Day: September 13, 2012

Caveat: Spagga aka El Presidente de hip-hop

Background Noise / Banalities & Journaling / Internet & Blogging

Just now, I received a comment on a youtube video I'd made a few years back to go with a track that I liked, by a New York latin-rap group called Spagga &  La Raza, that I hadn't been able to find online. Here's what the comment said:

wow…..That was one of the first songs i wrote. Thanks whoever you are for bringing me back to reality!
Spagga

This seems to indicate that the actual artist commented on my youtube piratification of his song, in a positive way. I'm deeply impressed. He's just acquired a much more dedicated fan. This is the spirit in which I wish all artists would view the youtubification of their work.

PWhat I'm listening to right now.

La vida

Spagga aka El Presidente de Hip-Hop, "la vida." De su myspace – warning: it opens a new tab or window if you click it. The myspace player is a little bit annoying. But it's ok.

Caveat: Due Process

Politics, Economics & Current Affairs / Quotable

"One oddity of the current legal situation remains that the U.S.
government needs some kind of court-approved warrant to intentionally
eavesdrop on the telephone or e-mail of a U.S. citizen suspected of
involvement with Al Qaeda, like Anwar Al-Awlaki. However, using a drone,
a missile, bomb or military raid to intentionally kill that same person
requires no approval from the judicial branch." – Josh Gerstein, in his blog about legal issues.

Talk about understatement.

Meanwhile, despite this (or because of it?) Obama is now at 65% at intrade. The elections market-makers appear to have reached their decision point – only a week ago Obama was under 60% on intrade.

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