Detlef Schrempf
And take a little walk when the worst is to come
When I saw you looking like I never thought
And say you're at a loss or forgot that words can do more than harm
The town is gonna talk, but these people do not
See things through to the very minimal
But what's it gonna cost to be gone?
If we see you like I hoped we never would
When eyes can't look at you any other way,
Any other way, any other way
When eyes can't look at you any other way,
Any other way, any other way
So take it as a song or a lesson to learn
And sometime soon be better than you were
If you say you're gonna go, then be careful
And watch how you treat every living soul
My eyes can't look at you any other way,
Any other way, any other way
When eyes can't look at you any other way,
Any other way, any other way
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Music slideo: Band of Horses' Detlef Schrempf (with lyrics)
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Alien Lore No. 153 - Parallel Unverse: earth's twin found
According to a copyrighted story published on May 18th in the Weekly World News, stunned scientists recently discovered two new planets 1,300 light-years away. "One of them is the exact twin of Earth in almost every detail. Some of these experts believe Planet Z is inhabited, by precise duplicates of every human being now living here on earth." Read the full story here.
Dr. Raymond Tufts, an astronomer and authority on the solar system said “It’s as if God were holding a great mirror up to Earth from across the universe.”
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Friday, May 29, 2009
Pablo Fabque: This is a mind f***er of all mind f***ers: David Boies and Theodore Olson get in bed together to fight for gay marriage
By Pablo Fanque
All This Is That Jurisprudence and Legal Editor
click to enlarge Messrs. Olson and Boies
I always thought of Theodore Olson as about a shade to the right of Heinrich Himmler or David Duke. I give him a halo for this one. On a side note, as you probably know, his wife, Barbara (a conservative commentator and lawyer), was on the 9/11 'plane that crashed into the Pentagon. And now he has joined up with his old adversary David Boies (you may remember their little case that tossed the entire election George Bush's way--Bush v. Gore) to challenge California's Proposition 8.
It’s pretty cool to see him make the leap—much more satisfying that someone like Arlen Specter, who really did it to save his own skin. Olson can’t be loved by the GOP for this. Maybe it’s the Boalt Hall/Berkeley in him finally coming out?
Their lawsuit in U.S. District Court in northern California last week asked for an immediate injunction against Prop. 8 until the federal case is resolved.
"It's not about liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican. We're here in part to symbolize that. This case is about the equal rights guaranteed to every American under the United States constitution," said former Solicitor General Olson, a well=known and connected Republican. "For too long, gay men and lesbians who seek stable committed, loving relationships within the institution of marriage have been denied that fundamental right," he said.
Olson said he asked Boies, a Democrat, to join his team to present "a united front" in the suit filed on behalf of two same-sex couples who wish to be married but, because of Proposition 8, have been denied licenses.
"Our Constitution guarantees every American the right to be treated equally under the law," Boies said. "There is no right more fundamental than the right to marry the person that you love and to raise a family."
"The courts exist to reverse injustices," he went on. "This is not a question of state law. It's a question of federal Constitutional law."
The California Supreme Court Tuesday upheld Prop. 8, the ballot initiative passed by 52% of voters in November. Prop 8 defines marriage as between a man and a woman. California was the second state after Massachusetts to legalize gay marriage. Since then, Iowa and Connecticut have legalized gay marriage, and legislatures in Vermont and Maine also recently legalized gay marriage.
Hurrah for Theodore Olson. You surprised and gladdened me.
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All This Is That Jurisprudence and Legal Editor
click to enlarge Messrs. Olson and Boies
I always thought of Theodore Olson as about a shade to the right of Heinrich Himmler or David Duke. I give him a halo for this one. On a side note, as you probably know, his wife, Barbara (a conservative commentator and lawyer), was on the 9/11 'plane that crashed into the Pentagon. And now he has joined up with his old adversary David Boies (you may remember their little case that tossed the entire election George Bush's way--Bush v. Gore) to challenge California's Proposition 8.
It’s pretty cool to see him make the leap—much more satisfying that someone like Arlen Specter, who really did it to save his own skin. Olson can’t be loved by the GOP for this. Maybe it’s the Boalt Hall/Berkeley in him finally coming out?
Olson and Boies's case argues that California's voter-enacted ban on same-sex marriage, known as Proposition 8, violates the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection and due process.
Numerous gay/lesbian groups and others have said they want to work through the states, and not make a federal case of it! It's too early, they say, and the Supreme Court--where this will inevitably end up (at least the injunction on enforcing Prop. 8 will)--is not ready to hear the case. Boies and Olson think otherwise:
"There will be many people who will think this is not the time to go to federal," Olson said Wednesday at a news conference in Los Angeles. "Both David and I have studied the court for more years than probably either one of us would like to admit. We think we know what we are doing." Cocky, yes, but also probably true.
Their lawsuit in U.S. District Court in northern California last week asked for an immediate injunction against Prop. 8 until the federal case is resolved.
"It's not about liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican. We're here in part to symbolize that. This case is about the equal rights guaranteed to every American under the United States constitution," said former Solicitor General Olson, a well=known and connected Republican. "For too long, gay men and lesbians who seek stable committed, loving relationships within the institution of marriage have been denied that fundamental right," he said.
