How can you be expected to uphold the Constitution if you don't even know what's in it?

"Fortunately Senators don't have to memorize the Constitution. Can you remind me what the other [Amendments] are?" 

---'Constitutional Scholar' Christine O'Donnell in a televised debate, where she also asked where the establishment clause was in the 1st Amendment.

Ain't Technology Neat? - Live on the subway: Atomic Tom

So these guys are brilliant. This is a fantastic marketing idea. It's sure to go viral. I hope Apple purchases the rights to this to use for marketing. Atomic Tom is very much like the Killers and that sound, so I'm sure the addition of this video will help them achieve some broader than just NY type success. Ain't technology neat?

Jim's Pancakes

Jim's pancakes are extremely fun to look at, and I assume just as fun to eat. I highly recommend you check out his pancake progress at jimspancakes.com.



He seems to prepare largely for his adorable daughter Allie, who provides commentary, criticism, and requests.

This is why the internet is great. This is reality television. New television. Angled Television.

Under Pressure, performed by homeless man with double Kermits

via boingboing

Thunder Busters (Ghostbusters/Thunderstruck Mash)

Screaming Contest

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YouTube Doubler

Jim Henson Teaches How to Make Puppets

My hero.

Roger Ebert Returning to Television

This made me tear up a little.

Shame Shame Shame

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Cee-Lo covers Band of Horses

"No One's Gonna Love You" from Cee-Lo's upcoming album.

Election Malfunction, or The Economy is Doing Better, Stupid.

"It's the Economy, Stupid", a phrase popularized during President Clinton's '92 election campaign, has become a political trope, thought of almost like an immutable law.  And this election season it looks like it's playing out, just not with any discernible sense.

From a CNN Poll on the state of the economy: (emphasis added)

According to the survey, more Americans hold the Republicans responsible than the Democrats, with 44 percent blaming the GOP and 35 percent picking the Democrats.

"And when George W. Bush's name is added to the mix, the number who blame the Republicans rises to 53 percent, with just a third saying that Barack Obama and his party are at fault. That indicates why the Democrats are likely to mention Bush's name every chance they get between now and election day," Holland said.

But according to numbers released Friday, just four in 10 Americans say they approve of the job President Barack Obama is doing on the economy. The 40 percent who give Obama a thumbs up is a new low for the president on the economy in CNN polling.

The majority is not wrong on who is to blame. However, the majority also doesn't approve of how Obama is handling the economy.

Well let's see how he's handled it so far.

From huffingtonpost (again, emphasis added):

" Economist Robert Shapiro looked at Bureau of Labor Statistics data and concluded:

From December 2007 to July 2009 - the last year of the Bush second term and the first six months of the Obama presidency, before his policies could affect the economy - private sector employment crashed from 115,574,000 jobs to 107,778,000 jobs. Employment continued to fall, however, for the next six months, reaching a low of 107,107,000 jobs in December of 2009. So, out of 8,467,000 private sector jobs lost in this dismal cycle, 7,796,000 of those jobs or 92 percent were lost on the Republicans' watch or under the sway of their policies. Some 671,000 additional jobs were lost as the stimulus and other moves by the administration kicked in, but 630,000 jobs then came back in the following six months. The tally, to date: Mr. Obama can be held accountable for the net loss of 41,000 jobs (671,000 - 630,000), while the Republicans should be held responsible for the net losses of 7,796,000 jobs.

That means that Obama's policies (largely the ARRA Stimulus) changed a job loss rate of 7,796K in about a year and a half to a job loss rate of 41K in about the same period of time.  I.e. 99% of jobs lost happened entirely before Obama's policies took effect.
Here's a handy chart from ezraklein:

So overall we have stopped the job losses. What we haven't seen are net job gains. But the big question is, how reasonable is it to expect net job gains this quickly after the crash?  I would suggest that it's not reasonable at all.

So there we go, the majority of the electorate, expect the Democrats to do something that is unreasonable, and will not count the herculean successes already achieved by the administration as good enough to meet their approval...


