Kris Kristofferson Podcast

I had the luck of getting to see Kris Kristofferson in concert recently. Of course, he's a country artist. But the crowd was of the wine and cheese variety. Goes to the split within country music these days between the braindead mainstream and the leftist-artsy roots country. Of course, the mainstream will honor the patron saints, such as Kristofferson. But they don't go to his concerts.

In any case, it was brilliant. Just an old songwriter and his guitar. So here's a Kristofferson podcast with a few favorites songs from him.

The Empty

Fix

I reuploaded the unheard cure podcast becuase I realized the version previously uploaded was corrupt (not playing right).

Mechanical Turk

So I've spent the last half hour on Amazon's Mechanical Turk and I probably earned about 20 cents. That is, if my work gets approved. I found out about this site from this article, which gives a good background.

First, I wish I could think of some job to make some poor chump do for a penny. Second, I'm shocked that Amazon is able to use the word "Turk" for this service. Here's an easy prediction -- the name will change. Here's another prediction -- this will eventually make Amazon a lot of money. As soon as it is easier to post little jobs, and easier for poor chumps in Mozambique to get paid a few cents.

My Personal Prophet

I'd like to introduce the unwilted audience to my personal prophet, Kerney Thomas. I stumbled upon him late at night a few weeks ago, and have been obsessed ever since. I love the yelling, and the speaking in tongues. I also like how he says "Glory to God" when the caller in the below video tells him about having had a stroke a year ago. Honestly, I was drifting away from Christianity. Now, I'm right back there.

I did send Evangelist Thomas my address. So far, no letter. I'll be sure to keep you all up to date as he works supernatural miracles in my life.

[2009 Edit: No response from Evangelist Thomas. And Youtube took down the video I originally uploaded. But I've put up another similar one that somebody else uploaded].

Salon goes Right Wing

I was disappointed to discover that Salon.com, normally a favorite source of online news, headlined this article about an individual who was investigated for the production of child pornography.

Essentially, the author and another father took the kids camping. They took pictures of the kids skinny dipping, then got them developed. The store clerk reported the pictures. Instead of reacting with sincerity and cooperation, the author was defensive and uncooperative. His friend demanded to see the officer in charge of the investigation. He hired a lawyer. By his reaction, he made the process last longer than it normally does.

The author also obstructed justice. On the drive to the forensic interview with the authorities, he told the kids that the state wants to take them away from home. He admits this in the article.

All that said, the process worked. It worked more slowly than normal -- thanks to the author. But it still worked. There were no charges filed, and the state never even attempted to take the kids (when the children could be in danger, they take the kids right away -- so the state used appropriate restraint here). And now, the poor author (who has moved to France) complains about depression and tears. This guy has problems.

To make matters even worse, the author then cites an "expert witness" who makes a living testifying for child molesters and pornographers (I won't even repeat his name or website here). I would expect to see this individual cited in an article in the Weekly Standard, not Salon.com.

Overall, weak.

More Joe Feeney

I currently can't upload podcasts. So here's more Joe Feeney! [Video is down, but I'm keeping the post up for sake of completeness.]