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	7/30/10 Go HERE for the latest totals. More Americans now dead in Iraq & Afghanistan than killed on 9-11. Plus more than a million Iraqis dead. Sparkler Returns Newt A dangerously ignorant man will be running in 2012. Go HERE. More Israeli Terrorism Weiner Ain't No Weenie Dancing In The Rain
	7/29/10 Charlese Belween 2 Palms Go HERE. On The Road Better than Kerouac. Go HERE. Be The One Sign the petition. Or Not! Go HERE. And Go HERE. Slo-Mo Tempus II from Philip Heron on Vimeo. Ben Kieth, 73, RIP Go HERE. NYTimes hasn't yet caught this. He played for Patsy Cline FCS. What Is Theft? Go HERE. Whoops! $200 million? Not so fast. Go HERE.
	7/28/10 1941-2010 I was born during the 2nd World War which ended when? Then there was the Korean war. Then the Cold War. Then the Vietnam Nam War. Gulf War One. Aphganistan War. Bush's Iraq War. Obama's Aphganistan War. The incipient Iran War. Stop It. Merle On Maher Thrilling! Tammy & Merle. Go HERE for Willie & Merle. Paycheck & Haggard Gosdin Medley Cool Clouds Go HERE. NYC Street Scenes Y'all Know This Beth Orton Think I saw her on church Street today eating an ice cream cone. People Are Beasts Go HERE. The Latest Civil Rights Issue Immigration Reform. Go HERE. Quote Of The Day "Now you could even argue whether being a Muslim is actually a religion, or is it a nationality, a way of life, or cult -- whatever you want to call it." -- Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey 4 Kate WhereEver U R Lightning strikes three of the tallest buildings in Chicago at the same time! from Craig Shimala on Vimeo. Today Hottest July in my 31 years in NYC.
	7/27/10 Hero I love jamie. Hunger/Obesity She talks too fast. Moon/June Best Tune: Bob. Quote Of The Day "Unless Israel takes the initiative to achieve lasting peace, [I.F] Stone warned, there would be more wars or a spiraling weapons race in which Israel would become a beseiged and paranoid armed camp... Israel "cannot remain a western outpost in an Afro-Asian world casting off western domination", he said. "No quickie military victories should blind it to the inescapable - in the long run it cannot defeat the Arabs. It must join them," - Saul Friedman, 'Debate Divides U.S Jewry', Los Angeles Times, January 14 1968. And these guys, Stone and Friedman are both Jews. NYC Street Scenes WikiLeaks More inportant than Twitter. David Allen Coe NYC Street Scenes Mila's Daydreams Go HERE. Al Franken @ Netroots Nation Smartest politician in the country. Go HERE. The Father Of American Photography? Who says so? Go HERE.
	7/26/10 Who Are These People? Who the media think are interested in BrangelinaLindseyGwenethcKardashianMel...etc... etc... The internet would dry up if anyone was really interested... Total Bull Shit Shame on you Ariana. Go HERE. Tell me what he said. Nina's Signature Current Fave Music (NPO) Woven Hand (16HP)- David Eugene Edwards Grace Potter & The Nocturnals James McMurtry Wilco (Especially w/ Nels Cline) Old Crow Medicine Show Ryan Adams Beth Orton Teddy Thompson, Richard Thompson, Linda Thomposon Eliane Elias Caetano Velosa Wayne Shorter Jacky Terrasson Brad Meldau Karrin Allyson Mark Knopfler Mary Black Norah Jones Ornette Coleman And the usuals: Miles, Billie, Trane, Monk, Evans, Ray, Willie, Merle, Waylon, George, etc... NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Go HERE. 16HP Does Dylan NYC Street Scenes NYC Street Scenes Big Surprise! Pakistan and Afghanistan are corrupt. Go HERE. Time to get the hell out. The new Petagon Papers. The new Ellsberg is in jail. Hound Dog & Little Walter
	7/25/10 People Are Beasts Not to mention clitoris clipping and circumcision. 16HP Does Dylan Depp On Ginsberg Tuli Kupferberg, 86, RIP Go HERE. Quote Of The Day "Sex is good, but not as good as fresh sweet corn." Garrison Keillor Some slices of ripe tomatoes go well too. My dinner for the past 2 nights, two more to go.
