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Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 07/14/2024 - 6:38am

Just Say NO! to Peace

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This week the NATO warmongers gathered in DC to rattle their small ineffectual sabres like petulant children led by a blithering idiot. Neil Oliver suggested this week that these leaders reminded him of the sorcerer's apprentice in Fantasia, when Mickey gets carried away with the use of magic to do his chores...but things quickly get out of hand. (Fantasia - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Part 1), (Part 2). (Part 3) posted below...3 min)

In this analogy, who is the sorcerer that comes in and straightens out the mess?
Putin, Orban, Trump,...?

The least important election in my lifetime

Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sat, 07/13/2024 - 10:35pm

Today's assassination attempt pretty much sealed it. We are getting a Republican trifecta. This might be the end of the "safe state" system, the system that has dominated American Presidential elections since 1992, in which the West Coast and the Northeast are (D), the Plains states and the Deep South are (R), and everything else is a tossup.

Trump Shot

Submitted by ban nock on Sat, 07/13/2024 - 5:39pm

Looks like they just clipped him on the right side of his head. He was giving the fist up in the air as the secret service got him off stage. Twitter is all full of it.

Personally I think any and all political violence and even lawlessness is stupid. So many places people can't vote and haven't been able to for a long time. All we have to do is vote.

Weirdos get all riled up, call each other Hitler, friggin dumb.

Album of the Week 7-13-24

Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 07/13/2024 - 3:00pm

Afternoon folks!

If you enjoy the blues, your ears might be busy this weekend. Starting off, we've got an album from BB King, followed an early Albert Collins album, followed by an album by Chicago blues harmonica player Carey Bell and finishing off the blues selections with a compilation album from Jimmy Johnson, Eddie Shaw and Left Hand Frank. After that there's a Wailers (reggae) album and an album from Texas musician Doug Sahm along with some excellent sidemen including Dr. John, David Bromberg and Flaco Jimenez. Then there's a rock album from a largely-overlooked all-girl rock band, Fanny. We finish off in the diversity department with a late 60's country album from Carl Perkins.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Saturday Open Thread 7/13/24: Odds and Ends

Submitted by on the cusp on Sat, 07/13/2024 - 7:00am

Hey, friends!

It has been quite a hectic week here. No electricity at home, camping out at the office. I dread it, but I must clean out my fridge at home this weekend. I saved the contents of my freezer, but all those opened jars of condiments will have to be tossed.

So, this chihuahua came up in my office yard. He sort of adopted me. I called the number on the collar tag, got directions to take him somewhere to some friend of the owner, like the responsibility was mine to return him to the persons who lets him run loose all over town. "Lil' Man" had fleas. Not what I want in my vehicle.

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