Kanada Kev

no problemo ... think i'll listen to it again

OK, so i hadn't heard any of the recent WSP stuff with Jimmy Herring as part of the band. I'm listening to a nugscast right now with a 20:41 version of Papa's Home from 11/4/06 The Backyard, Austin, TX and it's INCREDIBLE!! Download this nugscast to hear this very tasty musical number: http://nugs.net/nugscast/061129.aspx You can buy the whole show at: http://wsp.livedownloads.com/show.asp?show=1096&nugsid=727765&affid= Later . . . Kanada Kev =8)

More info: https://www.dccc.org/contribute/events/celebration_concert

Countdown to New Year's with nugs.net's picks going back almost 30 years. DOWNLOAD NUGSCAST FOR 12/20/06 http://cryptical.nugs.net/vault/nugscast/nugscast_20061220.mp3 Sugar Magnolia 0:00 Grateful Dead 12/31/78 Winterland Arena San Francisco, CA Possum 8:34 Phish 12/29/97 Madison Square Garden New York, NY Lie In Our Graves 19:02 Dave Matthews Band (w/ Bela Fleck) 12/31/96 Hampton Coliseum Hampton, VA The Ocean 28:25 Gov't Mule 12/31/04 Beacon Theatre New York, NY No Expectations 33:39 Yonder Mountain String Band 12/31/03 Paramount Theatre Denver, CO Buster 44:56 moe. 2/12/00 Georgia Theatre Athens, GA Resolution 58:02 Umphrey's McGee 12/31/05 Aragon Ballroom Chicago, IL This Must Be The Place 66:58 The String Cheese Incident 12/31/04 Radio City Music Hall New York, NY Jingle Bells 74:50 David Grisman Quintet Acoustic Cheer

Check this acoustic cover of Outkast's "Hey Ya". Well done, and amazing that it is done in the same time as to synch with the video. http://www.dailybuzzer.com/amazing-hey-ya-cover Now, back to your regular programming. Later . . . Kanada Kev =8) np: nugscast 12/20/06 http://nugs.net/nugscast/061220.aspx

LOL ... i had a feeling that by the end of the post you'd be working on getting me out this year . Looks great, and the time to preplan could actually make it happen! Let me look into some of the details and see if I can plant the seeds for some summer plans It would be great to see you guys again ... it's been too long. Say hi to the family. Later . . . Kanada Kev =8)

THANK YOU for that reference. I took a look at it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Evangelicals-Their-Habitat/dp/0060836962/sr=8-1/qid=1166645756?ie=UTF8&s=books&tag2=strangebrew02-20 Looks hilarious ... you can "read" some of it online. I think i'll be ordering this one for those in my family who are going to Hell and are quite happy about it . Later . . . Kanada Kev =8)

The House Democratic Leadership & The House Democratic Caucus For a Celebration Concert Honoring Speaker Nancy Pelosi with Special Musical Performances by Tony Bennett Carole King Wyclef Jean And Your House Band Featuring Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Bruce Hornsby, Warren Haynes, Mike Gordon, and Special Guests With Special Appearances by Amy Brenneman Richard Gere Additional performers to be announced Thursday, January 4th, 2007 7:00 pm National Building Museum 440 G Street NW, Washington, DC $1,000 per ticket

LOL ... maybe he'll get up on stage and have one of his hissy fit rants for NOT getting the lifetime achievement and the Dead did http://www.ifilm.com/video/2784958

Can't wait to see the acceptance speech http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=1da634c7-b914-4b65-94d7-ea554a9e8dea They'll be getting it, along with The Doors and Joan Baez. Later . . . Kanada Kev =8)

Just finished watching it. Great piece. Thanks for sharing it. Now, i've gotta find the strength to survive 3 days with born-agains up in Parry Sound

Right on. Thanks for reminding me that the Mark Kelley piece was on. I had forgotten about it. Here's a more accurate link (for today at least): http://www.cbc.ca/ondemand/news/thenational.asx Gonna start it up now with my morning coffee. I can't get in trouble for watching the National while I'm at work at the CBC right??? Later . . . Kanada Kev =8)

Cully, Sorry for such a bad game to have your hopes up on. That was painful to watch. Well, it was a treat to watch Roberts teach that lesson. The Sens don't have much to brag about tonight either Go Habs Go! Later . . . Kanada Kev =8)

A recent article on this: http://www.marinij.com/marin/ci_4865483 Musicians sue over alleged copyright infringement Staff Report Article Launched: 12/19/2006 12:09:23 AM PST Marin rock stars Carlos Santana and members of the Grateful Dead joined other classic rockers in a lawsuit against the owner of a memorabilia Web site for allegedly violating their copyright and trademark rights. The defendant in the lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, is William Sagan, owner of Wolfgang's Vault, a business that sells concert memorabilia via the Internet. Sagan, a Minnesota entrepreneur, founded the company after buying the archives of the late rock concert promoter Bill Graham in 2002. Plaintiffs include Grateful Dead Productions, Santana and members of Led Zeppelin and The Doors. A Sagan spokesman said he had not seen the suit and declined comment. Grateful Dead member Bob Weir said, "We have never given permission for our images and material to be used in this way." Weir alleged that Sagan "is stealing what is most important to us - our work, our images and our music - and is profiting from the good will of our fans." - Bay City News Service

