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Feel Good Friday: "Sexual Healing"

Friday, August 15, 2008 8:11 AM
For today's edition of Feel Good Friday, here's Marvin Gaye singing "Sexual Healing," one of the greatest soul songs of all time: He left us way too early. Share this post: Email | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit
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Feel Good Friday: "Chain of Fools"

Friday, August 08, 2008 9:03 AM
Given yesterday's election results, I think this week's Feel Good Friday post should somehow reflect the relationship between Knox County voters and many of our local elected officials. Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools" describes that relationship pretty
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Eddie Izzard on Pavlov's lesser-known cat experiments

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:56 PM
Because I feel like it, here's my favorite stand-up comedian, Eddie Izzard, discussing Pavlov's somewhat less well-known experiments with cats: The man's a genius. Share this post: Email | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit
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Feel Good Friday: "Nowhere to Run"

Friday, July 25, 2008 9:39 AM
For this week's edition of Feel Good Friday, I thought I'd share some Martha and the Vandellas. Here's the classic "Nowhere to Run": Those ladies were one of the greatest acts Motown ever produced. For more of today's FGF, start here , here , and here
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Snarky reasons to vote Republican

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:35 PM
Via Doug McCaughan : That pretty much says it all. Share this post: Email | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit
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RIP, Bo Diddley

Monday, June 02, 2008 6:27 PM
The music world lost a living icon today -- Bo Diddley died . He was an innovator like few others of his day, and his influence still resonates strongly across many musical genres. Here's a video clip of Bo playing "Road Runner," circa 1960: He may not
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Frank Capra film warned of climate change 50 years ago

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:56 PM
The 1958 Frank Capra educational film The Unchained Goddess contains a specific and prophetic warning about excess carbon dioxide emissions from industry and transportation, and their potential to trigger catastrophic global warming: Even now, Man may
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Give this pilot a raise

Monday, March 03, 2008 8:43 PM
A Lufthansa pilot acted quickly to avert catastrophe as his plane was hit by a cross-wind just as the wheels were touching down on the runway : German airline Lufthansa said on Monday its pilots had averted a crash at Hamburg airport after a strong gust
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RFK Jr at Live Earth: "I will see all of you on the barricades"

Sunday, July 08, 2007 4:24 PM
At the Live Earth concert in New York yesterday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the stage and gave a mighty powerful speech. He holds nothing back: "I will see all of you on the barricades." If Live Earth leaves us with a singular quote to remember, that
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Two reporters tell the truth about Fox News, get squashed like bugs

Thursday, June 28, 2007 11:45 PM
Two reporters exposed the health risks of bovine growth hormone in US milk in a story for Fox News. Monsanto, makers of BGH, freaked out and ultimately managed to suppress the story. Fox helped Monsanto kill the story: Share this post: Email | del.icio.us
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Protesting workers abused in Arizona

Friday, June 22, 2007 4:09 PM
Construction workers in Florence, Arizona were physically assaulted by the company they work for, while protesting the company's labor practices. Reminiscent of 1960s footage of civil rights marchers assaulted with fire hoses, the Pulte Homes construction
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"The Soviets are gone; now America is the Godfather."

Sunday, June 10, 2007 8:55 PM
That's a quote from a BBC documentary entitled "Mystery Flights" on extraordinary renditions into Eastern Europe (via The Agonist ). It's an hour long, it's as typically compelling as any BBC documentary, and it would never in a million years be shown
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Surface computing: the coolest thing I have ever seen

Wednesday, May 30, 2007 11:24 AM
Get ready to ditch the keyboard and mouse: That is the coolest thing I have ever seen. Share this post: Email | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit
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The subpoenal gland

Thursday, May 24, 2007 7:10 PM
A hilarious cure for Republican amnesia, via The Carpetbagger Report : Share this post: Email | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit
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Interlude: kitten in a box

Thursday, May 24, 2007 12:04 AM
OK, enough with the seriousness about poverty , popes , genocide , and torture . Here's a kitten in a box . Share this post: Email | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit
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