Diaries
Open Thread WE 31 JAN 24 ~ karma
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 01/31/2024 - 5:00am
The Evening Blues - 1-30-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 01/30/2024 - 3:48pmFickle Finger of Fate
Submitted by earthling1 on Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:21amH/T Rowan and Martin
Will be in transit to the farm this morning, so will be in-n-out (ooh now I want a burger) with responses.
Family have a lot of trees and limbs down from the latest storms and I'm on my way to get the equipment needed to get them cleaned up this weekend as it is supposed to be clear and dry.
The Evening Blues - 1-29-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 01/29/2024 - 3:15pmJanuary 29 is nothing in particular, so let's honor Liliuokalani
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 01/29/2024 - 5:00am~~ “Spirit of Liliuokalani” a statue of Queen Lili‘uokalani sculpted by Marianna Pineda
Pelosi says that pro Palestinian protesters are doing Putin’s bidding
Submitted by snoopydawg on Sun, 01/28/2024 - 7:00pmSo, based on Nancy Pelosi's remarks, 76% of Democrats / 49% of Republicans / 61% of Americans are potentially paid operatives of Russia who are pushing Putin's message of calling for a ceasefire??
The Democratic party leadership is in disarray. And history should not be kind to… https://t.co/bSTgQAyu2o pic.twitter.com/NZCFsgvgGS
— Abdullah H. Hammoud (@AHammoudMI) January 28, 2024
NeoCons freak out as Biden gets forced into doing the right thing
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 01/28/2024 - 2:12pmThree U.S. troops were killed earlier today in Jordan in a drone strike. Another 25 were wounded.
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 01/28/2024 - 6:34amThe Business of War
Last week Michael and Richard described the US as a pentagon economy in their 45 minute conversation with Nima entitled "Why are China and Russia the US No. 1 Enemy?". However, what inspired this week's topic was Nima's conversation with Dmitry Orlov with whom I'm not familiar. Dmitry Orlov was born in Leningrad, USSR, into an academic family, and emigrated to the US in the mid-1970s. He holds degrees in Computer Engineering and Linguistics, and has worked in a variety of fields, including high-energy physics, Internet commerce, network security and advertising. I found his comments and observations on target: The US continues wars until they are not profitable, for example we left Afghanistan because Fentanyl replaced heroin, The MIC isn't about winning wars, it is about maximizing profits, and many more.
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Album of the Week 1-27-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 01/27/2024 - 3:00pmAfternoon folks!
This week we've got some Koko Taylor and some Bo Diddley in the blues category. In the blues-rock category we've got a bunch of stuff - an album from Robin Trower, an EP from Canned Heat in the mid-80's, an album from The Pirates, a compilation album from Faces and the part of a mid-period Fleetwood Mac album that the lords of copyright will allow to be heard. To finish off, in the diversity department there's a psychedelic album from Strawberry Alarm Clock.
Enjoy and have a great weekend!