Or as Sam Seder tweeted it:

 "Now we know -- it takes 8 years of GOP control to totally fuck up our economy and only 18 months to blame Dems for it." 


The economy isn't fully recovered, but it's a lot healthier under Democratic control than it was under the Republicans. But I guess most people don't understand that the economy is doing better, stupid.

Amazing Infographic Sunday

From collegescholarships.org



Infographic by College Scholarships.org

Kevin Jackson Meets Reality. Will They Get Along?

UPDATE:

Mr. Jackson has since put his Facebook on hold, with some claims about reaching a "limit" of some sort. My assumption is he was upset about his audience getting exposed to the truth. As always, I welcome any comment from Mr. Jackson himself.

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    Here we go! I recently had a facebook conversation with Kevin Jackson, black conservative, who, through his website, book, and multiple appearances on Conservative media, is making lots of money off revising history. He is trying to do it for the purpose of playing, I'm sorry to say, the race card to try to encourage black voters to vote GOP, and white voters to continue voting GOP. While I don't normally post facebook conversations, I think this is fair considering Mr. Jackson's vested interest in repeating lies and half-truths.

    One of his favorite tactics (though honestly this was not the first time I've heard it) is to claim that LBJ fought against civil rights when Eisenhower requested a civil rights bill, so that Democrats could get the victory later and "win over" black voters. Thereby tarnishing the GOP's reputation, blah, blah blah... you get the idea.

    Now just a little setup here, this discussion occurred organically. I'm not his friend on facebook, and I haven't been seeking to harass him. But we do have a friend in common, and they re-shared a political cartoon that I found racially insensitive against African Americans (I know, there might be some irony here). At first I had thought my friend posted it, and I simply voiced my disgust, but as things went on I learned it was originally posted by none other than Mr. Jackson, who I was, at prior, only marginally familiar with. I basically started making the argument that liberals, not conservatives were more responsible for all expansions in rights and entitlements. Conservatives like to point out the 'entitlement' parts these days, but not the rights. In fact it appears Mr. Jackson makes his living not only trumpeting the GOP as the true civil rights heroes, but also downplaying the Democratic Parties successes. Anyway, this guy Johnny let me "know" that LBJ fought against civil rights. And that set me off, obviously. So then Kevin chimes in with the GOP pride points, and man, I really let him have it. I've included the relevant portions, see what you think:

Now if Kevin can disprove the thrust of my argument I agree to take down this post or leave it up with a full apology, his choice. Full text is below if you have trouble reading the screenshots.

Johnny: Justin, liberals fought against the civil rights law. LBJ, who was the head of the Senate would not accept the civil rights legislation sent forth by Pres Esinhower. Get your facts straight. LBJ then passed almost the identical legislation as president nearly 8 yrs later.


Me: I'm not sure if using the guy who signed the Civil Rights Act of 64 into law as an example of liberals fighting against civil rights "proves" your point that liberals fought against the civil rights law very effectively. And hey, maybe LBJ was a jerk, heck, even Lincoln was pro slavery before he was against it. But that wasn't close to my point.

Face the facts, conservatism (social and fiscal) has never been the driving force behind any movement to expand rights or entitlements. Women's suffrage, civil rights, health care rights, LGBT rights, labor rights, minimum wage laws, child labor laws, Social Security, and now Muslim American's 1st Amendment rights, these have all been pushed for from the left, and those who took those positions were demonized as communists and socialists by conservatives.
I'm not claiming that liberals are all perfect, or that conservatives are all bad, most conservatives are very good upstanding people, but you cannot claim in anyway that conservatives as a whole didn't fight tooth and nail against every single one of the things I listed including civil rights.

From wikipedia:

"Conservatism (Latin: conservare, "to preserve") is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and opposes rapid change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism and seek a return to "the way things were."

"Progressivism is a political attitude favoring or advocating changes or reform. Progressivism is often viewed in opposition to conservative or reactionary ideologies."

