"Lord, we pray that you lift up Ken Paxton, a serial adulterer who constantly bears false witness, covets material things-- like houses--and disgraces your holy name with his shameless corruption, so that we may continue not to pay taxes and hate all the same people he does. Glory!"
Capitalism is upheld by violence...
"Civility means politely accepting the violence imposed upon us by the ruling class. Endless war isn't civil. Union busting isn't civil. Gentrification isn't civil. Starvation wages aren't civil. The corporate agenda isn't civil.
#DansDiscSlog Album #223
The Pogues - If I should fall from grace with God
A tour-de-force of an album. So many of the tracks feel like an energetic stream of consciousness, but one done is a consistently strong musical style.
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#LookAndSee 544
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This is just for fun! No rules. I will post a pic often for your music association… 🎧
Thank you for all the love ❤️
#LookAndSee (Day 544) 🎶
Netanyahu won the Middle East and lost the world
❝ Most Israeli Jews now see the world the way Netanyahu has long seen it. Much of the world now sees Israel the way Gazan Palestinians see it. The world now sees Israel as a brutal aggressor. ❞ — Ezra Klein
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
From Zelenskyy. Patriot interceptors that could save innocent lives are sitting in European countries for weeks, which they paid for, unable to be transferred to Ukraine because Hegseth refuses to sign off.
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Oct 27: "The Best of Times" is a song by American rock band Styx, released as the first single from their tenth album Paradise Theatre. It reached #3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks in Spring 1981 [Wikipedia] youtu.be/_fzJGxpcenc?...
1960, Chiswick, London, 15-year-old John Entwistle with his first bass guitar. Unable to afford the Fender Precision model he craved, he bought a slab of mahogany &, with the help of local carpenter, fashioned his own. According to Roger Daltrey it was 'pinkish' & looked like a football boot
Howlin' Wolf - The Rocking Chair album.
It's a Chess reissue in a gatefold format - minor gripe: surely there's enough room in that format to list all the musicians used in the recordings.
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Allahverdi Khan Bridge, Iran (1602)
Known locally as Si-o-se-pol, this is one of the finest stone-arch bridges in the world, which was the dominant method of bridge construction for centuries.
Desert island pick.
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
Herbie Hancock - piano
Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
George Coleman - TS
Ron Carter - bass
Anthony Williams - drums
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Here’s the relevant language in the DOJ lawsuit. It asks for the election not to be certified if Peltola’s margin of victory is smaller than the number of votes cast for the third-party Sullivan. (I expect this to be laughed out of court.)
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
BRENNAN: The DOJ lawsuit demands the Alaska result not be certified if voters are confused. The confusion is defined as Sen. Sullivan not winning.
BLANCHE: That's not what it says
BRENNAN: I'm quoting from it. You are telling them not to certify it. What right does the federal govt have?
Gersh Kuntzman's OLD MAN VERTICAL traveled to Speaker Heastie's office in the North Bronx to show just how many super speeders are hiding in plain sight on the same block as the Speaker's office: youtu.be/FjkLXcwhGpI
I would recommend not engaging with anyone arguing the “trains are 200 year-old technology; we have planes and cars” position. (Both of which are more than a century old)
They don’t want a reasonable debate.
We will not persuade them.
We only give them more engagement, audience & credibility.
How about the city ban cars and trucks for a day or two to help alleviate the impact of driving on the air quality? Let's take this seriously for once.
Avoid unnecessary outdoor activities, head to a cool space indoors with AC if possible, and follow City guidance: on.nyc.gov/firesmoke
Free masks are available at locations citywide: on.nyc.gov/freemask
A great shot of JOAN FONTAINE — born 109yrs ago today — at the 1942 Academy Awards gazing at her Best Actress Oscar for ‘Suspicion’ — an achievement that made her, incredibly, the only actor or actress ever to win an Oscar for a performance in an Alfred Hitchcock film.
🚨BOMBSHELL: A documentary released this morning features three male sex workers who say they were paid to have sex with the late Senator Lindsey Graham, who was long plagued by gay rumors despite his anti-LGBTQ policy stances.
One man says he was 17 at the time of his sexual encounter with Graham.
I went with @abdulelsayed.bsky.social and @maxwellfrost.bsky.social
yesterday to the Trump-Epstein Reading Room in Detroit, a traveling exhibit which displays all 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files. I’m so grateful for the hard work to make this exhibit happen.
EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth wanted Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it.
The Pentagon denied us access to take photos, but we obtained some anyway.
A story in global affairs:
wapo.st/3WF2YQo