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Afternoon folks!

We've got a variety pack of blues this week. Starting off it's a compilation from the Harlem Hamfats, a Chicago blues/jazz outfit that featured Kansas City Joe, formerly married to Memphis Minnie. After that we've got an album of country blues from Smokey Hogg and some more recent modern blues from Kenny Neal. Next we've got an album of blues/rockabilly/rock from Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Albert Lee and we finish off in a kind of punk rock bag with the band Wire.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Good morning, friends! Hope all is well with y'all!

I am writing this pre-concert while I have time.

I probably will not be able to respond to comments until late afternoon.

Another Friday night. You know what that means. Time to post any photos, memes, music or anything else that brightened your week or you find of interest.

Yesterday was the first day since last Friday the mercury dipped below triple digits. The worst of the heat wave was last Friday when temps topped out at 111°. I've lived in San Diego county since 1977 and I don't remember it ever being that hot. Hopefully that will be the last of the extreme heat until next summer. Supposed to get rain Sunday and Monday.

Since I'll be passing through the City of Roses (Portland, Ore) on my way to Tillamook, Ore. on Sunday for a five day get together with family, I thought roses would be an appropriate subject for tonights photos.

It's Friday morning and we're vacationing in Fredericksburg, Texas. I didn't get a chance to write anything up so I'm going to wing it this week with a couple of quick questions.

The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East has brought drone warfare to the forefront of modern weaponry. There's no doubt that drones have changed how wars are conducted. They're cheap, can be made quickly and when flown in mass it's nearly impossible to stop all of them in a concentrated attack. We've seen their effectiveness when used as a long distance weapon against major cities.

Before these wars did anyone suspect that drones would be used against military and civilian targets in major developed countries? I know I didn't see that coming.

Governments derive their power and legitimacy through the concept of Consent of the Governed. This consent may derive due to the citizens being too scared to fight back (authoritarian regimes and monarchies) or a long held belief that their leader is "divinely" or by birthright chosen (again monarchies or theocracies) or revolutionary processes that lead citizens to believe that the new government is popular with the masses and therefore legitimate.