	7/24/10 Bourdain On Pekar Go HERE. Richard Price Interview Go HERE. Willie Knows Shirley Sherrod Go HERE. Average Everyday Americans Meaning: Just like me. Go HERE. Get Low New Duvall film I'd like to see. Trouble is it looks like I'd have to watch a lot of Bill Murray; the second worst actor in the world. Crispen Glover being the worst. Go HERE. Inequality Thank You For Your Call from Shawn Nee / discarted on Vimeo. Physics Is Fun Lagoa Multiphysics 1.0 - Teaser from Thiago Costa on Vimeo.
	11/05/06 It's Just Wrong Everyone knows it bur no one will stop it. Go HERE. Emmylou Covers Buck Sweet Baby James One of my fave songs. Only In India $35 laptop. Go HERE. Elton Zevon Be Well Al Quote Of The Day "I've got real empathy for those who are unemployed, as most of you know I've got 11 brothers and sisters. I know that three of my brothers lost their jobs, I'm not sure whether they've found jobs yet, so I've got a lot of empathy for those caught in this economic downturn." -- House Minority Leader John Boehner 1st Sweet Tomatoes There is a certain day in summer when the tomatoes finally start tasting like the fruit they are. Yum. Bought some and also some plump ripe sweet corn and walked home in the summer rain. Elizabeth Warren Pit Bull Kills 2 Year Old Go HERE. WoodHenge Go HERE.
	7/22/10 Busted! Democratic Crooks. Go HERE. PostCard From Kate She's in love with Berlin. Not sure why but she says "everyone is superchill." I have no problem with Germany. The Germans I know are more intelligent than most Americans. LiLo, Mel, Cameron... you know the bunch. Who gives a shit? Reptilian Timothy... Versus Lovely Elizabeth. Two people who you know take a bath everyday, go head to head. Go HERE. Serenity Now. RFK Jr.
	7/21/10 Losing My Mind I woke up this morning and couldn't recall having dinner last night. No evidence in the kitchen. I'm thinking I ought to eat something. Elizabeth Warren For Prez 2012. Michael Buble The most singable song ever written. Mrs Costello Joao Gilberto & Caetano Veloso Caetano is the most handsome man in the world. Joao Gilberto & Caetano Veloso Eliane Elias 40 Shades Of Green Day 2: Hotel Mom told me there was an Emo station 5000 meters down the road where I could get my tire repaired while I waited. Young dewd said pick it up before 6pm and as I was hungry I left the tire and parked back at the hotel. Irish do walk a lot so I decided to trek down to the Old Town. Got lost twice but eventually found my way. Who says men can't ask for directions. Also exercise is good for me. So I trudge on. Downtown is very quaint, European. Sun burned German hits me up for 2 Euros. I say I don't have 2 Euros, sorry. He says, "That's OK." Excellent Cappuccino and Pane Chocolate, 5 Euros. Lots of pubs. Arts Festival all week. Missed Brad Meldau yesterday. Hopped a cab back and he took me the scenic Bay route which was lovely. Why did my Mama's folks ever leave this place? Necessity, I'm thinking. Cabbie explained the "Irish Thing" about no street signs. I tell him of my O'Brien and McLaughlin ancestry and he points out a pharmacy that is run by O'Briens. I tip him generously. Back to Emo (Mood appropriate) dewd says it's blown, can't be repaired. How much? $65 Euros. Do the fucker. Irish are so matter of fact and efficient I tip the guy well. Euros are play money. 10 minutes and Im out of there. Snagged the last parking spot. Back to hotel for a nappy, logon to see what's going on in the world. Drive downtown for dinner, park in a lot and wander around until I find a fish pub. Good, not great Flounder, rice. OK. Back at the lot, someone has graciously scraped the left side of my Thrifty Mobile and torn off the left mirror. I gotta say FUCK. On the positive side: Ireland is incredibly civilized. People smile and service industry people don't seem to mind their jobs. No litter and the population of Galway seems quite affluent. Everyone uses re-usable shopping bags, the hallway lights go out when no one is in the hall. Imagine any city in the USA where the lights go out at night. Seriously bummed now, I can't imagine coping with Dublin. I start planning my get away; try to change my flight at delta.com and the site tells me I can. I can't. There is a bug in the program. Try the 800 number in Ireland and they say I have to call the US 800 number. I try but they don't want to talk to me. Knowing I'm gonna crack and start sampling some of that Jameson in the pub, I determine I have to return to the airport and deal with a real person. Next morning, coffee and blueberry muffin, I bid farewell to the bearded Pop and hit the road. I arrive at 1:05. The desk closed for the day at 1pm. Of course. Why didn't I know that? Found a reasonable