Bush's Deadly "Diplomacy" http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/87962/?ses=81cd29e40c2adabc4769de4998590599 Bush's rhetoric on Iran is frighteningly similar to his pantomime of diplomacy in the build-up to the Iraq war. And the media is eating it up. IAEA chief ElBaradei: If you attack Iran, I quit http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=60539§ionid=351020104 How Iran would retaliate if it comes to war http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0620/p07s04-wome.html McCain on Iran: Bush all over again http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/06/19/mccain_iran/ People’s Repugnic CHINESE ATHLETES ARE PUSHED BEYOND THE LIMIT FOR GOLD MEDALS http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/20/asia/20olympics.php Animals in the news! WANTED: YOUNG URBAN GERMAN BEEKEEPERS http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,561001,00.html Oh, by the way. . . RAPE CLASSIFIED AS ‘WAR TACTIC’ BY U.N. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7464462.stm ANOTHER POT-DEALING GRANNY BUSTED If more people smoked this stuff once in a while, the world would be a better place. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,561046,00.html MILITARY INVENTIONS HIT THE CIVILIAN MARKET http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/06/19/built-for-battle-but-perfect-in-peacetime/ Since 2006 the company has sold its thermal imaging technology to the public, making systems for boats and cars. Today, motorists can purchase select BMW models with one of FLIR’s imaging systems for an additional $2,200. Five years ago, the least expensive imaging device from FLIR cost $50,000.Prices have dropped in large part because of the volume of military orders. By introducing products to massive automobile and boat markets, FLIR hopes to keep prices low long after US troop withdrawals. And in more important matters. . . DID ‘JUNO’ PROMPT 17 PREGNANCIES AT MASS. HIGH SCHOOL? Stupid film pandered to “controversial” topic, and glorified teen pregnancy http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815845,00.html THE MYTH OF MULTITASKING http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-myth-of-multitasking Multitasking might also be taking a toll on the economy. One study by researchers at the University of California at Irvine monitored interruptions among office workers; they found that workers took an average of twenty-five minutes to recover from interruptions such as phone calls or answering e-mail and return to their original task. Discussing multitasking with the New York Times in 2007, Jonathan B. Spira, an analyst at the business research firm Basex, estimated that extreme multitasking—information overload—costs the U.S. economy $650 billion a year in lost productivity. Light reading HITCHENS: REVISIONISTS SAY WWII NOT WORTH FIGHTING---THEY'RE WRONG http://www.newsweek.com/id/141501/output/print But Pat Buchanan, twice a candidate for the Republican nomination and in 2000 the standard-bearer for the Reform Party who ignited a memorable "chad" row in Florida, has now condensed all the antiwar arguments into one. His case, made in his recently released "Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War," is as follows. . . CIRCUMCISION: Mutilating male members may mar men’s mischievous matings http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11579114 Circumcision does not have quite such clear-cut effects. But there are several ways it may affect fertility: most obviously, the lack of a foreskin could make insertion, ejaculation or both take longer. Perhaps long enough that an illicit quickie will not always reach fruition. MAN TRIES TO BE VEGAN FOR WEEK---FAILS http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/food/2008/06/my_vegan_hell.html UA ALTERS PHOTO OF WOULD-BE HITLER ASSASSIN--- TO LOOK LIKE TOM CRUISE! http://www.slate.com/id/2193467/ Film NEW GOLDEN AGE FOR ITALIAN CINEMA? http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/20/arts/itfilm.php R.I.P. FRENCH FILMMAKER JEAN DELANNOY http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/movies/20delannoy.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin ‘LOVE GURU’ EVEN WORSE THAN YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE http://www.slate.com/id/2193942/ ‘AN EXPERIENCE THAT MAKES YOU WONDER IF YOU WILL EVER LAUGH AGAIN’ http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/movies/20guru.html?8dpc For Art’s Sake RARELY SEEN MONET GOES ON DISPLAY http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7465627.stm AUCHENTALLER: FORGOTTEN WOMAN ARTIST OF VIENNA http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/21/arts/conway.php Auto Motive ELECTRIC CAR DEBUTS---MADE OF WOOD http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=184371&in_page_id=34 And in the end. . . WHAT HAPPENED TO COUNTRY JOE’S CAR? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk_r_Nmov8U 6/18 skylines: Morning Concert MAGIC BUS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHge4ElsC14 MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO3pfEVT9CU OLD BLACK MAGIC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_KNmHYYARI OLD BLACK JOE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suBMyAZueaU GOOD OLD DAYS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvGj_1Y1S8Y GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m6RlTSKY-0 TIME WON’T LET ME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GndBwOPKnOA LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua8JrNMzc2g LET ME ROLL IT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w30K1GUpYwI WILL YOU STILL NEED ME, WILL YOU STILL FEED ME, WHEN I’M. . .66? Happy Birthday, Sir Paul McCartney http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ8kMbMpQbo |
