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Legendary rockers King's X set to release 15th album

The other night on 'The Late Show' I heard Paul Shaffer and his band cover the song "We Were Born to Be Loved" by beloved grunge pioneers King's X. It's not the first time Shaffer's performed it, he seems to be a fan, as KX bassist Doug Pinnick tells it..

  | Apr 29, 2008

Hey E.T.: Screw the warnings, just come down and clean house

Why do aliens, on the occasions they do address us en masse, always give humans "warnings" about all the evils that (will) befall us, but never just step in, haul off the cretinous and corrupt to some galactic prison, and save everyone the trouble?

  | Aug 30, 2007

Sen. Tim Johnson appears in public for first time since almost dying

Video: Democrats breathed a sigh of relief as Sen. Johnson (D-SD), who suffered bleeding on the brain in December of last year that nearly killed him, made his first public appearance today to mark another milestone in a long and remarkable road to...

  | Aug 28, 2007

US opposition political leaders issue urgent false flag terror warning

Ex-US Rep. Cynthia McKinney and current Congressional candidates Cindy Sheehan and Craig Hill are among signatories to an open letter warning that a faction of the US government allied with Dick Cheney is planning to stage a terror event or provocation as

  | Aug 27, 2007

Crisis looms as 18 million Chinese can't find a wife

China is planning to tighten punishments for sex-selective abortions amid concerns that its widening gender imbalance will lead to wife trafficking, sexual crimes and social frustration. Shocking new figures released by the state media show that the worst

  | Aug 26, 2007

Google's "star map" has arrived

The Space Telescope Science Institute has announced the results of their cooperative effort with Google, Inc., to incorporate astronomical data into a browsable utility. It's a start! And a pretty good one...

  | Aug 24, 2007

Can Americans be convinced Islam isn't the black sheep of religions?

With a recent article, "The List: The World's Stupidest Fatwas," Foreign Policy, of all publications, manifests a lack of political correctness that's not only surprising, but borders on the giddy. In the process, it provides us with a glimpse into how...

  | Aug 22, 2007

There's no business like war business

There are 160,000 troops stationed in Iraq. There are 200,000 contractors serving various military functions there. Some of these contractors perform mundane tasks such as meal preparation and laundry. But many are involved in dangerous activities. An

  | Aug 17, 2007

Graham Parker: Stupid people should shut the f?!k up

SS: ...Why do you believe that an artist's opinion on politics should matter? GP: I don't participate actively in expressing political views and always turn down the offer of appearing on bills for political causes. Surely, everybody's opinions on politic

  | Aug 15, 2007

Could the U.S. Attorneys firing scandal be bigger than Americans know?

For months, the Bush administration has declined to directly answer a key question posed by Congress: were more top federal prosecutors targeted for dismissal beyond the nine that have been publicly identified? In a new letter to senators who have been...

  | Aug 15, 2007

Wrath of the math: Why did Karl Rove quit?

That's the question on everyone's lips since the porcine political player announced he would be stepping down at the end of August. Of course, the excuse that he wants to spend more time with his family is horse puckey and we all know it--so what's really

  | Aug 13, 2007

NY Times to stop charging readers for TimesSelect content

The New York Times is poised to stop charging readers for online access to its Op-Ed columnists and other content, The Post has learned. After much internal debate, Times executives - including publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. - made the decision to end...

  | Aug 7, 2007

Decarbonizing the carbon economy

Until the development of water and wind power, humanity burned carbon-based fuels like wood and coal to power our civilization. These very same fuels are now polluting the air and water with heavy metals, ozone pollution, and acid rain. In addition, carbo

  | Aug 7, 2007

Barry Bonds' HR record tainted by elbow armor?

Beyond his alleged steroid use, Barry Bonds is guilty of the use of something that confers extraordinarily unfair mechanical advantage: the "armor" that he wears on his right elbow. Amid the press frenzy over Bonds' unnatural bulk, the true role of...

  | Aug 6, 2007

The Hillary "Electibility" Issue: Debunking the Myth

I was listening to right wing radio on Saturday, as I often do to monitor the opposition. What I found was typical of our conservative friends these days: lots of praise for Sen. Barack Obama, lots more Hillary-bashing. If only those pesky Republicans kne

  | Aug 6, 2007

Democrats sell out America thanks to spy bill vote

What an absolute disgrace this is. Not only did the Democrats almost completely cave in to the Bush junta on this most critical issue they actually gave him more power. Unbelievable. How can any Democrat paint themselves as a logical alternative to the...

  | Aug 4, 2007

Guess who's a Ron Paul fan

It's the Prince of Darkness himself, Bob Novak. How could that be, when Novak has been pimping Fred Thompson for weeks? Well, acquaint yourself with Novak's weird sense of humor. Loathe as I am to link to the Washington Times, it's in their "Fishwrap" (sn

  | Aug 1, 2007

Ridley Scott's expanded 5-disc Blade Runner set is nigh; plus, sequel?

The mother of all Blade Runner versions is now available for pre-order at Amazon. Also, as reported at Moviehole, Ridley Scott is mulling a sequel to BR. I have only one request of Mr. Scott...

  | Jul 31, 2007

Reframing the Republican lie about wealth in America

In America, the Republicans are seen as the party of money and wealth. This perception is certainly accurate in one sense - the GOP is the favored party of the wealthy elite...

  | Jul 31, 2007

Protecting our nation's secrets - why have deadlines passed with no apparent con

Cheney has excused his entire office from oversight under the mistaken impression that he's a fourth branch of government that gets to choose whether it's part of executive branch or the legislative branch on a case-by-case basis. And yet we don't have an

  | Jul 30, 2007

Bumper stickers for the American plutocracy

I find the trend toward dynasty style presidential politics in America pretty disturbing...

  | Jul 30, 2007

Summer of scandal and the death of sport?

...With each passing day it gets harder and harder to watch sports without feeling the need to take a shower afterwards. If you're a principled, thinking person, you may spend a lot of time, as I do, realizing that your continued attention to the game is

  | Jul 26, 2007

CU and the Ward Churchill Affair: How did this happen in the first place?

The wait is over and the inevitable has happened: the University of Colorado yesterday formally dismissed Professor Ward Churchill. If Churchill is guilty of academic dishonesty, then he needed to go. However, it's a huge mistake to see the Churchill case

  | Jul 25, 2007

Bob Novak reminds us how the economy works

Er, the D.C. economy, at any rate. From his latest exclusive newsletter: "[F]ew Americans know that a very small number of Washington-connected families negotiate, appropriate and benefit from large expenditures of taxpayer money on a small number of comp

  | Jul 25, 2007

Tiny Chihuahua saves 1-year-old from rattlesnake

Zoey is a Chihuahua, but when a rattlesnake lunged at her owners' 1-year-old grandson, she was a real bulldog. Booker West was splashing his hands in a birdbath in his grandparents' northern Colorado back yard when the snake slithered up to the toddler, r

  | Jul 22, 2007