March 2006

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American Idle Friday Random Ten (3/31)

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Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Pharyngula, (while Gisleson FARTs into his couch cushions) here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:

1. Ninety-Nine - Endless Blue
2. Lifter Puller Vs. The End of the Evening - Lifter Puller
3. Helpless - Sugar
4. Slice of Life - Bauhaus
5. Green Sheik of Araby - Greens Keepers
6. The Slop - Louis Jordan
7. The Alligator Wrestler - Fitzgerald
8. The Great Joe Bob - Terry Allen
9. Liar - Dar Williams
10. Chicago Avenue - Chris Koza

Posted by Corey Anderson at March 31, 2006 8:36 AM | Comments (0)

 

Vegas, baby

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I'll be in Sin City for a few days - see you next week!

Posted by Corey Anderson at March 30, 2006 8:08 AM | Comments (0)

 

Wife, daughter... it's Tennessee, it could be both

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Posted by Corey Anderson at March 28, 2006 8:54 AM | Comments (0)

 

Karl Rove pauses for a mid-morning snack during a meeting with Senate Republicans

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Posted by Corey Anderson at March 24, 2006 4:18 PM | Comments (1)

 

American Idle Friday Random Ten (3/24)

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Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Pharyngula, (while Gisleson FARTs into his couch cushions) here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:

1. Wade In The Water - Blind Boys of Alabama
2. When It Rains... - X
3. Kiss Me Goodbye - Petula Clark
4. Real Light - The Jayhawks
5. I Am Weary (Let Me Rest) - The Cox Family
6. Sweet Payne - The Hold Steady
7. Quahog Holiday - Family Guy cast
8. Come On Home - Franz Ferdinand
9. Work Song - Charles Mingus
10. Steal My Sunshine - Len

Posted by Corey Anderson at March 24, 2006 6:54 AM | Comments (0)

 

St. Paul City Council removes the word "Saint" from city name to avoid offending non-Christians

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ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Easter Bunny has been sent packing at St. Paul City Hall. A toy rabbit, pastel-colored eggs and a sign with the words "Happy Easter" were removed from the lobby of the City Council offices, because of concerns they might offend non-Christians. A council secretary had put up the decorations. They were not bought with city money. St. Paul's human rights director, Tyrone Terrill, asked that the decorations be removed, saying they could be offensive to non-Christians.

Posted by Corey Anderson at March 23, 2006 5:22 PM | Comments (7)

 

Tired of eating all those shit sandwiches?

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Posted by Corey Anderson at March 21, 2006 5:05 PM | Comments (0)

 

Apple develops new multi-user iPod with state-of-the-art audio projecting devices built in

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On Friday, Steve Jobs announced another musical innovation from Apple: the iPod Maxi. "We've made the iPod smaller and smaller, and we were sitting around thinking, 'where do we go from here?'" Jobs pondered. "I said 'let's go bigger!' Take music listening to the next level, by placing external speakers on the iPod to allow more than one person to hear the songs!"

The iPod Maxi will hit shelves by this summer and experts are already calling it the "must-have" present for Christmas '06.

Posted by Corey Anderson at March 20, 2006 9:37 AM | Comments (0)

 

American Idle Friday Random Ten (St. Pat's Edition)

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Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Pharyngula, (while Gisleson FARTs into his couch cushions) here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten featuring the next ten Irish bands/songs in my shuffle (and a couple of raucous drinking songs to boot):

1. Ridiculous Thoughts - The Cranberries
2. Irish Heartbeat - Brian Kennedy & Shana Morrison
3. Hymns to the Silence - Van Morrison
4. Summer in Siam - The Pogues
5. Alcoholic (Demo) - Fishbone
6. Lucky Ball And Chain - They Might Be Giants
7. One Irish Rover - Van Morrison
8. We Like To Party! - Vengaboys
9. Irish Blood, English Heart - Morrissey
10. Peace on Earth - U2

Posted by Corey Anderson at March 17, 2006 7:20 AM | Comments (0)

 

First Katherine came for the gays...

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"What's the likely endpoint? Marriage may be redefined out of existence, and replaced by a flexible, contract-based system of government-registered relationships. So get ready. Today gay marriage supporters' mantra is, 'How does my same-sex marriage harm your marriage?' Down the road it may be, 'How does my marriage of two men and a woman harm your marriage?' If we don't answer the first question with resolve -- making clear that 'one man-one woman' is at the heart of marriage in Minnesota -- we may not have a chance to answer the second."

"Every society in the history of man has upheld the institution of marriage as a bond between a man and a woman. Why? Because society is based on one thing: that society is based on the future of the society. And that's what? Children. Monogamous relationships. In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge included homosexuality. That's not to pick on homosexuality. It's not, you know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be."

"Dr. Larry Bumpass, an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin's Center for Demography and Ecology, has long held that divorce rates will eventually reach or exceed 50 percent."

So when I called the Strib to cancel my subscription today, it was, as is the norm these days, an automated customer service line that asks questions until an actual service rep becomes available. Answering a recording's inquiries always annoys me, as if a mime has approached me on the street and expects me to join in his antics, lest those around me enjoying the scene become dismayed and consider me an arrogant ass for not playing along like a huckleberry dumbshit.

