Thursday Night Music Club (he's been cheatin' ed.)

(via No Depression)

newbie Brandy Clark on the Marty Stuart Show. Enjoy--

http://www.nodepression.com/video/brandy-clark-i-hate-stripes

(still) Too Big to Fail

here is Matt Taibbi (of Rolling Stone) with Bill Moyers re the Big Banks and our government and the lack of separation between the two:

http://billmoyers.com/segment/matt-taibbi-on-big-banks-lack-of-accountability/

Chardon shooter spews, spurs hate

Connie Schultz offers her opinion on what happened in the Chardon, Ohio courtroom the other day when last year's school shooter was sentenced for his killing of three students. Locals have seen/heard a bunch about this . . .

http://www.creators.com/opinion/connie-schultz/resist-the-chardon-killer-s-taunts-13-03-20.html

Monsanto's Monopoly on Your Food OK w/ Obama

Check out this piece from Salon on why Obama's DOJ recently dropped its three year investigation into Monsanto, the seed company that now controls 90% of the corn seed and 80% of the soybean seed market, products that are now protected by patent (a single giant company genetically modifying food so that it becomes proprietary--what could possibly go wrong?)

Reminder 246 of why I voted for Jill Stein in '12 after knocking on doors for Obama in '08.  Oh, and it's OK to laugh in the face of the next person who tells you that Obama's a socialist/marxist/commie.

http://www.salon.com/2013/03/15/how_did_monsanto_outfox_the_obama_administration/

Thursday Night Music Club (Bruce Down Under ed.)

Bruce and the gang on "High Hopes" in Australia (Tom Morello a full-fledged member of the E Street Band now?)--enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7ksWwv3GtQ&feature=youtu.be

Impact of Chained CPI

from AARP, here is a little calculator that shows you what folks on Social Security stand to lose (for my father-in-law it's $2400.00 over the next decade).  It also has contact information for your representatives to let them know what you think of balancing budgets on the backs of the elderly.

https://act.aarp.org/CCPI/index-landing.html

"Is Capitalism Moral?"

(via Bill Moyers)

a long, thought-provoking piece from The Washington Post attempts to answer the question: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-capitalism-moral/2013/03/15/a9ed66d4-868b-11e2-999e-5f8e0410cb9d_story_4.html

"Dreaming of Heroes"--Arrogance in Steubenville

(via Scott Pianowski)

Dave Wetzel's analysis of the sad story in Steubenville: football players found guilty in rape of girl

Thursday Night Music Club (Rage Against the Machine ed.)

Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine) on "Ghost of Tom Joad"--enjoy.

more from the full gang (Zach and Tom) "Bulls on Parade"

Chief Wahoo needs to go

(via Keith Law)
here's an interesting work-around for the issue of racism and team names: 

http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/18484/tribe-supports-native-american-mascots

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why some think Brett Myers should leave w/ Chief Wahoo . . .

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/07/23/zuba-i-wont-cheer-for-a-monster/

Thursday Night Music Club (12 yrs? really? ed.)

here is Ryan Adams on Conan (w/ Don Was and Cindy Cashdollar)--enjoy.

http://www.nodepression.com/video/ryan-adams-shining-through-the-dark-1

The New Dust Bowl / Fracking & the ad hominem

(via Bill McKibben--of 350.org and Middlebury College)

those who don't learn the lessons of the past . . .

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/30/us-usa-dust-bowl-idUSBRE8BT05720121230

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Dave Weigel's interview w/ Josh Fox of Gasland fame and the efforts to discredit his work (*be sure to scroll down and view the 18 min piece "The Sky is Pink," which Fox and his crew created as a response to the "debate" about fracking, his movie, et al):

"They're the Birthers of Fracking"

Art and Politics, per Picasso

[from John Cusack (?!) on Twitlonger]

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/l20k2p

Thursday Night Music Club (what took so long? ed.)

Tom Waits and Keith Richards together? Yes. Worth a listen (from Sons of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys--some other interesting pairings pop up there as well--Patti Smith and Johnny Depp, e.g.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJgWaqwZml4