Monthly Archives: October 2011

Today’s Music: Otis Spann Three-peat

You never heard of Otis Spann you say? Catch up here — he was one of the greatest post-war blues pianists and played with the Muddy Waters band for nearly 20 years, as well as working as a session man … Continue reading

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Stand With Marine Veteran Scott Olsen

I’ve never been hit with a rubber bullet, but I’ve read they hurt something fierce and damage skin and bone. (See pix below.) Beanbags, from what I’ve heard, cause a sting and bruising, but no other deep injury. It doesn’t … Continue reading

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Music: Pinetop Perkins Friday

Mississippi bluesman Pinetop (b. Joseph William) Perkins played piano with every big name in the blues at one time or another, from Sonny Boy Williamson during the Great Depression to Earl Hooker in the ’50s to Muddy Waters in the … Continue reading

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Cartoons: 1 Percent vs. the OWS 99 Percent

Copyright 2011 W Watson Copyright 2011 Clay Bennett Artist Unknown Copyright 2011 Walt Handelsman

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The Cain Mutiny

A documentary filmmaker who shall remain nameless once said that the easiest way to make someone look guilty or deceptive was to take a very tight close-up of their face, even when they were smiling. Viewing the creepy Herman Cain … Continue reading

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The Corporate Nightmare On Occupy Wall Street (Updated)

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Conservative Bingo!

Copyright 2011 Mark McMahon.

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Canned Laugher: Dr. Pepper’s New ‘Ten’ — For Men Who Like That ‘Testicular Taste’

You can’t make this stuff up. Manliness in a Can? Dr. Pepper’s New Soda Is a Laugh Jim Hightower AlterNet.org Oct. 24, 2011 If you worry that American corporations have lost the innovative, can-do edge necessary to compete in today’s … Continue reading

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Today’s Quotes: You Are Right to Be Indignant

The tax plan of every prominent Republican candidate for president would raise taxes on everyone but the wealthiest Americans, yet they continue to peddle this offal and, apparently, the GOP base is buying it. Outside of that minority of cretins and racists, however, the … Continue reading

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Occupy Our Food

I’m glad the OWS Movement is addressing one of the most pernicious aspects of the corporate takeover of America — implanting in our food dubious substances such as High Fructose Corn Syrup, additives such as Bovine Growth Hormone, incidental chemicals … Continue reading

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