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If you were at a small club in Syracuse in 1971, could you have spotted that this skinny kid from California was going to be a big star? This was a year before he recorded his first LP. The song is called, "These Days" and it had already been covered by Nico of the Velvet Underground (with whom our soon-to-be star had a brief affair).
If that song doesn't ring a bell, and you want another hint- listen to this song (which you should recognize instantly):

(idea and songs submitted by Deep Track)

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New York

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(..and political parties have nothing to do with this request...)
Please put your campaign pledge to create a White House Office on Cyber Security on top of the priority list- even above the economy.
Not quite there yet, but please keep going, Mr. O- Let's see how much power this “Czar” will have.

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Perhaps the defining article of the past 8 years and 100+ days.

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One way men can guess that their date might be bored..

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Macke on cracke

Is this something to laugh about or feel some kind of “been there/done that” pity?

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MILFs Gone Wild.

Lyrics Not Work friendly • Not Family friendly • not Venus-friendly
Not suitable entry for the Official Traditional Mother's Day song!

Click below for Lyrics

Andy Samberg: Oh dang..
Justin Timberlake:What is it dawg?
AS: I forgot it’s Mother’s Day.
JT:Didn’t get a gift for her.
AS: Other plans got in the way.
She’ll be so dissappointed.
JT: Damn I forgot it too.
AS: This could have been avoided.
Both: What the hell are we gonna do?
JT: My mom’s been so forlorn
Ever since my daddy left.
AS: COLD
JT: No one to hold her tight
Life has put her to the test.
AS: I know just what you mean,
my mom’s been so sad and gray
JT: Word
AS: My dad can’t satisfy her in the bedroom ever since he passed away.
Both: Hold up.
AS: You thinkin’ what I’m thinkin’?
JT: I’m thinkin’ I’m thinkin’ too
Both: Slow up
AS: What time is it dawg?
JT: It’s time for a switcharoo
Both: We both love our moms, women with grown women needs
I say we break ‘em off
Show ‘em how much they really mean
’cause I’m a Mother Lover
you’re a Mother Lover
We should f*ck each other’s mothers
JT:F*ck each other’s moms
You’ve seen that place that you came out as a baby
ain’t no doubt that **** is crazy
F*ck each others moms
Both:
’cause every Mother’s Day needs a Mother’s Night
If doing it is wrong, I don’t wanna be right
I’m callin’ on you ’cause I can’t do it myself
to me your like a brother, so be my mother lover
AS: I’m layin’ in the cut waitin’ for your mom
clutchin’ on this lube and roses
JT: I got my digital camera, I’m gonna make your momma do a million poses
AS: They will be so surprised
JT: We are so cool and thoughtful
AS: Can’t wait to pork your mom
JT: I’m gonna be the syrup, she can be my waffle
Both:Show’d up
JT: My mother loves bubble bath with chamomile
Both: Straight up
AS: Give it to my mom d - d- d - d- d - d - d*ggystyle
Both: This the perfect plan
For a perfect Mother’s Day
They have to rename this one
All up under the covers day
‘Cause I’m a Mother Lover
you’re a Mother Lover
We should f*ck each others mothers
JT:F*ck each others moms
I’ll push in their place
where you came out as a baby
ain’t no doubt that sh*t is crazy
F*ck each others moms
AS:Break it down
It would be my honor to be your new step-father
JT: It would be my honor to be your new step-father
AS:I’ll let you do my mother
make me another brother
and I’m gonna do your mother
I’ll never use a rubber
JT: OH
’cause every Mother’s Day needs a Mother’s Night
If doing it is wrong, I don’t wanna be right
I’m callin’ on you ’cause I can’t do it myself
to me your like a brother, so be my mother lover
They blessed us both with the gift of life
She brought you in this world so I’m a s*x her right
This is the second best idea that we’ve ever had
The choice can be no other
Be my mother lover

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Now that they have confessed to anything and everything, do you still think it works?
Most importantly, are we going to dump all previously signed agreements because Terrorists may not honor them?
You decide- just remember- you are deciding the fate of thousands of American prisoners, civilians and allies in all future conflicts.

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Green Day: 21 Guns (Not available at WalMart)

Click Below for lyrics

Do you know what's worth fighting for,

When it's not worth dying for?
Does it take your breath away
And you feel yourself suffocating?
Does the pain weigh out the pride?
And you look for a place to hide?
Did someone break your heart inside?
You're in ruins

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I

When you're at the end of the road
And you lost all sense of control
And your thoughts have taken their toll
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul
Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn't pass
Nothing's ever built to last
You're in ruins

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I

Did you try to live on your own
When you burned down the house and home?
Did you stand too close to the fire?
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone

When it's time to live and let die
And you can't get another try
Something inside this heart has died
You're in ruins

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I

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The NY domestic terror plot uncovered this week with IED's and shoulder- mounted rocket launchers has raised the urgency to close the “Terrorist Gun Show” Loophole.