hotel, beautiful slim blonde at the desk. "You Italian?" I ask. "Polish," she says. Ah yes. Even better. Shannon is an odd town, basically one shopping center in one building. I ask if there is an old part of town (with some character). "Nope. Just an airport town." The Chinese restaurant in Hotel also serves the Pub food. I try for Chinese, twice. Two of the worst meals I've ever had; both with the flavor of that canned chow mein we used to try in art school. Been watching the British Open off and on. Ireland love their young countryman, Rory McElroy, who set a record with a 63 opening round. Back to the airport. It's immediately clear, I'm screwed. Today? Nope. Tomorrow? Nope. Monday? OK. How much? $330. "Maybe you should try Aer Lingus or Continental." Aer Lingus. Yes, to Newark. How much? $660. Continental? Yes. $1000. Delta it is. I settle in to watch the British Open and surf the World Wide Web. Remember the Information SuperHighway? Anxious about returning the car and how much it's gonna cost me. At this point I don't give a damn. I just want them to let me go home. I check my Apple stock and it has gone up enough to cover the whole damn misadventure. I'm never going anywhere again.
	7/20/10 Billie Makes My Heart Fly Osama Won Go HERE. Brother Gary Gary & I have been estranged for many years but Brother Daryl talks to everyone left in the the family. D tells me that Gary has been failing for the past few years, stents, etc. and now is rather untreatable. Be strong Gary. Best to you and yours. I'm right behind you even if my docs say I'm fine. Fuck It! Apple stock went up $3000 today which pays for about all the crap in my trip to Ireland. Not going anywhere, ever, again. CD Of The Day Eliane Elias's Tribute to Bill Evans: Something For You Excellent. Headline Of The Day Man Arrested With 18 Monkeys In Pants. Go HERE. Quote Of The Day "I know what America is. America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction,"- Binyamin Netanyahu, in a just-released and secretly taped private meeting in 2001. He also reveals his approach to the Palestinians: "beat them up, not once but repeatedly, beat them up so it hurts so badly, until it's unbearable." Go HERE. 40 Shades Of Green Day 1: As warned I got there early. Left my Visa at the e-ticket kiosk and got in to the huge security line. Freak 1. 2 ladies held my place. Whew. It was sitting there. Back in line for at least 45 minutes. Gate 4. An hour later it was gate 10. An hour later gate 22. On board we sit on the runway for an hour and the pilot says we're 15th in line for take-off. Chicken in ketchup sauce. Seat-back TVs don't work, can't sleep. This is where I realize how ill-equiped I am for this endeavor. Shannon. Thifty, it seems, only serves up stick-shifts. Can I change? Sure. $250 Euros. No thanks. Also seems, they force you to buy insurance unless you have a Canadian MasterCard. OK. fuck it. On the road gingerly trying to learn left-hand driving, shifting left-handed too. Who thought of this? Most people are right-handed. Probably some damn King. Heading for the Cliffs of Moorer on narrow country roads, beautiful stone walls everywhere, a lorry forces me too far left, I hit something, KPOW. Fucking blow-out. Haven't changed a tire in 50 years. Open the package and there is one of those weeny spares that says don't go more than 89km on this tire. Finally figure out how to use the jack, forget to loosen the lugs so I crank it down enough to loosen lugs. They don't budge. Oh yeah, I remember to use my feet and my weight. Up again. Long story short, recalling my father died changing a tire... It starts to sprinkle heavily... I get it done. Wash my dirty hands on the wet grass. And on to The Cliffs. Catch a glimpse and decide I really ought to get some sleep. Stupidly decide to take country road to Galway. Didn't sound too far. It was too far. Galway is large and busy and fast with roundabouts everywhere, bad maps, no street signs. "It's an Irish thing." I'm told. Panic! I've lost the name of the Hotel. Anno Santo? Santo Anno? Street name? I remember it's across from a grassy field. Stop for direction. 3 people stop what they're doing to help me. One guy on line says, "Anno Santo, it's on Threadneedle Rd." Go down here take a right and another.... I forget immediately. Get in the car, a nice old geezer tells me to wait, he knows the shortest way. I take his left and left advice. Problem is, as I said, no street signs. It's an Irish thing. I went too far, obviously, turn around and try again. There it is on the left. 4 parking slots. One open. Nice little mom and pop with WiFi. Go online to see what's going on in the world. It gets worse. I hate not being in control...
