The Evening Blues - 4-1-22
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 04/01/2022 - 2:28pm
Open Thread - 04-01-22 - Full Spectrum
Submitted by JtC on Fri, 04/01/2022 - 8:04am
It's 7:10 AM. I'm sitting at the desk staring out the window trying to prod the muse into something readable. It's funny how the muse works. Some of my best writing comes to me when I sit down an hour before the deadline and just let it flow. The stuff I ponder over and fidget with to perfection many times goes over like a lead balloon.
I seem pretty brain dead this morning. Probably because I've been doing brain dead things like gardening and landscaping all week. But there has been an idea rolling around my head like a boulder bouncing through a rock crusher. So here goes.
The Dose - 04-01-22
Submitted by JtC on Fri, 04/01/2022 - 7:00am
Ladies and gentlemen your leaders
Submitted by snoopydawg on Thu, 03/31/2022 - 11:36pmJoe Biden is famous for his gaffes, however, recently they have gone out of control and blurred the line between the official White House position and his personal views. pic.twitter.com/j9Yg4cnHgW
— RT (@RT_com) March 29, 2022
Don't worry about Chris Rock. He'll be more than fine
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 03/31/2022 - 10:03pmI've seen some comedians worrying how Will Smith's slap will damage Chris Rock's career.
The Evening Blues - 3-31-22
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 03/31/2022 - 3:00pm
Russia has already defeated the sanctions
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 03/31/2022 - 1:05pm
The Dose: Thurs 31 Mar 2022
Submitted by Sima on Thu, 03/31/2022 - 5:10amPost All the Covid Things in this Thread!
Open Thread - Thurs 31 Mar 2022 - A Grower's Tale
Submitted by Sima on Thu, 03/31/2022 - 5:05amA Grower's Tale: Slugs?
Long ago, when I was ohh, maybe 10 or 11, or even less, I went to a week long outdoor Boy and Girl Scouts camp sponsored by my school. It was in the Santa Cruz Mountains in CA. Some older teenagers were our guides and teachers as we explored the mountains. At one point, one of the guides showed us some slugs, a brown slug and a banana slug. He swore they were edible, and licked the slime off one to prove it. He challenged us to do the same, and I, being a dork, accepted the challenge. It was just like, well, like snot, with a more earthy taste. Gag worthy? Naw, but spit worthy, for sure.
Why Pope Francis is Silent on Putin
Submitted by Betty Clermont on Wed, 03/30/2022 - 11:45pm“Pope Deplores the War in Ukraine but Not the Aggressor” was the headline in the March 18 edition of The New York Times. “Francis has studiously avoided naming President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, or even Russia itself, as the aggressor… Some analysts say that he risks complicating his legacy.”
Pope Francis “risks complicating” only the legacy constructed by the U.S. media, not the reality that he has cooperated with brutal dictators for almost half a century.
