Over the past 24 hours I've come across a bunch of websites I wanted to post here, but then I thought that I just don't want you to check these things out now, but use them to get your REAL news. So if you meander down to the bottom of this you'll see some permanent links to legitimate sites that you can visit at your leisure (!) and check on other perspectives than those you get from the corporate world.

Enjoy.

Oh, and I gotta tell you...it's mid-November and I'm seeing Christmas shit. That's fine, but then don't yell at me when my Scrooge routine comes out early as well. Think I'm lying? A while back I was fed up with the alleged-holiday spirit and came up with some Christmas bile that probably still fits today. Chris, if you still have my old Christmas rant...post it in the comments.