The Mismeasure of Ideology https://www.thebulwark.com/the-mismeasure-of-ideology/

How Republicans have been trying to spin Donald Trump’s meal with Ye and Fuentes. https://www.thebulwark.com/paying-for-dinner/

This is really a positive development, as it will help weed out hard left and novelty candidates.

This really opens the door to someone with political chops and experience who will come under the lib media and social media radar.

Upshot? Pete! will never get nominated for president or even come close. Nor will Newsom or any other Democratic flavors of the month.

A Democratic Party committee backed a plan put forward by President Biden to allow South Carolina to host the first 2024 presidential primary https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-approve-biden-backed-plan-to-change-presidential-nominating-calendar-11670014975

The Tijuana Brass may be listed as the title of the group--but that was just a marketing ploy. This was just Herb Alpert playing his trumpet alone in his garage, with overdubs added later by the Wrecking Crew.

60 years ago, Billboard #11 for the week of Nov. 26, 1962: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro) https://youtu.be/UYJtU6WV_J4

This is a live performance where you can clearly see that they were using one lead guitar, two rhythm guitars playing exactly the same chords (all three acoustic), and a base. It gives them a rich guitar sound that I really like.

50 years ago, Billboard #13 for the week of Nov. 26, 1972: America - Ventura Highway https://youtu.be/ujsOx33f4mk

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China’s Torment Is a Reminder of What We Have https://www.thebulwark.com/chinas-torment-is-a-reminder-of-what-we-have/

Elon Musk’s Twitter Report Card https://www.thebulwark.com/elon-musks-twitter-report-card/

(This isn't to say that there weren't plenty of attempts by local authorities to control, but such regulations were usually broken with absolute impunity. The classic example are university rules that students had to be back in their dorms by 9 every night. The standard response? "F**k this!" They would break doors so they couldn't be locked and break windows if they had to. And no one was ever punished for this.)

Projection Is the Sincerest Form of Trumpism https://open.substack.com/pub/thetriad/p/projection-is-the-sincerest-form-ecf

This exactly. It is why China is entering uncharted territory.

The main goal of the CCP back then was not to control, but to maintain its monopoly on power. So long as its monopoly wasn't threatened, nearly anything could go.

Now that has changed, and everyone is under the government's thumb.

Sure, TV, the Internet, and films were heavily censored, but you could buy pirated DVDs of nearly any genre on any street corner, and could set up an illegal satellite dish without fear.

But for all practical purposes, many of the laws and regulations that libertarians in the US complain about were nonexistent or were only infrequently enforced. No zoning regulations. Laughable business regulations and almost complete non-enforcement of those with a bite.

And these stresses and overreach sometimes caused localized protests that were sometime quite serious, with police cars set on fire, etc.