Random Links.

Once – A new movie that has an amazing soundtrack and the main actor and composer is the lead singer of The Frames, one of the great European bands no one has ever heard of and his female counterpart is a singer and actress and who is only 19. They’re both dating and it looks quite magical. This movie is going to be sneak up on you. Mark my words. They also have a CD out under the name The Swell Season which I’ve been listening to straight for the last 24 hours and is currently opening for Damien Rice.

Map the Candidates – a way to follow each candidate and see which states they’re focusing their time on

Bloomberg Running After All? – the rich mayor might not be telling us the whole truth after buying up a couple of domain names

Finally Thunderbird might get it’s due

Is it just me or is anyone else noticing the rhetoric is increasing on Iran? Why do I get the uneasy feeling that W wants to do something before he leaves office? Quote: “Training of extremists is being conducted in Iran . . . (they) continue to smuggle powerful roadside bombs and mortars across the border from Iran.” I’m not saying this isn’t the case . . . but after the false information that was generated at the beginning of our last fiasco . . . and hearing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki say Iran is playing a positive role in Iraq makes me at least a bit skeptical of the increasing accusations. Especially considering he’s back to using the argument that he had at the beginning, later recanted on, and is now proposing again.

[tags]Once, Marketa Irglova, The Frames, Glen Hansard, Fox Searchlight, Map the Candidates, Thunderbird, Bloomberg, Bloomberg + President, Swell Season, Iran + Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki, Damien Rice[/tags]