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Since the announcement last Saturday of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate, various news outlets including The New York Times have reported that Ryan cites Rage Against the Machine among his favorite bands. As expected, many followers of the message behind Rage Against the Machine’s music have found this rather curious given Ryan’s political ideology. Last night, in a Rolling Stone op-ed piece, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom…

A behind the scenes look at Curiosity’s landing on Mars.     Video Source: NASA on YouTube Featured Image Source: NASA

    Nick Jones – The Hustle Verse One: The struggle is a motherfucker The only way to come up straight out the gutter is to get you a hustle And lay your hustle down to the motherfuckin’ fullest Right from the start, you gotta have heart to do this It’s useless trying to live life legitimate And still get ahead? Please, who are you kidding with? I’m doing what…

For many of us, listening to new music can be a good way to extricate from the heaviness of a day like today. Enjoy.       Rick Ross – 3 Kings (feat. JAY-Z & Dr. Dre) Intro: Dr. Dre Yeah, classic hip hop shit Dr. D-R-E, Rozay and Jay, let’s get ’em Verse One: Dr. Dre We started out mopping floors And now we front row at the awards…

Vice President Joe Biden addresses the 2012 NAACP Convention in Houston, TX.     Video Source: NAACP on YouTube Featured Image Source: The Daily Beast

For Heather & Josh Wayward memories fade to make room for a new Awake, you float through butterflies to a familiar rhythm Of curious bliss that is nuzzled against such old Wonderment, you knew as a child to anticipate magic That heightens your senses and codifies a borrowed Resolve, you pine for the future but dance in the moment Of yearning blown softly from your lips towards the blue Abyss,…

On June 21, 2012, Texas A&M University announced a plan to privatize a range of campus services that are currently performed by university employees. Included in the privatization plan are dining, landscaping, building maintenance and cleaning services. According to the Texas Tribune Data Library, 1270 workers were employed in the affected departments as of fiscal year 2011. To date, Texas A&M has not released the exact number of jobs that…

    2mental – Weapons of Art [Part Life] (feat. Rhime Divine) All lyrics written by Ted James, D-Wattz, & 2mental Verse One: Ted James It’s a fight, I see your face at night Hear your voice as I write by candlelight to reunite It’s not right, I’m a man because you raised me right But writers write and I can’t write without your oversight I held you tight in…

You had almost forgotten how a day like today feels. The nervousness. The doubt. The utterly terrible nagging that permeates deep in your gut from the moment that you wake up. Upon noticing it while yawning after your alarm goes off, you already know that it won’t subside at any point during the day. Sure, you rise out of bed, grab a cup of water and three Advil to dust…

  [Excerpt] Stable is when the Ba’ath had Baghdad But corporate jets really had to have that gas bad War and they hope they all fall from the ratatat Cause that’s just more dinosaur for the CadIllac Food & Liquor II – 9/25/12 Buy the single on iTunes | @LupeFiasco | Lupe’s Website

Yesterday afternoon, with three minutes and 14 seconds left in Game 3 of the second round playoff series between the LA Clippers and San Antonio, the Spurs were protecting a 13 point advantage when Spurs Coach, Gregg Popovich, decided to implement the Hack-A-Shaq defensive strategy on Clipper forward, Reggie Evans. The Spurs proceeded to intentionally foul Evans, who is a notoriously poor free throw shooter, in hopes of stifling the…

BIG [San Antonio Spurs Playoff Promo]   “It’s the quiet guys you should fear, because words are small and game is BIG.”     Source: Antonio Medrano III on YouTube