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Sorry to cut in... I've heard Honey Locust- is one of his best. Do ya'll agree?

As a nation I think we need to hold ourselves to a higher standard than our potential enemies. If ill will warrented war we'd be knee deep in N. Korea and Russia. No sane American would ever want to throw away lives in an ill-advised war on Iran which bares more than a passing resemblance to our recent follies, ones which cost the lives of far too many American soldiers and innocent Iraqi civilians.

Well the Germany story is tough because on the one side the U.S. almost WAS the west German government initially which shows how essential we were in the development of today's prosperous and peaceful social democracy that is Germany. But then again take out the Berlin Wall tension and it might have been a less severe Cold War. All speculation aside, this shows that when you topple a government, if you expect stability, you're on the hook for a half century. This hard-won wisdom was horrifically absent from the Bush doctrine and the American mythos surrounding the prospect of invasion. The U

We also have our own, more subtle propaganda machine quietly stoking the flames of Islamophobia in the U.S.

I think Normal Happiness is rad. I like it better than half of the reformed gbv albums.

I heard Jeb on npr saying how he wanted to beef up the military presence in Iraq, which I think includes boots on the ground.

So they found room for Eminem, but not Nick Drake?

I can't believe there have been NO interviews for this album yet. I'm starting to think the whole release was about skipping all of the things they didn't like about releasing a record, and having the same conversation with a dozen journalists was one of them.

It's interesting that Jeb is the only serious contender for the GOP who's admitted that climate change is real, affected by humans, and says there should be policy to address it. http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/08/11/429781692/where-presidential-candidates-stand-on-climate-change

Not exactly. They're not what you'd call a top-down organization.

Powell is another example of what I think a Republican should be. Granted, I'm a progressive so no one cares, but I think the endangered species of intellectual right, fiscal conservative/social liberal, moderate Republican will always have an important role in the national dialog. Someone has to trim the fat!

You guys are long way away from the party of Eisenhower these days.

Totally! The government through the lens of business myth is one of the most pervasive, wrongheaded ideologies of our time. I see it in education all the time. "This school is struggling? Let's run it like Walmart, they're successful! "

This right here is the challenge. Reasonable Republicans rightfully shudder at how awful he is. They're stuck voting along side some yokels who eat up his garbage. Trump is the most divisive figure amongst the right wingers for some time. Could Jeb or Rubio bring them all together?

But they ARE phenomenal.

FTW!!

He's been tweeting clips from the studio. You can see/hear them over at Pitchfork. It sounds amazing!

Thanks guys, that explains things much more clearly for me.

Do the other networks get to pick who gets in the debate?

See, that just makes the networks look partisan to me. It's bullshit. We need a radical centrist, objective, mainstream media source.... I mean other than C-SPAN.

Maybe this is not even a tripping hazard for the more cynical among us, but is it not a total affront to Fox's claim of "fair and balanced" that they're literally running the GOP debate, with nothing at all similar to present the democratic hopefuls?

I like the QOTSA comparison, because it's warranted and kind of a surprising connection, so that's insightful.

Woke up with a birthday hangover at 5am to take my wife to the triathlon to fight breast cancer, then came home to call in to the city for final inspection of the studio/garage I've been building in my backyard.

Oh google translate. You almost replace humans except for your inability to deal with pronouns and idioms. I'll try my skills on the pull quote: "Although the closing track 'Magnetized' evokes gazing at the past glories of Abbey Road, the general sensation this record leaves you with is that we're in front of a minor work, perhaps a transition, only they will know to where." That last phrase is bugging me, but.... ya know.

^ Thank you. That's the most rational least grandstanding analysis I've seen yet.