The Evening Blues - 9-30-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 09/30/2024 - 3:40pm
09/30 Open Thread - International Blasphemy Rights Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 09/30/2024 - 5:00am
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The hypocrisy of Syrian oil
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 09/29/2024 - 12:35pmMore than a dozen entities were sanctioned by the U.S. over their involvement in the shipment of Iranian crude oil and liquid petroleum gas to Syria recently.
The reason why Syria is buying Iranian oil is because the U.S. is currently stealing Syria's oil.
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 09/29/2024 - 5:58am
Short and Sweet
I'm out of town and pocket today. I put this together Friday, so there may be more recent stories which I hope you'll describe below. The big stories this week include 'elensky's trip to the US and UN, hat in hand. The Israel and Hezbollah conflict continues to escalate, and Russia sits in the catbird seat of the Ukraine/NATO proxy war. Drama over these conflicts took place at the UN this week. Censorship is on steroids at YouTube, and the UK is a censorship and scandal center. All this and more below the fold.
US ambassador Goldberg meets the South Korean opposition
Submitted by soryang on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 10:28pmVideo of Lee Jae-myung opposition leader meeting with
Album of the Week 9-28-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 3:00pmAfternoon folks!
This week we have some great acoustic blues for you. Starting out we've got a compilation of delta slide guitar wizard Tampa Red's 78's from the 20's and 30's. Following that is a nice album of Piedmont Blues from John Jackson. After that, we go electric with Beaumont, Texas' Phillip Walker followed by an early (1969) Chambers brothers album. Then it's on to blues-rock with a live album from Canned Heat which may have a cut that is not available in the U.S. - if you have a vpn, you can probably get it. After that, we've got some straight rock from an EP I found laying around in my old 45's from Be Bop Deluxe, and we finish off with an album from Redbone which features their big hit. You'll probably recognize the hit when you hear it, though you might not remember the title or the band.
Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!
Saturday Open Thread - 9/28/24: Odds and Ends
Submitted by on the cusp on Sat, 09/28/2024 - 8:14am
Lots of craziness around the world right now, wouldn't y'all agree?
Still, we have good music, good friends, art, literature, and landscapes to keep us appreciating our lives. While I didn't mention good family specifically, I have few blood related family members, so in my mind, my friends are my version of "family".
I suggest we keep in constant touch with our families, keep each of them informed, prepared, and give them some sense of security when our economy goes down the commode with a quick flush.
Friday Night Photos Woodie World Edition
Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 09/27/2024 - 5:00pmWelcome to Friday Night Photos everyone. Your once a week break from the daily madness of the crazy world we live in. Post any photos, memes, music, or whatever else you find of interest that helps you escape the madness.
Last Saturday morning I took a drive north up the coast to Encinitas for the 44th annual Wavecrest Woodie meet. Weather wise it was a nice morning. Temps in the upper 60s and overcast skies providing nice diffused lighting. Not as many cars this year as there was last year, but still a nice selection of Woodies, some that I had seen before and some that were new.
The Evening Blues - 9-27-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 09/27/2024 - 3:13pm
Open Thread - 09-27-24 - Landfall
Submitted by JtC on Fri, 09/27/2024 - 7:02amAs you read this my wife and I will be on our way to the gorgeous white sand and blue waters of Gulf Shores, Alabama.
We really lucked out on this one. Gulf Shores is just a hop, skip and a jump from Hurricane Helene's landfall in the panhandle of Florida. I hope those folks over there in the Big Bend area will be OK. Helene was a Cat. 4 when it hit the shore, it's a big one.
The area east of the hurricane is getting hammered as well. There's massive rain and wind over Florida, and it will move up into Georgia and the Appalachians. To the west of the hurricane, where Gulf Shores is, will be pretty calm and quiet. Like I said, we really got lucky on this one, a little wobble to the west and our vacation will have been much different, as in nonexistent.
It was a nail biter all week tracking the hurricane and it's a relief that we get to go, but at the same time we feel guilty in our pleasure knowing what those folks are going through just a short distance away. A hurricane, Beryl, went right over the top of us in Southeast Texas a few months ago. It made landfall south of Houston as a Cat. 1 hurricane and by the time it went over us it was just a tropical storm, but that was bad enough. There was flooding, trees down everywhere and we were without electricity for 6 days. That, I'm sure, is nothing compared to what folks are going through beneath Helene.
Hopefully everyone got to high ground.
