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That is a really bad article. Uncle Tupelo is a Chicago-area based band? Does anyone really think country when they think Woody Guthrie? How about folk? The Whole Love was their first foray into electronics? Spiders, Bull Black Nova.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U4ZhFDFYvE 1st full episode of Newsroom

This England / Italy match will not earn any American fans. So little offense from England. Some great saves, by their keeper, though.

The Evel Knievel toy reminded my of the 6 million dollar man action figure with the rubber skin the rolled up revealing his bionic muscles.

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But the law does not. Wilco and the Dead and lots of other bands are/were okay with taping. That's their right and it doesn't seem to have hurt their bottom line. They (and their labels, publishing companies, etc) own the right to their music, they get to legally control how to distribute. Anything that violates that is theft, period!

I love the concept of writing and promoting a book is another way of selling out. Good lord!

Ummm... I call bullshit w/o some sort of documentation.

I really liked Lowery's piece and it's made me reflect upon how I acquire music. I purchase a lot, but also use free (some legal, some not; some band-approved, some not) to acquire music. I look at all my old Maxell tapes and realize it's something I've done my whole life, it's just now the quality is so superior. Also, lots of my purchased music was at a huge discount through BMG and Columbia House, which no longer exist. Anyhow, I don't think there's much of a moral, ethical, or legal leg to stand on to defend illegal (Spotify, Pandora, etc. are all perfectly legal, right??) acquisition

1. I'm not sure why you think your post is crass. 2. Just because he doesn't get suspended doesn't mean alcohol isn't a relapse.

Sorry, I misread your post, thought you said his issues were "in his past". Hamilton is a great guy, no doubt. He attacked his demons head on. I would hope he'd continue to face them with honesty. It just seems like flu-like symptoms and dehydration are often code words used for something else.

He had a relapse with alcohol four months ago. I think most recovering addicts would tell you that the temptation never goes away.

I will take his virus at face value. By all appearances, it appears to be an accurate report. I want you to re-read these 2 sentences you typed and explain them. He is a recovering alcoholic/drug addict. How would his issues with alcohol last off season not be a relapse? Alcohol isn't a relapse, but drugs are?

I sure hope Josh Hamilton's dehydration is truly due to a virus. My gut tells me it's another relapse. I hope I'm wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6cxNR9ML8k

Will watch when convenient, but not appointment television like a lot of the World Cup.

It's either an Old English word or a Star Wars reference.

Certainly woth revisiting. One of the classics.

Both began as entertainers. Maher as a comedian, Rush as a broadcaster (FM DJ, entertainment, not news or punditry). Both now view themselves as shapers of the national opinion. Both try to entertain, but more importantly, shape the opinion of their audience. When they began to understand (or overestimate their own importance) is when I stopped caring about either.

Sometimes wives have better judgment.

Damn, Beltmann, that's so sad! With your eloquence, you'd do better than Barrett. How much of this vote was due to him as an alternative to Walker?

One more point. I used to enjoy both. Limbaugh was very, very funny and kind of iconoclastic in the late 80s and early 90s. It was only after Clinton was elected and Limbaugh saw himself as the voice of the opposition that he really turned to complete obnoxiousness. Maher was good on Politically Incorrect, but also began to take himself too seriously.

Pretty much. Condescending, can't stand being criticized, smarmy. Just because you agree with one of them doesn't make their style any different. Jon Stewart is liberal, but gets lots of conservatives on his show because he treats them with the respect they deserve (meaning very little, in some instances). There's probably a conservative equivalent to Stewart that I cannot think of right now. Limbaugh and Maher are -- for lack of a better term -- wingnuts. They yell, scream, belittle. Obviously, they aren't always equally obnoxious and Rush would probably score higher on the dishonesty

Fair enough.