Sunday, September 18th, Wilco arrived at Metropolis with the redoubtable Nick Lowe to promote The Whole Love, Wilco's newest album. Wilco, an alternative band with country and rock influences and a line-up that has changed frequently over the years, have among their many accomplishments a couple of Grammys to their credit from back in 2005 for the album "A Ghost is Born," including Best Alternative Album. Most notably they...
In a memorable rant Rick Mercer lays out a host of reasons those between the ages of 18 and 25 should get out and vote in the coming May 2 election. For starters there's 3 million such voters which is more than enough to have a massive effect on the results. For seconds the powers that be are happy that the youth aren't voting. That way they don't have to listen or even care about their concerns or as Rick Mercer puts it, "That's why your tuition keeps going up!" The best reason to take 20 minutes out of your day and vote is because you'll scare the crap out of the people that run this country and then just maybe they'll do more than pay you lip service. You know how to whistle don't you?
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I'm not sure when it started or when I first noticed it but CNN now has an Extreme Weather Desk as a regular feature in the course of their daily 24/7 news broadcasts. In my day... and I'm not kidding even though I'm only 54, in my day we didn't need an extreme weather desk! Of course occasionally the weather got crazy somewhere around the globe but that was exceptional and it was reported on then as it is today, breathlessly and with a sense of awe but you know, just not every damned day of the week!
When looking at the budget fights the Americans are currently embroiled in, it's important to ignore the spin from both sides and remember what it is they actually spend their money on. If ever there was a case to be made that the Military Industrial Complex has taken over and has far too much influence on American policy both foreign and domestic, it's contained in the numbers below which were put together by the non-partisan National Priorities Project. As you can see, when it comes to Discretionary Spending there's 5% for health, 4% for education, 6% for environment, energy and science and other piddling percentages for things that should be considered important but as you can see the bulk of it is on military...
The much awaited dump of some 390,000 documents relating to the Iraq war has finally taken place and not surprisingly a grim picture emerges from this war of choice that the US and their "coalition of the willing" took part in.
Last week a report released by the Pentagon made the specious claim that "only"...
