Alternate Brain

Patty covers the old Ray Price standard. She could sing the Yellow Pages for all I care. Or nothing at all as long as I get to look at her....

Raw Story Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) has announced that he plans to hold House Judiciary Committee hearings on the Bush administration lawyers...

Tony Peyser His hardscrabble life Started off in obscurity Instead of Homeland, he Got maximum security . Not high enough in the Repug food ...

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell ~ Shelter From The Storm Thanks to ZENZ5219 , Austria.

Since a few of you have been kvetching about how the page loads, could ya give me some hint of maybe which script is screwing you up? I use...

See? Heads have known that for years. And they thought we just a buncha spaced-out stoners when we were really on the cutting edge of scienc...

And yer point is...? Friday Morford . Bayh echoed that selfsame poll when he suggested the only way to "fix" Congress might be to ...

The United States made the transition from an army of citizen soldiers to a standing professional army after Vietnam. The Founding Fathers w...

Like I always say, if you want to motivate people, hit 'em in the wallet : UN report: cost of pollution could wipe out 1/3 of corporate ...

Maru captures the modus operandi of the GOP perfectly: ... John Boehner: I demand you post the healthcare bill online! Prez Obama: Good ide...

That if a buncha Middle Eastern guys hijack planes and fly them into the World Trade Center they're called "terrorists" but wh...

The Rethugs bitch and moan about it but they'll take more if they can: ... ThinkProgress has investigated opponents of the Recovery Act...

Garrison Keillor nails the 'noids: Tired of the feds setting your clock for you? Join the Free Time movement! So you join the Free Time...

If you listen to the conservatives' drivel about single payer health care, you'd think every other person in Europe and Canada was d...

I like firearms. I like cross-country skiing. I like the Biathlon, which I get to watch on TV every four years. I'm not gonna go into th...

Following up on Fixer's " Where da popcorn at? ", all I can say is "double butter, please!". Thanks to YubaNet .

EssEffChron Anyone who doubts the mainstreaming of the cannabis industry might want to skip "Letterman" and check out " Canna...

As most regulars around here know, Gord and I are dog people. Gord and Mrs. G have been adopting rescued Springer Spaniels for years and ou...

Got this via email. It's ever so cute and true enough, but sometimes I question the 'wisdom' of 'patience' while constan...

The Olympics have been fascinating as always, but Mrs. G says I should probably watch less since I flipped the bed over in my sleep last nig...