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JD (Joe Dickhead?) Vance comes to Europe and gives a speech that shows how staggeringly ignorant he is about Europe. Of course, the orange one thought it was fantastic. Trust in Amerika as a reliable ally is evaporating fast. I suspect it'll end in trauma sooner rather than later.

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I cannot believe people really thought voting for all this bs was a good idea

What the FUCK happened to this country?

Welcome to 1984
Knock knock at your front door

....prior to the election, where he said (paraphrase), "If trump wins, they will go all muzzle velocity. Shooting shit off so fast that the media and the public can't keep up. BREAKING NEWS overload. Distractions from something else."
I tend to believe him.

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Eric Adams tramps little bitch on a very short leash. As a New Yorker I must say Adam’s must go and go now. I sent our Gov a get him the hell out of there now message. If there are other New Yorkers here send her a message now to remove this Scumbag SOB POS!

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....to make his unfortunate birthday a national holiday. It coincides with Flag Day. Time to shelve that holiday it seems.
I mean, all the other days/months of remembrance are shelved as well, correct? Broad paint strokes.

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Well, the 420 movement/meaning/celebration, in the US or where ever is kind of a holiday. Good so!
Problem with 420 here is, if you announce/intend to celebrate that day, has a very bad taste, based on our history. It was AH birthday.
It's off topic, but I had the feeling to mention.
Heads up - never again.
G.

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Sheryl Crow donated her Tesla to NPR (national public radio) to be auctioned for public radio funding. NPR and PBS are both likely on the chopping block. I give a modest amount every year to NPR (actually to CPR - Colorado) to keep my classical station going. I listen almost every evening to "Night Music" after 9pm to soothe myself to sleep.
Cheers
Ha! Hegseth flunked out of officer training school, lol.

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it's just all

muzzle velocity

when enuff shit is thrown
against the wall
something is bound to
(of course it's all just his)
shtick

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I wonder how long European governments will cling on to the idea that America is their ally. Now that the orange one has aligned himself with Putin and has dissed most of Europe in as many ways as he can, the belief that he gives a shit about Europe has disappeared. We should have expected it as he made it clear in his first term that he admired authoritarian leaders such as Putin and Kim Jong Un above those of democratic countries. I guess all good things have to come to an end.

So when will whatever’s left of your education system announce the compulsory Russian language classes?
I’d say what I think about your president but I’m concerned I might get prosecuted once he declares himself Emperor of the world.
I hope I am wrong and the future will be bright but I just can’t see it.

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Keep faith good folks, beyond anything else right now. It's not easy for me, despite my own eternal optimist label. So, let's try a therapeutic exercise for us music lovers.

What should the new "Song of the Resistance" be?

I humbly suggest "What's So Funny bout Peace Love and Understanding". I wish every band could play this as their encore until the fog lifts. Either the Elvis Costello version or the Nick Lowe version would do, since I love both. So, what song would you all like to see?

....Talkin' About A Revolution - Tracy Chapman.
Hells yes.
trumps "king" comment is being interpreted as "just trolling" by conservatives as 100% expected.
Me? I prefer leaders / public servants that lead and don't "troll" their constituents as a joke. Its not funny and sense very dark clouds ahead.

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Those are all such wonderful songs! Also, as parody goes, James Taylor sang Okie from Muskogee on an bootleg from 1970. He also did Pretty Boy Floyd, so I think that balances it out quite nicely for me.

And the song works so well for drunk karaoke. Maybe not in Oklahoma, for my own safety. But can you imagine a woman singing "Deportee, Plane Wreck at Los Gatos"? There wouldnt be a dry eye in the place. Woody was so ahead of his time, lyrically and emotionally. Music is so often the perfect canvas for protest. Be well, my friends.

I remember listening to a transistor radio under the bedclothes in 1970 to Radio Geronimo. They had a great segue between CSNY ‘Ohio’ and the Hendrix version of ‘Star Spangled Banner’. Very moving.
For protest songs you can’t go wrong with ‘This land is your land’ by Woody Guthrie or the similar sentiments in ‘Big backyard’ by Molly Tuttle.
It would be wonderful to think that ‘We shall overcome’ might still be true.

