Rolling Stone has some virtues again...

Rolling Stone magazine has improved with respect to its music coverage (from the late 80s to the early 90s it was pretty much a fashion magazine), but is still no way near its heyday in the early 70s. The political writing, though, has been very revealing during these godawful times. Here are some links to some of my favorite articles, some being old news, but still revealing:

On the alarming transfer of wealth here in the U.S. (Kirby, I'd be curious about your libertarian take on this one)

Sure, mess with my eternal love of smoky bacon

A preelection case for the outgoing congress as being the worst congress ever

I knew Bush lost in 2000, now I know Bush lost in 2004

I'm still kickin' (but not bloggin')

Ho Hum has slipped by the wayside lately and will probably remain there until I recharge my batteries... In the meanwhile, a picture (with a caption) says a thousand words:

Small town Iowa humor...

I pass through this small Iowa town almost every time I drive back to my home town. This is my favorite town info sign of all time...

OH NO!!!

Man oh man, santorum-lovin' Santorum bit it on election day. Listen to the concession speech here for just a few seconds. Its worth it to hear the impassioned plea of "OH NO!" from a distressed follower in the crowd and then try to imagine her miserable existence.



This photo inspired one of the most heartless and hilarious examples of "juvenile piling-on" from a bunch of "snotty" libertarians (I quote a pissed off reader). Go here and enjoy only if, like BEEz, you enjoy mean-spirited humor directed at children. Oh, and Wonkette is always good for a few laughs on a topic like this... And don't blame me, but farking has occurred.

More Gay Republicans? Oh please don't let it be Hastert...

While there is nothing that brings joy to my day than hearing about yet another Christian and/or Republican powerbroker plucked out of the closet, but Hastert? Yikes! Even the most liberal of straight guys may struggle with the mental image of two dudes going at it, but make one of those two dudes Denny Hastert...

It turns out that Hastert rooms with his openly-gay Chief of Staff Scott Palmer (Peter's brother?). Here is one take on this grizly scenario, and here is another.

Of course, not everyone is buying that Scott Palmer's taste in bedmates is so challenged

Remember... only users lose drugs

Where's my stash? This is real hometown news...

Many of you may have heard, or heard about, Terry Gross' interview of Gene Simmons on Fresh Aire. Unfortunately, spoil sport Simmons wouldn't sign the release, so it is not in the Fresh Aire archives. Luckily, someone saved it and posted it here (for now, but I saved a copy). It was almost as good as the Bill O'Reilly interview on the same show...

I found this cool site when trying to learn about "scrumpy and western" music (ala Island Monkey). It has all kinds of fun things, including a list of the worst album covers. I don't know why they put this one on the list...