The Evening Blues - 5-7-18

Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 5:23pm

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No news roundup + tonight's musical feature: Peetie Wheatstraw

Hey! Good Evening!

This evening's music features blues singer, piano player and guitarist Peetie Wheatstraw. Enjoy!

^{Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law}

News and Opinion

No news or opinion tonight.

A Little Night Music

Peetie Wheatstraw -Jungle man blues

Peetie Wheatstraw - Crazy With The Blues

Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues

Peetie Wheatstraw - The Last Dime

Peetie Wheatstraw - Tennessee Peaches Blues

Peetie Wheatstraw - Don't Feel Welcome Blues

Peetie Wheatstraw - Kidnapper's Blues

Peetie Wheatstraw - C & A Train Blues

Peetie Wheatstraw - Stomp

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Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 5:27pm

evening folks...

sorry about the lack of news. some things defy timing and, well, as of today there is a new miniature shikspack in the world, thanks to the hard work of my kid. virtual chocolate cigars for everybody!

i'll catch up with you all later on.

Submitted by QMS on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 5:45pm

yeah! more shikspacks

@joe shikspack more merrier, thanks for the chocolate cigars

Submitted by MrWebster on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 6:00pm

You ever smoke a chocolate cigar?

@joe shikspack Well, a chocolate favored cigar? Man, the chemical burn on your lips and tongue is exquisite.

Submitted by mimi on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 6:28pm

Congratulations!!

@joe shikspack

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Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 8:04pm

Congrats, Joe! Hope daughter and infant

@joe shikspack

are doing well. Figure that might explain the photo you posted of Indy not too long ago--with a young woman holding up a yellow onesie in front of her!

We'll be on the road much of the week, but hope to catch up with you Guys by Thursday or Friday. Weather's been gorgeous, lately, so we're taking advantage of it as much as we can before a heatwave hits.

Everyone have a nice evening!

Mollie

"In a world where you can be anything--be kind."~~Author Unknown

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went."~~Will Rogers

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Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 8:34pm

thanks to everybody for the congratulatory comments!

@joe shikspack

i'm probably going to be a little busier than usual for a while, but it's a good busy.

Submitted by smiley7 on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 6:57pm

Happy Day!

Submitted by snoopydawg on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 7:07pm

Hey lil shikspack

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There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?

Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 8:01pm

The Blob is baack

Time Lapse of giant #lava flow consuming car, telephone pole falling

Date: 5-6-2018
Location: Leilani Estates, Hi #LeilaniEstates #Leilani #Hawaii #volcano pic.twitter.com/7Td2ecfV62

— WXChasing (@bclemms) May 7, 2018

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There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?

Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.

Submitted by janis b on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 9:12pm

"get over here, that pole's going"

@snoopydawg

Mother Nature!

Thanks for that snoopy.

Submitted by Azazello on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 9:58pm

I saw that Hillary was down in NZ

@janis b
blaming the Russians for her troubles. Did you hear anything about that ?

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We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.

Submitted by janis b on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 10:04pm

I hadn't,

@Azazello

but I will now look for the news as related here and let you know how it's being received.

Submitted by janis b on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 10:13pm

Check these videos out if you can stomach it.

@janis b

I've lost my appetite in 5 minutes of viewing.

I'm glad though that she's decided to stay in America rather than joining Scott Brown in New Zealand.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 10:49pm

Phew.... looks like you dodged a bullet there

@janis b

"Hillary Rodham Clinton has revealed she contemplated moving to New Zealand after losing her bid for the United States presidency to Donald Trump."

Oh good grief!

"The minute a women [in the US] stands up and says ‘I'd like to lead’, everything changes," Hillary Clinton said in an event in Auckland.

Hey Hillary. You remember Margaret Thatcher, Angela Merkel and Teresa May, don't you? These 3 women have been elected to the highest position in their countries.

"I think it's hard for women and men but I think there are special challenges for a woman and we just have to keep doing it until we finally break through and elect a woman."

She also discussed the road to her presidential bid, and her initial resistance when people asked her to run for office.

Thanks, Janis for snooping this out.

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There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?

Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.

