The Evening Blues - 9-3-26
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 09/03/2026 - 3:47pm
Open Thread - 09-03-26 - Fear
Submitted by JtC on Thu, 09/03/2026 - 8:00am
I wrote this back in June and never published it. Is there any doubt, after what we've been through since at least 9-11-2001, that fear is a weapon?
What is the essence of terrorism? FEAR.
Fear is the most primal of emotions, without it we wouldn't have made it beyond the trees we climbed down from so many epochs ago. Fear induced paranoia hastens awareness, puts one on their toes, makes the hairs on the back of the neck stand up, initiates the fight or flight impulse. It's a must for survival, that we are here is a testament to that fact.
Fear at the right time and the right amount is beneficial. Excessive fear, not so much.
Excessive fear will wear one down, both psychologically and physically.
That's exactly how iron fisted power wants you to live, in fear.
The Evening Blues - 9-2-26
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 09/02/2026 - 4:10pm
OT WE 2 SEP 26 ~little content today
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 09/02/2026 - 5:00am
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Serious computer issues going at home. (Glad the library still works).
The Evening Blues - 9-1-26
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 09/01/2026 - 3:59pm
Smore open thread
Submitted by earthling1 on Tue, 09/01/2026 - 10:13amGood morning everyone.
Overcast and a cool 60 degrees this morning. Bracing for our first big rain tomorrow, and then a couple of days with showers. It should help with the wildfires around the PNW and start greening things up a bit.
The Evening Blues - 8-31-26
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 08/31/2026 - 4:07pm
Don’t co-opt Dolly!!
Submitted by bondibox on Mon, 08/31/2026 - 12:01pmI'll admit I was a bit irritated when the American Flag and the eagle were appropriated to glorify Trump. And I can see how the religious would have been incensed the way he blasphemed Jesus with artwork showing him to be a healing "doctor."
I never bothered with criticizing him because so many other people have that covered. But full stop right here, folks.
08/31 Open Thread - Eat Outside Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 08/31/2026 - 5:00am
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~~ picnic, aka Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 08/30/2026 - 6:35am
Tower of Lies
Seems like everything that comes out of the Donald's mouth is a lie these days. Add to that his cabinet lying time after time... whether it is Bessent saying he doesn't understand why fuel prices are rising, to Hogsbreath saying Ukraine has Russia on the run, to Lutnick saying he doesn't remember his trip to Epstein Island. It isn't just the administration. Seems most of the beltway class is addicted to lying. The media compliance facilitating the falsehoods point to the Zionist control of the MSM. None the less it seems most folks understand they are being lied to, but it is so common it has become accepted. Eventually the tower of lies will collapse under it own weight like a house of cards.