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Get Up, Stand up…

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Chimes Of Freedom

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“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.”

FZ: Interview Jim Ladd 1977

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....Indiana Governor Dolly Parton books.
Yeah.
Also. Google Vikings punter Huntington Beach to see what the Democrats SHOULD be doing.

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....and Steve Bannon doubled down on the nazi salute. Must be a Thursday.
Word online is that donnie is going to sack the USPS, even though they are self funded.
Get ready for more expensive shipping my fellow physical music ordering fans!

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Here are the 5 things I did last week:
(not that Elon has the right to know)
1. GD - 10-2-76 DaP 53
2. Eagles - On The Border LP
3. GD - Taper's Section
4. GD - Jam Of The Week
5. GD - Grateful Dead Hour
So get off my back DOGE!

Cheers

Better one from Colbert:
What did I do last week?
1. Your Mom
2. Your Mom
3. Your Mom
4. Your Mom
5. Your Mom

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In Rome, all the countries of the world, with the sole exception of the US, agreed a funding plan to reverse the decline of nature.

Why doesn't the US feel the need to protect nature?

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The closest he gets to nature is a golf course which is not exactly a true natural setting (well maybe Scottish links style courses come close). Lest we forget, this is the moron who blamed California for their wildfires because they aren't sweeping the forest floor. And he is reversing us on the Paris accord in favor of fossil fuels. DOH!
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I've just seen the orange turd and his sycophantic sidekick berating President Zelensky at the White house. What were they thinking? Finally they show the true nature of this reprehensible administration. This reflects very badly on the United States. How many more former allies will they alienate?

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Only the "approved" get to report from the White House now. I read that Russian State media was at the cabinet meeting that President Musk was running and in this meeting too. A set up to show comrade Putin the livestreamed insult fest.
Lord help us

....and you have the audacity to question Zelensky's attire?
This was not good. The US cannot be trusted anymore.
And Rubio just sitting there like the little spineless bitch that he is.
And there is a pic of the ambassador from Ukraine sitting with her head in her hands.

bullies with microscopic balls treating a visiting foreign leader in need like that?

Unconscionable!

And yet they are followed by their cult until all fall off the cliff (lemmings).

Beyond pathetic!

"the truth is realized in an instant, the act is practiced step by step."

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...the king and the jester
continue to show the "FREE" world
what is marching throughout
this hollowed out land

ashes ashes all fall down

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Protesters in Vermont to JD Vance on his ski weekend:
"Go ski in Russia!"
Cheers

No wonder that so many protesters showed up, yet another example of performance, stay in the spotlight, by broadly announcing where they were going before hand. After such rude treatment of Z so DJT gets to build his hotel in Russia. So yes, JD had to go somewhere else apparently. Video clips can be seen if desired by searching the local CBS, WCAX.

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Trump and Vance seem truly monstrous. I shudder to think what kind of human being would find that performance last Friday impressive. I suppose Putin may have done. In fact, I'll bet he couldn't believe his luck when Trump got voted back in.

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....truckin' right along. A third of the way there people!
Clean site.
Speaker Johnson said Zelenskyy should resign because of his lack of decorum in the Oval Office. Two things. One. It doesn't work that way. And two. Hawking Goya products in the Oval Office last term because the CEO tickled his nutsack is apparently acceptable. Fuck this entire administration.

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... was Right. On. The. Money.

The sad reality that goofballs DJT & JDV dredged up and put into play was so 'bat-bleep' crazy that the all the absurdities SNL presented basically wrote themselves.

Anyway, check it out - if you haven't already done so ...

Agreed, this was pretty spot on for a cold open not to mention it was like only 24 hours deep from the news cycle. The real life version was a complete shit show, I mean WTF happened to good ole human decency.

Be Well People
Sixtus

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I’m not a Christian myself so I may have a poor understanding of the parable. Can anyone tell me where the Samaritan asked for a mineral deal after helping the injured traveller.

