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the solution to vuvuzela withdrawal

after watching WC matches for hours, do you miss the dulcet sounds of the vuvuzela?
simply begin your web browsing here and ensure you can browse the web on vuvuzela-time

http://www.vuvuzela-time.co.uk/

Vuvuzela Time! - View any website like you're at the South Africa World Cup!

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and Louisiana regains the lead...

... in the race to the bottom.  perennial runner-up Kentucky is thankful.

Louisiana To Require Ultrasounds Before Abortions : NPR

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...

Women seeking abortions in Louisiana will be required to get an ultrasound first, even if they are a victim of rape or incest, under a bill that received final legislative passage Wednesday. The bill by Democratic state Sen. Sharon Broome of Baton...

be noted that the bill that passed the Louisiana legislation (79-0, natch) and immediately signed by gov. Jindal, only requires a woman seeking an abortion has to have an ultrasound (an additional expense of $80-300);  the original bill required the woman to also view and keep a photograph of the ultrasound results, have to listen to a physician describe the foetus including its dimensions and parts visible via the ultrasound, pick a name, and paint a nursery. (the last two are not true.  yet)

note that victims of rape and/or incest are not exempted.

but worry not:  according to bill sponsor, state sen. Sharron Broome, "This is a bill that empowers women,'

because the lo' knows many women in Louisiana undergo abortions without knowing what an abortion is. 

sweet nostalgia, all gone

we were driving home, and a propos of nothing (I've racked my brain trying to figure out what brought it on), I said to teh SO, "there is an episode of Looney Tunes or something like that with a little song that goes like Istambul, not Constantinople, with a really catchy hook".

now, once upon a time, that'd be about as far as it got - I may try to remember more, or it it really drove me crazy, ask everybody I knew, be exceedingly annoying, hope that either the show or the song played at some time.

- from around 1992 or so, I could have spammed some USENET groups (alt.tv.rec,  alt.music.rec, alt.animation.rec) and there'd be a chance a fellow nerd with a better memory would cite the exact show;  then we could group chat about how good shows used to be.

- from around 1995 or so, I could have checked the Internet movie db, but I doubt I'd come across a TV episode back then.
-from around 1999 or so, I could have checked that search engine everybody was talking about:  would most likely get the exact show, wish I could see it again, and talk about how good shows used to be.

since we are now, I got home, typed the bit I remembered in the google search box and found out -

     from teh wiki, that the song Istambul not Constantinople is a novelty hit from the 1930s, written by Kennedy and Simon, with a melody reminiscent of the popular and catchy Puttin' on the Ritz

    in 1990, They Might Be Giants included a cover of the song in their album Flood

    in the early 90s, the song was used in the episode "Istanbul"  of the Tiny Toons animated series.

    the show is available on  YT

Tiny Toons - Istanbul

 
 in less than two minutes I went from having a vague memory to be watching the show.

what.ever.happened.to.nostalgia.?

...

on the plus side, there is a pile of Tiny Toon animated music videos in YT and they are not half bad.

 
    

 

    

Better 38 years late than never

Inquiry Finds 1972 Killings In Northern Ireland Unjust : NPR

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...

In London, British Prime Minister David Cameron said the investigation — based on evidence from 921 witnesses, 2,500 written statements and 60 volumes of written evidence — demonstrated that the soldiers' shooting into the crowd protesting the internment without trial of IRA suspects was "both unjustified and unjustifiable." Cameron apologized on behalf of the British government, and summarized the findings of English judge Lord Saville: The soldiers never should have been ordered to confront the protesters, they fired the first shots and targeted unarmed people who were clearly fleeing or aiding the helpless wounded. None of those killed or wounded that day in Londonderry had posed a threat to the soldiers, Saville concluded.

they have double negatives, at least

from the department of nifty things found in the internets -

Atheists Don't Have No Songs-Steve Martin With The Steep Canyon Rangers

Analogue rolling is rolling

for my record store-hunting peeps

Analogue Rolling

http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive...

R. Stevens's Diesel Sweeties

be sure you get your putdown/sneer/smirk/long sigh.  it's built in the price

Obamarella!

editorial cartoon, Matson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Obamacinderella

how much oil

interesting widget found on the PBS News Hour

oil, oil, everywhere

a heartbreaking gallery from boston.com

Brown pelican