There are well documented cases of Hezbollah, al Qaeda and IRA terrorists legally buying weapons at US gun shows without background check requirements or detection.

Having personally watched people buy grenade launchers for $190 and military style AK 47's for under $400 (with high capacity ammunition clips thrown in for free) at gun shows without background checks or even proof of ID, Congress and the President should be very concerned.

Congress must close the Terrorist Gun Show Loophole NOW!!

But, sadly- Congress is more concerned about self-preservation and not upsetting the extreme wing of the special interest NRA than they are about national security or real home grown terrorism!
-John Rosenthal
Cell 617-733-3559

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Okay- Now that I have gotten past Candy Crowley's make-up- Here are my questions:
1. Is it just that the American people and some of our political representatives in Washington are basically morons and willing tools of the media?
Or
2. Is it that the media, in their quest for high ratings and a natural gravitation toward sensationalism, are willing tools of the extreme Right?

Why is there any kind of debate over what to do with the Terrorists? No-brainer. We have great maximum security prisons right here in America and when we have released these guys to other countries, about 1 in 7 of them come back to threaten us again. What is the problem here? Ask yourself why we are even having this debate.
(For the answer to that question, see questions 1 and 2.)
Oh, and one more thing:

President Obama should stop letting the WingNut brigade rope him and Pelosi into the “torture debate.” Let the Judicial arm of government deal with that- We have too many more pressing issues to deal with. Bring out former VP Al Gore and let him and former VP Cheney debate this subject on C-Span.

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Credit Card Bill H.R. 1461 Is A Sham Without Usury Protection

The headline today read, "Reform may mean good card users pay more",
even as the Senate passed their totally phony credit card bill,
H.R. 1461. The one thing that actually mattered, an amendment to limit
interest rates to a very generous 15 percent was killed. With the
government bailing out some of these same companies, and giving them
money for zero interest, how greedy can they possibly get? Oh, but
our forthright simpering Senators had no problem tagging on a totally unrelated Wild Bill Hickok
in our national parks provision.

How stupid do they think we are? What we are left with is a cosmetic
makeover which will continue to bless outrageous interest rates with
no real protection for the American people at all- another charade of
reform which actually changes nothing of substance. In fact, the bill
expressly gives credit card companies an additional 9 months to rip
us off without any new restrictions whatsoever. Congress needs to
know they are not fooling us one little bit on this one.
We are asking concerned consumers to call their members of Congress toll free at
800-828-0498, 866-338-1015 or 866-220-0044 (all numbers just checked
good) to protest their failure to actually confront the core problem
.. unrestrained interest rates. They will be voting in the House in
a matter of days.

So what if they must give at least 45 days notice before raising our
interest rates to the sky. Where are we the American people to go, as
the job market collapses around our ears? The credit card "industry",
just like the medical insurance "industry", is just a giant leech
sucking the lifeblood out of our economy, without adding anything of
value to it.

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Duane's thought for the day: “You can't get away with farting in the bathtub even if you think you can because you're under water; the bubble will always rise to the top, explode and out you..”

Even Charles doesn't know.

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If I had to list my top one hundred favorite songs of all time, this would be on that list.
Sam Cooke: Summertime (alternate version)

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Cheaper than botox: Beer
also
Vintage 1979 bumpersticker: Duane sounds off on corporate rock.

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Not a Miss U.S.A. contestant

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(Actually, thanks to Steve Cabral for this site):
Save your own jukebox in your browser menu.

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(sent in by Kathleen D. of B.C.)

