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Team Blue and Team Red Are Both Owned By the Epstein Class

I was entertained by all the blue Tsunami excitement this week. What do you think is the outcome of the election? Do you think the Epstein files will finally be released? I don't. Many analysts are suggesting less emphasis on the Iran war and more money and weapons provided to Ukraine to fight the Russians. After all it was the Dems who engineered the Ukraine grift and profited handsomely, whereas the Iran catastrophe has profited the Trumps, Kushners, and Whitcoffs. I find it difficult to believe either war will be ended. As Larry Wilkerson said the other week, the MIC lobby is every bit as powerful as AIPAC. I will admit to voting straight Dem here in Alabama, and being Alabama, none I could vote for were elected. The state will still have two Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling led to a special legislative session and an exceedingly rare special primary election.

Let's look at some news from the week below the fold...

Afternoon folks!

This week we've got a pile of great stuff starting out with an album from Guitar Jr., which I'm pretty sure is an early Lonnie Brooks album as, well, it sounds like him and he used to go by that stage name early in his career. Following that we've got a great album from Texas guitarist Frankie Lee Sims who was one of those blues guitarists that also influenced the development of early rock and roll. After that we've got a 60's folk revival era album from Sleepy John Estes followed by an album from soul singer/guitarist Curtis Mayfield. Moving on into some blues rock we've got a 1968 album from the Buddy Miles Express during the period that Miles was also playing with Jimi Hendrix. We finish up with some interesting 80's rock from an Australian group, Midnight Oil. So, there you go.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Good morning, good people! I hope this OT finds you all in fine fettle!

And, preparing for a super duper Depression! Woohoo!

I wish someone could convince Trump to walk away from the Iran conflict, but I also wish for unicorns.

Grocery items are holding steady here, as is gas at the pump. That is not to say they they are what they were 8 months ago. Buying store brands is in everyone's future.

The Donald has said he loves inflation and doesn't think about cost of living for us. As long as he is ok, we should be, as well. Or something like that.

Happy Friday everyone. That time of the week again. Photos, memes, music or anything else you find interesting, this is the place to post them.

Tonights photos are the last from my trip to Oregon. Just a few miles north of where we were staying in Netarts is Cape Meares where they have a small lighthouse and the octopus tree. The tree is a Sitka Spruce. It measures 46 ft in circumference and has no central trunk. Instead the limbs extend as much as 16ft horizontally before turning upward. It is 105 ft tall and is believed to be 250-300 years old.

The edge of a continent

In my humble opinion, folks, this is a great speech.

The President and the Press: Address before the American Newspaper Publishers Association, April 27, 1961