Wake up to the reality. Progressives have been behind all the social change movements.
Conservatives should know this, Glenn beck talks about it enough.
And if he wasn't trying so hard to co-opt the civil rights movement for conservatives (talk about fueling racial strife and bigotry) MLK Jr would be right up on his blackboard.
http://bit.ly/cSZQSB

As far as vile racists go, start looking into white supremacy groups.
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2003/summer/into-the-mainstream?page=0%2C1

Let's stop trying to rewrite history, stop this divisive talk and focus on the real race problems: fear, hate, and discrimination. You can't whitewash the past , but we can move forward together.

End Rant

Me: And as a point of fact:

"As Majority Leader, Johnson was responsible for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first civil rights legislation passed by the Senate since Reconstruction.

The goal of the 1957 Civil Rights Act was to ensure that all African Americans could exercise their right to vote. By 1957, only about 20% of African Americans had registered to vote. The Democratic Senate leader, Lyndon Baines Johnson, realized that the bill and its journey through Congress could tear apart his party, which was at the time made up of anti-civil rights and pro-civil rights members. Johnson sent the bill to the judiciary committee led by Senator James Eastland, an anti-civil rights senator from Mississippi. Eastland changed and altered the bill almost beyond recognition after the very public outburst by Senator Richard Russell from Georgia who claimed that it was an example of the Federal government wanting to impose its laws on states. Johnson sought recognition from the civil rights advocates for passing the bill while also receiving recognition from the mostly southern anti-civil rights Democrats for "killing the bill."

So, in essence if he had insisted on Eisenhower's original proposal, not only would it have destroyed his party (self-interest), it probably would have prevented the passage of any civil rights bill at all at that time (public interest).

If you want to excoriate the anti-civil rights Southern Dems, by all means we can badmouth them together. But if you want to badmouth Johnson for his political tact in making sure some progress was made rather than none, your arguments are pretty weak.

Why do conservatives feel they have to rewrite history? 
End Rant part II

Kevin Jackson: @Justin - The 1957 Civil Rights Act was done at the request of Eisenhower. And the 1964 Act was created by Republican Everett Dirksen

Me: @Kevin,

Correct. Due credit. However, Eisenhower's proposal was not politically feasible at the time. A parallel, politically, would be the health reform bill. Had they attempted to pass single payer or hadn't dropped the public option or it would have split the majority and would have failed. I feel that this comparison is particularly valid because they are both progressive causes. (though of course civil rights are much more important.)
Now you may claim that the political circumstances were different and enough Republicans would have supported it to bridge the gap, the burden on proof is on you. That's two houses of congress for you to guarantee votes for. And keep in mind, that was the civil rights bill that Thurmond filibustered for 24 hours. Can you be certain that all those votes would have stood? That's pure speculation. And if he'd tried that'd be gambling the Civil Rights Act of 57!?!? If Eisenhower thought it was possible after the 24 hour filibuster, do you think he would have signed it or sent it back?
He did what a smart man would do, he accepted all the progress he could get out of the system. And the fact he was able to, was because LBJ was politically savvy enough to make that happen.

Then six 6 years later when it was politically feasible (in no small part to small part to the death of Pres Kennedy and LBJ's Senate eliminate the seniority system in appointment to committees) LBJ ran for reelection, losing the deep south over his support for civil rights. He used political guile and the bully pulpit to bring about equality under the law. He carried on a tradition that included the work of Eisenhower and Kennedy, on an issue that should be bipartisan.
And you're doing your part to make it partisan by claiming victimhood for the GOP. Oh, right the GOP is just a scapegoat for racial intolerance. It's not their years of using the Southern Strategy as they continue to do today. That's what happened after they took their losses and absorbed the southern anti-civil rights Dems. Like Strom for example.

