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Michael Brecker Group: Delta City Blues

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:25:54 PDT

The late great Michael Brecker does "Delta City Blues," beginning with an eye-opening solo that humorously demonstrates Michael's absolute command of the tenor saxophone. The band is Joey Calderazzo on piano, James Genus on bass, and Ralph Peterson on drums. Recorded in 1998 at the Leverkusen jazz festival in Germany. [Video] ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vP9Rrx2I87a63St-b7e8S3Vidbk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vP9Rrx2I87a63St-b7e8S3Vidbk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vP9Rrx2I87a63St-b7e8S3Vidbk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vP9Rrx2I87a63St-b7e8S3Vidbk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Anti-Islam Bigots Are Putting US Troops in Danger

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:42:06 PDT

US Commander in Afghanistan Gen. David Petraeus points out the obvious: Quran-burning could endanger troops, Petraeus warns. (CNN) -- The U.S. commander in Afghanistan on Monday criticized a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning that the demonstration "could cause significant problems" for American ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ggywpxl7BYC1qpfelggQSH2I9IY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ggywpxl7BYC1qpfelggQSH2I9IY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ggywpxl7BYC1qpfelggQSH2I9IY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ggywpxl7BYC1qpfelggQSH2I9IY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

San Antonio Mosque Vandalized

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:30:28 PDT

Here's another anti-Muslim hate crime that Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer and the Bigot Brigade can claim they have nothing to do with -- this time on the hallowed ground of San Antonio, Texas: San Antonio mosque vandalized amid national tensions over NYC mosque. A San Antonio mosque has been ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q81wZ-oRTcFs99uifluQEq_ctGQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q81wZ-oRTcFs99uifluQEq_ctGQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q81wZ-oRTcFs99uifluQEq_ctGQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q81wZ-oRTcFs99uifluQEq_ctGQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Beck Stand-In: Labor Day is 'Socialism Day'

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:21:47 PDT

While Glenn Beck takes Labor Day off with pay, guest host Doc Thompson cuts loose with a diatribe against Labor Day. Video <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JR20k1yYeggnctMl1ASaOiwl5IY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JR20k1yYeggnctMl1ASaOiwl5IY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JR20k1yYeggnctMl1ASaOiwl5IY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JR20k1yYeggnctMl1ASaOiwl5IY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Overnight Video: Can vs. Sprouts

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:02:01 PDT

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The Human Family Tree

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:13:08 PDT

National Geographic Channel has a fascinating and beautifully designed interactive site for their show: The Human Family Tree. On a single day on a single street, with the DNA of just a couple of hundred random people, National Geographic Channel sets out to trace the ancestral footsteps of all humanity. ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/irX_dbXOPns6Avqhb1D5uP00CnE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/irX_dbXOPns6Avqhb1D5uP00CnE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/irX_dbXOPns6Avqhb1D5uP00CnE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/irX_dbXOPns6Avqhb1D5uP00CnE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Nontroversy of the Weekend: A Quote on a Rug

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:17:02 PDT

The right wing nontroversy of the Labor Day weekend springs from an article at the Washington Post about the new presidential rug for the Oval Office: Oval Office rug gets history wrong. Writer Jamie Stiehm says these words on the rug are wrongly attributed to Martin Luther King Jr.: "The arc ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EqAS_6fn1VJh2a7oaV6Q9xQVYWA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EqAS_6fn1VJh2a7oaV6Q9xQVYWA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EqAS_6fn1VJh2a7oaV6Q9xQVYWA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EqAS_6fn1VJh2a7oaV6Q9xQVYWA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Rage Candy for the Teabag Base

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:46:05 PDT

The Washington Times just keeps getting crazier and crazier: KUHNER: President's socialist takeover must be stopped. President Obama has engaged in numerous high crimes and misdemeanors. The Democratic majority in Congress is in peril as Americans reject his agenda. Yet more must be done: Mr. Obama should be impeached. He is ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dVhCddSpmKpxlELzYUIacY6T_wQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dVhCddSpmKpxlELzYUIacY6T_wQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dVhCddSpmKpxlELzYUIacY6T_wQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dVhCddSpmKpxlELzYUIacY6T_wQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Amazing Spider-Man #62, July 1968: The Name of the Dame is ... Medusa!

