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Cartoons: Mr. One Percent Rides Again

H/T to Bartcop for a couple of these.

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Young Mitt: Mormon Gambler

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Today’s Music: Albert Collins, “I Ain’t Drunk”

The Ice Man definitely cometh here, with Albert Collins bearing down on his humbucked, minor-key-tuned Fender Telecaster with nothin’ but the blues.  I’m glad I got a chance to hear Albert live down on Lincoln Ave. in Chicago before he passed … Continue reading

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Signs o’ the Times for Sunday Jan. 29, 2012

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Today’s Quote: Listening, Mitt?

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Newt Gingrich’s Biggest Problems Illustrated

Aside from his pathological lying and hallucinatory approach to history, of course. 1.  With his attacks on Romney, Newt has turned the Republican debates into a ‘who’s the bigger asshole’ forum. (Stop fighting guys; you’re both right!) It seems President Obama … Continue reading

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Today’s Music: Kim Wilson and The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Here’s Kim Wilson, the guy Muddy Waters once called the ‘greatest harmonica player since Little Walter,’ tearing it up with his band The Fabulous Thunderbirds which once included Stevie Ray Vaughn’s older brother Jimmie on guitar, playing some of their … Continue reading

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Today’s Music: ‘Chitlin’s Con Carne’ by Kenny Burrell

This is what jazz-blues fusion really sounds like. Smooth with a bite and some soul power. Kenny Burrell from nearly 50 years ago, and he’s still playing great. H/T to Mathew Tyler Wilson.

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Newt ‘n’ Mitt’s Future?

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Billionaire Bill Gates Envies Millionaire Mitt Romney?

Every time one of the Great Unwashed starts talking about the inequality of Mitt Romney paying half the tax rate of the average working stiff, you’ll hear some Republican bonehead dismiss it as ‘the politics of envy.’ (No doubt Frank … Continue reading

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