Submitted by janis b on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 10:54pm

We also have a woman PM,

@snoopydawg

of so far a very different variety.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 11:15pm

Heh, I wonder what she thought when Her said that?

@janis b

Oh my, hang on - Hillary was asked if she felt any empathy for the Trump voters She asked herself that question a lot.

With all the rotten news on television and all the negativity in the race, a lot of people wanted to be reassured about the basic goodness of our country and our hope for a better, kinder future. When we started using the phrase "love trumps hate," it caught on like wildfire among our supporters.
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There's been so much said and written about the economic hardships and declining life expectancy of the working-class whites who embraced Donald Trump.

But why should they be more angry and resentful than the millions of blacks and Latinos who are poorer, die younger, and have to contend every day with entrenched discrimination?

Why were many people who were enchanted by Barack Obama in 2008 so cynical in 2016 after he saved the economy and extended health care to millions who needed it? I went back to de Tocqueville.
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So if you've been raised to believe your life will unfold a certain way—say, with a steady union job that doesn't require a college degree but does provide a middle-class income, with traditional gender roles intact and everyone speaking English — and then things don't work out the way you expected, that's when you get angry. It's about loss. It's about the sense that the future is going to be harder than the past.
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Do I feel empathy for Trump voters? That's a question I've asked myself a lot. It's complicated. It's relatively easy to empathise with hardworking, warmhearted people who decided they couldn't in good conscience vote for me after reading that letter from Jim Comey... or who don't think any party should control the White House for more than eight years at a time... or who have a deeply held belief in limited government, or an overriding moral objection to abortion.

~ {hasn't she been paying attention?}

I also feel sympathy for people who believed Trump's promises and are now terrified that he's trying to take away their health care, not make it better, and cut taxes for the super-rich, not invest in infrastructure. I get it. But I have no tolerance for intolerance. None. Bullying disgusts me.

Yep, there is much more to this ... that shows how out of touch she was/is.

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There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?

Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.

Submitted by janis b on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 11:36pm

Good questions asked.

@snoopydawg

Too bad the answers are always meaningless bullshit. I'd really like to hear some honest answers, but I have little faith they'll be revealed or even remotely understood.

#4.1.1.1.1.1.1 Oh my, hang on - Hillary was asked if she felt any empathy for the Trump voters She asked herself that question a lot. With all the rotten news on television and all the negativity in the race, a lot of people wanted to be reassured about the basic goodness of our country and our hope for a better, kinder future. When we started using the phrase "love trumps hate," it caught on like wildfire among our supporters. ~ There's been so much said and written about the economic hardships and declining life expectancy of the working-class whites who embraced Donald Trump. But why should they be more angry and resentful than the millions of blacks and Latinos who are poorer, die younger, and have to contend every day with entrenched discrimination? Why were many people who were enchanted by Barack Obama in 2008 so cynical in 2016 after he saved the economy and extended health care to millions who needed it? I went back to de Tocqueville. ~ So if you've been raised to believe your life will unfold a certain way—say, with a steady union job that doesn't require a college degree but does provide a middle-class income, with traditional gender roles intact and everyone speaking English — and then things don't work out the way you expected, that's when you get angry. It's about loss. It's about the sense that the future is going to be harder than the past. ~ Do I feel empathy for Trump voters? That's a question I've asked myself a lot. It's complicated. It's relatively easy to empathise with hardworking, warmhearted people who decided they couldn't in good conscience vote for me after reading that letter from Jim Comey... or who don't think any party should control the White House for more than eight years at a time... or who have a deeply held belief in limited government, or an overriding moral objection to abortion. ~ {hasn't she been paying attention?} I also feel sympathy for people who believed Trump's promises and are now terrified that he's trying to take away their health care, not make it better, and cut taxes for the super-rich, not invest in infrastructure. I get it. But I have no tolerance for intolerance. None. Bullying disgusts me. Yep, there is much more to this ... that shows how out of touch she was/is.

Submitted by janis b on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 11:48pm

Her speech was unfortunately moderated by Jenny Shipley,

@janis b

who became the PM shortly after we arrived in NZ. She's of the Thatcher variety. Thankfully she didn't last long.