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:41:42 PDT

Here's another amazingly well-preserved comic book from the Lizard Collection: Spider-Man #62, published in July 1968. Our copy is in near mint condition, with unfaded inks and white pages, and a beautiful cover by the great John Romita Sr. (I guess Aunt May never told Spidey he shouldn't get a redhead ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ksMAeTjwdYijU9c8TR2njFRHQS4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ksMAeTjwdYijU9c8TR2njFRHQS4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ksMAeTjwdYijU9c8TR2njFRHQS4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ksMAeTjwdYijU9c8TR2njFRHQS4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Video Break: Animated Short No. 1

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:05:09 PDT

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Planned Parenthood Clinic Firebombed in Madera, California

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:02:29 PDT

In Madera, California, police and FBI are investigating a firebomb attack against a Planned Parenthood office that has been open for 20 years without incident: Molotov Cocktail thrown at Madera's Planned Parenthood. This attack comes one week after a brick was thrown through the window of a local mosque and anti-Muslim ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FSySn-BhLsoBSolq16pAoOT6vck/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FSySn-BhLsoBSolq16pAoOT6vck/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FSySn-BhLsoBSolq16pAoOT6vck/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FSySn-BhLsoBSolq16pAoOT6vck/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Republicans Scared to Debate

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:20:56 PDT

It's the new GOP campaigning style: do everything possible to avoid being forced to defend your extreme positions. By dodging the media and opponents they can continue pandering to the far right base, while avoiding the risk of having those extreme positions become common knowledge. It's an implicit admission that ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ygskDBkdcDPYGOp_wfwnUv6sPro/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ygskDBkdcDPYGOp_wfwnUv6sPro/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ygskDBkdcDPYGOp_wfwnUv6sPro/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ygskDBkdcDPYGOp_wfwnUv6sPro/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Blades

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:21:28 PDT

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A Response to CeeLo Green from the Ladies

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:04:29 PDT

Ceelo Green may have an under-the-radar hit song, but Whitney Avalon reminds us that there are two sides to every story. [Video] (Hat tip: Dangerous Minds.) <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yUg3Qywp31Z8yjRxltxF_a-iKA8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yUg3Qywp31Z8yjRxltxF_a-iKA8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yUg3Qywp31Z8yjRxltxF_a-iKA8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yUg3Qywp31Z8yjRxltxF_a-iKA8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Todd Palin Pals Around with White Supremacist Blogger

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:37:33 PDT

So who's Todd Palin palling around with up there in Alaska these days? Todd and Sarah won't give interviews to the "lamestream" media, but they'll make time to meet with white supremacist blogger Robert Stacy McCain: Hey, Who’s the Man? : The Other McCain. Robert Stacy McCain was recently seen at LGF ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/clO0T07wPCIlDsbt8-Vi4VXz7lM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/clO0T07wPCIlDsbt8-Vi4VXz7lM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/clO0T07wPCIlDsbt8-Vi4VXz7lM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/clO0T07wPCIlDsbt8-Vi4VXz7lM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Fox News: Mosque Investor Tied to Hamas (Not)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:41:09 PDT

Here we go again. The New York branch of Fox News shrieks: Mosque Investor Was Terror Contributor. Except that, uh, he wasn't. An Egyptian who's contributing some money to Park51 once donated money to the Holy Land Foundation -- before 9/11, years before the charity was known to be connected to Hamas, ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p0vy2p3EAA7qdczb9lOR8yVv_Vc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p0vy2p3EAA7qdczb9lOR8yVv_Vc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p0vy2p3EAA7qdczb9lOR8yVv_Vc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p0vy2p3EAA7qdczb9lOR8yVv_Vc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Jan Brewer: Not That Strong a Debater

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:50:34 PDT

Jan Brewer, Sharron Angle, Rand Paul, Sarah Palin -- representatives of the new breed of Republicans who refuse to answer any questions about their views, refuse to engage in debate with their opponents (and are pathetically bad on the rare occasions when they do), completely avoid the media, and just ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7fkM4IdVe1Dm3AtM3EZ0jmdwcgc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7fkM4IdVe1Dm3AtM3EZ0jmdwcgc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7fkM4IdVe1Dm3AtM3EZ0jmdwcgc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7fkM4IdVe1Dm3AtM3EZ0jmdwcgc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

9/11 Families Ask Pamela Geller to Cancel Protest

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:30:47 PDT

A group of 9/11 family members has officially asked Pamela Geller not to stage her bigoted hate rally on September 11: 9/11 Families Ask Ground Zero Mosque Protesters to Stop Rallies on Anniversary. LOWER MANHATTAN -- The ninth anniversary of 9/11 is the wrong day to hold rallies ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ABOhhzb02V_0pwdZ95iBWc9ZZsE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ABOhhzb02V_0pwdZ95iBWc9ZZsE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ABOhhzb02V_0pwdZ95iBWc9ZZsE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ABOhhzb02V_0pwdZ95iBWc9ZZsE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Bulbs of Doom

