Archive | December, 2007

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2008

by on 31. Dec, 2007 in general

#1 No Habeas Corpus for “Any Person” #2 Bush Moves Toward Martial Law #3 AFRICOM: US Military Control of Africa’s Resources #4 Frenzy of Increasingly Destructive Trade Agreements #5 Human Traffic Builds US Embassy in Iraq The rest of the list is well worth a glance…I bet quite a few stories that even the most [...]

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Sunday Morning Selections… Mavis Staples; “Eyes On The Prize”

by on 30. Dec, 2007 in general, music, politics, Sunday Morning

Apologies to Jacob for busting in before the new year but …damn, I just could’nt resist after the Dr. mentioned this Mavis Lp. Not only is she in classic great form but Ry Cooder’s production puts Jim Keltner’s completely out of hand drumming up front and center. For those not in the know he’s been [...]

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by on 23. Dec, 2007 in books, fear, film, music, politics

To recap (nerd out on) this years musical listening experience, rather than blab about what albums got the most attention, I thought I’d do something a little different and blab about a select group of songs. Each of these I’d liken to that Seinfeld moment where Elaine’s boyfriend shushes her when “Desperado” comes on, completely [...]

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Dolphin Slaughter – Tajii, Japan

by on 19. Dec, 2007 in action

I received this video courtesy of our friend, Steve Barilotti… he has been working with D. Rastovich on a documentary entitled “Minds in the Water’, and was part of the team that attempted to intervene and stop this example of inter-species genocide. It is easy to blow off “celebrity based” activism as (simply) photo ops [...]

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Gnarloo Petition

by on 18. Dec, 2007 in action, surf

A friend of ours sent us a link to this petition concerning Rip Curls attempt to gain government approval for an ASP event in August 2008 at “Tombies” at Gnarloo. Here’s the email he sent: Dear Friends: I have blind link emailed about 100 of you to sign a petition to keep Rip Curl from [...]

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Sunday Night Selections: 77BoaDrum

by on 17. Dec, 2007 in music

Boredoms – “77Boadrum” A little late reporting on this one. I read about it back in July, but just recently came across some video of the event. From the NY Times: It was called “77BoaDrum,” and the idea was simple and irresistible: Eye (as he is known) was joined by the other three Boredoms, all [...]

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Mercenaries in the 2008 Campaign

by on 15. Dec, 2007 in politics, war

Here’s an interesting side note to the presidential race. Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater’s role in the 2008 campaign, in The Nation: Blackwater is deep in the camp of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Cofer Black is Romney’s senior adviser on counterterrorism. At the recent CNN/YouTube debate, when Romney refused to call waterboarding torture, he said, [...]

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New Jersey Abolishes the Death Penalty

by on 14. Dec, 2007 in fear, politics

Slowly catching up with the rest of the First, Second and Third World countries… TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) – New Jersey on Thursday became the first U.S. state to legislatively abolish the death penalty since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976. Lawmakers in the Democrat-controlled state Assembly voted 44-36 in favor of [...]

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+Sticker/-Sticker on Truck

by on 11. Dec, 2007 in war

Caught this in the back parking lot at the Cafe/Front last month. There is a light… 1/20/09 If everything goes accordingly, I’ll be on top a mountain somewhere blasting “First Breath After Coma” by Explosions in the Sky. Or, we can all just meet up and have a beer.

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Olbermann on the NIE

by on 08. Dec, 2007 in fear, politics, war

National Intelligence Estimate Ouch.

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