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It can be argued that 99% of all of the current world's problems boil down to one major dilemma: Overpopulation
Currently, no country, no government and no organized lobby or grassroots organization exists to effectively control the burgeoning spread of humanity in a civil and successful manner.
Adhering to the 40 year old theory of ZPG is not without its detractors. However, if a positive, constructive and moral way to control the overpopulation issue could be found and achieved, most of the following problems would be totally eliminated (or lessened dramatically):
1. Scarcity of food
2. Scarcity of water
3. Scarcity of living space
4. Negative effects of over-Immigration
5. Disease control
6. Scarcity of fossil fuel
7. Global warming

By 2040 the world population will have reached the 9 billion mark. The world population is predicted to stabilize at approximately 11.6 billion by the year 2220, but achieving zero population growth will be complex. There are many factors that have profound effect on population size such as age, disease, international migration, and health in general. Joseph Chamie, director of the UN population stated that stabilization could occur because people make a conscious decision to have fewer children. Moreover, as a country goes through demographic transition, the process by which a population experiences a decline in mortality and a subsequent decline in fertility, it undergoes rapid population growth before finally stabilizing. This dramatic rise in the world population will cause major changes, making population an extremely important issue and a priority in discussions, regardless of the country and its level of development.

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... makes me scared:

1. to be from Boston
2. to be a frequent air traveler
3. to be a member of the human race
4. to trust T.S.A.... ever!
5. to go outside my room

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Stop climate change now. Not Work Friendly!!

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You decide.

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How sweeet!

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Rock and Roll didn't begin evolving until the early 50's. Before that, believe it or not- there was incredibly great music: Before the guitar became the defining instrument of contemporary music, instruments like the saxophone, trumpet and trombone were driving thousands of young and excited music fans wild at clubs and town halls in the suburbs- as well as in larger auditoriums like Carnegie Hall and Winterland- from San Francisco to Dallas to Boston. They came in droves to stomp their feet, shake their heads and dance in the aisles to the sounds of Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Gene Krupa, Harry James, etc.- all artists in the same vein as the Eric Claptons, John Lennons and Bonos of today.
This, then, is Perdido, a song classic brilliantly performed in September of 1947 at Carnegie Hall in New York, one of the most famous touring music shows of that era: Jazz at the Philharmonic. Solo performers include Howard McGhee (tp) Bill Harris (tb) Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips (ts) Hank Jones (p) Ray Brown (b) and Jo Jones (d). Make believe rock hasn't been invented yet, and hear where this takes you.

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“That 'person of color' joke was not funny”...

“They never catch you smokin,' but they somehow always catch you with your shirt off!”

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Charles' Note: William A. Jacobson, the guy who started all this, is actually a professor at Cornell (a once-credible Ivy League University).

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Literally


“Oh, that's just Manny being Barry. Hope those Dodger fans are enjoying him!”
-Renata

“Manny going for his secret stash of 'roids..”...
-Chuck Nowlin

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Let's clearify what Mr.Cocker was really sayin' here....

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For the mathematically challenged, today's date, 5/7/09, is one of only six this century that will feature three consecutive odd numbers. (Boston Globe)

**What? You come up with a better pun!

(Of course, as Keith Olbermann pointed out*, the Globe was wrong; but this is such a nice mathematical quasi-factoid, it is worth posting.)

*“Number two: Best erroneous celebration. Ron Gordon, teacher in Redwood City, California, and chief promoter of the fact that today is “Odd Day” -5-7-09, only one of six dates this century that will feature three consecutive odd numbers, he says. Except, of course, it doesn‘t. The numbers are five, seven, zero and nine. Zero is not an odd number. So you look at it the other way. It‘s 05, 07, 09, that‘s even worse.
The first odd day with three consecutive odd numbers is January 3rd, 2050, one, three, five, zero.”

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“Ah believe ah just shot mah self in the fo-o-o-o-ooooot...”

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Alternate meanings for common words

1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.

2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.

3 . Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.

It gets better.
(click below)

5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.

6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.

7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle (n), olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.

11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.

12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.

14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.

15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that, when you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there..

16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men

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Not the Celtics. Not the Red Sox. Not the Patriots.
<loud buzzer>
GO-O-o-o-o-o-o-L-L-L!!!!

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Let me know how you fared. I was not good at geography in 6th grade and nothing has changed since then. If you don't get all 50, you are a dummy, you are un-American, and you cannot vote in the next election.

(I got 47 out of 50! First mistake was Iowa).

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There oughta be a law..

Sit the fuck down, you rude shithead ! I paid...

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“You only get one wish,” the Genie said, “and it has to be something very unique, creative and real..”
After thinking about it for hours- and going through a dozen scenarios- I had it:
“I want to be right there inside the glass-walled studio when Paul and John are dubbing one of their songs from Sgt. Pepper! I want to hear what they are hearing in their headphones. I want to feel what it is like to be part of the production itself.“
“Well done, and... Done.” said the Genie.

(Thanks to Deep Track for this).

Now, imagine you asked the Genie if you could have the power to paint incredible psychedelic pictures..

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Go to http://www.doIhavetheswineflu.com

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