The Evening Blues - 5-21-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 05/21/2024 - 4:30pm
The Evening Blues - 5-20-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 05/20/2024 - 3:00pm
05/20 Open Thread: - Josephine Baker Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 05/20/2024 - 5:00am
~~ Josephine Baker
Some Far East news items
Submitted by soryang on Sun, 05/19/2024 - 4:24pmPresident Tsai Ing-wen completes her term in office.
Taiwan's steely leader rewrote the book on how to deal with China
In Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan found an unlikely champion. During her two terms, she carefully yet confidently reset the relationship with Beijing, which has claimed the independently governed island as its own for 75 years.
Looks like a police state to me
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 05/19/2024 - 1:05pmMore people were killed by police in 2023 than ever before.
26 months later, how's the effort to remove Putin working out?
Submitted by fire with fire on Sun, 05/19/2024 - 9:54amSubmitted by fire with fire on Wed, 03/16/2022 - 1:28pm
Nobody on Earth is as stupid as the Empire pretends to be.
Of course these "sanctions" will do nothing but send the fucked global economy into the status of Even More Fucked.
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 05/19/2024 - 6:22am
Misery at Home and Mayhem Abroad
Oh boy, more sanctions...how has that worked out? It is obvious they can't learn. Well here they go again against China and India...what is that, about half the world's human population? You think it might come back and bite us in the ass? I do. But it's not just sanctions against other nations, no, they are sanctioning the students peacefully protesting the genocide in Gaza. Expelling them, locking them out of their dorms, targeting them as they develop their careers. It is the empire come home to roost.
Album of the Week - 5-18-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 05/18/2024 - 3:00pmAfternoon folks!
Here's a bunch of good stuff for you. Starting out there's a compilation of harmonica player Junior Wells' early Chicago recordings and a compilation of songwriter Percy Mayfield's recordings for Ray Charles' label. Following that there are albums by John Hammond, Johnny Winter, monster guitarist Bob Brozman and we finish up with an album by country rock artist, Chris Hillman.
Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!
Taibbi on Modern Monetary Theory
Submitted by Linda Wood on Sat, 05/18/2024 - 1:48pmMatt Taibbi has a worthwhile essay on Modern Monetary Theory which he opens with a short video of the nation's chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to the president making a fool of himself. The Theory appears to assert that Debt is really a form of liquid potential to do good.
If you have no time to read the essay, the less-than-2-minute video is definitely instructive about the level of joyful stupidity of our leadership.
Saturday Open Thread - 5/18/24 - Odds and Ends
Submitted by on the cusp on Sat, 05/18/2024 - 7:00am
I managed to wipe out from the face of the cyber space my planned OT, so this is a second try, reasonable facsimile of my masterpiece in my head and the ether net world.
First, a busy week. Weekend will be relaxing, and if I get to go see the zydeco band Sunday, I will post a video next week.
Cops, and you, can use viewfind app on your Iphone, see thru heavily tinted car windows. That tint that makes you feel safe is just to keep the sun out, not necessarily cops, but screw the 4th Am.
