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ROCK. ROLL.

The Rakes, “Strasbourg” (YouTube)
Album.
Website.

ALL AMERICAN TAXPAYERS BANKROLL THE G.O.P.

Because nothing says “freedom and democracy” like using federal resources to help win your party’s local campaigns.

Rove is giving a virtuoso performance designed to prevent the Democrats from taking control of the House and Senate or, if that is no longer possible, to hold down the size of the Democratic victory to make it easier […]

WE’RE NUMBER ONE

C. S. Lewis, Jr., patriotic country singer (YouTube)
Thanks, Conrad!

NOTICE ANYTHING?

The nation’s largest organization of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), have put together a “support the troops” scorecard, surveying 155 votes on matters that affect the military or military familes since 9/11/2001.

Found here: Support our … oops. (Eyeteeth)

TOM WAITS INTERVIEW

When Tom Waits was a boy, he heard the world differently. Sometimes, it sounded so out-of-kilter, it scared him. The rustle of a piece of paper could make him wince, the sound of his mother tucking him in at night might cause him to curl up as if in pain.
‘It wasn’t a cool thing,’ he […]

BLOODY BIRDS

Perhaps their most important source of food during the extended droughts is blood. The finches begin by landing on the tail of a seabird. They peck at the base of it’s wing feathers breaking the skin and causing it to bleed. As the blood oozes out the finches sip it every few seconds. Other finches […]

HADLEY HOOPER

“Portrait of musician Warren Ellis of The Dirty Three”
By Hadley Hooper, one of my neighbours on Last.fm
(No, not that Warren Ellis. The other one.)

AMERICA AS OMNIPOTENT LEVEL 20 WARMAGE

As the midterm elections approach, many conservatives are feeling betrayed by one of their most important allies in the war on terror: Battlestar Galactica.

Battlestar Galacticons (Brad Reed in American Prospect, via Danny Yee)

HOW TO BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE

The elephant and the event horizon (New Scientist)

MONKEYS!

These monkeys are watching a cricket team practise in Ahmadabad, India. I just like how they’ve got their arms draped over the railing.
From today’s BBC Day in Pictures, which also features a panda receiving a birthday cake shaped like a peach (for longevity).