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"This bill gives an administration that lobbied for torture exactly what it wanted," said Sen. John Kerry (D-MA).

American Idle Friday Random Ten (9/29)

Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:

1. Fight the Youth - Fishbone
2. Twisting - They Might Be Giants
3. True to Life - Roxy Music
4. Bogalusa Boogie - Clifton Chenier
5. Talking in the Dark - Elvis Costello
6. Let's Get Lost - Chet Baker
7. Rubber Ring - The Smiths
8. Rave on John Donne/Rave on Part Two (Live) - Van Morrison
9. Sexuality - Billy Bragg
10. Grandmother Meets the Wolf - Twink

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How do you know the GOP Convention has come to town?

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Separated at Birth: Candidate Edition

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The Nihilist in Golf Pants has been having some "Separated at Birth" fun with the U.S. Senate candidates, envisioning Twins catcher Joe Mauer and Mark Kennedy as doppelgängers. It's a favorite pastime for the folks here at American Idle Towers as well, and so we offer up our own "Separated at Birth" above.

American Idle Friday Random Ten (9/22)

Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:

1. Janine - Soul Coughing
2. Square One - Coldplay
3. Voice from the Mountain - Nick Drake
4. A Sense of Wonder - Van Morrison
5. The Cross - The Blind Boys of Alabama
6. The Cage - Travis
7. Levitate Me - The Pixies
8. English Rose - Everything But The Girl
9. Over There - The Housemartins
10. Mea Culpa - Brian Eno & David Byrne

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Gov. Pawlenty proposes "voting for Mike Hatch" poll booth fee

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The Emperor does not share your pessimistic appraisal of the situation

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President Bush fought back Friday against a Republican revolt in the Senate over tough anti-terror legislation and rejected warnings that the United States had lost the high moral ground to adversaries.

Corpus Obscura: "Let's Go Go Go White Sox" co-writer dead at 76

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Walter E. Jagiello, also known as "Lil' Wally the Polka King," died of heart failure in Miami Beach on August 17. Jagiello recorded 110 albums as "Lil' Wally," but gained his greatest fame as co-writer of the Chicago White Sox fight song. Jagiello is also credited with creating the slower, more deliberate "Chicago-style" polka and was the first musician inducted into the Polka Hall of Fame in Chicago. Jagiello hit Billboard's charts with "Polish Polka Twist" and "I Wish I Was Single Again," and appeared on The Lawrence Welk Show several times. "Let's Go Go Go White Sox" was written in 1959 and recorded by Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers with the Lil' Wally Orchestra. "Let's Go Go Go White Sox" went away for a bit, but has been used again by the White Sox since last year. Jagiello often mentioned the hightlight of his musical career was performing his song "God Bless Our Polish Pope" at the Vatican in 1984 for then-Pope John Paul II. Jagiello was 76.

Corpus Obscura: Only American woman to participate in the Second Vatican Council dead at 98

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Sister Mary Luke Tobin, the only American woman to participate in the Second Vatican Council, died at the Sisters of Loretto motherhouse in Nerinx, Kentucky on Thursday, August 24. Tobin had been president of the order from 1958 to 1970. Tobin was invited to attend the third and final session of the Second Vatican Council in Rome in 1964 and 1965. She was president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious at the time, and was one of only three women in the world to participate in policymaking. Tobin's work took her to her native Denver, as well as Saigon, Paris, El Salvador, and Northern Ireland. She retired in Nerinx in 1999. Tobin was 98.

American Idle Friday Random Ten (9/15)

Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:

1. French Rockin' Boogie - Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie
2. Beautiful Skin - Strawpeople
3. Glow in the Dark (Demo) - Fishbone
4. Punky Reggae Party (Long Version) - Bob Marley & the Wailers
5. Hay When the Sun Shines - A House
6. Start - The Jam
7. The Space Between - Roxy Music
8. Old Rockin' Chair's Got Me - Richard Thompson
9. Human Kindness - Neil Finn
10. Blue Light Special - Parry Gripp

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