From the new album Kala set to be released August 21. Mysteriously no longer available, replaced by this ‘making of’ video. Not sure why or what this means…

“One thing I’ve been puzzling over is the lack of commentary or reporting on the fact that even with these unprecedented secret extra-legal powers he has seized for himself and the White House, Cheney has been so singularly unsuccessful on any of the national security fronts he in effect commands. His failures in Iraq, his failures to finish bin Laden and al Qaeda in a serious way in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the exponential growth of terrorism and al Qaeda in Iraq. These are facts. There are urgent, deeply compelling legal/philosophical/Constitutional issues raised by Cheney’s actions and those of his enablers […]

BY S. FITZGERALD LODWICK On Friday evening, Jello Biafra strafed the Trocadero with a five-hour (!) rant-cum-lecture on societal ills, political shams, global cons, and what we citizens can do to right these wrongs. The session was a blend of spoken-word poems, such as the classic “Die For Oil, Sucker,” general rants, and charming anecdotes from the days in the life of former lead singer of the Dead Kennedys. In the first half of the spoken word session, wherein Biafra recited the laundry list government scandal and corporate shame — from “The War Against Terror,” (reduced to the shorthand acronym […]

[courtesy of MARRIED TO THE SEA]

ASSOCIATED PRESS — An Army officer who played a key role in the “enemy combatant” hearings at Guantanamo Bay says tribunal members relied on vague and incomplete intelligence while being pressured to rule against detainees, often without any specific evidence. His affidavit, submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court and released Friday, is the first criticism by a member of the military panels that determine whether detainees will continue to be held. Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, a 26-year veteran of military intelligence who is an Army reserve officer and a California lawyer, said military prosecutors were provided with only “generic” material […]

We see no need to explain why.

RADIO TIMES Why understanding a little economics can go a long way in understanding the business world. Ever wonder why Apple charges $150 more for a black version of their laptop? Turns out, when they came out with the black iPod, demand went through the roof, so later they released a black laptop at a premium cost. This story is included in the new book The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas. We’ll talk with the author ROBERT H. FRANK, a professor of economics and management at Cornell University. Frank is also the co-author with Ben Bernanke, […]

WXPN will join the Internet Radio Day of Silence this coming Tuesday, June 26, to protest the raising of royalty rates for online radio streams scheduled to take effect in mid-July. The new rates will also be retroactive for 17 months and payment will become due to the SoundExchange collection organization under the terms of a recent Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) decision. The new rates could cost WXPN more than $100,000 annually; several times the annual funds raised by business support on the Internet streams. For its part, WXPN will silence the station’s four streams — XPN, Y Rock On […]

From the comments section: A couple weeks ago my husband and I were headed down Lincoln Drive when we saw a turtle in the middle of the road. For some reason I screamed out for my husband to stop and he actually stopped — in the middle of Lincoln Drive! So I got out and picked up this nasty, stinking turtle (wondering to myself why?, it’s not like I have a thing for turtles) and placed him on the side of the road. Five minutes later as we stopped at a light on Kelly Drive one of the cars that […]