Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind: Current Events, Continued...

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When our previous topic hit the 1,000-response mark, sleazy behavior by politicians was eliciting a certain amount of non-astonishment.

Egad!

UK 'Guardian reader' is short hand for middle class liberal type! Ill never quote it again!

just when you thought

it couldn't get any sillier... along comes some troll company in, of course, Texas...

...Is this company saying that nobody can sell music on the internet? I'm confused, and sad.What does this corporation have to gain by bringing people in to "bricks & mortar" stores? Unless they owned the copyrights, state taxes is the only thing to be gotten. Will E72 go forward on the assumption that no decision will be rendered by then ( and an injunction will be issued/) This is insanity!

I suspect

this is a classic case of patent trollery, and probably a pretty obscure and meritless one too. But I don't know any more than what's in the article, as I just read about it on Facebook!

Who has to gain?

All those people who lost out because people trade music on the internet. Is this their revenge? Those people are pissed and will use anything. You're right, they'll probably lose, but watch out for the next attempt to herd us all into record departments again.

given the paucity of detail

this may all turn on some far more obscure point of patent law. I just dunno. I know a lot of engineers and let's just say patent trolling is a huge industry and the bane of their existence, and this may have absolutely nothing to do with the usual suspects. Perhaps all will be revealed, perhaps this will vanish and never be heard from again...

Maybe we go backwards

If they shut down the internet for trading music start trading tapes by mail again...

netting the profits

Here a little more background about U.S. Patent Number 6,247,130, titled “Distribution of musical products by a website vendor over the Internet” Seems some cunning folks had a lot of foresight, so much so that everyone is chosing to pay up instead of fighting it. http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/01/apple-itunes-sharing-sound-settlement/

Always count on Badger...

....for the lowdown! Thanks Badger!

Daily Show hosts Sen. Bernie Sanders 4/27/11

Bernie Sanders laid it on the line. Extending Bush's tax cuts for the rich by Congress while cutting programs for the poor by the Republicans now in power.Now these inane assholes like Boehner and Cantor (R) majority leaders in the house and Senate, want to do away with: Social Security Medicare Medicaid Minimum Wage Collective Bargaining And much, much more that effects your children now. If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention (or are one of the rich people making more than a 100 million a year that we should lynch in the public square.) Hey folks! 3 years past on this Wall St scam pulled off by Goldman and not one person has gone to trial, never mind to jail. Bernie Madhoff wasn't guilty of mortgage-backed securities being hedged (all dogs have their day) I am proud that the only independent socialist senator comes from the state where I live. The great State of Vermont where Democracy is real. I know reading these pages not many people care, but I do. See the extended version at www.theDaily show.com

Does Ginny stand with Bernie?

Yo 'Gonz: how does Vermont's other senator stand on the reverse Robin hood budget philosophy? Here in Kansas we are at the mercy of Republican senators, congressmen as well as a formersenator who is now the governor! Time is slipping backward it seems. Most school districts and Planned Parenthood are about to lose funding. Hey, speed limits are being raised to 75 on select divided highways, so fuel efficiency and $3.76 per gallon gas must not be a concern. Meanwhile, I'm reading and watching about the devastation in many southeastern states, notably in Alabama, with the aftermath of several twisters including a massive 1 mile wide EF5 tornado ripping through Tuscaloosa. TVA did shut down 3 reactors near Huntsville...

This birther fiasco

Has started me wondering about my own status as a "natural born" citizen of the USA: I was born relatively close to the Canadian border -- or so I've been told. I have no actual recollection of the event, so I just have the word of those who "know" and my regular birth certificate to authenticate the event -- the attending doctor is long passed away. Obviously, the information that I do have is not to be trusted. As my mother grew up speaking French, in combination with the proximity to the Canadian border, it's entirely possible (likely, even), that I was born in Canada and the rest of this stuff is just a fraud so that I could be eligible to run for POTUS someday -- thankfully, my parents were thinking of my future prospects from the very start. But that's just nutty paranoia. My real concern is that I was a C-section baby (or so I've been told, again no actual recollection of the event). I'm assuming that introduction scalpels to the procedure nullifies the "natural" part of "natural born" without a question. As I'm a white middle-age American male, I'm assuming this stuff wouldn't come up when I'm elected President. In the interests of transparency, I'm raising the issue myself. The best defense, after all, is a good offense. Now, on the question of whether or not I inhaled...

