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A little French culture fer all y'all: Edith Piaf Original version in English here , and an updated version with a slide show here .

Call the DC District Attorney and the DCPD. Via BuzzFlash seems the Department of Justice ain't gonna enforce Nancy Pelosi's cont...

Of America today. Pink Floyd - Sheep

The Misfit : They have approved the use of riot-control chemical agents in combat. Which is a violation of the Chemical Warfare Convention. ...

We were seeing red yesterday at the shop. As usual for a Saturday morning, the next chapter of Thirty Days at Zeta is up at The Practical ...

Closely related to the post just below this one, AlterNet's headline cuts through the crap: Hey Homeowners, Bush Blames You -- Not Iraq...

Tomgram In the week that oil prices once again crested above $100 a barrel and more Americans than at any time since the Great Depression ow...

I'll happily admit I'm certifiable. Don't need some conservohack doctor to tell me that. Off to the shop ...

Can we please forget about steroid-doing baseball players? Good Christ. With the list of 'Fuckups That Have Returned To Bite Us In The...

When it comes to conservatard legislation, the 'good of the people' never enters into the equation. It's all about the Benjamin...

I'm all for it ... if it's something other than this : ... Apparently, being a "standard liberal" is automatically exclusi...

The Earth-Bound Misfit : ... I gather that Bush has to sodomize a small child in the Rose Garden and on national television before he will b...

If you're having trouble following the FISA (telecom immunity) bill, our blog partner from F & G , Bustednuckles, makes it simple fo...

I just had to share from Shakesperes Sister : f you haven't tasted Caffeine-Free Diet Pepsi, but would like an idea of what it tastes li...

For what it's worth, from Cursor : Noting that "Buckley bears little resemblance to the modern-day, Bush-era ' conservative ...

Babylon & Beyond (LATimes blog) The relationship between the Marines and the Sunni tribal leaders in Anbar province is delicate. Each s...

I watched this show the other night on Frontline: World on PBS. I highly recommend it. Watch or read or both. “We should remember the Talib...

LATimes Prince Harry has been serving on the front line in Afghanistan with the British Army, the Ministry of Defense said today. Officials ...

I'm putting this in because I'm a lifelong motorcyclist, and I think it's just plain funnier'n shit! AFP A pair of hapless b...

A useful website to bookmark: " Wikileaks is a website running on modified MediaWiki software which allows whistleblowers to anonymou...