Johnson is respected by historians as one of the most capable house majority leaders in our nation's history. He did what any good one would do. He counted the votes, whipped what he could and and got both pieces of legislation passed (oh wait I forgot about the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 he helped pass despite the 43hr filibustering from southern Dems). He was a cold and calculating politician, a jerk to know, and a champion of the passage of Civil Rights laws. To say otherwise is an extremely partisan padding of the true events.
They let you publish a book with these kinds of "facts" in it? Wow. The conservative market is full of people willing to buy poorly researched material, apparently. If I have any facts wrong in your esteem let me know. Otherwise I suggest you stop peddling this crap. Its unethical if you know it's untrue.
But I suppose it's profitable and popular to revise history these days against Democrats/liberals. Or maybe Colbert was right. Maybe reality just has a liberal bias.

Peace to you and your family,
---Justin

P.S. Eisenhower is one of my favorite presidents! Hey I managed to end on common ground!

PS22 Chorus "LISZTOMANIA" Phoenix

One awesome teacher.
Via Sarah Priddy:

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists cover Tears for Fears

Part of an awesome series called Undercover from the AVClub. They had 25 songs and twenty-five artists to cover them. I highly recommend you check them out.


Ted Leo And The Pharmacists cover Tears For Fears

Video from Glenn Beck's rally.

Check this out, from illiterateelectorate.com




Update:


Final Update, from New Left Media

The real battlefield is the mind

...with a Sigur Ros-esque soundtrack?!?
h/t jenci

View on ExposureRoom

New 1st rule on the Internet: if you don't know it, google it first.

New 1st rule on the Internet: if you don't know it, google it first.

5 Min Lecture on How the Internet Changes Perceptions of Time

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This was very interesting. My favorite tidbit: people can only really listen to one speaker for about 9-10 mins before losing interest.




Perceptions of Time, Pre- and Post-Web from ReadWriteWeb on Vimeo.

Saturday Album Recomendation

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Baths album "Cerulean" is one of the best electronic albums I've listened to this year. And this video is undeniably awesome! Check 'em out and enjoy!


Lovely Bloodflow from BATHS on Vimeo.

Beck's Followers Don't Get Logic

From HuffPo:

Ricky Thomas, 43, a SWAT team police officer from Chesapeake Beach, Md., brought his 10-year old son Chase to the Beck rally. "I wanted my son to see democracy in action," Thomas said.

He said he wants government to stay out of people's lives. He acknowledged that he works for government, but said it's "a part of government that helps people when they are in trouble."

Beck, and his Tea Party ilk,  have railed against Social Security, Medicare, health care reform, the Americorps,  the Department of Education, welfare... basically every program that has ever been designed to help people in their everyday lives... not just when the SWAT team's needed.  Now, I respect Mr. Thomas's contribution to law enforcement, and I'm glad that he helps people when they are in trouble... but Beck really doesn't represent that.

I think my friend DCDebbie summed it up best:

"The poorest among us are some of the richest of the world." says #DoucheBeck, who made $32 million in 2009.

Goldline, arguably one of Beck's largest sponsors is under investigation for fraud. 
Today's rally was originally planned as a promotional event for Beck's new book.
It cost Beck nothing to put on the rally. How? Because it was paid for by the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, with the noble goal of providing scholarships for deceased veterans' children.  The event is estimated to cost $1million. All proceeds will go to the SOWF after costs are recouped. $5 million has already been raised, so that's at least $4million for the scholarships. Great right? Why didn't beck pay the $1 million himself? Then all the proceeds would have gone to the scholarships. Instead he's just enjoying the ride, getting all the free publicity he can stand. For a guy who makes over $30 million a year, $1million is a drop in the bucket. For kids trying to make something of their lives through education after the loss of a parent, $1 million is the world.


Beck is a media demagogue, who cares more about himself than helping those in trouble. That's why he's so against social justice.
But his followers just don't see it.

Wicked.

Pretty crazy video.


Columbus - Lovemachine from The Crystal Beach on Vimeo.

Watch "Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue" With Some Buds.

These guys give a classic memory from my childhood the MST3K treatment, to varying degrees of success.

Coheed and Cambria! Memphis Bound!

