Alternate Brain

I never heard of this guy before today. I watched several of his videos and now I'm a fan. Also, there's probably about twelve songs...

Don't even get me started . Update: Heh ... Nucks : ... John Yoo must have been busy polishing [Cheney's] knob that day ... Update Z...

Fresh from the Friday Document Dump, this gem from The NYTimes . Links at site: Top Bush administration officials in 2002 debated testing th...

From a comment on yesterday's post on the Gates incident: "It's not that I hate the police, exactly. It's that all the bi...

Don't forget the Gulf Coast. Emmylou Harris & Dave Matthews ~ Gulf Coast Highway Thanks to NZpakeha , UK.

Fixer says I make some of the stranger bells in his head clang from time to time. Well, turnabout is fair play and he does it to me too . T...

Dave Lindorff comes about as close to what really happened there as I've seen: But whatever the real story is regarding the showing of ...

Click to embiggen That's our pal Lisa of Ranger Against War . She hit the big time . Click the link. Trust me. Remember, don't sweat...

The Republican Party is a party of, by, and for racists, period. Pic stolen from here via Ol' Fez .

Offered without comment: ... Jon Stewart - 44% Brian Williams - 29% Charles Gibson - 19% Katie Couric - 7% ...

Oliver Willis : Harry Reid is a joke. A laughable, sick joke that is allowing Americans to have a substandard way of life. ...

...but it's good that one of 'em slipped up and said it out loud. Raw Story , with video: Half the Republicans' opposition to a ...

Sometimes I need to remind myself. From A Proud Liberal . The post starts off with this verse from a song about 'the troubles' in Ul...

Not : NASHVILLE, Tenn. - An alleged extortion attempt has exposed a possible sexual relationship between a prominent state senator and a you...

POP speaks for 3/4 of the American people: I really do care about the healthcare reform bill that is floating around in Congress, and here ...

As I've said in the past , Gord gets my mind working, albeit quite unintentionally when it comes to music. As we've both said, ou...

One of my favorite songs of social conscience. Mary McCaslin and Dave Stamey Stacked Stone Winery July 19, 2009 Paso Robles , CA Mary McCa...

Morford starts off talking about Burma Shave signs of yore ("Frank lit a match/ to check his tank/ and now/ they call him/ Skinless F...

Warming Climate Threatens California Fruit and Nut Production Remember, California is like granola - what ain't fruits and nuts, is fla...

An unnerving Tomgram : We have begun to talk casually about our wars ; and this should be surprising for several reasons. To begin with, in ...