Beware the Ides of March

It is said that Caesar, the Roman general and dictator, received a similar message on March 15, 44 B.C. He did not take the warning to heart and was assassinated by a group of senators. The plot, led by enemies-turned-friends Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus, was carried out in the Senate House in Rome. It is said that those who took part in Caesar’s killing believed it would save the Roman Republic. Others have speculated that Caesar’s calendar reform and the rejection of long-held Roman traditions led to his demise.

We are all being figuratively stabbed in the back. The foolish war of choice with Iran is hastening the end of the US empire. Considering our behavior that isn't a bad thing, except for US citizens who will end up paying the price. Additionally, the Ukraine war we engineered has also backfired. Of course as Orwell taught us, TPTB want continuous war. “The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. Hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. This new version is the past and no different past can ever have existed. In principle the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation. The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects and its object is not the victory over either Eurasia or East Asia, but to keep the very structure of society intact.”
― George Orwell

Afternoon folks!

This week we're starting off with a couple of sixties era blues albums, the first from harmonica player James Cotton which I think is his first recording fronting his own band, followed by one from guitarist Lowell Fulson. After that it's on to some serious r&b with an album from Otis Redding. Then we move to some more modern blues with an album from John Hammond backed up by Little Charlie and the Nightcats followed by an album from The Spencer Davis Group. We finish up with an album to mellow you out from Cat Stevens.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Good morning, good people!

I hope this post finds you all in fine fettle, managing your households as best as possible under the new economic stress caused by a stupid and needless war.

I am posting the Round Table that appears on Fridays with Judge Nap. Nowadays, what happened yesterday can flip on a dime from what occurs today, so I anticipate all of you will
be sharing news and current events as they happen.

That said, here is the status of major current events as of yesterday: (34 min)

Morning - hope you find today's OT thought provoking.

AKA Ukrainian eggs (писати) have origins in pagan times symbolizing renewal or spring right.