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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.
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
Speaking of Great Wealth…
There continues to be a question barely touched on in the so-called ‘national debate’ about the wealth of Mitt Romney and the other top 1 percent: what did they do that is worth the money they made? Romney ‘created’ (inadvertently) … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Percent, 2012 Election, 99 Percent, Christopublicans, Conservatives, Corporations, Corruption, Idiots, Politics, Religion, Republicans, Video, Wall Street, WTF?
Tagged Apple, Bain Capital, Bill Gates, Computers, IBM, Microsoft, Mitt Romney, Paul Allen, Steve Wozniak, Stteve Jobs, Wealth
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Etta James, Dead at 73
Yet another great blues/R&B singer has passed. Here’s her obit from the NY Times and a video of her most well-known song, “At Last”:
And Then There Were Four…
After running one of the most horrible presidential campaigns in modern history, Texas Gov. Rick Perry quit before the South Carolina primary and is retreating back to his home state where, obviously, they have a high tolerance for low-brow politicians … Continue reading
Strange Sounds with a Theremin
The sounds of choice for creepy horror and sci-fi films, especially from the ’50s.
Note to Republicans: Stop Telling People to ‘Get a Job’
While Republicans in the Senate relentlessly block job bills and GOP governors around the country cut state jobs, stop lecturing people to ‘get a job’ when there aren’t any. It only adds insult to injury and no one with half … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Percent, 2012 Election, 99 Percent, Conservatives, Economy, Idiots, OWS Movement, Republicans, Video, Wall Street, Wingnuts
Tagged Eric Cantor, Get a Job, John Boehner
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Today’s Music: Peter Green’s “Albatross” Plus…
Although he’s in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, most people these days barely know who influential guitarist Peter Green was or who he played with or that he composed “Black Magic Woman,” Carlos Santana’s calling-card hit. He also … Continue reading
Posted in Blues, Music, Rock, Video
Tagged Albatross, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, JImmy Page, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Peter Green, The Supernatural
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The Immoral ‘Creative Destruction’ of Jobs That Made Mitt Romney Wealthier
A brief excerpt below from the devastating just-released documentary of Mitt Romney, “When Mitt Romney Came to Town” (see full-length version here), that shows Romney and his partners in crime at Bain Capital only functioned as ‘job creators’ by accident and … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Percent, 2012 Election, 99 Percent, Conservatives, Corporations, Corruption, Economy, OWS Movement, Politics, Quotes, Republicans, Video, Wall Street
Tagged AlterNet.org, Andrew Leonard, Bain Capital, Brad Reed, Creative destruction, Domino's Pizza, Foreclosure Crisis, Gordon Gekko, immorality, Job Creators, Los Angeles Times, Mitt Romney, Old Man Potter, Salon.com, Staples
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