Give 'em hell, Rachel!

John & Yoko & Peace

'The US military is exhausted'

Al Jazeera English - Focus - 'The US military is exhausted': "The call for over 30,000 more troops to be sent to Afghanistan is a travesty for the people of that country who have already suffered eight brutal years of occupation.

It is also a harsh blow to the US soldiers facing imminent deployment."

"We have more in common with the Iraqi people than the billionaires who send us to war."

Cool Christmas

Keith Olbermann throws down the gauntlet to Billo, et al

Arghanistan is a waste of time (unless you want the pipeline)

Old but worth posting in light of recent events. Torture victim Maher Ahrar's acceptance speech

The police state cometh

More fun and games at the US/Canadian border.

Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border

Ex-detainee says US military allowed extremists to school others in jail

Levon Helm - When I Go Away

Max Keiser blasts CNBC over war wongering

Maggot Brain

This is, perhaps, my favorite song ever. I first heard it when I was about 15, on my first real stereo system, that I bought with money I earned from my first job, alone, in the dark, back when radio was still good. It may not be your kind of music, but enjoy anyway. It's as close as you can get to being stoned without actually being stoned. Closing your eyes helps. Headphones will melt your brain.

Melt your face awesomeness

A Day in the Life (covered beautifully by Jeff Beck)

Vitamin D & cancer prevention

Karzai is a criminal and we are his protection

Soldiers talk about what they saw and did in Iraq

The American right wing has gone off the rails, into the bushes, and off the cliff. I won’t be going over the cliff with them

Another right winger has seen the light and left the right wing lunatics behind:

Little Green Footballs - Why I Parted Ways With The Right

Beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer