Rational Left
Center-left academic type. Generally pissed about the state of the world but I know none of our endless crises are actually new because I'm a historian.
Joined Oct 2021
One of the most magnificent yet unjustly obscure pieces ever composed: Desdemona's Willow Song from Act III of Rossini's Otello.
A VERY interesting and important book, highly relevant to the season, is currently discounted for Kindle.
A study of America's historical battle over the nature of Christmas in our culture.
I think Raytheon had better scale up production.
(NB though that the Patriot system takes a months to learn and a large crew to operate and maintain. It's not a quick fix.)
I wouldn't read too much into the audience reaction here.
They fear dying in large quantities if they *don't* applaud.
(Though in *practical* terms the effect is the same: support for the regime, whether through enthusiasm or fear.)
Some good news. A collection of historic jewels stolen in 2019 has been mostly recovered.
This honestly does not seem like a top-world-headline-worthy insight.
This is an ongoing terror-campaign, not a one-off. "There will be more!" should be a given, not a headline prediction.
Maybe the lesson here is that massive public dependence on a single private business is a bad idea?
And meanwhile I simply do not understand this attitude.
It's like declaring "My favorite restaurant was bought out by a fascist who turned it into 'The Nazi Club.' But I refuse to leave! I'm going to stay and fight for my favorite restaurant!"
So Aaron Rupar's twitter account has apparently been reinstated. But it seems Linette Lopez's - suspended for daring to expose Transvaal Trump's hypocrisy - has not been.
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Shostakovich's string quartet no. 8 was intended to evoke the victims of fascism and the tragedy of WWII.
It's hard to imagine any piece of art capturing such abstractions more successfully.
Shostakovich's string quartet no. 8 was intended to evoke the victims of fascism and the tragedy of WWII.
It's hard to imagine any piece of art capturing such abstractions more successfully.
NB that Finchem was originally joined in this insane suit by the R who lost to Ruben Gallego... by FIFTY FOUR POINTS.
He dropped out of the case before it was ruled upon. But he did initially sue to challenge the result.
Of 4 lunatic R lawsuits in AZ to try to throw out the election (that I know of) 2 were dismissed today.
The state Senate majority leader sued to have Lake named empress, er, governor, and his lawyer is so bad he failed to serve any of the defendants. Finchem sued to be made SoS after losing by 5 points, and that was just thrown out too.
Good lord. Transvaal Trump is trying to get investors to bail him out - at the same insanely high $54.20 a share he paid.
Who does he think is going to be that stupid?
While he bans top journalists, Elon just restored the MyPillow maniac - who immediately demanded the arrest of anyone involved in the 2020 election.
Elon is now attacking Bari Weiss, his recent tool, for betraying him by not being cultist enough.
Gee, Transvaal Trump is a raging hypocrite and just banned a reporter not for "doxxing" him but for documenting the times he's ordered the doxxing of others.
Rational Left
Center-left academic type. Generally pissed about the state of the world but I know none of our endless crises are actually new because I'm a historian.
Joined Oct 2021