The word on the street has it that Nas got into a bidding war with Puffity Duffity Daddy over what is supposed to be the Holy Grail of beats, a beat by uber-producers the Neptunes. The final bid? $2 million smackers. Nas paid $2 million dollars for a drum track. But it's all about the art, right? Busta Rhymes, a man noted for understatement, had ( Read more... )

A personal victory

Ugh, looks like the Karl Rove/Valerie Plame story is going nowhere ( Read more... )

If all goes well (god, let's hope it does) Karl Rove will GO DOWN!

Here's the recently posted NEWSWEEK articleMARC COOPER: Yet you saw in the '60s how the Johnson administration collapsed under the weight of its own hubris. Likewise with Nixon. And now with the discontent over how the war in Iraq is playing out, don't you get the impression that ( Read more... )

Leave it to a country that has been in a decade-long crippling recession to crank out the weirdest/coolest shit.

Japan unveils "robot suit" that enhances human power

I can only imagine what havoc this incredible power could wreak in the hands of evil.

Probably the most entertaining headline I've seen on Yahoo News:

"Octogenarian Nabbed in Prostitution Ring"What on earth is an "octogenarian?" you might be asking yourself ( Read more... )

Today was a nice day, decided to stroll around downtown and bring my camera along.


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Perhaps no single policy is more at odds with President Bush’s pledge to "end tyranny in our world" than the United States’ role as the world’s leading arms exporting nation. Although arms sales are often justified on the basis of their purported benefits, from securing access to overseas military facilities to rewarding coalition allies in ( Read more... )

LET MY PEOPLE STAY

From "Southern Slavery, As It Was, " a booklet written ( Read more... )