Olson said he asked Boies, a Democrat, to join his team to present "a united front" in the suit filed on behalf of two same-sex couples who wish to be married but, because of Proposition 8, have been denied licenses.
"Our Constitution guarantees every American the right to be treated equally under the law," Boies said. "There is no right more fundamental than the right to marry the person that you love and to raise a family."
"The courts exist to reverse injustices," he went on. "This is not a question of state law. It's a question of federal Constitutional law."
The California Supreme Court Tuesday upheld Prop. 8, the ballot initiative passed by 52% of voters in November. Prop 8 defines marriage as between a man and a woman. California was the second state after Massachusetts to legalize gay marriage. Since then, Iowa and Connecticut have legalized gay marriage, and legislatures in Vermont and Maine also recently legalized gay marriage.
Hurrah for Theodore Olson. You surprised and gladdened me.
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Photograph: Vintage Japanese Robots
Click to enlarge
I don't know who took this 'photo (let us know if it is yours), but it is a great! These are vintage Japanese robots. . .
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Poem: The Green Knight
1
You walk the hall of broken mirrors
Upon the walls of which are hung
The skulls of those who walked before you.
2
Filtered grey light pools
On the floor in the distance.
The moans and whimpers of the maimed and wounded
Reverberate against the cold walls.
You come to a burnished oak door.
The door will not open,
And you walk on down the hall.
A green knight walks toward you,
With a battle-axe in one hand
And a branch of holly in the other.
Bercilak de Hautdesert asks if you want to play a game.
He strops the axe on his green leather pants.
3
The Green Knight asks you to roshambo.
"You first," he says. "Take the first swing
And I will be back in a year and a day
To take my turn."
You take the axe and swing. The helmet flies off
And smashes against the stone wall
And his head rolls down the hallway.
The stranger does not die.
The Green Knight picks up his severed head
And the head tells you
To meet him at the Green Chapel
One hear hence on New Year's morning,
So that he may deal his exchange blow.
The Green Knight's head chuckles
As he walks briskly away.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Jack Handy on Presidents and Robots
"I wish a robot would get elected president. That way, when he came to town, we could all take a shot at him and not feel too bad."
Source: Jack Handy
George W. Bush teetering on the edge of sanity?
By Pablo Fanque
All This Is That National Affairs Editor
According to The Globe, Ex-President George W. Bush is rudderless, and depressed. It probably shouldn't be all that shocking to most of us. How would YOU feel if you'd done what he did to the country for eight years?
"JUST weeks after leaving the White House, depressed and paranoid George Bush is suicidal, insiders fear. In a blockbuster world exclusive, sources tell GLOBE the ex-President is boozing up a storm - and reveal why he is terrified of Barack Obama and his own wife Laura."
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YouTube slideo: Band of Horses' Ode To LRC (with lyrics)
Ode to LRC. . .another great song from Band of Horses' second album. This Seattle band not long ago moved back to the Carolinas to be closer to their families. . .BoH have been my recent musical obsession (rock department), along with a couple of other NW bands--Telekinesis!, Throw Me The Statue, and The Thermals.
Ode To LRC
In the lobby of the LRC
Well I knew I'd find something
A hundred stroies sittin there to read
I got my focals out I put 'em on
And all is calm, all is calm
Theres a doggie coming here to eat now
Which dated back to 1993
I don't care what the people say 'cause
That dog he don't come around here anymore
No, no the dog is gone, the dog is gone
No, no the dog is gone, the dog is gone
The town is so small
How could anybody not
Look you in the eyes
The way that you drive by
The world is such a wonderful place
The world is such a wonderful...
I see everyone before me, there was birthday sex and sleep
Some weren't getting along
Nobody's outside trying to murder
Nobody's outside, there's no one really at all
What the hell i saw, the hell i saw
The hell i saw, the hell i saw
The town is so small
How could anybody not
Look me in the eyes
The way that I drive by
The world is such a wonderful place
The world is such a wonderful place
The world is such a wonderful place
The world is such a wonderful place
La di da, La di da, La di da, La di da
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Ode To LRC
In the lobby of the LRC
Well I knew I'd find something
A hundred stroies sittin there to read
I got my focals out I put 'em on
And all is calm, all is calm
Theres a doggie coming here to eat now
Which dated back to 1993
I don't care what the people say 'cause
That dog he don't come around here anymore
No, no the dog is gone, the dog is gone
No, no the dog is gone, the dog is gone
The town is so small
How could anybody not
Look you in the eyes
The way that you drive by
The world is such a wonderful place
The world is such a wonderful...
I see everyone before me, there was birthday sex and sleep
Some weren't getting along
Nobody's outside trying to murder
Nobody's outside, there's no one really at all
What the hell i saw, the hell i saw
The hell i saw, the hell i saw
The town is so small
How could anybody not
Look me in the eyes
The way that I drive by
The world is such a wonderful place
The world is such a wonderful place
The world is such a wonderful place
The world is such a wonderful place
La di da, La di da, La di da, La di da
---o0o---
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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