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What does Pootin have that gives him such a hold over the the orange turd? Does Russia have something that America wants or is there some dirty laundry that the turd wants to keep out of the public domain. There must be something that is responsible for the turd's bizarre decisions regarding Russia.

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    Michelle Obama....

    ....is more of a man than that misogynistic prick, so he's not entirely wrong. Nothing scares MAGA more than a smart woman of color.

  • MancRat
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    Your dear leader and his ilk may have re-started this racist, misogynist sh*t 10 years ago with the birther lie but the western world is primed and ready for it. In the UK, Islamophobia is the main avenue for spewing hate but the long-standing racism and misogyny of the 'good old days' underpins it.

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    "Michelle Obama is a man"

    Heavyweight Josh Hokit used his post-match interview to shout the insult after winning a match on the South Lawn of the White House at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) match this weekend.

    The claim that she is a man originates from a long-running, baseless, transphobic, and racist conspiracy theory that has been repeatedly debunked by fact-checking organizations, yet this lie has been retold countless times for decades now. And nobody stepped in to say this isn't so. Joe Rogan held the mic, said nothing. Not a single sponsor of the event said this is not ok. Crickets.

    Creepy. This is not who we are.

    Get up Stand up

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    Loss for words?

    Charlatan, Con Man, Idiot, Snake Oil Salesman, Bully, Liar, Sociopath, Narcissist, Racist, Incompetent, Fascist, draft-dodging Cult Leader.

    Does this help?

    I/we sincerely apologize for the harm this cumstain has caused to you and the rest of the world. We are not great again. We are at an all-time low, and we both know and deserve it.

    Again, sincere apologies.

    Votes matter folks, let's get it together in November. Vote this guy and his cult followers out of power. They have done so much harm and so little good. They are ruining our democracy to replace it with a series of gold paited false idols, a dangerous autocracy, and expensive vanity projects. The Trump Kennedy Center? Please, massive corruption, the arc d'CombOver, a billion-dollar Marie Antionette stylized, gold leaf accented ballroom? Please.

    Vote these clowns out of office. For the love of God, vote these corrupt nincompoops out of office in November. That is all.

    Back to your regularly scheduled start to the weekend. Hitting play.. 2/24/1974... Now.

    Edit: ahhh... blew all my troubles away.

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    The return of TACO

    Words fail me.

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    ....good shit.

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    More on 5/29/71 and 5/30/71

    Disc 2 of 5/30/71 has stellar sound quality
    The other discs...the sound quality is raw
    If they all sounded as good as disc 2 of 5/30/71, these would have been released as a spectacular pair

    Edit:
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    Posted on the wrong thread.
    D'oh!

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    Service personnel have to pay their own way to attend UFC?
    Wow.

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    Yes, that basketball court

    That basketball court signaled the end of the free world.

    When we could have had a youth hostel or a meth lab or a WWF Mega-stage or a ballroom or a second meth lab instead. Damned you Obama! Damned you to hell.

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    Trump's $1.776 billion slush fund....

    ....was struck down by the courts. Another judge said he needs to remove his name from The Kennedy Center. The strait is still closed.
    Almost every artist backed out of his Freedom 2025 thing or whatever its called, so now its gonna be a glorified rally.
    He bragged about acing his 4th cognative test saying no other president has aced so many when in fact no other president ever took one and he's awfully proud of the new word he thought of. Dumocrats. Good one mister president!
    He has to recruit army soldiers to attend his lame UFC thing but they cannot be "fatties" and have to pay their own way.
    Saw an aerial shot of the White House grounds from last year to last week with the caption, "Looks like a bunch of meth heads moved in" I chuckled at that one.
    "But Obamas basketball court!!!" That was an 80k alteration. Not billions.
    Look. MAGA would eat his shit just for the chance for liberals to smell their breath.
    I hate that this supreme loser is the leader of the country during it's 250th. Hate it.
    I didn't set off any fireworks last 4th, and will probably repeat that this year.