Now that’s what I’d call a “thinking man’s quarterback”.
Last night was vintage Eli. Vintage! Which means he had a QBR in the 80s and threw for under 200 yards. Meh, only 7 more games to go for Giants fans out there who can’t wait to see him gone. Meanwhile on the ice, Carolina took down Chicago, the Rangers topped Vancouver, Columbus stung Dallas, the Mighty Ducks beat the Predators.
Lastly, the Angels Shohei Ohtani inexplicably won the AL Rookie Of The Year award going away afetr only playing in 80 games and having an ERA of 3.33 (ten starts), and not even having enough plate appearances to qualify for season rankings. I hate the Yankees, but Andujar got robbed. Debate it in the comments, but I know I’m right.
God bless you, you brave woman.
Edward III was born on this day. As were: founding father and governor of two different states John Dickinson, actor/brother Edwin Booth, author Robert Louis Stevenson, jurist Louis Brandeis, African-american baseball pioneer Buck O’Miel, actor Joe Mantegna, rocker Toy Caldwell, hockey legend Gilbert Perreault, drummer Bill Gibson, drummer Andy Ranken, Mexican president Andres Obrador, TNG actress Whoopi Goldberg, QB Vinny Testaverde, television person and hypocrite Jimmy Kimmel, and indescribably brave person Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Its also the day on which the following took place: Ben Franklin wrote “Nothing…certain but death and taxes”, Conrad’s “Heart Of Darkness” was published in a single volume, the Holland Tunnel opened, Disney’s “Fantasia” opened, “L’il Abner” made its final appearance, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC opened, Ray Mancini knocked Duk Koo Kim into the afterlife, Doc Gooden won the Cy Young award (at age 20!), “Goldeneye” hit the silver screen, and GWB signed an executive order allowing for military tribunals in the “War On Terror”.
And more bad news for California…. But don’t worry. They’ll still manage top blame obstructionist Republicans when their fiscal house of cards collapses.
This one might be worth grabbing some popcorn for. I don’t see what the problem is: he can buy the homes from the people at market value and build whatever he wants on the prop…oh that’s right. Its Chicago, where nothing gets done without a ton of crafty and private property rights are a joke. Well, have fun, South Side residents. This is the shit you vote for in lockstep.
I know it wasn’t your birthday, but rock on, brother.
Hey, what the fuck is this bullshit?!?! Technically its legal since its in the public, but its still immoral and there should be a way to outlaw it in my opinion.
Stan Lee, the colorful Marvel Comics patriarch who helped usher in a new era of superhero storytelling — and saw his creations become a giant influence in the movie business — has died.
He was 95.
Kirk Schneck, an attorney for Lee’s daughter, tells CNN the comic giant died Sunday night around 9 p.m. PST. The cause of death is not yet known, according to Schneck.
So far, 69 countries have signed, and 19 have ratified, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, an agreement approved by the U.N. General Assembly in 2017. The formal ban on the use of nuclear arms could come into force as early as next year, once 50 countries ratify. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017 for its efforts to promote the treaty.
However, none of the nine states that already possess nukes have signed the treaty, and several, including the U.S., have explicitly stated they won’t abide by it. Meanwhile, a new country, North Korea, recently joined the nuclear weapons club, and several existing nuclear states, including the U.S., are planning upgrades for their arsenals.
Over the weekend, I spoke with ICAN’s executive director, Beatrice Fihn, about the state of the global anti-nuclear movement. The 36-year-old Swedish attorney and activist, who was in France attending the Paris Peace Forum organized by President Emmanuel Macron, talked about the latest developments in North Korea, Donald Trump’s nuclear ambitions, and what the anti-nuclear movement has in common with #MeToo. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
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Yeah, I’ve heard you talk before about this connection between nuclear weapons and masculinity. I wonder to what degree you see your own campaign as connected to the #MeToo movement and the larger conversation around sexual violence.
I think they’re very connected. There’s this idea of threatening to get what you want and to feel power. That’s the whole basis for nuclear weapons—the idea that if you make other people scared enough, you feel safe. And it’s not just about adding women. It’s also about questioning what’s power and what’s security, and whose security are you talking about. Those in power aren’t supposed to be unchallenged, and they’re not going to change anything by themselves. We can’t let them dictate the norms around this.
We in the medical profession are supposed to help our patients manage their illnesses. We’re even accustomed to dealing with the many nonmedical issues that affect our patients’ health—insurance, literacy, housing, food, transportation. But as the basic tenets of our society are being wrenched away, we are increasingly powerless. I can use my medical training to treat anxiety and depression, but there’s nothing in the medical playbook for acute national rejection. I have tools and colleagues to help a patient with acute suicidal ideation, but there’s no algorithm for the flogging of basic humanity. In medicine, we are taught to seek out and eradicate the etiologic agents of disease. But what do we do when the etiology is our very country?
