From Dusk Till Dawn

It’s not the best vampire movie ever made, but it damn sure has the best soundtrack

Movie Preview Open Thread

What movie are you looking forward to seeing?   More previews after the jump:

Obama’s Choice: Save the Economy or Save the Bankers

With the help of Dakinikat’s and Riverdaughter’s posts and my own reading, I’ve been trying to understand what is happening to our economy and how that is going to affect Americans. I came across an economist and historian named Michael Hudson who used to work on Wall Street and is now a Distinguished Research Professor [...]

Stupid Should Hurt

There must be something in the Kool-aid over at MyDD, cuz Chuckie Lemos isn’t the only one that’s a few french fries short of a Happy Meal.  From Todd Beeton: A new Gallup poll taken the day of and the two days following President Obama’s first address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, [...]

15 year-old girl beaten by thug with badge

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: A video showing a King County Sheriff’s deputy pummeling a 15-year-old girl in a holding cell was released Friday over the strenuous objections of the officer’s attorney. “We had argued strenuously that the videotape released to the media this morning not be released because it does not tell the whole story [...]

Saturday Morning Open Thread

Because ZZ Top is a little too much before I have my coffee, and because Lee Ann’s baby girl is adorable. What are you doing today?

ZZ Top

La Grange (as in “Teh Best Little Whorehouse In Texas”) More:

Happy Birthday Gary!

The Confluence wishes Gary (garychapelhill) a very happy birthday! This is his birthday card, so please everyone sign it.  (this is not a discussion thread – take discussion elsewhere)

Emmanuel Goldstein has fled to Afghanistan!

We have never been at war with Iraq, we have always been at war with Afghanistan.  Apparently the war in Iraq is soon to be over: The president, speaking to Marines in Camp Lejeune, N.C, on Friday, announced that the U.S. will end the Iraq war over the next 18 months, ordering the immediate drawdown [...]

No More Taxation Without Representation

Well, my sistren and brethren, after a month of “Hope and “Change,” are you feeling sufficiently represented by your new “progressive” government? In my case, the answer to that question is a resounding, “Hell, no!” Legislatively, the Obama Administration has failed to impress. The Lilly Ledbetter Act finally passed, but without the Paycheck Fairness Act, [...]