February 15, 2012

Michigan Dems blast Romney opinion article

Lansing —

Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, two Michigan congressmen and the leader of the state’s Democratic Party criticized Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney Tuesday for a newspaper opinion piece in which he claimed to be a “son of Detroit.”

Romney’s article ran Tuesday in The Detroit News — two weeks before Michigan’s Feb. 28 Republican presidential primary. A poll released Monday by Public Policy Polling showed former Pennsylvania Gov. Rick Santorum at 39 percent and Romney at 24 percent in the state.

The ex-Massachusetts governor and presumed front-runner to take on President Barack Obama is trying to make good in the eyes of prospective voters, the Democrats told reporters Tuesday during a conference call.

“He opposed the rescue package for the automakers,” Granholm said. “Mitt Romney turned his back on Michigan. I would say he stabbed us in the back during our darkest hour and we’re not going to forget.”


More here:

http://www.sooeveningnews.com/news/x1676724998/Michigan-Dems-blast-Romney-opinion-article

February 15, 2012

Should Ron Paul demand a new vote count in Maine?

Should Ron Paul demand a new vote tally for the Maine caucuses? On Feb. 12, state GOP officials announced that Mitt Romney had won the Pine Tree State confabs by a narrow 194 votes. But since then there’s been increasing evidence that Romney’s margin of victory was somewhat notional.

Maine’s Washington County canceled its caucuses due to weather, yet the state party went ahead and called the election without them, for instance. A few other towns had previously scheduled their caucuses for the post-Feb. 12 period, and their totals weren’t included either.

Now it appears that some towns which did caucus did not have their vote totals listed in the state’s final count. The vote for most Waldo County towns was entered as “0,” pointed out the Bangor Daily News on Feb. 14. Waterville’s numbers were similarly omitted.


More here:

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2012/0215/Should-Ron-Paul-demand-a-new-vote-count-in-Maine

February 13, 2012

Pink Floyd - World Premiere of DSOTM 1972 (complete concert)

February 13, 2012

Stephen Breyer robbed at West Indies vacation home

WASHINGTON — A Supreme Court spokeswoman says Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed last week by a machete-wielding intruder at his vacation home in the West Indies.

Spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Breyer, wife Joanna and guests were confronted by the robber around 9 p.m. EST Thursday in the home Breyer owns on the Caribbean island of Nevis. Arberg said the intruder took about $1,000 in cash and no one was hurt.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72814.html#ixzz1mIbN5CWt

February 13, 2012

Loud Explosion, Lights In Sky Over Upstate Investigated

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The National Weather Service and emergency dispatchers from across the Upstate say they got numerous calls overnight from people who heard a loud explosion that was followed by lights streaking across the sky.

NWS staffers said they got a call from Greenville police around 2 a.m. They said after they started getting calls, they checked the security camera at the National Weather Service and saw a faint, barely recognizable flash of light at 1:42 a.m.

A NWS representative told News 4 it may have been a meteor, but that his agency does not investigate these events.

NASA would be the source to confirm meteor activity. The agency has not yet returned a call to News 4.

In Spartanburg County alone, dispatchers took about 75 calls, and reports are coming in from as far away as Lexington, N.C. and Carrollton, Ga.




Read more: http://www.wyff4.com/news/30442791/detail.html#ixzz1mIMbxaw5





This morning I was on my back deck smoking a cigarette and talking on the phone when I witnessed this amazing site fall from the sky. My backyard is usually very dark, but this "thing" that fell lit up EVERYTHING around me.

I would describe this object as a boxy looking meteor. It's tail was miles long. The colors that surrounded it were blue, white, red and streaking yellows. I was ecstatic! The woman I was talking too was kind of freaked out about by my moaning and screaming. lol Fortunately for me there were A LOT of these same types of reports all over the Southern and Midwest parts of the United States.

What could it have been?

Here is another link to a site where people report meteor sitings. As you will see there were reports from all over the place.

http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com/

February 13, 2012

EXCLUSIVE - Adele Trashes Newt Gingrich at the Grammys!

