The Evening Blues - 6-18-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 06/18/2018 - 3:38pm

Mexico's shocking victory over Germany in the World Cup caused Mexico City to literally jump for joy.
So, just for the HELL of it, I'm going to do a fun, snarky, little exercise. I haven't talked about something I enjoy for a while, and I haven't done an exploration of a piece of art in even longer, so I'm going to do that. I'm going to explore a show I greatly enjoyed, and explain why I feel that The series "Cobra Kai" might be one of the most eloquent examples of the Cynic philosophy that we have in the Modern Day. (And of course, this will contain spoilers for the show.)

June 18 is the 169th day of the year, there are 196 days left
Tis Prickle-Prickle, Confusion 23, 3184 YOLD

Today's number is 18
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I thought I would do a short essay on my own understanding of what the Inspector General's report is and is not. I have read at several places that people are disappointed at the most recent report by Inspector General Michael Horowitz.
Without passing judgment on the content of the IG report, which I have not yet read, I am going to try lay out a framework for understanding what we have seen thus far from the OIG.
America's liberal pundits are outraged at President Trump for actually doing diplomacy with North Korea.
On the other side, America's conservative pundits are heaping praise on Trump for taking a bold step toward peace.
Both sides are idiots.

She needed to replace the whopper. about ‘flying into Bosnia under rocket fire’. Now she was ‘bullied’ in Chicago as a kid.
Hillary Clinton tells grads of pricey San Francisco school about her troubled youth
By Bradford Betz | Fox NewsBlame it on the bullies?
In a surprise appearance Friday, Hillary Clinton delivered a commencement address to graduates of San Francisco's exclusive Hamlin School.
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The Internet is full of complaints about our current political and economic arrangements. Our current political economy has led to a reduction in the number of semi-skilled jobs, a stagnation of real wages, a loss or substantial reduction in manufacturing businesses, financial gambling and speculation, more frequent and severe recessions, and the observation that our political representatives are more responsive to corporate interests than to the needs and wants of our people.