Birther don't you come around here

I had been wondering why all of a sudden everyone was going on about Bertha 'Test me, test me why don't you arrest me..' mutters Pres. Obama under his breath to noone in particular '...at least I've got my own friggin' hair'

Right on Badger

Just wondering how you knew that the correct pronunciation of "birther," at least where I think that I was born, is "berthah" ;-)

college transcripts next?

The Donald, master of apprentices, is after POTUS' grades now.... I imagine many of our European and UK friends are getting prepped for the big wedding tomorrow morning (3 am TV coverage in the central USA). Any Furthur folks on the guest list? Sir Elton, Sir Mick and Sir Paul perhaps?

Eh, Hey GDean - was that North of Caribou?

Maybe you could be POTUS, but could your wife be FLOTUS? Ask GTed if you could be elected dog-catcher in Kansas wearing a tie-dye. Speaking of Kansas, I have night-mares about that place. It was a terribly muggy summer night and I was driving 10 Tibetan Buddhist monks through a thick cloud of grasshoppers at 65 mph. It was sort of like Men In Black. The monks, who won't step on an ant, were freaking out. Have to say the people in Kansas were nice, specially in Topeka and Lawrence. but that state is so Red it's a permanent sunrise/sunset. A for the other Vt. Senator, let there be said that Pat Leahy (other Sen (D VT) is a noble public servant , especially on Constitutional rights, a war he regularly loses, but puts up a valid defense. Dick Cheney told him to go fuck himself around '03 and he just took it. Curled my toes man. No Vermonter would have bent over for that but, you know, it's their game of power and prestige (goddamn recording devices) Back to Maine, my biggest fear would be for a snowmobile to zip across the border in Febrary with a suitcase of Ebola virus carried by some drunkard for $100. Thom Clany did something close to that. Well, I think this proves I have ADHD and I'll be picking up my script of 30mg Adderall after seeing the Dr. in the morning.

Need a miracle

Is it time to talk about politics? Do we really need to discuss this? Well, I was just adding my two cents. Do what you want with it.I don't know how Rod Blagojevich is either. Dwoop.

Current events being what they are

this current events forum is as good a place as any to discuss politics....even if the subject IS evil....there are other forums here for the discussion of other topics......just sayin'....(~};=

Gonz

I'm not sure that there IS a "north" of Caribou...but look on the map for Eagle Lake. It's where my mom's family is from, and everyone there is related to everyone else there (apologies to my northern Maine cousins).

Aung San Suu Kyi loves the Grateful Dead

This is truly remarkable. I hope someone will tell them about this. Maybe they can do something for her. http://tinyurl.com/3kn4m4e

Osma Bin Laden Killed

Just in case you missed it. Pakistan agrees to withdraw 18 billion from Swiss banks that it took as aid (mostly economic). Wonder what they could have done to help their own people during the flood in that country last year Do you feel any safer? I don't.. Neither does our government. ~ Dear doctor please help me I'm damaged There's a pain where there once was a heart. ~

In fact..

I feel as vulnerable as ever! Like the calm before the storm... "It's got no signs or dividing line and very few rules to guide"

Meet the new Boss

Yup...Warner Bros and therefore Rhino and ultimately the Vault and this place are now controlled by Russian billionaire Len Blavatnik, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13313559 Let's hope he's a deadhead!

...same as the old boss

We won't get fooled again! If you're looking for the May 6 -12 Jam of the week >>>> http://www.dead.net/sites/default/files/jamoftheweek/may062011.html Gotta go: the Derby is about to run!! Post time in Louisville is 6:29 EST

Could we have an interview with..

