Albert Castiglia
“Trouble in Mind”

I found this guy on Myspace. He’s from South Florida, and used to play with Junior Wells….. and I love him. He has a new CD coming out April 1st titled “These are the Days.” Show him some love……..

His last CD, A Stone’s Throw, was great.

I always wonder when I read this shit (conveniently leaked) if it’s all propaganda to help justify the outrageous military budget.

The Associated Press has learned that U.S. fighter planes intercepted two Russian bombers flying unusually close to an American aircraft carrier in the western Pacific during the weekend.

A U.S. military official says that one Russian Tupolev 95 buzzed the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz twice, at a low altitude of about 2,000 feet, while another bomber circled about 50 nautical miles out. The official was speaking on condition of anonymity because the reports on the flights were classified as secret.

The Saturday incident, which never escalated beyond the flyover, comes amid heightened tensions between the United States and Russia over U.S. plans for a missile defense system based in Poland and the Czech Republic.

I caught this over at C&L posted by Bluegal (I love that Bluegal!) and had to post it. I posted the will. i. am. video the other day. Now here’s one from Andy Cobb for McCain. Brilliant!

SY HERSH: A STRIKE IN THE DARK, WHAT DID ISRAEL BOMB IN SYRIA?

EXILED IRAQIS TO AFRAID TO RETURN HOME DESPITE PROPAGANDA PUSH

WE’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT: RIP ROY SCHEIDER

AMY WINEHOUSE DOMINATES GRAMMIES

GATES: IRAQ DRAWDOWN MAY BE DELAYED

U.S. TO SEEK DEATH PENALTY FOR 6 GITMO PRISONERS

ROBBERS STEAL 160 MIL IN ART FROM ZURICH

HUCKABEE QUESTIONS MCCAIN’S WASHINGTON STATE WIN

BUSH SAYS HE WON’T SEEK PERMANENT BASES IN IRAQ (and I’m the Queen of England)

Sixty-one percent of the public believes the economy is now suffering through its first recession since 2001, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll.

Count me as one of the sixty-one percent. Bush’s numbers surprised me though. I figured many more would have placed the blame directly on his shoulders.

Chart shows public attitudes about the current economy

The Army is accustomed to protecting classified information. But when it comes to the planning for the Iraq war, even an unclassified assessment can acquire the status of a state secret.

That is what happened to a detailed study of the planning for postwar Iraq prepared for the Army by the RAND Corporation, a federally financed center that conducts research for the military.

After 18 months of research, RAND submitted a report in the summer of 2005 called “Rebuilding Iraq.” RAND researchers provided an unclassified version of the report along with a secret one, hoping that its publication would contribute to the public debate on how to prepare for future conflicts.

But the study’s wide-ranging critique of the White House, the Defense Department and other government agencies was a concern for Army generals, and the Army has sought to keep the report under lock and key.

A review of the lengthy report - a draft of which was obtained by The New York Times - shows that it identified problems with nearly every organization that had a role in planning the war. That assessment parallels the verdicts of numerous former officials and independent analysts.

More at the NYTimes