Tom Waits is holding on (Video)

Tom Waits is holding onBetter advice than you can find in ego-bolstering literature

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There is no victory in this, only profound failure

Extension of Payroll Tax Cut Passes Senate - NYTimes.com: "WASHINGTON — Capping a year of last-minute, half-loaf legislation, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to extend a payroll tax cut for only two months, with the chamber’s leaders and the White House proclaiming victory, even as they punted into the new year the issue of how to further extend the tax cut and unemployment benefits."

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Whenever the GOP pushes us around it is profound failure. It can only be altered at the ballot box. Penitence for 2010. A decent majority so we do not have to eat crow daily because the GOP functions with impunity and Democrats call it victory. Read that as anger.

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Bruce Cockburn Tokyo with Slides Video

My favorite Bruce song.

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If Coulter Likes Romney, I'm for Gingrich

Ann Coulter’s Change of Heart about Mitt Romney - Fox News: "Conservative author Ann Coulter stands behind her change of heart over Mitt Romney.

At one time, Coulter, known for her brash take on politics, thought that Romney could not win in an election versus President Barack Obama. But now the firebrand politico insists the former Massachusetts governor is the most conservative GOP candidate-- with the best chance of beating Obama next fall."

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They're clearly afraid Gingrich might be bipartisan and beyond their control. They would rather manipulate Mitt.


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Gender disorder is normal, the government Manning case is what is abnormal

Bradley Manning Defense Reveals Alter Ego Named ‘Breanna Manning’ - ABC News:

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We all have gender issues if we are honest. Big deal. It comes with the territory. What is really a disorder is what we have been through the last decade courtesy of Bush and Cheney and the proof is in the wreckage of our soldiers not to mention their needless deaths. The Manning case is sick, but it isn't Bradley who is ill. It is our fevered government and that will not change until the President wakes up and pardons Bradley.


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Manning Case Should Reduce Government Position to Absurdity

Private has 1st appearance in Wikileaks case - Nation - The Boston Globe: "The lawyer, David Coombs, said Lieutenant Colonel Paul Almanza, the investigating officer who works as a Justice Department prosecutor in civilian life, was preventing the defense from calling witnesses to show little harm was done by the disclosure of hundreds of thousands of confidential documents provided to WikiLeaks.

“All this stuff has been leaked,’’ Coombs said. “A year and a half later, where’s the danger? Where’s the harm?’’"

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How Much Is That Kindle in The Window?

Yep I am gadgeted for realA Kindle Fire came yesterdayAnd now my thumb prints are all over its pristine surfaceI did manage to wireless enable and registerIt is now Steve's Kindle2But it will be a work of some skill to master itI tried reading my Herodotus and lost my place But it did enable me to get my books from my initial KindleI feel like one of those NYT reviewers inundated with gadgetsThe Fire is clearly a work in progressIn about a year it will probably function so a reasonably intuitive soul will not besmirch it with thumbprints
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