Moonlight Graham

Sounds ridiculously expensive. If this is built, this building better be used and used damn well after they move back in to their regular digs.

Exactly. Standing up and turning around isn't trouble. If they just didn't bother him nobody would have known about the protest most likely. Yes it is a bit ironic, the speech was about internet freedom, with governments like that of Egypt as the obvious backdrop. I love how McGovern was started to be dragged away just as Hillary said "And then the government pulled the plug." Priceless!

So fascist governments never did things like this? And authoritarian/totalitarian governments are all socialist/communist? Those ideas from the OP are 100% ridiculous anyways. The chance of any party getting rid of the monarchy any time soon is zero.

This, lowering taxes, and a try at senate reform. That's all i can think of off the top of my head as extremely likely/certain. It's very difficult to predict what they'd do.

In the larger picture, yes.

So what does that tell you? Freedom of speech and peaceful assembly, unless its directed at key federal officials?

It means they pierced his skin while cuffing him, causing enough bleeding to require medical attention.

I'm shocked that i can't find this ANYWHERE on mainstream news-media websites. Former CIA analysts Ray McGovern stood silently with his back turned to Hillary Clinton while wearing a t-shirt that said "Veterans for Peace". He was then suddenly dragged off by some men, assaulted, viciously cuffed, then thrown in jail. The video: The title for that vid is wrong, he did not "heckle", he didn't say a word as you can see in the video until he was dragged away. Best story i can find on this. Check out the photos of his wounds: Ray McGovern Discusses Brutal Arrest at Secretary Clinton's Internet Freedom Speech He should lay charges. What occurred was unconstitutional.

Wow its about time! I always thought that seemed like a huge waste of money for them. How many people have that stuff laying in the bottom of a drawer somewhere. It's not a great marketing idea. I;ll hold on to mine for nostalgia's sake but it will be worthless since there's so much of it laying around in everyone's house/car/basement/garbage bin.

No problem. We can just change them $5.50 right back at them, or adjust the price for whatever discrepancy there is between the number of US and Canada travelers back n forth.

The man is a god on the electric guitar. Nobody, and i mean nobody, puts more of their entire being into their live playing, especially his solos, not even Hendrix. I love when he goes ape-shit on solos and tugs that whammy bar up and down like a raging motherf'er.

This document was doctored, and done very lazily i might add lol. At least give it some effort lady! Bev should be fired for this unethical display.

Would Lincoln be a Republican today? Not likely.

I wish i were an economist so i could answer these questions.

You rake on these guys, but give Trudeau a free pass? Speaking of deficits and debt...

What would make you assume that? Even in Egypt.

Bush is indeed talking through both sides of his mouth. Coming from a guy who has sleepovers with Saudi royals and has Bin Laden's family flown out of the country after 9/11. Self-government what?. Forcing democracy on a nation by the barrel of a gun isn't liberty, democracy, or "of the people, by the people, for the people". Forgot about the "of" and "by" parts i guess. We must wait and see what happens in Egypt, Iraq, and Afghanistan to judge it properly. Egypt is currently controlled by the military, skipping over anyone from the elected parliament, which has been was dissolved. Each country could suffer internal coups and/or authoritarian govs and/or fundamentalist theocracies. It also is yet to be determined how much of a factor the psuedo-democracies in Iraq/Afghanistan has had in the recent events. It is certainly not the only reason. What about globalization of ideas/media & exposure to western ideals, or the current economic downturn which greatly contributed to the poverty conditions that these people were protesting? But this does bring up an interesting debate, when looked at in the long-term, about security & the spread of "democracy" vs sovereignty, self determination, and overall cost to the "other" people.

Great post. I believe Claypool also auditioned when Newsted left Metallica and they were looking for another new bassist. Kirk Hammett and Les Claypool are childhood friends. Ya Claypool is so talented, but his style is just so different from Metallica...though i've seen video of him playing 'Master of Puppets' solo live. The guitar virtuosos like Satriani, Vai, Malmsteen etc. while i respect their technical talent/skill, i just get into their music most of the time. Often it comes across as musical masturbation or "look what i can do".

The perception and conclusions of others is a part of the complex juggling act because it affects American interests and the foreign policy of other nation-states, not to mention actions of non-state actors (international institutions, terrorists etc.).

Really funny. The David Spade McFly guy totally won by a mile though.

Looks like those attack ads worked. Here come another batch...

Those are obviously not the only 2 choices.

You're taking some things i'm saying out of context. I was originally responding to this quote of yours: What you implied is that because this girl is so amazing and technically proficient at age 5 (which she is), that she will very likely be better than Jimi Hendrix when she's an adult (btw Hendrix only got his 1st guitar at age 15). What i'm arguing is that her technical skills will almost certainly be better than Hendrix's when she's his age if she keeps playing, but that won't necessarily mean she'll be a better guitarist than him. My argument is/was that being technically proficient at the guitar is only part of a what makes a great guitarist, and that creativity and being able to write excellent original compositions is also a huge part of being a great guitarist. What made Hendrix so great wasn't just his technical proficiency, but his off-the-charts creativity/imagination he put into his playing (beyond anything i've personally heard before or since). There are a ton of great technical guitarists. But like i said before, many of them can play at the speed of light with perfect form and play scales up and down the neck like crazy, but many also cannot write their own original compositions to save their live. Example, here's a youtube guitar star Matt Rach. Did some of these videos at 15 years old: As you see, he can play both electric and classical guitar with incredible technical talent. His classical form is almost perfect. I was very excited when i saw these videos and watched a whole bunch more of his & followed him over the years (he's probably about 20-21 years old now). However, both of the above videos are cover songs (though he reworked the "canon rock" piece brilliantly into his own from JerryC's original "canon rock"). But when i check out his original songs, pretty much all of them are mediocre or lame, nothing as good as his cover stuff. He just doesn't have a lot of talent seemingly for writing original creative compositions. There are so many other guitarists/musicians like this. My point is that being technically amazing doesn't always translate into being creatively talented too, meaning the logic of you thinking the 5 y/o girl will likely be better than Hendrix simply because she started a lot earlier doesn't jive. I agree with both things you just said. However, I stand by the robot/trained-monkey comparisons. The kid obviously has natural talent, but to be that good at that age she also obviously has been pushed incredibly hard by her (North Korean) parents and has put in hundreds if not thousands of hours of practice into her playing as anyone would have to do in order to get that good. But for a 5 year old, you can't really get any better and no i don't expect a 5 y/o to write their own original songs that complex.

There's a good reason why many western leaders like Harper and Obama haven't come out and publicly pressured Mubarak to step down. They are allies with him now, but if they ragged on him to step down and events turned out that Mubarak stayed in power, leaders like Harper and Obama still have to have diplomatic relations with the man and don't want to damage the relationship. They are stuck between a rock and a hard place, and want to press for democratic change without burning bridges. That said, they may not want him to leave either.

Holy mackerel, relax jack! I think you missed the part where i said she was "amazing". Never did i say she's "crap". I'm saying it's one thing to play like Mozart, it's another thing to play & write like Mozart.