7. I left a message for you on the music thread that may intrigue you.

22. Yes, back in my high school years, which sound about the same as yours, it was all about Hot F-in Tuna.

I don't think any of those people heard their first album, or would have listened to it twice.

Certainly not "Mann's Fate."

This weekend's gratuitous blast of new free improvisation (recorded 10/07/26).

Sax, electric guitar (and all the necessary pedals these days), and drums.

If you enjoy watching guitarists get into it, slide it up to about 22 minutes and watch for awhile. Of course, there's better and crazier out there. This appears to be the drummer's house stage in Brooklyn.

NEU! "Hallogallo":

Good.
Hopefully they find nothing but shut doors and scorn from people on the outside once they try getting a job or some new gig.

#3 | Posted by jpw

For decades. Anyone who threw in with Trump in his second term was de facto too dumb to think past their own noses and are going to pay the price.

Ron Zeigler fronted for Nixon in his last days. Went from the White House to become spokesman for the National Association of Truck Stop Operators, of all things. Too many laugh lines there, given the DR pervs and the GOP.

Anyone employed in the US government who Trump had a direct hand in their hiring can go to hell.

I also wanted to throw out the name of Nixon's first VP: Spiro Agnew. For the youngsters around here, he was a racist law-and-order mayor of Baltimore and was drummed out of the VP office because of bribes taken while in Maryland.

So we get Gerald Ford, who, as Coriolanus will tell you, was on the Warren Commission for one reason. And who became president for one reason.

To cover up history.

Damn. Some things don't change.

Look at her face. She's not young. And I doubt she's low mileage either.

Putin's thing for decades has been to sow distrust and discord in democracies worldwide. Academic journals have been discussing it since the decade of the 2000s.

I wonder if a November surprise could include a Trump defection to Russia or Argentina on Election Day Eve. Maybe he's seeing he's cornered, finding his way out, and Putin can mangle Election Day 2026 and put things into the hands of an even bigger patsy. Maybe his older kids are saying, "We've got what we got need, Old Man. Time to get out."

I can only think of Bush's campaigning at this point in 92 when he seemed not to want the job anymore.

Anything can happen.

Sorry, Zed.

A strange time to be living through. And it's only going to get weirder and worse.

Ending it with victory?
AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN
#10 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-16 06:00 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Anyone who thinks this is funny in a dumb kind of way should tally up the scoreboard on US military victories since 1946.

Abdul El-Sayed has a doctor of medicine (MD) degree from Columbia University, so he is a "doctor" by that academic credential.

Precisely. When one turns 21, they're called "adults," no matter if they are still stupid, drooling little idiots. Can't take that away from people.

Guy got his MD from Columbia. What quality educated people are seeking positions at federal levels from today's GOP -- and who aren't cultists?

If Donnerboy checks out the weekend music thread ... for a taste of older VA, click the link above.

Not exactly Washington and Madison, but important still.

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