Alternate Brain

I've posted tunes by this group before, and I was reminded of them the other night when they appeared on the Tavis Smiley show . I like ...

Biden on spy swap: ‘I thought they’d take Rush Limbaugh’ Another missed opportunity for sure.

Excellent Tomgram . Our political leaders, the media, and the military interpret enduring war as a measure of our national fitness, our glob...

This song, of course, does not apply to Repuglicants. Emmylou Harris ~ All That You Have Is Your Soul Thanks to JasonKT .

I know I bust on the Jarheads a lot (they deserve it, heh ...), but this is just excellent: Kitties Rescued by US Marine Soldiers in Afghan...

Mr. Philadelphia does : One tremendous problem we have in this country is that too many who run in whitecollarish circles get absolutely enr...

Giving people the option of left, right, back, or forward and they're clueless. I don't like adding up and down to that list. Next...

Will Durst on the World Cup. Fair and balanced. Not. Now let me get this straight. The World Cup is the most exciting sporting event on the...

YubaNet Voter sentiment on Prop. 19 is closely divided, with more voters now opposing it (48%) than in favor (44%). Prop. 19 would allow peo...

Gallbladder removed through mouth in new surgical technique So what's new? Fixer's been taking wingnuts' heads out through their...

Follow-up to yesterday's post on job opportunities in the agricultural, er, field . From last night's Colbert Report : The Colbe...

Report: Poor People Pretty Much Fucked

Friday Morford : Let us now, just for a paragraph or three, recall the sad and soiled era of one George W. Bush, AKA the Dark Times, the Era...

The first line of a post by Bill Boyarsky at Truthdig : Death wish isn’t too extreme a phrase to describe the Republicans’ recent conduct....

I was extreme in my rants about the car industry: ... Car Dealership Service Departments: You, single-handedly, have done more to destroy ...

On a pack of smokes, why not legalize my other fucking habit and tax me for that too? I'll gladly pay a sales tax on my reefer (and no...

Me and Ol' Fez : ... I, of course, won't be watching (I'll be sleeping), I'm too good of a person (actually, no, I'd jus...

Following up on Fixer's post , he ain't the only one. Heh. HuffPo , links at site. The psychic octopus known for his amazingly accur...

Slate Gen. James Mattis has been joking recently that after 41 years in the Marines, he was going to return to his home of Walla Walla, Wash...