	7/19/10 Today Back from Ireland and happy to be. (No fault of Ireland, a lovely place and people.) I used to know something about making decisions but I forgot I knew it. Now I've learned it again: If you have trouble deciding something, don't do it. More about this to come.
	7/12/10 I Know It's Not Right... but I do it anyway. I have a new game I play: When I walk out the door, I count the number of people I see until the 1st obese one. The average is about 1 block; never more than two. And that's in NYC. I suspect it's higher in LA but then everyone is in a car there. Harvey Pekar, 70, RIP American Splendor. Go HERE. Off To Ireland Tonight May blog a bit from there. Taking the laptop mainly to book hotels along the way. The Child Rapist Goes Free Go HERE.
	7/11/10 Geezer Gaga DADT Survey Sample Qs: -Would a repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell" prompt a soldier to reconsider serving in the military? A: 4F -Would serving under an openly gay commander adversely affect morale? A: No -How would troops feel about sharing a bathroom or open-air shower with an openly gay comrade in a war zone? A: Gladly share with lesbians. Go HERE. Last Night
	7/10/10 BiBi's Not So Welcome In NYC Go HERE.
	7/9/10 It Continues Quote Of The Day "You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap around women for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know guys like that ain' got no manhood left anyway, so it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." -- Gen. Mattis, new Central Commander. Sparkler's Graduation For The Hell Of It (NSFW) About Apple More than you need to know. Go HERE. What Does It Mean?
	7/8/10 Al Pacino/Shylock If you love in NYC, it's FREE. If you're an idiot and miss it, you're an idiot. I Repeat What ever happened to Dick Gregory? And The Homo Walls Come Tumbling Down Go HERE. I ♥ Warren Buffet. Go HERE. Depression The emotional kind. What not to say. Go HERE. One Small Solar Step Go HERE. Brazilian Krall Tongue In Cheek Stones play Ed Sullivan. Duane & Eric - Little Wing Saint Duane Wish we had more of his singing. Blues Ain't Just One Color Quote Of The Day "We're now governed by people who do not like the country, who do not have the same reverence for it that we do." -- Rush Limbaugh MacDries says, "Something to be thankful for." The Kids Are All Right Kinda wanna see this... I Don't Care LiLo, LeBron, Hef, Gweneth, Lady Google, Kate Hudson, Palin, Angle, Paul Rand, Ron Paul, Ron Rand, Katy Perry, Oprah, Conan/Leno, Kardashian, Beatles, Beach Boys, Byrds, Princes and Princesses, Queens (except Latifah), Jolie, Pitt, Brangalina, Jennifer, Netanyahoo, Mel Gibson, Mel Brooks, McCains, Cheneys, McConnell, Boehner, Simpsons (starting with OJ, Jessica), Beyonce, JayZ, Kanye East West North or South, ... Today Still hot. 80s. A bit of genius. Go HERE.
