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SPR "Listen, Mr. Cohen, if you want your ball-sack bac when you leave the studio, just let my producer know, but all of America has jus...

Emmylou Harris & Spyboy covering Neil Young's 'Wrecking Ball' on Sessions at West 54th. Thanks to TheDwightStuff .

Here's a little follow-up on Fixer's post on why gold is a bad investment now. Let Miss Becky's suckers buy it. The Daily Sh...

I'm not Warren Buffett by any means but we do okay. I don't generally offer financial advice but for the last few months, I've ...

Americans have an attention span that lasts as long as it takes to boil an egg .

To Zappadan : Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - Camarillo Brillo Sums up my single, dating life perfectly. I was a "crazy chi...

Thanks to YubaNet .

The Rude Pundit compares anti-heliocentrists to climate change deniers. Worth a read. You cannot imagine the shitstorm Nicholas Copernicus ...

Traffic light near Fixer's house Stephen C. Webster According to an Angus Reid poll, 53 percent of Americans are now in favor of legaliz...

Tea Party protesters plan ‘die-ins’ at Senate offices Excellent! I hope they have a great turnout and I wish them great success! May they a...

Insurance industry insider: 'We win'

Between NY and CA ... ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson said Wednesday that New York has run out of cash and he's directing budget off...

*Apologies to Pancho and Lefty . For the full effect, open a new window and listen to that over and over while you read this link. Today...

Mark Leibovich, NYT . Links at site. The canon of Hanukkah songs written by Mormon senators from Utah just got a little bigger. Senator Orr...

From Deer Hunting with Jesus - Dispatches from America's Class War at the end of letters back and forth: PS: Yes there is a difference ...

Montag : Whether it is for the 170,000 troops stuck in one of the Bush/Cheney sandtraps or any of the other thousands of US military personn...

Good on my British friends : Britain's Labour government slapped a one-off levy on bank bonuses on Wednesday and said it would hike inco...

Have to let them back in ? House Republicans are preparing for a trip to Copenhagen and looking to derail Democratic efforts to negotiate an...

Of which the Dems and their leadership seem to have abdicated (if they had any to begin with). Mr. Philadelphia ( in toto ): I hope Dems i...

Snow can be fun, and just about anything you do in it, from shovelling to skiing, is great exercise. The dogs love it. The snow is still pr...