Submitted by janis b on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 12:12am

Puke ...

@janis b

http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2018/05/hillary-clinton-warns-of-...

New Zealand needs to do a thorough cleanse after her visit.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 12:35am

Things are looking up

@janis b

She didn't warn them that Russia was coming for your country.

""Experts are sounding the alarm about Chinese efforts to gain political power and influence policy decisions. And it's just getting started," she said."

Just what experts is she talking about? Just out of the blue those experts decided that China is interfering with your country's policies? Wow! Just wow! And what is she and Obama doing in your country?

"You are now on your third woman Prime Minister. Just saying."

Yeah? Just saying what, Hillary? Look out Janis, it looks like something nefarious is going to happen to your country.

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There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?

Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.

Submitted by janis b on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 12:52am

Hope not

@snoopydawg

https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2018/04/27/china-vs-nz/

Submitted by eyo on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 5:43am

"sounding the alarm" yawn me a river

@snoopydawg say "cried wolf" why not. Anyone who thinks people in other countries are perfect Internet users, please grab a clue. They don't call it Windows for nothin', just try to secure a house made of windows, go on. This is what our computer country is made of, a bunch of windows crackpots and the worldwide users' machines they control. And now Bill Gates is jealous of Bezos for having more money, money that could disappear hunger everywhere if they cared about anything, anything but moar money.

"#4.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1" heh thanks for the interesting links and discussion. That warrior behind Her in the group photo was perfect. Scare it away! LOL no kidding. Unreal.

Submitted by janis b on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 10:21pm

I'll let you know what Martyn Bradbury has to say about her

@janis b @janis b

if [video:http://thedailyblog.co.nz/category/bloggers/martyn-bradbury/] does.

Submitted by janis b on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 10:28pm

It looks like you'll have to google Martyn Bradbury

@janis b

if you're interested. I seem to be having trouble linking to his The Daily Blog

Submitted by Wink on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 12:02am

Link...

Martyn Bradbury blog
@janis b

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Submitted by janis b on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 12:03am

Thanks Wink ; )

@Wink

Submitted by snoopydawg on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 10:32pm

Nothing stands in the way of Mother Nature

@janis b

Seeing the lava like that put it into more powerful perspective for me than pictures of it from the air and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it. A lot of homes have been destroyed in such a short time. Very sad.

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There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?

Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.

Submitted by janis b on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 10:34pm

Your 'eulogy'

@snoopydawg

is especially apt at the moment.

Submitted by on the cusp on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 8:27pm

I have heard excuses before, but....

Birth of a grandchild is a winner!
Your news is the grandbaby, my opinion is WHOOPIE!

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

Submitted by janis b on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 9:08pm

Congratulations joe and family!

Expanding shikspacks is a wonderful image.

Submitted by The Aspie Corner on Mon, 05/07/2018 - 10:11pm

Dipshit Admin.'s continued bullshit on the Iran Deal

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py-DbEXDv_M]

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Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.

Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.

Submitted by janis b on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 12:19am

...

context

Submitted by snoopydawg on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 12:38am

Link is broken

@janis b

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There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?

Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.

Submitted by janis b on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 12:45am

sorry, here

@snoopydawg

https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/08-05-2018/but-where-was-the-roar-watc...

Submitted by snoopydawg on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 1:21am

That was not a flattering article, was it?

@janis b

The other interesting Clinton was the Sarcastic ~~Whine~~ Wine Mom, a personality that has emerged in her post-election events and which feels like, perhaps, the realest of Clinton we’ve seen. When she snarked about Trump’s inauguration crowds or the way she loves reading mystery novels because that’s one place where “the bad guy gets it,” the crowd lapped it up. But the jokes still felt awkward. “Does anyone remember that Donald Trump won?” I wanted to ask.

Not sure what her point was about crows sizes, but ...

Thanks for your links here. It's been fun

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There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?

Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.

Submitted by eyo on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 5:49am

Congratulations grampy joe

This was the best EB to read before crashing yesterday. Thanks for the good news! Cheers.

PEACE