Yeah, that’s what I took from the news that he’s now working with Tom Jones. Jones is taking part in Third Man Records‘ Blue Series of singles, which features songs produced by White at his Third Man studio in Nashville. For his single, Jones recorded “Jezebel” and the blues song “Evil”, made famous for Howlin’ Wolf. Previous participants in the… Read More Jack White Aims to be the Man of the Hour
So CNBC labors to pimp the latest employment numbers. (h/t: Memeorandum) Private-sector jobs surged by 325,000, according to ADP and Macroeconomic Advisors, while the government said weekly jobless claims fell 15,000 to 372,000 — still at an elevated level but consistent with recent data showing a consistent if grudging turnaround. However: But December 2010 also… Read More The Economy Bleeds More Slowly
Or so the rumour mill reports. (h/t: The Other McCain) “He likes dirty things,” the source says. “He really gets off on one particular porno with a guy in a wheelchair. He’s attracted to things he can’t imagine happening to him.” Adding that Russell had a closet full of sex toys. We then get the counter-intuitive claim… Read More Russel Brand Too Kinky for Katy Perry
Ye gods, but election followup is repetitive. Let’s see if there’s anything in this I haven’t heard a thousand times. 1. Negative campaigning works. It’s always refreshing the way pundits discover this anew every four years. 2. The rules of campaigning have changed. Except for the fact that negative campaigning still works. Otherwise, Internetz! 3.… Read More PJ Tatler Teaches Us the Same Things We Always Learn.
I do: Teachers Union: A fell beast of legendary folklore, which rises from the grave of ancient economic theory to drain the lifeblood of the community. Appears to avoid crucifixes.
Romney wins Iowa by 8 votes. He got 25 percent of the vote. Which means GOP voters want anyone other than Romney by a margin of 3-1. THE FALLOUT BEGINS: Michelle Bachman calls it a day, although she’s late to her own press conference. THE KNIVES COME OUT FOR SANTORUM: As they would for any… Read More Iowa Caucus Result: Not-Mitt Wins
Old and Busted: Celebrity Rehab. Just stop buying the damn smack already. New Hotness: Celebrity Mini-Marriages. Sinead O’Connor sees your 72 days, Kim Kardashian, and raises you 16 days! Beat that!
Chris Kyle, aka “The Legend,” aka “Al-Shaitan Ramadi” (the Devil of Ramadi), America’s greatest living sniper, with 160 confirmed kills. The son of a Sunday-school teacher and a church deacon, Kyle credits a higher authority for his longest kill. From 2,100 yards away from a village just outside of Sadr City in 2008, he spied… Read More Sgt. York, Meet CPO Kyle
Get out of my head, man: Of course, Paul is a disaster as a candidate, and his ties with various unsavory types less careful about expressing their bigotry than he has been would sink him in a general election. But he does come across onstage as anti-establishment — while not carrying the “baggage” of faith… Read More Jeff Goldstein Explains Ron Paul
Michael Ledeen reminds us that the Iranian regime is weaker than it seems: This debacle coincides with an amazing confession of weakness from the highest level of the regime: Ali Saeedi is the supreme leader’s representative to the Revolutionary Guards, and since Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei commands the Guards, Saeedi’s words are authoritative. Asked why Mir… Read More All is not Well Behind the Ayatollah’s Robes