Mr. A and I methodically sorted through his symptoms and agreed on a treatment plan. He said he would not actually kill himself, because of his devotion to his wife and children—he was willing to make a safety plan based around that. We decided on a medication to help with his acute symptoms, and I made referrals to our psychiatry team and social worker.
But as Mr. A’s physician, I couldn’t do much to ameliorate the root causes of his distress. My primary clinical intervention, it seemed, was to pass the box of tissues back and forth between us. At one point, I put my hand on his shoulder. “Please know,” I said, “that not all of America feels this way and so many are fighting to change this.” It sounded pretty thin, even to me, but still, I felt obliged to say something. After all, it was my own father’s journey to America 60 years ago that enabled me to be sitting here in a white coat. With luck, Mr. A’s journey would allow his son to do the same thing for a future generation of patients.
The midterm election results felt liked we’d clawed back a bit of our country. But still, it wasn’t enough to heal the damage done to so many people. We still live in a country that sees fit to dehumanize and denigrate our neighbors and fellow human beings. And that dehumanization does real harm, to real people. I see it every day in my patients. We can try our best to treat the symptoms, but what we really need is to treat the cause.
Bookmark for the next time you get in an argument about national healthcare.
George R.R. Martin’s been living a life of champagne wishes and caviar dreams since HBO turned Game Of Thrones into a cultural phenomenon, hobnobbing with celebrities and inking TV deals as if there isn’t an unfinished manuscript gathering dust on his Wordstar 4.0. He’s shared sample chapters from his upcoming The Winds Of Winter to satiate the frothing mob, and even gave a middle finger to those who worry he won’t be able to finish A Song Of Ice And Fire before kicking the bucket. In a new interview with The Guardian, however, he’s opened up a bit about just how hard it’s been to slip into his old writing routine when the world’s pounding on your door.
“I’ve been struggling with it for a few years,” he said. “The Winds of Winter is not so much a novel as a dozen novels, each with a different protagonist, each having a different cast of supporting players, antagonists, allies and lovers around them, and all of these weaving together against the march of time in an extremely complex fashion. So it’s very, very challenging.”
[Brandon Sanderson puts on his corpse-fucking outfit]
On October 13, I had dinner with two of my children and some family friends at the Farmington Country Club in Charlottesville, Virginia. Toward the end of the meal, my 19-year-old daughter went to the bathroom with a friend. On their way back through the bar, a middle-aged man stopped my daughter and asked if she was sitting with Tucker Carlson. My daughter had never seen the man before. She answered: ‘That’s my dad,’ and pointed to me. The man responded, ‘Are you Tucker’s wh*re?’ He then called her a ‘f**king c*nt.’
My daughter returned to the table in tears. She soon left the table and the club. My son, who is also a student, went into the bar to confront the man. I followed. My son asked the man if he’d called his sister a ‘whore’ and a ‘c*nt.’ The man admitted he had, and again become profane. My son threw a glass of red wine in the man’s face and told him to leave the bar, which he soon did.
Avenatti contends all this yelling wasOK because his client is a gay Latino immigrant. And that having a glass of wine thrown in his face was so, so much worse than calling a 19-year-old noncombatant a whore and cunt.
Avenatti is becoming the Gloria Allred of the Resistance.
Yes, yes… throwing the wine is assault. And words are not violence. And fighting words is a bullshit doctrine. Pay for the dry-cleaning and throw Avenatti a dollar in lawyer’s fees. [bangs gavel]
You’ll start with a single 9-ounce bag of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, which get pulsed into a fine powder in the food processor. As they cook, the Cheetos lose a bit of their kick, so you’ll want to add a pinch of cayenne and some salt to the powdered Cheetos to keep them flamin’ (sorry, I had to say it).
Here’s the best part: You’ll coat the chicken bites in mayo before tossing them in the Flamin’ Hot Cheetos powder. The mayo keeps the chicken juicy and helps the coating stick. While the recipe calls for a few zip-top bags to keep cleanup minimal, feel free to use small bowls instead.
You’ll notice these chicken bites are pan-fried, rather than deep-fried. Pan-frying is easier and uses less oil, and because you’ll be able to control the temperature of the oil more easily, you don’t risk burning the Flamin’ Cheeto coating.
Can you imagine how horrible it would be if your butthole had tastebuds?
Good morning and welcome to another week. This one will hopefully be relaxing…for a few of you. It certainly won’t be for me.. But that’s fine. It also won’t be for Patriots fans after getting thumped by Tennessee yesterday. That was a surprising one. The other NFL winners were: Buffalo (who crushed the Jets), Kansas City, Chicago (although they may want a new kicker), New Orleans (who may have scored again while these links were being written), Cleveland, Indianapolis, Washington (who are gonna win the NFC East now), San Diego (or whatever they’re going by), Green Bay (they may sneak in yet), the LA Rams (adios Seattle bandwagon fans from the last 6 or so years) and the Dallas Cowboys pushed the defending champion Eagles to the brink of disaster.
