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A couple items as I continue to catch up: Matt Tiabbi well-summarizes the Michael Jackson trial in the latest Rolling Stone. His conclusion: This case is the ultimate sizzling shit pile of American society: It is what our culture of gross celebrity worship looks like when it comes out the other end. A pop star […] It’s disappointing to realize this past weekend marked the 50th anniversity of the death of Charlie “Yardbird” Parker and I saw nary a word about him in any general interest national publications to which I subscribe, or even Rolling Stone. While I didn’t expect anything from the local media, I at least expected the […] Yesterday, I started playing with a new extension for the Firefox browser called StumbleUpon. It takes you to random web sites based upon interest areas you select. It’s kind of a fun toy and here’s just a select few of the sites to which it took me: classicbands.com is devoted to classic rock and classic […] Travel and the first killer cold of 2005 have slowed things down. Thus, here’s a few things from the last several days I should have mentioned earlier: 14 Days in Iraq maps “the human cost of a fortnight in an embattled land.” Civilian fatalities not included. Clueless or what? From the WaPo: “President Bush said […] Is Al Qaeda Just a Bush Boogeyman? (Via Discourse.net). From a reader e-mail, here’s an interesting concept I plan on studying a bit closer: What would it mean for both the state and our individual pocketbooks if we replace all current South Dakota taxes with a state income tax? The Guardian takes a look […] |
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