Can't wait. The geeky fanboy in me loves their progressive-metal sci fi storyline schtick.
Hope they play some old stuff like this classic.

Laughter is the Second Best Medicine in the World... Next to Real Medicine...

Jon Glaser and Jon Benjamin are "The Fuggettabuddies", just doin some zingers.

F* Me Ray Bradbury

Via Boingboing

"Rachel Bloom from Upright Citizens Brigade has a not-safe-for-work ode to the greatest sci-fi writer in history."

Yeasayer - Madder Red

I don't care what all you naysayers say, I'm a fan of this song and this album. Add Kristen Bell in a bizarre video and I like it even more.

YeeeeeeeeSSSSSSsssssssss!!!!!

NooooOOOOOOOoooooooOOOOooo!!!!!



Aurora Kitteh Cuppy Cakes from Alphabomb on Vimeo.

bwahahaha!

Obama is the Leopard King? (3:15)

Freak Out vs the 1st Amendment: A Nontroversy

We're all being pwned by our own stupidity.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

h/t Ben Pullins

Anderson Cooper Keeps Getting Interrupted by Rep Gohmert

Rep Louie Gohmert demands you look at the BIG GAPING HOLE!!!!!!!!

Heathen Child

Via Pitchfork:
Nick Cave project Grinderman in what should have been the remake of Clash of the Titans.

Animated Video about Time Orientation

This animation put to a Philip Zombardo lecture is awesome, I particularly am interested in that North/South dichotomy.


via Ezra Klein

Check out more at Cognitive Media

Always Applaud Good Behavior

And always call out the deplorable. Which is what Chip Forrester did today. 
From PostPolitics:

“Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester is calling for the state GOP to renounce state House candidate Mike Sparks for posting anti-Semitic material written by a Nazi sympathizer on his campaign Facebook page and providing a link to other bigoted YouTube videos.

 “Sensible Tennesseans have no tolerance for anyone who would propagate garbage like that,” Forrester added.”

 Screenshot:

I applaud Mr. Forrester and the Democrats for calling out this type of behavior.
Question is, will Republicans do the same?

Double Rainbow: The Meme Continues to Evolve

Double Rainbow by Canadian metal band Horizons:


via Paste

Can't Tell Me Nothing with Zach Galifianakis

h/t Little Lauren
Two of my favorite people: Zach Galfianakis and Will Oldham having their way with pop culture.

Menomena - Taos (Live on KEXP)

Their new album kicks ass. Check it out.

PBS Has Shaped My Life

I saw this the other day, and while I enjoyed it, I wasn't going to post it. Now I just can't help it.



via Ezra Klein

Things I have in common with Fred Rogers: My dad is also from Latrobe, PA and my mom's name is Nancy. Oh yeah, and I had a granddad who let me know how special I was and how much I was loved.
And it was a beautiful day in my neighborhood today. I hope it was in yours as well.

Arcade Fire Unstaged update- New vids!

Again, for those who missed it or those who just wanna see it again, here are some added vids from the Arcade Fire's performance at Madison Square Garden last week directed by Terry Gilliam.  I wish I could be at the Ryman to see 'em tonight. The previous videos are at this permalink. Also again, I don't know how long these embeds will be active so watch em while you can. I'm fairly certain that they will pull them once they have packaged it to sell.

Enjoy!

The Theory of Relativity is a 'liberal' Idea?

Apparently so. That is, if you believe whatever Conservapedia says:

"The theory of relativity is a mathematical system that allows no exceptions. It is heavily promoted by liberals who like its encouragement of relativism and its tendency to mislead people in how they view the world."

Then they go on to show 24 'counter-examples' to show that the Theory is incorrect. Now I'll be honest, I am not going to deconstruct their counter-examples at this time without a little research (except for the one that uses the Bible as a source). Maybe with some more studying I'll get there.

But first a real quick refresher course on what the Theory of Relativity actually is:

Theory of Relativity – The Basics

Physicists usually dichotomize the Theory of Relativity into two parts.

