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Punk'd?

Hmm. So after a resounding electoral victory, an inauguration the likes of which we've never seen, and an odd new empathic burst of shared purpose, President Obama did what now? He followed Bush's lead on civil liberties. Obama Administration Maintains Bush Position on '... Read more

racism and the economic crisis

For The Old Mole February 9, 2009. Racism is arguably both a cause and a consequence of the current economic crisis. Joe Sims, writing in the Black Commentator, notes that there are many explanations for the present disaster, including “'financialization' or the capit... Read more

Bread and Roses Feb 6 Show: Interview w/creators of We've Got Time To Help

Bridget B. here, the interview with Seth Reams and Michelle King, the creators of We've Got Time To Help, was well received. This segment of Bread and Roses, engineered by Brooke Kavanaugh, started, as always, at 6pm and ended at 7pm. Here's the email that Seth and Mic... Read more

RIP: Lux Interior

I am very sad. Cramps Frontman Lux Interior R.I.P. [Pitchfork] For Immediate Release: February 4, 2009 Lux Interior, lead singer of The Cramps, passed away this morning due to an existing heart condition at Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale, California at 4:30 AM P... Read more

The Long & Dusty Road 02.04.09

Wayfaring Stranger (Hobart Smith, In Sacred Trust: The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes) The Farmer's Daughter (The Dickel Brothers, Dickel Bros. Vol. 1) Life Worth Living (Uncle Tupelo, No Depression) Magnolia Blossums In The Breeze (Baby Gramps, Baptized on Swamp Water: Tribute ... Read more

Jeezus! Chapters six and seven

SIX NORAD had an almost-proud history of intercepting suspicious aerial objects. It had intercepted golfer Payne Stewart’s doomed jet within fifteen minutes of its going off course, and had conducted hundreds of interceptions on similarly short notice, before and a... Read more

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