A kicker can be the MVP too.
Winners from the top European games of the weekend were: Liverpool, Man City, Juventus, PSG, Naples, and Dortmund. IF you support somebody else, they either lost or tied. Unless you’re a Spurs fan. But then again, they’re not a top club. College football went according to script this weekend. The SEC prepares for its fall break from decent opponents while the rest of the college football world continues to play decent opposition. And that’s about it for sports.
Those born on this day share it with: suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, sculptor Auguste Rodin, argon discoverer John William Strutt, bluesman Bukka White, American toy inventor Jack Ryan, the lovely Grace Kelly, crazy fuck Charles Manson, sportscaster/blowhard Al Michaels, Canadian singer Neil Young, rocker Donald Roeser, feminist Naomi Wolf, pharmacology fan and baseball player Sammy Sosa, Canadian “dreamboat” Ryan Gosling, retarded hottie Anne Hathaway, and Aussie golfer Jason Day.
And so starts a horrible trend…
Its also the day the following occurred: Trotsky was expelled from the Soviet Union, the first photo of the Loch Ness monster was taken, the SF Bay Bridge was opened, “Song Of The South” hit the silver screen, Tojo was sentenced to death for war crimes, Ellis Island closed, Ferdinand Marcos was elected president of the Philippines, Buzz Aldrin too the first selfie in space, and ISIS suicide bombers killed 43 people in Lebanon.
That’s it, here come…the links!
Tax man gonna get his money! I mean, shit, you didn’t expect the hotel lobby to get nothing in return for all those campaign donations, did you?
The shitshow in Florida continues apace. And in Georgia, and in Arizona, and in California….etc, etc, etc. We need all paper ballots and we need a better system for counting absentee votes. Because this election in a few counties lacks any form of integrity or transparency.
President Trump plans to cut disaster relief to Puerto Rico rather than continue to give free shit away to the idiot complaining that she can’t get water while standing in front of pallet after pallet of bottled water. I, for one, welcome Puerto Rican independence.
Have a great day, friends. Especially those of you (like me) who will be working like a dog. And especially especially those of you who took time out of your lives to protect out nation by serving in the armed forces. God bless you most of all.
ZARDOZ SPEAKS TO YOU, HIS CHOSEN ONES. TO HIS VETERAN CHOSEN ONES, ZARDOZ HOPES YOU HAD AN ENJOYABLE DAY. ZARDOZ HAS GIVEN HIS BRUTAL EXTERMINATORS THE DAY OFF IN THEIR HONOR. FRIEND STEVE SMITH AND HIS COUSIN WILL HELP GIVE THE GIFT OF THE LINK, BELOW. ZARDOZ HAS SPOKEN.
FRENCH ARTIST DEPICTION
SEA SMITH SAY HAPPY VETERAN’S DAY. HE NOT REALLY VETERAN, BUT HELP IN COLD WAR. BY HELP, MEAN RAPE SOVIET KILO CLASS SUBMARINE ONCE. USSR NAVY NOT COME BACK NEAR SEA SMITH HOUSE AFTER THAT. SEA SMITH HOPE ALL NAVY VETERANS HAVE GOOD DAY. COME ON BACK DOWN TO OCEAN, WATER FINE!
STEVE SMITH GRANDFATHER IN WWI
STEVE SMITH HOPE ALL VETERAN FUNNY GLIBERTARIAN PEOPLE HAVE GOOD DAY. HIM GRANDFATHER WAS TERROR OF EASTERN FRONT IN GREAT WAR. BY TERROR, MEAN HIM RAPE MANY CENTRAL POWER SOLDIERS. STEVE SMITH READY SERVE CASCADIA WHEN GET INDEPENDENCE. HIM BE STRATEGIC RESERVE…BY STRATEGIC RESERVE, MEAN … YOU KNOW.
I have some few small comforts in life, and today’s is that the Ravens won’t lose. And there’s rumors about that Flacco is injured and Jackson will be given a chance to start next week. This may not be a good thing for this season, but long-term, that’s what has to happen. We might even see a guest appearance by RGIII. We live in interesting times.
Speaking of interesting, November 11 is rich in significant birthdays. A few: Paracelsus, the father of modern medicine; George Patton, who probably got performance reviews saying, “You’re extremely effective but you piss people off.”; the Pride of Milwaukee, Pat O’Brien, who was in a disproportionate number of my favorite movies; fellow Baltimore native Alger Hiss, from the days when there really WERE Russian spies under every bed; Kurt Vonnegut, inspiration to generations of college freshmen (and who inadvertently wrote one of the strongest cases for libertarianism in one of his short stories); and the funniest human to ever walk the face of the earth, Jonathan Winters. And of course, November 11 is the day that all of us should pause and remember why Woodrow Wilson was the biggest piece of shit to ever occupy the White House. The blood of tens of millions soaks his grasping Progressive hands. I wish that my atheism would allow me to believe that he’s burning in Hell, but I have no such comfort. I shall give myself the marginal comfort of drinking some beer with Swiss this afternoon. He’ll be in full uniform, making the ladies swoon.
