5/3 Morning Communiqué

CITY PAGES BLOGS AND NEWS

Mary O'Regan reviews last night's Air concert in our galleries section.

Download free MP3s from local artists such as Flock of Doug, the Original Mark Edwards, Brother Ali, Tim Rally Gold, Brother and Sister, and more at Music To Go.

THESE DAYS

A report published in the American Journal of Public Health claims lesbians are twice as likely as heterosexual women to be overweight or obese.

Don Larsen, chairman of legislative District 65 for the Utah County Republican Party, had submitted, during their convention last Saturday, a resolution warning that Satan's minions want to eliminate national borders and do away with sovereignty. The group was unable to take official action because not enough members stuck around to vote.

In a recent poll of international travellers commissioned by a coalition of U.S. tourist organizations, 70 percent of respondents said they feared U.S. officials more than terrorists or criminals.

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Mankato resident McPherson Hall has some concerns about how his hometown television station covers the state's senior senator at Minnesota Central.

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TIME WASTERS

The "Troubles with Tribbles" episode of Star Trek done in the style of LOLcats [via BoingBoing]

20 things you never knew about Sgt. Pepper

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"Al Gore's not going to be rounding up Jews and exterminating them. It is the same tactic, however. The goal is different. The goal is globalization. The goal is global carbon tax. The goal is the United Nations running the world. That is the goal. Back in the 1930s, the goal was get rid of all of the Jews and have one global government."

— right-wing radio host Glenn Beck, in an April 30 broadcast comparing Al Gore's efforts to reduce global warming to the tactics of Adolf Hitler