Bix
Liberal USAF vet. Our country needs much stronger anti-corruption laws. Rock&Jazz& Edgar Allan Poe; Paul Westerberg has a dyslexic heart, I have a dyslexic head
Joined Oct 2022
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“One of the most maddening aspects of the 2024 election is the extent to which so many voters viewed Trump as a mostly normal political candidate.”
~ David French
When they go to the polls, they contract out that work to politicians who, for whatever evanescent reasons, seem to reflect themselves back to them. Or else reflect back an image of themselves they’d rather see.
Sinister Purpose knocking at your door - CCR, August 7, 1969
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wyWTol4wk4
Friends, it so damn dark.
Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social:
If this MSNBC story about courts-martial is confirmed, I'm begging people - especially writers and reporters - do not fall for the Trump line that this is about Afghanistan. This is about Trump seeking revenge on the people who woudn't do things like shoot American protesters.
Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social:
Trump's immediate efforts to stock the government with MAGA types isn't just about loyalty.
It's also about creating the conditions for elite corruption to flourish beyond anyone's expectations. Right wing elites are going to loot the place from top to bottom:
https://newrepublic.com/article/188467/trumps-musk-oligarchy-corruption
I am heartbroken that USA voters didn't care to support:
A free Europe
NATO
Ukraine
No-one will stop Putin with phone calls. The attack last night, one of the biggest in this war, has proved that telephone diplomacy cannot replace real support from the whole West for Ukraine. The next weeks will be decisive, not only for the war itself, but also for our future - Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland
#SupportUkraine
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social:
I’d like to thank Olaf helping to legitimise talking to me, despite my ICC indictment for war crimes.
Long term peace will be achieved by rewarding me this way.
Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social:
I’d like to thank Olaf helping to legitimise talking to me, despite my ICC indictment for war crimes.
Long term peace will be achieved by rewarding me this way.
#CoSoMusic
#JazzAndRockOdyssey
Gerry Mulligan · Chet Baker - Reunion, 1958
Trumpet: Chet Baker
Baritone Saxophone: Gerry Mulligan
Bass Guitar: Henry Grimes
Drums: Dave Bailey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNHloTp8cZ0&list=OLAK5uy_kfLnP3x-FZljTSPFVSOOxux44hywbeNrE
Thanks, my kind of stuff.
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@Bix At their convention, delegates held up signs that said “Deport 20 million illegals.”
They weren’t kidding.
Bix
Liberal USAF vet. Our country needs much stronger anti-corruption laws. Rock&Jazz& Edgar Allan Poe; Paul Westerberg has a dyslexic heart, I have a dyslexic head
Joined Oct 2022