Slog - Comments on The Morning News

Comment by barto

barto — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:58:39 -0800

Actually, the biggest event of the day may be the release of Radiohead's new album, In Rainbows. http://www.inrainbows.com/

In the midst of my first listen, I am happy to declare it "fucking awesome."

And besides the music, they're distributing it themselves, for whatever you want to pay. The future of music?

Comment by It's Mark Mitchell

It's Mark Mitchell — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:01:21 -0800

Radiohead dealt a good one to the record companies... they're gonna bleed.

And Leno -- I'm sure I don't need to point this out -- is the hackiest of the hacks.

Comment by Greg

Greg — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:08:36 -0800

Couldn't resist the My Way reference, could you?

Comment by June Bee

June Bee — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:11:52 -0800

I know this Folsom thing is about gays, fundies, the last supper etc, I think (not really following the story). Whenever I see "Folsom", I always think of a good oldie by Johnny Cash.

Last night I heard "Crescent City Blues" by Gordon Jenkins (from 'The Second Dream - The Conductor' Suite). Quite refreshing after hearing Johnny's stolen version for so long.

Comment by Judah

Judah — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:18:26 -0800

Once upon a time there were 50,000 non-US troops in Iraq.

Actually, the comparison that always blows my mind is that there were 250,000 non-US troops -- including 195,000 Arab troops -- in the first Gulf War. Total strength of the allied forces during that conflict was almost an even million.

Then we went back to invade and fielded a paltry 250,000. A million for a border action, a quarter of that for an invasion.

Ridiculous.

Comment by Katelyn

Katelyn — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:23:14 -0800

Oh! my god! Today's the Radiohead day, I forgot. So glad I'm at work with a shitty sound system.

With regards to the Molson/Coors merge, I think it's a fine move. The question now is whether Anheuser can stand up to their combined market power. Fortunately, Americans tend to be very brand-loyal when it comes to beer; the microbrew market's growing but still nowhere near the "Bud-lite twelve-pack in the fridge" norm. Should be interesting to watch what happens!

Comment by Katelyn

Katelyn — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:24:14 -0800

Er, Molson/Miller.

Comment by Cale

Cale — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:03:46 -0800

wait, chrysler is still around?

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:13:28 -0800

Every time they outlaw abortion, it always increases the number of women dying.

Interestingly, it doesn't actually change the abortion rate, it just means more dead women.

Comment by Original Monique

Original Monique — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:22:09 -0800

@Abortion: You know your country is in trouble when Iran has more human rights than you do. Fucking religious nutbags. So sad for those women and their continuted oppression.

Comment by Amy

Amy — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:50:41 -0800

Thank you for posting the abortion article. It is a reminder for all of us in the US to stay vigilant and keep women's rights protected. It's ironic that "pro-life" in this case leads to the death of women, and often the death of the fetus as well.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:04:58 -0800

Oh, and I should also mention that Iceland may be pulling out its troop(s) from Iraq, on the off chance that GWB invades Iran and then attacks Iceland.

The guy is nutters after all.

Comment by Boomer in NYC

Boomer in NYC — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:08:04 -0800

Both Coors and Miller are undrinkable. My mother's coffee has more kick in it--though, admittedly, she's Irish, and gawd knows what she put in it.

Will Coors-Miller come out with some kind of horrible Frankenbeer?

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:57:29 -0800

Probably. You should switch to Danish beer, IMHO.