Open Thread WE 20 DEC 23 ~ Sacagawea Day
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 12/20/2023 - 5:00am
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Diaries
The Evening Blues - 12-19-23
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 12/19/2023 - 3:00pm
Back Home
Submitted by earthling1 on Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:11am
Well, vacation is over. Back at my computer w/ wifi access. It was hard posting on the road with my smartyphone and Verizon. The I-5 corridor was a bit spotty with coverage and some of the RV parks we stayed at advertised wifi, but was even more spotty.
The Dose, 3 Years On
Submitted by QMS on Tue, 12/19/2023 - 8:16am
Some interesting developments on the VAX front lately ..
EU countries destroy €4B worth of COVID vaccines
The Evening Blues - 12-18-23
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 12/18/2023 - 3:46pm
Houthis + Somali pirates
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 12/18/2023 - 12:24pmBy now pretty much everyone is aware that the Houthis in Yemen are siding with the Palestinians when it comes to shipping.
Email from something called "daily GOP news"
Submitted by fire with fire on Mon, 12/18/2023 - 12:00pmThe Age of Infinite Irony rolls on:
Friend,
Liberal cronies are coming for landmarks and Founding Fathers all over again…
And they’re starting with Thomas Jefferson!
That is why we’re calling on every last Conservative in the ENTIRE NATION to sign our official petition and stand with House Republicans AND our Founding Fathers.
12/18 is International Migrants Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 12/18/2023 - 5:00am
~~ Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California; 1936, Dorothea Lange, Public Domain
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 12/17/2023 - 6:55am
The Dark is Rising...
...but only for a few more days. The celestial clock is about to chime. Thursday is our winter solstice, the longest night of the year. Afterward day length will slowly grow until June 20th and the summer solstice. I loved the series "The Dark is Rising" filled with Welsh mythology, but it is fiction. The dark ages today are real as we experience the slow death of US empire. I thought it might be timely to look at some of the steps that have led to creation and now dissolution of US empire. I'll be interested in your thoughts as well...
Album of the Week 12-16-23
Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 12/16/2023 - 3:00pmAfternoon folks!
Starting off this week we've got blues albums from Chicago harmonica player Carey Bell and his son Lurrie on guitar and Texas guitarist Clarence Gatemouth Brown. Following that we've got a mess of blues rock with albums from Washington DC band The Nighthawks, Roy Buchanan, Johnny Winter, Robin Trower and Brownsville Station. In the diversity department we've got albums from 80's rock band The Swimming Pool Q's and by Buffalo Springfield.
Enjoy and have a great weekend!