What added insult to injury was the buffoonish pseudo-reality of the recording, which was enhanced with phony keyboard typing sounds, as if the disembodied voice was actually looking up my account, with a "yep, here it is" at the end of the clickity-clack sound effects. This is where the mime is pretending to pull oversized women's bloomers out of the back of my pants while I stand there smiling, wishing for a coronary. Of course, the recording was not pulling up my information, as the real person I spoke to afterward needed it all again. When I explained I preferred my daily paper bigot-free, I was then transferred to someone else for some reason to repeat my concern and finally dissolve the contract-based relationship.

I suspect the non-contract-based relationship with my girlfriend will suffer a bit of strain as I attempt to go all "man-on-dog" on her copy of the New York Times when it hits our front steps this Sunday.

Posted by Corey Anderson at March 16, 2006 5:53 PM | Comments (3)

 

Oh golly, I think I just found WMDs... in my pants!

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Posted by Corey Anderson at March 14, 2006 4:17 PM | Comments (0)

 

People Magazine launches new Washington, D.C. edition with mixed results

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Posted by Corey Anderson at March 10, 2006 5:42 PM | Comments (2)

 

American Idle Friday Random Ten (3/10)

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Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Pharyngula, (while Gisleson FARTs into his couch cushions) here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:

1. Liar - Dar Williams
2. I Have Forgiven Jesus - Morrissey
3. Ooh La La - The Faces
4. Maybe I'll Come Down - Soul Coughing
5. Dead (Live) - The Pixies
6. Cha Cha Cha ("Go" Remix) - Jimmy Luxury & the Tommy Rome Orchestra
7. Bleeker Street - Jonatha Brooke
8. Scapegoat - Chumbawamba
9. City Of Angels - 10,000 Maniacs
10. New Lace Sleeves - Elvis Costello

Posted by Corey Anderson at March 10, 2006 7:11 AM | Comments (0)

 

Clean the House: Moldy politicians found past their expiration date

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WASHINGTON - The House voted Wednesday to strip many warnings from food labels, potentially affecting alerts about arsenic in bottled water, lead in candy and allergy-causing sulfites, among others. Pushed by food companies seeking uniform labels across state lines, the bill would prevent states from adding food warnings that go beyond federal law. "This bill is going to overturn 200 state laws that protect our food supply," said Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA).

Posted by Corey Anderson at March 9, 2006 9:40 AM | Comments (0)

 

Bush names big sleepy kitty Secretary of Purrs and Cuddles

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Posted by Corey Anderson at March 8, 2006 2:49 PM | Comments (0)

 

Bush visits devasted Gulf Coast region again

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Posted by Corey Anderson at March 8, 2006 12:11 PM | Comments (0)

 

Kirby Puckett, R.I.P.

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Britt Robson has a short obit where you can leave your comments here.

Touch 'em all, Kirby.

Posted by Corey Anderson at March 7, 2006 9:00 AM | Comments (0)

 

Global Warming Update: Rate at which Goldie Hawn's face is melting has increased threefold in last five years, scientists say

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Posted by Corey Anderson at March 6, 2006 3:13 PM | Comments (2)

 

President Bush discusses American economic policy on his recent trip to India

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Posted by Corey Anderson at March 3, 2006 2:20 PM | Comments (0)

 

State bill proposes Christianity be Missouri's official religion

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JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri -- Missouri legislators in Jefferson City considered a bill that would name Christianity the state's official "majority" religion. The resolution would recognize "a Christian god," and it would not protect minority religions, but "protect the majority's right to express their religious beliefs." The resolution also recognizes that, "a greater power exists," and only Christianity receives what the resolution calls, "justified recognition." And you thought having an official state muffin was stupid! These "war on Christmas" and "Christians under attack" canards are really getting ridiculous. In a country that's over 80 percent Christian, this is simply a message to Muslims, Jews, and atheists - we hate you, go back where you came from, you're different from us, and we feel funny around you. Forty years after the Civil Rights movement, we're going to enact laws denouncing non-Christians and pass state constitutional amendments making gays second class citizens because the thought of two guys kissing each other makes Michele Bachmann feel oogie.

In 230 years, we go from "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness," to "protect[ing] the majority's right." I don't think I can wait till noon to start drinking today.

Posted by Corey Anderson at March 3, 2006 11:35 AM | Comments (0)

 

American Idle Friday Random Ten (3/3)

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Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Pharyngula, (while Gisleson FARTs into his couch cushions) here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:

1. Harvest Breed - Nick Drake
2. Uh, Zoom Zip - Soul Coughing
3. Freddie's Dead - Fishbone
4. Wishing The Days Away - Billy Bragg
5. Widow Of A Living Man - Ben Harper
6. Paranoia, Paranoia - Bauhaus
7. Sam Hall - Richard Thompson
8. Closing Time - Semisonic
9. Pack Up Your Sorrows - Loudon Wainwright III & Iris DeMent
10. I'd Run Away - The Jayhawks

Posted by Corey Anderson at March 3, 2006 7:02 AM | Comments (0)

 

The ocean sues Al Gore and MPR

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Posted by Corey Anderson at March 2, 2006 7:07 AM | Comments (0)

 

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