• The first is the Special Theory of Relativity, which essentially deals with the question of whether rest and motion are relative or absolute, and with the consequences of Einstein’s conjecture that they are relative.
  
• The second is the General Theory of Relativity, which primarily applies to particles as they accelerate, particularly due to gravitation, and acts as a radical revision of Newton’s theory, predicting important new results for fast-moving and/or very massive bodies. The General Theory of Relativity correctly reproduces all validated predictions of Newton’s theory, but expands on our understanding of some of the key principles. Newtonian physics had previously hypothesised that gravity operated through empty space, but the theory lacked explanatory power as far as how the distance and mass of a given object could be transmitted through space. General relativity irons out this paradox, for it shows that objects continue to move in a straight line in space-time, but we observe the motion as acceleration because of the curved nature of space-time.

So I did what I usually do and turned to Google! What I found out was that this was not a new thing, and in fact had largely been going on since the theory was first expounded upon by Einstein. And guess what? It was considered a Marxist plot (even by Hitler)!

“Their strong opposition was not due to a lack of understanding, but rather the reaction to a perceived threat… Anti-relativists were convinced of their own ideas, and were really only interested in pushing through their own theories: any explanation of relativity would not likely have changed their minds.”          ------ Albert Einstein 

..This theory could have blossomed and flourished nowhere else but in the soil of Marxism, whose scientific expression it is…”  ---------Adolf Hitler

All this seems to fall in line with conspiratorial world view espoused by conservatives quite regularly. First there was Galileo, then Relativity, fluoridation, evolution, and now climate change. This stems from a desire to quash scientific ideas that might oppose their world view/power. Though to be honest many of these conservatives seem to simply be confusing the Theory of Relativity with the Theory of Moral Relativism as their reason for opposition. (I love the part about how the movie IQ popularized Einstein's theory! It's that darn liberal Tim Robbins' fault! ha!)

I'll end with this quote from Einstein:

“Conspiracies theories tend to do well in uncertain times: they create order in chaos…."

Sunday Funday

The Morning Benders perform "Excuses" with a bevy of extra help at Different Stokes Studio in San Francisco. If you haven't checked out their album "Big Echo", you should do so.... now.


h/t Ben West

Arcade Fire Live from Madison Square Garden Vids.

UPDATE: more videos from the concert here.

Alright! Here's the current posted vids from Thursday night's webcast of Arcade Fire from Madison Square Garden, directed by Terry Gilliam!  I don't know how long these embeds will last so enjoy them while you can.

Political Hurdles for Lofty Pipe Dreams

From the genius/insane Terror Island:

WTF!!!???!!! Not Safe for Anywhere

I hated pretentious art kids in college (not all art kids, mind you, just the pretentious untalented ones), and although they did some crazy shit, they never did anything like this. Although the nudity is minimal, there are things in this video that some people do not want to see. You are warned!

WTF?!?!?!?

Arcade Fire: Live from Madison Square Garden Tonight!

The Arcade Fire will be webcasting a live show from Madison Square Garden tonight at 9c/10e. And get this, it'll be directed by Terry Gilliam! I'm not sure if that will have a ton of impact (unless he's writing in time travel or somesuch, but by the sound of his reaction, I'd say probably not), but this is going to pretty neat. Yep. Neat-O.

Tennessee's Gubernatorial Sideshow

If you are unaware, last night there was a gubernatorial "debate" in TN.  It turns out it was probably way more interesting and crazy than anything else in the world.

"Okay! Just got back from a gubernatorial debate between Basil Marceaux, Crazy June Griffin and Green Party candidate Howard Switzer here in Nashville. James Reesor was invited but declined and the entire thing, as you may expect, was a fucking CIRCUS. Really, I’m not sure where to start because I’m still trying to wrap my head around what just happened."

 "For starters, they tried to open with the Pledge of Allegiance, but Basil refused to say it to the flag that was on stage because it had gold fringe (one of his platforms, remember?) They delayed the debate while they tried to find another flag, but in the end, he just left the room during the Pledge. Then he came back in and everyone had to repeat the Pledge to a picture of the American flag on someone’s CELL PHONE in the corner of the room."

