Hiatus

Consume the news is going on Hiatus. We'll be back!

In the meantime here's a video from my old band, The Ks

Can white people even BE racist?

Phones morph into 'stun guns' and 'tricorders'

 

White Proverbs

 

What is Robert Gates really upset about?

 

Bridge Scandal Threatens Christie's 'No-Nonsense Image'

 

Universe measured to 1% accuracy

Today’s Video: Ronnie Dio and the Prophets – Say You're Mine Again

Explanations vary for how Padavona adopted the stage name "Dio". One story is that Dio was a reference to mafia member Johnny Dio. Another has it that Padavona's grandmother said he had a gift from God and should be called "Dio"--wiki

Drinkin' and smokin'...

Should there be a word for an 'almost alcoholic'?

 

Sherlock's Expiring Copyright: It's Public Domain, Dear Watson

 

Ex-Defense Secretary Gates Takes Aim At Obama In New Book

 

50 Years After Landmark Warning, 8 Million Fewer Smoking Deaths

 

Smokers edge close to one billion

 

Today’s Video: Ronnie Dio and the Prophets – Love Potion No. 9

"Love Potion No. 9" is a song written in 1959 by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally performed by The Clovers, who took it to #23 on the US charts that year. n one recorded version of the ending of the song, The Clovers used the alternative lyrics:

    "I had so much fun that I'm going back again,

    I wonder what a-happen with Love Potion Number Ten?"

The "kissing a cop" lyric led to the song being banned by some radio stations. --wiki

When having sticky balls is a good thing!

'Sticky balls' may stop cancer spreading

 

CIA Lawyer: Waterboarding Wasn't Torture Then And Isn't Torture Now

 

A Church For The Godless Picks Up Steam

 

S Sudan reconciliation 'possible'

 

US speeds up Iraq military support

Today’s Video: Ronnie Dio and the Prophets – Mister Misery

Also did a version in Italian.--padavona

Mystery cicadas, supervolcanos, and naked men in the washing machine

The Internet's Cicada: A Mystery Without An Answer

 

Supervolcano eruption mystery solved

 

In High-Drama Parody, Will Ferrell Reveals 'Spoils Of Babylon' 

 

Police free naked man stuck in washing machine

 

Maliki urges Fallujah to oust militants

Today’s Video: Ronnie Dio and the Prophets - Gonna Make it Alone

Ronnie And The Red Caps changed their name to Ronnie Dio And The Prophets in 1961. Under this name, the line-up lasted for quite a long time and produced several singles and one album. --padavona

Weekend Edition

Nothing matters but the weekend.

Things are getting fat all over

Obesity quadruples to nearly one billion in developing world

NSA 'developing code-cracking quantum computer'

Natan Sharansky: How chess kept one man sane

 

Medicaid Expansion Boosted Emergency Room Visits In Oregon

 

DOJ Expected To Defend Health Law's Contraceptive Mandate

Today's videos:

Dan Kilian - Settle

Ronnie Dio & The Prophets - THE OOH-POO-PAH-DOO

Twitter Sharks!

 

Happy New Year! Welcome back!

9 NEW New Years Facts You Never Knew

 

More Than 300 Sharks In Australia Are Now On Twitter

 

Why The Cod On Cape Cod Now Comes From Iceland

 

Food As Punishment: Giving U.S. Inmates 'The Loaf' Persists

 

Young people 'feel they have nothing to live for'

 

Trials to begin on new degradable surgical implant

Today’s Video: Ronnie Dio and the Red caps - An Angel is Missing (1961)

This group was originally started as a school band in Cortland, New York in 1957. First they went under name The Vegas Kings but they changed their name soon to Ronnie & The Rumblers and finally to Ronnie And The Red Caps. The name changes took place in 1957-1958, as they released their only recording under name Ronnie And The Red Caps in 1958.