December 10 2009
December 3, 2009  ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images
A group of acrobats from Canadian troupe Cirque du Soleil performs the show “Dralion” in Mexico City.

December 3, 2009  ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images

A group of acrobats from Canadian troupe Cirque du Soleil performs the show “Dralion” in Mexico City.

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Adam Sandler, Hanukkah Song

Not too shabby.

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Cat Stevens, Oh Very Young

I am a sap for a good “pick yourself up after falling apart” story, and this one about Dale from Season Three of Top Chef is about as good as it gets.

Floating soccer field, Singapore.  More here.
The uh, antidote to winter indoor soccer.

Floating soccer field, Singapore.  More here.

The uh, antidote to winter indoor soccer.

Today is apparently antidote day.

This is the antidote to Ukulele Boy - a bunch of kids singing Drake’s You’re The Best I Ever Had. The multiple f-bombs sort of take it out of the adorable realm and into something else.

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Bad Company, Feel Like Making Love

The antidote to winter/holiday tunes.

December 09 2009
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Pearl Jam, Just Breathe

Can’t get this out of my head today.

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I sort of have to reblog this.

nedhepburn:

Kansas “Carry On My Wayward Son”

Via ned hepburn

Context: Nine years ago, when former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee was governor of Arkansas, he commuted the sentence of then-16 year old Maurice Clemmons, who had been convicted of aggravated robbery and assault.  Huckabee followed the recommendations of the parole board, and believing 108 years for robbery and assault was excessive, reduced the sentence from 108 years to 47 years.  The commutation made Clemmons eligible for parole, which he was granted later that year.

Clemmons was subsequently re-jailed on parole violations, but eventually got out and moved (back) to Washington state.  He committed several more crimes, each more violent, including, most recently, assault of a police officer and child rape.  He was permitted (by Washington state courts) to post bail, and, a few weeks ago, while out on bail, assassinated four police officers in a coffee shop.

Clemmons was shot and killed by police officers in pursuit two days later.

(more information on Maurice Clemmons)

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