I don’t believe I’ve ever listened to the band The Thermals before, but I’m definitely going to have to now.
As one story notes, “The Body, The Blood, The Machine,” the band’s third full-length, was produced by Fugazi’s Brendan Canty, released by Sub Pop and tells the fictitious tale of a young couple attempting to flee […]

And for good reason.
The Dallas Morning News is reporting that
More than 750,000 Texas drivers haven’t paid mandatory annual surcharges on their traffic violations, forcing them to drive without valid licenses and depriving the state treasury of nearly $620 million – much of which was supposed to be used for trauma care.
[…]

That’s right, folks, it’s time to get our presidential wannabes to discuss global warming.
And what can you do to save the environment?Here’s ten out of 50 suggestions from JustGive.org:
1. Recycle everything: newspapers, bottles and cans, aluminum foil, etc.
2. Don’t use electrical appliances when you can easily do by hand, such as opening cans.
3. Use cold […]

So much for hating us for our freedom. As much as we hear about Middle Easterners hating Americans, they obviously don’t have a problem with our television, music and fashion:
MTV Arabia, a new 24-hour free satellite channel, will begin broadcasting in Arabic across the Middle East on Nov. 16. The Viacom-owned network’s flagship show, Hip […]

The Vatican was last night at the centre of an unusually public sex scandal after acknowledging it had suspended a senior official who was filmed apparently propositioning a young man in his office. Monsignor Tommaso Stenico, a capo ufficio, or section head, at the Vatican ministry responsible for the clergy, insisted yesterday he was not […]

What You Missed If You Didn’t Read Today’s NYTimes

Black women in South Carolina are afraid to vote for Barack Obama because he might be assassinated.

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Oh, what a character.We have this: “We cannot build Russia’s future by tying its many millions of citizens to just one person or group of people,” he […]

Oh, god, yes!
Appearing on Larry King’s CNN show Thursday night, Stephen Colbert was accused by the host of using the publication of his new book as a platform to run for president. Colbert happily confirmed this, saying that he would likely seek the nomination from both parties.
When King said this was a “cop out,” Colbert, […]

AL GORE WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

Right-wingers must be biting the heads off their own children this morning.

Now, will the hopes that Gore begin a presidential campaign come true?

I don’t think there’s anything I can really add to this, except that it probably should have been the other way around:
A 22-year-old man was charged
with murder in the fatal stabbing
of his roommate after an argument
over the suspect’s smelly feet,
police said Monday.

What you missed if you didn’t read today’s The New York Times:

In a story detailing problems with the Bush administration push for Medicare enrollees to utilize private plans for the new drug benefit comes this nugget:

In March, Sierra Health Services ended drug coverage for more than 2,300 Medicare beneficiaries with H.I.V./AIDS, saying they had not […]