	7/7/10 Bobby Fischer 1 of a Kind. Resurrected. Go HERE. The Long Goodbye Hope to find Paul Brady while in Ireland. Or Mary Black. NYC Street Scenes New paint job. 2 days more and the pidgeons will do their final touches. Really? Who is more ridiculous: Queen Elizabeth in her crown? Or, Pope Bennedict with his mitre? I'd pay for a glimpse of either's World View. South Dakota Scenes Set to 16 Horsepower. Jerry Lee The real King. Along with Chuck Berry, Little Richard. Today 99 today. Call it 100. Be thankful you don't live in NYC.
	7/6/10 I'm Dead Blood Pressure is 74/54 pulse 54. Blood sugar 157. WTF? Life Is Just Laundry Nome sain? Role Model What ever happened to Dick Gregory? Role Model Who was Prince's daddy? Genius Benoit Mandelbrot. The Girls In Greece Iowa Rules Want a pork burger? 261 lb. pork burger? Go HERE. Today 94 @ noon. No shade. Should have booked Ireland for today.
	7/5/10 Ireland Just booked myself next Monday for 10 days to my ancestral homeland. Too bad, too late to savor all that lovely Irish liquor. Sort of a test for this blue-eyed boy. Back on the 21st. Latest Painting In Dreams I'm recently having dreams far more interesting and film like than my day to day life. Interupted by hourly trips to the bathroom, sometimes picking up where they left off, sometimes not. Sometimes threatenly baroque, sometime mildly erotic. Fareed Zakaria 100 Al Queda left. Why are we still fighting them? Go HERE. Quote Of The Day "The taxation system has tilted toward the rich and away from the middle class in the last 10 years," Buffett recently said. Buffett said he did an informal survey of federal taxes paid by his own office staff, and the average was 32.9%, compared to his 17.7%. "There wasn't anybody in the office, from the receptionists on, that paid as low a tax rate," Warren Buffett - CEO of Berkshire Hathaway MacDries says, "Wonder if the Tea-baggers know this." 97 @ 1:30pm I hate weather. Prince Covers everything. Broken Bells New and interesting if you like Pop. Multi-Talented Tom Coliccio & Joe Bastianich. Keep your day jobs guys.
	7/4/10 National Anthem Then & Now Michael Steele. Go HERE. Don't politicians understand: Everything you say is being recorded. What People Do To Pets Armless Man Teaches Golf Go HERE. Prodigy Ricky & Travis NYC Street Scenes Boy & Girl. Reminds me of 40 years ago. Today Too damn hot to sit in the sun even if Ms Cash is just down the street and it's FREE.
	7/3/10 Avec Eric The Genius. Go HERE. Up Yours SCOTUS Chicago passes hand gun law. Go HERE. Soft-Shell Crabs Scored a couple more for tonight. Gravity John Mayer at his best. NYC Street Scenes Didn't like her picture taken.
	7/2/10 Some People Have More Integity Than Money He doesn't need any more, no thank you. Go HERE. Las Meninas Every so often I need to take a look at this painting. Why People Love Pets They obey. The Latest CoverUp BP is literally dumping sand on the beaches to cover the oil and tar balls. 7 Up If you've never seen this incredible documentary series and it's follow-ups every 7 years, you're missing a real heart-warming series of stories. Saw 49 Up last night and remember these characters as if I grew up with them. NYC Street Scenes Watch Your Step!
	7/1/10 Huffington Post's Art Page It's sort of new and often interesting even if you don't follow Art much anymore. Easier than getting on the subway and schlepping to Chelsea or Williamsburg. Go HERE. Bibi's Math One Israeli prisoner is worth a Thousand Palestinians. Go HERE. In The Nabe Neighborhood institution, Carmine's, is moving down Front Street. It was here when I came in '79. It was fire-bombed, sold and re-bought and the Beekman Street facade has an ominous buldge to it. Looks like it's been Xed for demolition. Believe It When I See It Plastic island from all that Pacific trash. Go HERE. NYC Street Scenes
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