I am positive that this is a parody. LOL

This is an extremely funny song though. Hoping you guys and gals get a kick out of this song. LMAO

February 12, 2012

Whitney Houston Daughter Bobbi Kristina Rushed to the Hospital

Whitney Houston's 18-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, was just rushed to Cedears-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles ... TMZ has learned.

According to our sources ... Bobbi was taken out of the Beverly Hilton, where Whitney died yesterday, on a stretcher.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ police and fire responded to a call for a medical emergency, but would not confirm who was transported.

http://www.tmz.com/

February 7, 2012

My live review for 'Kind of Blue'

'Kind of Blue' by Miles Davis has always been my favorite jazz album. Throughout my life I have turned to 'Blue' like a Christian would turn to a cross. The purity of the sounds that were captured from these sessions were magical & angelic.





My live review of 'Kind of Blue'



1) So What.

It's like Davis and company are messing with the listener's minds. Their 'not give a damn' title of 'So What' creates the 9 + minute mood that sets the pace for the jungle in which the listener is about to trudge through. It's a slow dance with piano & Davis' trumpet directing a cadence that cannot be matched. The elevation that this song reaches is higher than the heavens and louder than a cosmic boom. "IT" is alive. Feel like doing some finger popping snaps, with a Gregory Hines tap, tap. I can see now why poets & writers from the 1950s drowned their ears in this beautiful music.



2) Freddie Freeloader









The dancing piano keys in this track places the listener on the outskirts of a Jazz bar in Harlem. It's right within reach of the crowd that's slowly filing into the joint. But the bystander just stands in a euphoric daze, hypnotized by what he/she is hearing. Then Davis introduces his melodic trumpet sound. The smoke is rising from the cigarettes of the patrons & all you see is Davis on stage (back turned) placing his soul in front of that crowd. The devil is there, but he can't touch Miles. That's when Coltrane fires up his groovin' pitchfork sound that takes this song to another universe. It's okay for you to bop your head to the tune. That's what Wynton Kelly's piano keys tell you. So you bop, bop, bop... Before you know it you are captured by the Freeloader himself.



3) Blue In Green









This is where the mood shifts to a rainy street in the mind. It's pouring and the woman who lost her lover during the war heads to a private eye. She hopes he can find her lost love. The man in the fedora is known for his skills and has found dozens people in his career, but you know in the end it's going to be like a Hollywoodized script. They will fall in love and walk into the black & white night hand in hand. The looks, the eye contact, flirtatious in every way. Davis' soul is bare. Notes of despair dance alone into the air.



4) All Blues











Keeping with the same mood as 'Blue In Green', but not as naked. 'All Blues' like all of the tracks on 'Kind of Blue' are intertwined like a fine piece of fabric. It's a lil' more upbeat, but you can tell Miles & company don't want to take you to the pinnacle, they keep it mellow enough just to not be depressing. The title 'All Blues' is probably one of Davis' head games, because this song is far from being ALL BLUES. Scat, a tat, tat, wom, boom, bat.





5) Flamenco Sketches









Now we are back to a bluesy place. Miles' trumpet paves the way for the highway that he has created so far. 'Flamenco Sketches' is probably one of the most beautifully arranged pieces in the history of music. Adderley, Coltrane, Davis' playing all meld into this track. It's seductive on a level that isn't perverted. It's divine on a level that's not quite saintly. It's ahhhhhhhhhhhh muzik. Those piano keys are dancing now. Uh huh. Capture the mood. Keep that mysticism that is Miles Davis. That's how this album ends with a sunset that never sets.

February 7, 2012

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust - Acoustic Version

February 6, 2012

Boehner Jokes That House Of Representatives 'Designed Not To Work'

Asked about the divisions within his House GOP caucus, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) quipped Monday that the institution is dysfunctional by design.

"I'm presiding over an institution that was designed not to work," Boehner said on PBS NewsHour. "You know, the founding fathers gave us 435 members from all across the country. One big committee to solve America's issues. It's a demanding job. But I'm glad I've got it."

The Speaker said the frequency of elections makes it difficult to get important work done.

More here:

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/boehner-vents-that-house-of-representatives-designed-not