Dry Turkey Punk Rock

“They… brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things, which they exchanged for the glass beads and hawks’ bells. They willingly traded everything they owned…. They were well-built, with good bodies and handsome features…. They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron. Their spears are made of cane…. They would make fine servants…. With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.” (cited form the diaries of Columbus)

From the chapter “Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress” in the book A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

Dead Boys : Sonic Reducer
The Germs : Lexicon Devil
New York Dolls : Babylon
Ramones : Judy is a Punk

Spector indicted on murder charge

What? No white van being pursued down the freeway in LA? No Judge Ito? Not even a Kato? With the lack of real reporting going on these days, you’ld think the press would be all over this one (guess they prefer x-jocks). . .

Pop producer Phil Spector is indicted on a charge that he murdered an actress at his home 19 months ago. [BBC News]
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frozen fries = fresh vegetables

“U.S. District Judge Richard Schell last week endorsed little-noticed
changes by the USDA to federal regulations that govern what defines a
fresh vegetable. The changes were made at the behest of the french-fry
industry, which has spent the past five decades pushing for revisions
to the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.”

Check out the article here

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