Diaries
Uncle Bobo
Submitted by hecate on Mon, 01/09/2023 - 4:50amBill “Uncle Bobo” Graham. Born Wolf Wolodi Grajonca. January 8, 1931. Came, through true grit, from out of the Holocaust. To dose, us all.
Dear. Uncle Bobo. Not now. Not forever. Fade. Away.
Uncle Bobo, on the Dead: “They aren’t the best at what they do. They are the only ones, that do what they do.”
Same. True. Uncle Bobo.
my love
is bigger
than a cadillac
i tried to show you
but you drive me
back
and we sail and we sail
Submitted by hecate on Mon, 01/09/2023 - 4:07amConner—the only living human I have ever acknowledged as a better writer than I . . . though that was some time ago—and me, we were talking that pretty recent time about the arrogance of selecting words. How, every time, when we sit down to write a Libel, we alight upon a first word, inscribe it, and thereby reject millions of others. And, what the fuck, hubris, is that? Every time, in selecting a word, kicking aside, all those millions, of others? Who, are we, in that? God? Well. Yeah.
Things might soon get worse for U.S. in middle east
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 01/08/2023 - 10:34pmA week ago, on the third anniversary of Gen. Qassem Soleimani's murder, Iran's president on Tuesday vowed to avenge it. That same day rockets landed on a U.S. base in Syria.
Capitalism and climate change: a summary
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sun, 01/08/2023 - 3:11pmJust three days ago there was an open thread on climate change here at C99%. At any rate, climate change isn't going away, regardless of how fiercely the local Barnes and Noble outlet promotes the newest fashion in climate denial.
Bolsonaro supporters attempting coup in Brazil
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 01/08/2023 - 2:54pmThis just happened, so it's still playing out.
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 01/08/2023 - 6:45am
Media Madness
I've been enjoying the speaker chaos this week. It is nice to see someone, anyone, challenging the system. In congress they called out the uniparty and the corporate capture of congress critters. Although McCarthy managed to pull it out, my bet is he will be weakened and ineffectual Jimmy Dore's "force the vote" concept has been validated by the Republicans. I think it was Saagar who was talking this week about the last time this happened in 1923. He said the difference this time is that there was not a common demand by the rebels. I don't see this speaker conflict as a failure, but a success. As Jimmy pointed out had this been 2020 and the democrats proceeded with force the vote, then MSM would have spent a week talking about their demand for a Medicare for ALL vote.
The "Republicans are better on defense" meme
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 01/08/2023 - 12:27amI'm starting to see this narrative from people that once considered themselves on the left, or still consider themselves on the left, that the Democrats are now worse on most issues for anyone in the working class and/or on the left.
I will refer to this group from here on as the Jimmy Dore Left (JDL), but Dore is far from the only preacher of this philosophy.
The only way to stop a Bad 6-year old with a Gun...
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 01/07/2023 - 3:41pmA teacher has life-threatening injuries after being shot by a 6-year-old student at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News Friday afternoon.
Album of the Week - 1-7-23
Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 01/07/2023 - 3:00pmAfternoon folks!
Well, there's some blues for you this week. There's a double album compilation of Memphis Slim followed by a T-Bone Walker album and the first half (roughly) of a B.B. King compilation of earlier hits. I'll post the other half later in the same playlist, maybe next week sometime. Then we've got slide guitarist David Lindley and rounding out the selection there's former Monkee Michael Nesmith's second album with the First National Band.
Enjoy!