Sunday, October 4, 2009

Sunday Funnies & Arts









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Talk to your angels today...

NOLA's Henry Butler wows the Austin City Limits Music Festival...

They may not be the Red Sox or the Yankees, but the Seattle Mariners 20-game turnaround is impressive nonetheless, writes Jerry Brewer. Innovative statistical analysis helped acquire key players and win games...


Don't miss David Sirota's thoughtful column about who should decide the course in Afghanistan. Why, Sirota asks, should President Obama defer to the military when both the Constitution and public opinion so clearly invest decision making in presidential hands? There's a reason, Sirota writes, why the founding fathers made an elected civilian commander-in-chief of the armed forces. I'll reiterate a point that I made repeatedly regarding Iraq: A democracy that fights a war in defiance of the wishes of its own people has lost its way...




Flight over Willow Manor...


Sunday Gospel Time: Ry Cooder performs "Jesus On The Mainline" in 1987 and 1973:



2 comments:

Roy said...

Ah yes! Love the Ry Cooder videos, especially the 1987 version.

Thanks for the link back. I'm putting up some more butterflies found today.

Tess Kincaid said...

Hey, thanks for the mention and the giggles. I watched Malick's "Badlands" last night and it was brilliant. Thanks for the heads up!