Thursday Night Music – Madeleine Peyroux
December 29, 2011 1 Comment
The woman who sings like Billie Holiday sings Bob Dylan.
Ben Breedlove’s Story
December 29, 2011 Leave a comment
Ben Breedlove died on Christmas Day from a heart condition, at the age of 18.
Ben tells his story in the following two YouTube videos. The story is told on index cards, the soundtrack is an instrumental of “Mad World,” and the smile is touching.
The Economy in Pictures
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The Economic Policy Institute has put up some of the best visuals of 2011 to help explain the economy. That is, they’ve got charts and graphs.
One of the most telling shows us how:
Over the last quarter-century, the vast majority (81.7 percent) of increases to wealth have gone to the wealthiest 5 percent, while those in the middle saw declines in their wealth.
60 Second Movie Review: Die Hard (1988)
December 29, 2011 1 Comment
I’ve been catching up on my holiday viewing. From 1988. (Fun fact: Die Hard is set on Christmas Eve and was released in Uruguay on Christmas Day, 1988.) And did you know it was already a sequel? Novelist Roderick Thorp had written the book, The Detective, Nothing Lasts Forever (1979), as a sequel to The Detective (1966), which was made into a 1968 film with Frank Sinatra.
Santorum Rising
December 29, 2011 Leave a comment
Polentical must have its finger on the pulse of a nation. Or at least its finger on the pulse of the 30th most populous states in the nation. Shortly after we posted yesterday’s Santorum poem, CNN released a poll showing that Santorum’s support has surged in the Iowa caucus:
And according to a CNN/Time/ORC International Poll, one-time long shot candidate Rick Santorum has more than tripled his support since the beginning of the month.
Santorum is one step away from Victoria Jackson level crazy. He doesn’t call Obama a Muslim Communist, but he won’t contradict people when they do.
