July, 2007
In a 5-4 ruling this week, the Supreme Court deemed a key part of the McCain Feingold Act unconstitutional. BYU Political scientist David Magleby explains why
the decision is likely to open the floodgates of ad spending by interest groups.
When Tony Blair became Britain’s prime minister a decade ago, his nickname was “Bambi,” a reference to his doe-eyed optimism. Now tarnished by the “low skullduggery” of politics, Blair left office on Wednesday deeply unpopular among his people. Longtime Blair spokesman Alastair Campbell points a finger at the press.
MP3:
UFO Encounters - Side 1 (23:06)
UFO Encounters - Side 2 (22:33)
UFO Encounters - Side 3 (21:50)
UFO Encounters - Side 4 (22:29)
I have had this 2LP set so long I can't recall how I got it, it may originally been made available through sc-fi mags but I'm not sure.
The listener is treated to a brief history of UFO sightings, what constitutes a UFO and close encounters as well as some great recordings of abductees under hypnosis! The inner gatefold is chock-full of photos and drawings of saucers, aliens and the witnesses. Why aren't there more investigations, WHY?!?!?
- Contributed by: Michel LeGrisbi
Images: Front Cover, UFO Encounters!, UFO Encounters!!, UFO Encounters!!!
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[ 4 German socialist MP3s in this post. Don't say I didn't warn you. ]
Just in time for the 4th of July, here is some classic propaganda music to remind you of the wonders of socialism, especially the East German variant of it. In 1992, Felix Kubin and some friends founded the KED (Kommunistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, Communist Unity Party of Germany), a fake Dada-socialist party which dissolved in 1994, after it attracted too much media attention. The musical arm of the KED was Liedertafel Margot Honecker, named after the former First Lady and Education Minister of the German Democratic Republic. Former East Germans will always remember Margot Honecker fondly for her role in shaping ...
I must be the showbiz ho in question because I just love this kind of stuff. Writing that exhaustive piece on Arnold Stang last week has, well, exhausted me. I'm working on a piece about Bert "The Mad Russian" Gordon right now and it will be up on Beware of the Blog soon enough, until then, here's some more swell classic talk show and showbiz footage culled from the internets. Click on the show's title to find the clip.
The Jerry Lewis Show (1963) - Jerry's first talk show was an astounding failure. Originally intended to compete with the new Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, it was canceled by ABC after just thirteen weeks. In this episode Jerry Lewis interviews ...
MP3:
01. David Easter - Sing for Me Suzanne (3:55)
02. Denis Gilmore and Lee MacDonald - Why Did They Take Heaven (3:48)
03. Jess Conrad - Jesus The Messiah (4:17)
04. Jess Conrad and Tanya Tenola - Soccer Superstar (3:30)
05. Tony Selby - Canada (3:28)
06. Steve Bent - Country and Western Cowboy (3:29)
07. Robert Scott - Indian Brave (3:28)
08. Showbiz Soccer Team - John Wayne American (3:20)
09. Lesley Vickerage - The Story of Dorothy Stratten (3:42)
10. Jess Conrad - Black Stockings (3:55)
11. Showbiz Soccer Team - Showbiz Soccer Song (3:41)
The Showbiz XI were a charity celebrity football team set up in the 1950s and over ...