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pot18dec18,0,5264617.story?coll=la-home-headlines Pot is called biggest cash crop The $35-billion market value of U.S.-grown cannabis tops that of such heartland staples as corn and hay, a marijuana activist says. By Eric Bailey, Times Staff Writer December 18, 2006 SACRAMENTO — For years, activists in the marijuana legalization movement have claimed that cannabis is America's biggest cash crop. Now they're citing government statistics to prove it. A report released today by a marijuana public policy analyst contends that the market value of pot produced in the U.S. exceeds $35 billion — far more than the crop value of such heartland staples as corn, soybeans and hay, which are the top three legal cash crops. California is responsible for more than a third of the cannabis harvest, with an estimated production of $13.8 billion that exceeds the value of the state's grapes, vegetables and hay combined — and marijuana is the top cash crop in a dozen states, the report states. The report estimates that marijuana production has increased tenfold in the past quarter century despite an exhaustive anti-drug effort by law enforcement. Jon Gettman, the report's author, is a public policy consultant and leading proponent of the push to drop marijuana from the federal list of hard-core Schedule 1 drugs — which are deemed to have no medicinal value and a high likelihood of abuse — such as heroin and LSD. He argues that the data support his push to begin treating cannabis like tobacco and alcohol by legalizing and reaping a tax windfall from it, while controlling production and distribution to better restrict use by teenagers. "Despite years of effort by law enforcement, they're not getting rid of it," Gettman said. "Not only is the problem worse in terms of magnitude of cultivation, but production has spread all around the country. To say the genie is out of the bottle is a profound understatement." While withholding judgment on the study's findings, federal anti-drug officials took exception to Gettman's conclusions. Tom Riley, a spokesman for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, cited examples of foreign countries that have struggled with big crops used to produce cocaine and heroin. "Coca is Colombia's largest cash crop and that hasn't worked out for them, and opium poppies are Afghanistan's largest crop, and that has worked out disastrously for them," Riley said. "I don't know why we would venture down that road." The contention that pot is America's biggest cash crop dates to the early 1980s, when marijuana legalization advocates began citing Drug Enforcement Administration estimates suggesting that about 1,000 metric tons of pot were being produced nationwide. Over the years, marijuana advocates have produced studies estimating the size and value of the U.S. crop, most recently in 1998. Gettman's report cites figures in a 2005 State Department report estimating U.S. cannabis cultivation at 10,000 metric tons, or more than 22 million pounds — 10 times the 1981 production. Using data on the number of pounds eradicated by police around the U.S., Gettman produced estimates of the likely size and value of the cannabis crop in each state. His methodology used what he described as a conservative value of about $1,600 a pound compared to the $2,000- to $4,000-a-pound street value often cited by law enforcement agencies after busts. In California, the state's Campaign Against Marijuana Planting seized nearly 1.7 million plants this year — triple the haul in 2005 — with an estimated street value of more than $6.7 billion. Based on the seizure rate over the last three years, the study estimates that California grew more than 21 million marijuana plants in 2006 — with a production value nearly triple the next closest state, Tennessee, which had an estimated $4.7-billion cannabis harvest. California ranked as the report's top state for both outdoor and indoor marijuana production. The report estimates that the state had 4.2 million indoor plants valued at nearly $1.5 billion. The state of Washington was ranked next, with $438 million worth of indoor cannabis plants. California also is among nine states that produce more cannabis than residents consumed, Gettman estimates. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the state's 3.3 million cannabis users represent about 13% of the nation's pot smokers. But California produces more than 38% of the cannabis grown in the country, the study contends. Nationwide, the estimated cannabis production of $35.8 billion exceeds corn ($23 billion), soybeans ($17.6 billion) and hay ($12.2 billion), according to Gettman's findings.

You can watch 'em here: http://quicksilverscreen.com/watch-heroes-online-free/ I think that I'm going to pull them from bittorrent for a little better vid quality: http://www.torrentz.com/search?x=0&y=0&q=heroes+tv Later . . . Kanada Kev =8)

Wow, nobody posting anything after Saturday night's games. Toronto was a scoring machine. I missed most of the game having to be at a Xmas party, but caught the end. SWEET! Go Frodo Go (Wellwood )

Where is it? I've been wanting to catch this show. Heard a lot of good things from a number of diff people. Later . . . Kanada Kev =8)

Fantastic, entertaining game last night!!! A great win off of the comeback win earlier in the week. Good to see Sundin and Steen get the monkeys off their backs. Let's see what tonight brings :)

Thanks for the tip. Enjoyin' the grooves right now. I can now hear what my good friend is getting to experience down there live Later . . . Kanada Kev =8)

Why? This is where he can get his prescription drugs cheaper!!! I doubt that he'd have much of a hard time crossing for a charge like this (even if it sticks on his record).

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WHA? Dubya has some to spare? Doesn't sound like a fair deal at all. Yeah, exactly. USE our good standing with other countries to get your agenda through. Reminds me of school kids ... "Hey, go tell so and so that I like her because I'm too afraid to do it myself" Pfftt. Come on Harper, you can't enjoy having Bush's hand that far up your ass can you? Maybe you like being a puppet. Later . . . Kanada Kev =8)

I didn't catch the game, but SIX goals on FOURTEEN shots on Emery? That IS a seive. Gerber's gonna be key in your game against Buffalo I think. He plays well, Sens win with confidence. If he pulls an Emery, it'll be another blow out for Buff.