...Len Blavatnik to see what his plans are for the vault, assuming, that is, that he knows that he owns one. And what it is....

new GratefulDeadtribute album

is being planed by a British Group, National, aaccoarding to the Guardian for May 12.Apparently proceeds go to a charity.

Hey Bob and CB: what's shakin' in Espana?

Used to play for silver, now we play for lives.... I see Spain has been suffering from quakes lately.... ...dug by heel a shallow grave, laid his body down...

Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Goes from the penthouse suite at the Sofitel in Manhattan to the first-class section of an Air France jet at JFK and then BANG! He is being b*** f***** buy a gang of bikers at Rikers this evening. You have to ask why the richest man in the world didn't order up a 1k hooker instead of going after the maid. Boner pills and coke? What is that rotting smell coming from Sarcozy's office in Paris? I guell we'll never know the real story. The bigger they come, the harder they fall, eh Dominique? Been chipping up rocks from dawn till doom While my rider hides my bottle in the other room

Strauss-Kahn

The jury is still out on that one, whether he is really guilty, or it was a set-up from Sarkozy, or someone else, in order to get him out of action with his pro-Euro stance, or as a serious contender to replace Sarkozy. Der Spiegel (reputable news sourse) said yesterday that he had a pretty strong alibi for the time that the alleged rape took place. We have to wait and watch this one still.********************************** I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde

Shouldn't the old boy be playin' shuffleboard ?

Sarkozy isn't doing well in the popularity polls, I take it. Meanwhile, in Iowa ( USA ), check out the 3 eaglets about to fly out of their huge nest: http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles Their development since April has been captivating.

well on the one hand

it's a little too perfect, and on the other, the guy is clearly no prize either. I doubt there are any good guys in this sleazy saga, but one suspects a)there is quite a bit else going on and b)the Law & Order screenplay is virtually complete already.

Israel Faces Reckoning

Sunday's unprecedented wave of protests by thousands of Palestinian demonstrators at Israel's borders and checkpoints along the Palestinian territories showed that the so-called Arab Spring has arrived at Israel's doorstep. Be-Be is getting backed up against a wall. Odds are on a Palestinian State that takes a chunk of Israel while Iran continues to keep the "Zionist non-entity" in it's gun-sights.

Catholic church blames the "The 60s"...

...for pedophile priests. This is the farce of the year. Yeah, blame the hippies and the anti-war movement, that's it. NOT!

Yeah, no longer

"The devil made me do it," but the "60s made me do it." These must be the same guys who believe that one can be "cured" of homosexuality.

Vibes to ALL in Joplin

The F4 or F5 twister that tore through there yesterday and more violent weather there today was a monster. If there is still anybody alive in the wreckage may they be found and treated as soon as possible!

Pro-Israeli lobby goes nuclear on Obama

Jeezum', Obama departed from the holy writ, talked about going back to the 1967 lines outlining a Palestinian state (actually referring to them as a jumping off point for negotiations) and the heavy guns circled the wagon in Washington DC. You can only take "Never Again" so far, then it becomes a cliche. If Bashar Al-Assad gets his just desserts in Syria then surely a reckoning is in store in Israel. I find Obama's comments freshening though I'm sure his handlers underestimated the Right Wing in Israeli politics. These people have way too much influence in our country -- and the best that money can buy.