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:48:26 PDT

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Sarah Palin Word Salad Watch

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:44:31 PDT

On Sean Hannity's show yesterday, Sarah Palin uncorked a gloriously incoherent tirade against reporters who aren't engorged and throbbing: I hear there's some pretty ugly stuff right now coming out and what we predict, we always see a pattern. We've got some victories under the belt. Things are, things are ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O_IVk3A10-icdfUv3ej7MLBIcp8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O_IVk3A10-icdfUv3ej7MLBIcp8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O_IVk3A10-icdfUv3ej7MLBIcp8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O_IVk3A10-icdfUv3ej7MLBIcp8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

ADL Director Foxman: Anti-Mosque Rally on 9/11 is 'Un-American'

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:59:09 PDT

Adam Serwer talked to Anti-Defamation League director Abe Foxman about the planned September 11 protest against the Park51 Islamic community center in lower Manhattan; we criticized Foxman for his earlier statements, but on the issue of Pamela Geller and her allies (such as Dutch demagogue Geert Wilders) he seems to ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/78Fv-q_JqryeAQBSPhUwb-_fmXI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/78Fv-q_JqryeAQBSPhUwb-_fmXI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/78Fv-q_JqryeAQBSPhUwb-_fmXI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/78Fv-q_JqryeAQBSPhUwb-_fmXI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Don Ross and Jimmy Wahlsteen, 'It's Your Favourite'

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:25:09 PDT

Music of the street: Don Ross and Jimmy Wahlsteen play "It's Your Favourite" from Jimmy's album 181st Songs. (iTunes Store.) [Video] <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ScWZ7h6GdoKK4-VnHrUpARpldB8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ScWZ7h6GdoKK4-VnHrUpARpldB8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ScWZ7h6GdoKK4-VnHrUpARpldB8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ScWZ7h6GdoKK4-VnHrUpARpldB8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Bibi and Abu Mazen Shake, Agree to Talk

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:46:56 PDT

Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas met today at the State Department, shook hands, and managed to agree on something: to have some more talks. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet again on Sept. 14 and 15 in the Middle East, likely at the Egyptian ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4-ibiJYG5Q5khG06ttFw_1OxOqA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4-ibiJYG5Q5khG06ttFw_1OxOqA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4-ibiJYG5Q5khG06ttFw_1OxOqA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4-ibiJYG5Q5khG06ttFw_1OxOqA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Tech Note: Twitter OAuth Test

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:59:22 PDT

So, without telling anybody, Twitter suddenly changed their remote login system to use OAuth instead of Basic Authentication, and my code to do Twitter updates automatically when I post to LGF stopped working. What? They did tell everyone, repeatedly, that they were going to change it? Oh. OK, my bad. Anyway, the ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yR-leCYCprl2awTGdVcy2mrGJ4U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yR-leCYCprl2awTGdVcy2mrGJ4U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yR-leCYCprl2awTGdVcy2mrGJ4U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yR-leCYCprl2awTGdVcy2mrGJ4U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Another Oil Platform Explodes in the Gulf

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:37:31 PDT

Another oil drilling platform has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, but luckily no workers were killed. The latest reports say that officials don't know whether oil is leaking from the well; but it was not producing oil and gas at the time of the explosion. The good news: this platform ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/arPhpIs8PNjmraCYvKx1E7-jsO4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/arPhpIs8PNjmraCYvKx1E7-jsO4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/arPhpIs8PNjmraCYvKx1E7-jsO4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/arPhpIs8PNjmraCYvKx1E7-jsO4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

The Jan Brewer Train Wreck

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:03:53 PDT

An awesome train wreck of an opening statement from Jan Brewer, in Arizona's gubernatorial debate. One of the most embarrassing political performances ever captured on video. [Video] And then, after the debate, Brewer refused to answer questions about her claim that there were "beheadings" near the border -- and ended up turning ... <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X4vVpMJUgho_P8cr8iACERAeoGo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X4vVpMJUgho_P8cr8iACERAeoGo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X4vVpMJUgho_P8cr8iACERAeoGo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X4vVpMJUgho_P8cr8iACERAeoGo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>

Not a Dry Run

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:21:20 PDT

That suspected terrorist dry run on a United flight was a false alarm. Video <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aS6Wk_yOZt-L62osrfxhLph6zV4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aS6Wk_yOZt-L62osrfxhLph6zV4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aS6Wk_yOZt-L62osrfxhLph6zV4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aS6Wk_yOZt-L62osrfxhLph6zV4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a>