The Evening Blues - 8-30-22
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 08/30/2022 - 3:00pm
More of that fine American law enforcement...
Submitted by usefewersyllables on Tue, 08/30/2022 - 1:46pmThis comes as no surprise, of course, given that the feebs have always had it in for anyone left of Attila the Hun. But it is good to see someone with relatively deep pockets push back a little. From Billboard:
The U.S. military never actually leaves any place
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 08/30/2022 - 1:45pmLast week an Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down near Benghazi, Libya. This prompted an investigation by U.S. Africa Command.
Suicide, European style
Submitted by earthling1 on Tue, 08/30/2022 - 9:07am
Reams of paper, gigabits of blogspace, hours of MSM blather, much hand-wringing, and no small measure of Schadenfreude has accompanied the in-progress suicide of European lemmings plunging over the sanctions cliff.
To watch this really truly slow motion train wreck unfold is both eye-averting and garishly spellbinding.
Our two-tiered injustice system
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 08/29/2022 - 10:26pmAccording to a recent Gallup poll, only 14% of the public has confidence in our criminal justice system. This is true for every political faction.
The Evening Blues - 8-29-22
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 08/29/2022 - 3:22pm
08/29 - Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 08/29/2022 - 5:00am
~~ Salome by Beardsley
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 08/28/2022 - 6:40am
No Reverse Gear in the Collective West...
Prepare for impact fellow crash test dummies, or so it seems as the west doubles down on its collision course to war with both Russia and China. This week alone, the US pledged another three billion over the next few years to provide arms to Ukraine, and the UK and BoJo pledged an additional $63M in arms. Not to mention the likely new PM of the UK is ready to start a nuclear war with Russia. Additionally the US is setting up Taiwan as Ukraine 2.0 to provoke a war with China. Meanwhile, much of the world plans to hitch their wagon to the rising economies of the BRICS+ economic alliance rejecting subjugation to the US, IMF and the collective west. The west continues its self delusion that they are most of the world, but in reality comprise 12-15% of global population.
Album of the Week - 8-27-22
Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 08/27/2022 - 3:00pmAfternoon folks!
Well, this week my trip down south derailed my schedule of uploading videos to Youtube, so the pickings are good, but sparse this week.
There's the 1967 album by the Savoy Brown Blues Band, their first. Also there's a compilation double album "Gabe's Dirty Blues" which has some really great tunes on it worth checking out.
Enjoy!
Welcome to Saturday's Potluck - 8-27-2022
Submitted by studentofearth on Sat, 08/27/2022 - 6:25am“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”.
Pablo Picasso
Observation of the mundane activities of life is one of the methods I use to gauge how world events are effecting lives. The weekly food shopping excursion is such an opportunity, since it includes regular visits to various stores supplied by different wholesalers and target markets.
If my normal pattern was to only visit one store regularly my perception of economic changes happening would be very different based on which store I was frequenting. Using Bob's Red Mill flour as an example. This week a 5 pound bag at normal price ranged from $3.29 to $8.09.
There is continually fewer shoppers and shorter lines in all the stores. Shoppers are starting to explore different stores. The newbies in upscale clothing are wandering the aisles of the discount stores with dazed looks. Same customer shift happened in 2008.
