owl and bear

Man Man Videos on Blogotheque - We really, really hate those Man Man jerks–for being so damn good.

Bon Iver DayTrotter Sessions (MP3s) - “Enough has been made out of the cool side of the pillow.”

New Calexico MP3: “Two Silver Trees” - “The song ‘Two Silver Trees’ is fairly indicative of what’s to come from Calexico throughout Carried to Dust, their new full-length album that features appearances by Sam Beam, Douglas McCombs, and Pieta Brown.

The Last of His Species, Lonesome George Finally Mates - George, a Pinta Island tortoise, has shown little interest in mating throughout his 36 years of captivity, despite being at his reproductive prime of 60 and 90 years old. So park rangers were stunned recently when they found several eggs in a nest in a pen that George shares with two females.

The “Troglodytes” Are Coming! - Lou Dobbs calls Al Gore some kind of deer or other horned quadruped.

Climate change puts U.S. way of life at risk: EPA - This one should put climate contrarians in a bind: according to the EPA, we need to change our way of life to preserve our way of life. Cartoonist Mr. Fish illustrates this dilemma with his latest comic:

Heart Attack Not A Death Sentence - Survivors of cardiac arrest who received intensive care can expect long-term quality of life at reasonable expense to the health care system. Unfortunately for America, Dick Cheney knows this all too well.

McCain Tracks Changes on Obama’s Website - “At least one side has started to spider the other’s campaign website to track that campaign pages’ precise word changes up to an hourly basis…John McCain’s campaign published a side-by-side comparison of Barack Obama’s Iraq War policy web pages on Tuesday using a new automated online tracking service called Versionista.”

Can President Bush pardon people who haven’t even been charged with a crime? - “Several members of the conservative community” are asking for pardons for crimes they haven’t yet been charged with.

TSA launches investigation into squealers - A leak revealed that less than 1% of US flights carry federal air marshals. A spokesman for the TSA confirmed that “Yeah, we’ve been bulshitting you about that whole ’security’ thing; apparently one of our employees thought we was serious. We’ll get him, though. We’ll get him good.”