Jailing citizens without trial or due process; detaining and even kidnapping foreign nationals and holding them in secret prisons somewhere in Eastern Europe; utilizing abusive methods of interrogation; unfettered eavesdropping on communications of citizens. It seems only yesterday that, as a country, we were united in our wholehearted condemnation of such governmental abuse [...]
Archive for December, 2005
It appears Amazon is not responding to my requests, Dave.
It appears Amazon is not responding to my requests, Dave.
Celebrate the New Year tonight and tomorrow by listening to two of the most influential women in music: Patti Smith and Odetta.
Patti Smith, the godmother of punk, was born on December 30, 1946. She turned 59 yesterday. Listen to Horses. Loud.
Odetta had a huge influence on the sixties folk/blues [...]
It’s been ten days since my last post. Busy time… Lots of food and drink, and not much time or acumen for writing anything coherent.
But, today is a good day for music: The annual KEXP Top 90.3 starts today at 10:00. Tune in on the radio or the web and listen [...]
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Last Thursday I put up a post about giving up on the “Impeach Bush” movement and starting a “Too Dumb to Lead” campaign to remove him from office. Yes, it was a bit of a sad joke about how no matter what Bush and his Administration does, no matter how much they lie about [...]
Here’s a quote taken from Bush’s response to a question about Republican ethics following his speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center yesterday.
I’m not, frankly, all that familiar with a lot that’s going on over at Capitol Hill…
Bubble? What bubble?
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Yesterday I saw a few segments of the Brian Williams interview with Bush, and what struck me most about the few minutes that I saw was Bush’s face. He wore a pasted-on smile and he answered questions as if he was playing a part in a bad B-movie. He did not seem very [...]
The above photo is of a group of smokers in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle complying with Washington State’s new ban on smoking within 25 feet of a door, window or vent of a public space. Businesses are densely packed in Fremont-25 feet from one door is less than 25 feet from [...]
Former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper wrote a special column for The Los Angeles Times that appeared in the Sunday paper. The column outlined his argument for legalizing drugs. Not just marijuana, all drugs. Here are a few excerpts:
I’ve never understood why adults shouldn’t enjoy the same right to use verboten drugs [...]
Last Friday, in an effort to boost his mid-thirties ratings in the opinion polls, Bush changed the subject from the war in Iraq to the economy at home:
Thanks to good, old-fashioned American hard work and productivity, innovation, and sound economic policies of cutting taxes and restraining spending, our economy continues to gain strength and momentum. [...]
