Song: Just Like Heaven
Artist: The Cure (Wikipedia)
Genre: Rock
Speed: Fast
Lyrics: Lyrics Freak
Notes: I just got back from an a capella concert at my school where they sang this song, and it was fantastic. I’ve never heard the real version, but it was great in the concert, and I like The Cure. So, it’s probably awesome.
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Oh brother. FOX news says that the “liberal media” is out to say bad things about the economy.
I beg to differ. I think the facts are out to say bad things abou the economy.
Even though the President agrees with the American people on Immigration (who take it a step further, in that they want Immigrants to have a chance to become citizens), the President’s poll ratings are going even lower. 37% from TIME (last week, TIME put the President at 39%).
Remember the church photographer who released Scalia’s “fuck you” photograph to the Boston Herald? Well at the time, Scalia told him not to publish it. He got fired by the church for publishing it. Figures. Full article here.
Washington Post writes:
A former top aide to Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) pleaded guilty to conspiracy today and promised to aid a wide-ranging federal investigation into corrupt lobbying practices.
Tony C. Rudy, who served as deputy chief of staff to DeLay, the former House majority leader, before joining the lobbying team of Jack Abramoff, entered the plea […]
Guyyyyyyyys, you’re like, totally undermining our whole talking point hereeeee. Goshhhh.
Crooks & Liars has a clip from The Daily Show, reporting on the New York Times article which detailed the White House’s rush to war (which I explained here). It’s pretty funny, and Jon explains everything in the video, so go check it out.
Okay, I personally find this hillarious. You might not see any humor in it. But here it is. The Columbia Journalism Review Blog quoted me when I was being pushy and telling everyone to go see that Logan CNN clip where she was explaining the dangers of reporting from Iraq.
… The Daily Background was also […]
Friday, Friday, Fri-day!
Click for the full image. It makes a really nice desktop image/wallpaper for your computer. Or something. Maybe.
[Previous Friday Sunflower Blogging]
The Nation’s blog The Notion has begun a series called Reconstruction Corruption Watch. It’s aims are something I’ve been writing about a great deal here; that being the blatant over-charging and wastes of tax money paid to private contractors to do work in Iraq which could either be done cheaper by the military or Iraqi […]
Wow, the Republican-dominated House Intelligence Committee sure has been acting like assholes lately. Associated Press reports:
The House Intelligence Committee on Thursday rejected a proposal to withhold money from the National Security Agency if the White House did not reveal information about the cost of the agency’s warrantless surveillance program.
In a session closed to reporters, only […]
The Senate is having NSA hearings today, headed by Specter. I don’t know if C-Span has live video or what, but it’s probably worth checking out their website. Apparently former Nixon aide John Dean is going to be there. There’s liveblogging of the hearings over at DKos. I wouldn’t be surprised if Glenn had a […]
I’ve spent a good deal of time bashing private contractors in the past. And I do know that in some cases, hiring private firms by the government to do certain, specific work, is unavoidable. However, this Administration is so eager to contract every single thing out: everything from supplying toaster ovens (which ended up costing […]
MarketWatch:
Profits surge to 40-year high
U.S. corporate profits have increased 21.3% in the past year and now account for the largest share of national income in 40 years, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
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Meanwhile, the share of national income going to wage and salary workers has fallen to 56.9%. Except for a brief period in 1997, that’s […]
At a time of the most extreme deficit in the history of the world, when America wants diplomacy, instead of military action– the Pentagon focusing on building bigger bombs. Washington Post reports that Pentagon officials are really excited about their new bomb:
“This is the largest single explosive we could imagine doing,” said James A. Tegnelia, […]
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