"There’s probably too much to try to relay, but there were some golden quotes from Basil (such as “I’m like MacGuyver, I’m gonna put down traps for the Mexicans….they’re coming too fast!” and “I’m not gonna let them pass a law making women go topless… If you want me federal government, come see me! I’m a Marine, I deserve a flyover.”) The entire thing was hilarious, but then I came away feeling like I’d just kicked the shit out of a handicapped kid on the playground."

Read the full account at Wonkette: http://wonkette.com/417188/basil-marceauxs-exploiters-staged-a-debate-and-it-made-lincoln-douglas-look-like-a-conversation-between-two-retarded-baby-pandas#ixzz0vl4ZTECg

Found Sounds: Gary Wilson - “You Think You Really Know Me”

From beck.com:

"Gary Wilson self recorded “You Think You Really Know Me” in his parent’s basement in the mid 70’s, pressing only 300 copies."

You can read more about Gary at beck's website.


Gary Wilson - You Keep On Looking by planned_obsolescence

Gary Wilson - Chromium Bitch by planned_obsolescence

Gary Wilson - Loneliness by planned_obsolescence

Gary Wilson - I Wanna Lose Control by planned_obsolescence

Gary Wilson - Loneliness by planned_obsolescence


h/t Andru Bond

Your Friendly Neighborhood Outfielder

I don't even care about baseball that much, but I love superpowers.



EMBED-Spiderman Style Baseball Catch - Watch more free videos

LOST Epilogue

New clip from the upcoming DVD extras!!!!!  

                          

Asshole

From boingboing
















OK, maybe we should bomb 'em.   (kidding.)

Title: Nunya (Beeswax)

Subject: The Netherfriends.

I know, right?

I hear it's pretty intense in the sequel: Incepticons: Revenge of Labeouf.

TN Animals: White Raccoon!

Found in Knoxville, TN

"Wolfe said because of an overpopulation of raccoons and the presence of raccoon-strain rabies in East Tennessee, TWRA regulations forced him to euthanize the albino raccoon."

awwwwwwww........

How To Hide Your Guns!

Apparently there is no limit to the money you can bilk out of fearful, gun loving patriots.
That's right, there's someone else who's figured out something as good as gold! And his name is, I-Shit-You-Not, Sam "Sharkman" Adams. (I'm sure you can tell from the video on his website that he must be half-shark?) Patriotically named Sam has some concerns to share with you. Heck, if you're a paranoid, conspiracy wingnut, you probably already share these concerns!

"If you’re like me, you’re not just worried about hiding your guns but gold coins and other valuables as well. The truth is, you should be building an emergency preparedness plan for your family or loved ones right now in the event of a terrorist attack or civil unrest. (I cover all this in the book)

But one warning before I continue…

If you’re shocked by straight talk about the nature of the crisis facing our country, this book may not be for you. And if you’re a liberal and are offended by talk about God and country, this is definitely not for you.

But I do give you step by step examples you can implement immediately to secure your guns, gold and other valuables. With this new-found knowledge you’ll remain one of the few armed citizens when most of the pathetic sheep are rendered defenseless.

I have to warn you… this information is likely to send shockwaves through the liberal media, so be discreet about how you use it and who you tell about it." 

In fact he cautions:

I do have one additional request. Please do NOT post this on Facebook or any social media. I don't want this to go viral and frankly don’t want ANY additional publicity.

In other words, us dirty libruhl's gonna make fun of your dingbat "Rockwellian" paranoia.
Remember, just because your paranoid, doesn't mean their not after your guns!
Now, go make Sharky rich!

Read more at Wonkette.

Bright Eyes: Coyote Song

Conner and Company's new Arizona Immigration Law protest song.



Check out more details at Pitchfork

Call me crazy, but I wanna see these guys.

Check out more Mucca Pazza at their website.