February 16, 2005 Archive

Politics

• Will George Bush pull torture subcontracting work from Syria next?

  in Politics — by Big Time Patriot — on Feb 16, 2005

• A Tax "Hike" I Could Support

  Bush is clearly serious about needed SS reform...

  in Politics — by RJ Elliott — on Feb 16, 2005

• Bad News For Civil Libertarians

  Bush Backs Porn Ban...

  in Politics — by RJ Elliott — on Feb 16, 2005

• The Wonder of Socialized Medicine

  Wouldn't it be great to have 'free' healthcare like they do in Europe - and die unnecessarily.

  Opinion in Politics — by Dave Nalle — on Feb 16, 2005

• The VA has to Want to Help Itself

  Nearly two decades to fix problems and the Department of Veterans Affairs is failing in the clutch.

  in Politics — by Terry Turner — on Feb 16, 2005

• Blue and Red - A New Online Political Magazine

  in Politics — by Joel Caris — on Feb 16, 2005

Sci/Tech

• Elvis Costello, tool

  Elvis Costello has become a tool of the record industry

  in Sci/Tech — by Al Barger — on Feb 16, 2005

• Etiquette for forwarding emails (funny or not)

  Even a funny forward needs to adhere to some form of etiquette.

  in Sci/Tech — by Ken Edwards — on Feb 16, 2005

• A Thing That Works

  Neal Gardner has time for the Spartus Sonic alarm clock

  Opinion in Sci/Tech — by Neal Gardner — on Feb 16, 2005

• Le Carré, Asimov-style

  Cory Doctorow's latest short

  in Sci/Tech — by Aaman Lamba — on Feb 16, 2005

Music

• Best British Rock Albums

  in Music — by Aaman Lamba — on Feb 16, 2005

• Two complaints about indecency in Paul McCartney's Super Bowl halftime show

  in Music — by bookofjoe — on Feb 16, 2005

• Mickey Hart & Particle Emerge As HYDRA

  in Music — by El Bicho — on Feb 16, 2005

• Otis Blackwell's Birthday

  Al Barger reminds us of the birthday of one of rock'n'roll's greatest songwriters.

  Opinion in Music — by Al Barger — on Feb 16, 2005

• The Reverend Horton Heat - Revival

  The Reverend gets religion. Sort of.

  in Music — by John Owen — on Feb 16, 2005

• Herbie Hancock - VSOP: Live Under The Sky

  Hancock vs. Williams vs. Shorter, Carter & Hubbard: Round one, fight!

  in Music — by John Owen — on Feb 16, 2005

• Dexter Gordon-The Complete Prestige Recordings

  in Music — by MuzikMan — on Feb 16, 2005

• Herbie Hancock - The Piano

  The pugilist at rest.

  in Music — by John Owen — on Feb 16, 2005

• The Littlest Man Band

  The debut CD which is titled Better Book Ends is absolutely wonderful in all its diversity. Try out “Stayed Away too Long,” (free for download on their Web site) for a starting glance at the band. The song, which is about a man neglecting his girlfriend, sounds like something that, at its core, could have been written by Ray Charles. Other influences include Tom Waits, John Lennon, and Brian Wilson.

  in Music — by Bat Boy — on Feb 16, 2005

• Daily Music and Tech News

  This Morning's Stories.

  in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Feb 16, 2005

• MANSON: PARENTS RESPONSIBLE, NOT MUSIC THEY HEAR

  in Music — by Jason Meltzer Patterson — on Feb 16, 2005

• Marilyn Manson Drummer Forms New Band

  in Music — by Jason Meltzer Patterson — on Feb 16, 2005

• Music Playlist: Songs With Theremin

  Impress your friends with this obscure musical knowledge!

  in Music — by Robert Burke — on Feb 16, 2005

• Ingram Hill Rock!

  Ingram Hill is worth a road trip.

  in Music — by Katharine Donelson — on Feb 16, 2005

Sports

• Beaten hockey hero

  in Sports — by Jim Carruthers — on Feb 16, 2005

Culture

• Larry, Larry, Larry

  Poor Larry Summers is flogged in Cambridge by his Chairs and even his "Wing Chairs".

  in Culture — by Harry Forbes — on Feb 16, 2005

• Good Little Fishes

  Fishes, love, cannibalism

  in Culture — by Deepti Lamba — on Feb 16, 2005

• The Five Canons of Rhetoric

  in Culture — by bookofjoe — on Feb 16, 2005

• PowerBlog Review of Fifteen Degrees North

  From Robot Wars (Battle Bots in the United States) to blogs...one guy's path to riches. OK, maybe not riches...

  in Culture — by Anita Campbell — on Feb 16, 2005

• America's Best Show Dog Is Carlee, A German Shorthaired Pointer

  in Culture — by Angela Chen Shui — on Feb 16, 2005

• "Cheech and I didn't inhale"

  During an appearance at the Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colo. Tommy Chong, claimed he and Cheech Marin didn't smoke pot when filming their movies...well okay, but just once during the making of 1978's "Up in Smoke"...

  in Culture — by Annie — on Feb 16, 2005

• All the news…

  Slogans and mottoes were once standard equipment with dailies and weeklies, even after a fast-moving, plague-like attrition rate eliminated thousands of newspapers.

  in Culture — by vinturella — on Feb 16, 2005

• Americans Dumping Milk for Grapes: French Dumping Wine for Beer?

  in Culture — by Tynan Szvetecz — on Feb 16, 2005

• Day By Day for February 16, 2005

  Chris Muir's Day By Day cartoon, for February 16, 2005

  Satire in Culture — by Chris Muir — on Feb 16, 2005

• MAKE LOVE NOT WAR

  It is not a new thing to hear that Indonesia, being the largest Muslim populated nation, is rumored to have a terrorist organization linked to Al Qaeda.

  in Culture — by Ayu — on Feb 16, 2005

• Wine Doggy Bags?

  in Culture — by Tynan Szvetecz — on Feb 16, 2005

Video

• "American Idol" - Episode 411 - The Top 24

  You saw it here first: your 2005 "American Idol" finalists.

  in Video — by Scott Pepper — on Feb 16, 2005

• The Duke Presents "Movie Face-Off's I Wanna See!"

  As in characters fighting one another, and not the John Woo picture about Nic Cage.

  in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Feb 16, 2005

• The Duke Revisits "Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2003"

  Another look at this flick about sawing, splattering, swearing...

  in Video — by Duke De Mondo — on Feb 16, 2005

• Movie Review: Hitch

  in Video — by Chris Beaumont — on Feb 16, 2005

• Contender suicide won't stop show

  Najai "Nitro" Turpin, 23, shot himself in the head. Turpin was one of 16 boxers in the coming NBC show "The Contender"

  in Video — by Temple Stark — on Feb 16, 2005

Gaming

• Violent Video Games Targeted Again

  California's politicians must have nothing better to do.

  in Gaming — by Matt Paprocki — on Feb 16, 2005

Books

• Unlucky for Some

  In their 13th outing, Jill McCown's detectives Lloyd and Hill return to face a serial killer.

  in Books — by W.E. Wallo — on Feb 16, 2005

• The Curse of the Gloamglozer

  The latest installment in "The Edge Chronicles," an off-beat, oddball fantasy series for "young" readers.

  in Books — by W.E. Wallo — on Feb 16, 2005

• Looking For Alice, Finding Carroll

  Lewis Carroll - the literary genius and his personal demons

  in Books — by Aaman Lamba — on Feb 16, 2005