Indeed Gonzo

Vibes to the MO tornado victims, that destruction is so very sad. And I agree with you about Obama's stance being refreshing. The unleashed backlash though has my mouth hanging open at the venom. ********************************** I am not enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde

yeah

I am pretty tickled at Obama making such a sensible statement. Moreover the founder of the Parents Circle (bereaved families on both sides, Israelis and Palestinians) thought it was great also. (They're a Rex Foundation grantee, which is how it happens to be on my radar.)

we can hope

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/livni-palestinian-stateho…********************************** I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde

Apocalypse Now Redux

So it's another Memorial Day Weekend and Marye will encourage the usual platitudes and while there is no doubt they are due I watched the uncut version of Apocalypse Now this weekend and was set to thinking -- Though it sounds lame and cliche, What if they threw a war and nobody came? Or they decided to all go home after they shot the baddest Ayatollah's eyes out and threw him in the ocean? But nobody is going home... we got Khadhaffys and Al-Awalakis and Al--Zawahiris left to kill, not to mention the total extermination of the Big Al. On and on, obscenities within obscenities. They are protecting our way of life except our way of life has become very lopsided lately. And the usual people profit. So this Bud goes out to a retired Major from the Green Beret from a couple towns over. He's totally fucked up as he sits there fondling that string of over 50 human ears (whats left of them). It ain't far to the VA Hospital where he gets his Klonopin and the rest of the psychmeds that don't make him forget. He's got an arsenal and is just looking for a way to use it. It seems a natural death would seem like cowardice to him and his apples that haven't fallen far from the tree. I guess Colonel Kurtz knew.

Germany is going "Green"

Angela Merkel is pulling the plug on 17 nuclear reactors after the amazing meltdown experiences in Japan following the devastating earthquakes and a tsunami. Best wishes to Germany in leading the way for development of alternative energy sources. Growth of wind and solar energy will be expensive. Wind power start-up costs in the US have been enormous. Russia will certainly be a supplier of natural gas, but how reliable is this ??

yeah

that was all over the various global news channels last night--along with the irony that it was going to mean a big boost in at least short-term biz for all the nuclear plants in Germany's neighboring countries. Along with such interesting tidbits, to US audiences, as the fact that France gets something like 75% of its current power from nukes, so this is a non-trivial issue.

indeed marye

it is not trivial at all! The CDU is threatening us with higher energy costs overall, while this transition is made, BUT I am glad to live here, where the people have said "no more nuclear energy" and have been heard!********************************** I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde

On a different note

Cell phones (and television and radio broadcasts as well, I think) declared by IARC to be class 2B, possibly carcinogenic to humans. I have to admit that when I saw this headline out of the corner of my eye, I thought it said "possibly hallucinogenic to humans." More study is indicated for both of these claims, I think.

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When our previous topic hit the 1,000-response mark, sleazy behavior by politicians was eliciting a certain amount of non-astonishment.

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January 19, 2026 - 5:10pm

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bob weir

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Very troubling indeed
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Golden Gate Park

Can't wait for this gathering!! IT is going to be great to chill in the park for 3 days!! Tearing up the city after hours!!

Thanks for this gift.
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That good

Good
April 8, 2025 - 6:47am

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Oro & Alice Walker

I believe that is really a Maya Angelou quote.

But I'm no expert.

Great quote regardless and so true.
April 8, 2025 - 5:48am

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Oroboros

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Guess it's a Brave New World?

"People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think." - Aldous Huxley

"When people tell you who they are, believe them."
- Edited to Maya Angelou (not Alice Walker)

Much appreciated Dennis

"Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself."
April 4, 2025 - 1:34pm

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"so you're telling me...

if I stick my hand into this meat grinder, and chop at the remains with a hatchet, and poke my carotid artery 10 times with a scalpel, and jump off a 50-foot precipice, and stop eating for two weeks, and drink nothing but poison for a month....I will be better off, and my body will be healthier than ever?

Cool! Let's make this happen!"

Analogy/parable/allegory theater for your consideration
April 4, 2025 - 12:23pm

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Hear, hear, well-spoken, Turks

Am I asleep and dreaming? Or is all of this bs truly happening?
April 4, 2025 - 12:08pm

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Oroboros

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Consider

“When a clown moves into a palace he doesn’t become a king, the palace instead becomes a circus. — Turkish proverb,”
April 3, 2025 - 1:55pm

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Unbelievable

The emperor has no clothes.

Tariffs? Bully our closest friends and allies?

Delusional.