Filed at 11:30 pm, Saturday April 29th 2006
by Martha
Song: The View
Artist: Modest Mouse (Wikipedia)
Genre: Indie Rock
Speed: Medium/Fast
Lyrics: Ask Lyrics
Notes: Quite a change from past Daily MP3’s. Modest Mouse has pretty unique music…you never really know what they’re talking about. Well, I don’t anyway. It’s something different, at least. The hook is really nice in this song.
Go check it out.
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Filed at 9:39 pm, Saturday April 29th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
In what is by far the largest number yet, an Iraqi government official is now putting the number of Iraqi families (not individuals, but whole families) displaced by violence in Iraq at 100,000.
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Filed at 7:30 pm, Saturday April 29th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
The Pentagon’s logic is mind-blowing. I can’t even fit my head around that. They’re not releasing Guantanamo detainees who have been cleared of wrongdoing– because they claim that they might be tortured, when they return to their home countries. What the helllllll?!
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Filed at 6:30 pm, Saturday April 29th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Anti-war activists, including Rev. Jesse Jackson (L), Cindy Sheehan (3rd L), Rev. Al Sharpton (C) and actress Susan Sarandon (3rd R), march down Broadway with thousands of supporters in New York April 29, 2006, to protest the war in Iraq. The marchers demanded an immediate withdrawal of troops, the same day news organizations noted April […]
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Filed at 5:30 pm, Saturday April 29th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Oh, by the way…
Military officials said an Army soldier died Saturday when a roadside bomb hit his convoy near Baghdad. The attack raises to 70 the number of U.S. troops who have died in Iraq during April.
On Friday, officials at The Pentagon said that the American death toll in Iraq since the start of the […]
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Filed at 4:30 pm, Saturday April 29th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Oh boy. Morbo over at Carpetbagger Report has revealed a super-secret Republican plan for America! It includes… a lot of tax cuts. A lot. Yeah. Included are various solutions to the issues of gas prices, Iraq, Iran, health care, global warming, and abortion. Boy, their game plan sure is uh… consistent. I guess you can […]
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Filed at 3:30 pm, Saturday April 29th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Here we go.
In Mexico, new laws have passed which will make it legal for citizens to have less than five grams of marijuanna and several other drugs, while strengthening punishments for those who have larger quantities. This came as a total surprise to Washington, and they’re pissed. One Mexican lawmaker explains “The object of this […]
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Filed at 2:30 pm, Saturday April 29th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
So, does anybody trust anybody over in Iraq right now? Washington Post’s front page article today suggests not (In Iraqi Town, Trainees Are Also Suspects: U.S. Troops Wary After Incidents Suggest Betrayal).
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Filed at 1:30 pm, Saturday April 29th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
From today’s Washington Post:
Federal prosecutors signaled this week that they have decided to pursue a wide range of allegations about dealings between Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio) and lobbyist Jack Abramoff, rather than bringing a narrowly focused bribery case against the congressman.
[…]
Ney has been under investigation by federal authorities in Florida and the District for […]
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Filed at 12:30 pm, Saturday April 29th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Okay, here’s what’s up. Jason Leopold (an independent investigative reporter who’s been covering PlameGate for an extremely long time, and has some of the best sources on the whole beat) has published a new column late Friday. Because of what he reports, I’m going to upgrade my indictment expectations from multiple perjury counts and obstruction […]
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Filed at 11:30 am, Saturday April 29th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
From the British London Times:
THREE years after its invasion of Iraq the US Administration acknowledged yesterday that the war has become “a cause†for Islamic extremists worldwide and there is a risk of the country becoming a safe haven for terrorists hoping to launch fresh attacks on America.
According to CIA data released yesterday, there were […]
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Filed at 10:30 am, Saturday April 29th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
President George W. Bush. Looking out for his former colleagues in the oil business. Well, at least he cares about protecting somebody, right? Or something? Right?
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Filed at 9:30 am, Saturday April 29th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
The Rush Limbaugh Mugshot… Mug. Just one of the several new products that the Americablog store is offering, in light of Limbaugh’s drug arrest yesterday. Smirk.
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Filed at 11:30 pm, Friday April 28th 2006
by Martha
Song: Walking In Memphis
Artist: Marc Cohn (Wikipedia)
Genre: Rock
Speed: Medium
Lyrics: Ask Lyrics
Notes: A very relaxing song about the joys of Memphis, Tennessee. The year after this album came out, Marc Cohn won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1992. Apparently he was shot in the head after one of his concerts, was brought to […]
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Filed at 10:30 pm, Friday April 28th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Source of photo. Details on his arrest earlier today here.
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