Alternate Brain

I know Fixer likes French stuff so I went looking for some nice French music for him. Found it! This one's for you, pal. Geno Delafose ...

I'm wired funny. I was over at our pal PC's place and saw this: So, naturally, this starts playing in my head: Frank Zappa - Monta...

The Nation The good folks on the set of Morning Joe spent Friday morning dodging prairie oysters flung by the host at rival Rush Limbaugh, ...

This should be required viewing for Dems in 'Balls 101'. This is Alan Grayson discussing health care on the floor of the House on 10...

This song features Rose Maddox , an old favorite of mine since Town Hall Party days on late night TV in L.A. She was in the vanguard of wha...

At Siri's house. She's throwing a Nobel party for our President: ... can't wait for the Oslo Award Show, I'll be doing a f...

Our pal Comrade Misfit is spot on : ... Immigration works in America in a way that it does not in most other nations. The reason it works is...

Well, not really but it sounded good. Now, I love Bob Dylan but there are a few songs of his that others have done far better (in my humble...

Frisco is having its Fleet Week this week, coinciding nicely with the Italian Heritage Day Parade which apparently commemorates Columbus...

Think Progress , links at site: Black NFL Players ‘Wouldn’t Play’ For Limbaugh’s Team: ‘He’s A Jerk’ Earlier this week, the media reported t...

Mad Kane Thirty Senate Republicans voted to keep rape victims who work for defense contractors from having their day in court. How? By votin...

The Beeb US President Barack Obama has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Call it the Nobel "We're So Glad The Neocons Are Ou...

To say "my bad". 'Journalism' reached new lows during the Clinton years and Joe Conason (one of the few real journalists...

You don't believe me , ask the guy who got us into this mess 30 years ago: ... As President Obama considers whether to send tens of tho...

I saw this headline: Rove smears Obama advisor as advocating for NAMBLA Then I saw The Rude Pundit's latest take on Turdblossom and rea...

This is a young gent named William Kamkwamba from Malawi. Watch this. It will make you feel good. William Kamkwamba recounts his mission to ...

If you didn't catch Olbermann last night, you owe it to yourself to take 12 minutes out of your day and do so: Visit msnbc.com for Break...

( stays on top today - G ) And we're still in Afghanistan. The way things are going, we'll be there at least another eight. I hear...

I don't know what to do about Afghanistan, but no one else does either. Lara Logan of CBS knows as much about the situation there as any...

Steve Martin shows how he's really upped the ante for his performance at Carnegie Hall. Now THAT'S showbiz! The clip didn't show...