@GeorgiaDemocrat
BREAKING: A handful of Georgia counties just reported thousands of new *absentee*, *early*, and *Election Day* votes that @BrianKempGA’s numbers did not account for, significantly closing the gap. #CountEveryVote #gapol
How conveeeeeenient. More chaos and de-legitimizing of government. Good, I say, let’s have more!
Artists and intellectuals across Europe are calling for the founding of a continentwide republic to replace its many nation states.
Activists planned to proclaim a “European Republic” in dozens of cities at 4 p.m. (1500 GMT) Saturday, almost exactly 100 years after the end of World War I.
The event is being organized by a group calling itself the European Balcony Project. Its listed supporters include political scientists, philosophers and writers…
The “republic,” of course, to be run by political scientists, philosophers, and writers.
After Clinton, Bush, and Obama, it’s nice to have an administration which respects civil liberties and doesn’t want to spy on citizens. Most Libertarian President Ever! Oh, wait…
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have hidden an undisclosed number of covert surveillance cameras inside streetlights around the country, federal contracting documents reveal. Christie Crawford, who owns Cowboy Streetlight Concealments with her husband, a Houston police officer, said she was not at liberty to discuss the company’s federal contracts in detail. “We do streetlight concealments and camera enclosures,” Crawford told Quartz. “Basically, there’s businesses out there that will build concealments for the government and that’s what we do. They specify what’s best for them, and we make it. And that’s about all I can probably say.”
However, she added: “I can tell you this—things are always being watched. It doesn’t matter if you’re driving down the street or visiting a friend, if government or law enforcement has a reason to set up surveillance, there’s great technology out there to do it.”
Amazon has been particularly interested in outfitting cameras operated by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with facial recognition, according to emails recently unearthed by the Project on Government Oversight. “We are ready and willing to support the vital [Homeland Security Investigations] mission,” an Amazon employee wrote in an email that touted the company’s facial recognition software.
When you fine people elect me president, the very first thing I pledge to do is abolish every goddamn acronym agency. And fuck Amazon, who are delighted to help here. They should not get a penny of public money or subsidy, and won’t under President OMWC. Also, I hope Christie and her cop husband die in a fire. The OMWC administration will not cause such a fire, but we will not so much as direct a stream of urine in its direction. These are evil, evil people.
Scientists at the University of Granada investigated the so-called ‘Pinocchio effect’. [They] have shown that your nose actually shrinks when you tell porkies because its temperature drops.
Look at my honker- I must be a regular fucking George Washington.
Some members of the caravan of Central American migrants that has drawn the ire of President Trump began leaving Mexico City early Friday, splitting from the main group and heading for their ultimate destination — the U.S.-Mexico border — still hundreds of miles away. But the majority of the 5,500 caravan participants remained in the Mexican capital and were planning to leave on Saturday.
The caravan’s next planned stop after leaving the Mexican capital is the city of Queretaro, some 135 miles to the northwest, where officials were readying shelter space for the migrants’ anticipated arrival. Thousands of migrants, mostly from Honduras, have spent days at the sports facility next to Mexico City’s airport, where city officials and various aid groups have been providing food, medical treatment, legal advice and other services, including entertainment from clowns and wrestlers. The stop was a chance for many to rest and recuperate after weeks on the road from Central America.
Clowns??? No-one deserves that.
Old Guy Music! I was wavering between a bunch of odd-but-interesting classical bits but then thought, “Nah, this won’t annoy people enough. What will…?” And then it hit me. But listen anyway- it’s a terrific song with a great story. H/T to Spudalicious who gave me this album nearly 20 years ago, and it’s stayed in my rotation.
As Hank Kingsley would say, “Hey now!” It’s Saturday morning, I’m up ridiculously early, and the weekend is full of work in preparation for a business trip next week to what might be my least favorite city in the US (Atlanta). I’ll be trying to explain the Butler-Volmer equation to a room full of people who have to open their flies to count to 11. This does not please me, so don’t piss me off.
Notable birthdays today include constipated Jew-hater Martin Luther; Nobel laureate Ernst Fischer, whose work will be part of my PowerPoint deck next week; Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the eponymous weapon; Roy Scheider, star of one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen and scourge of giant rubber fish; and bassist and supergroup stalwart Greg Lake.
Fuck that, the news has to please me today.
The first story did. It’s no secret that I’m not a Trump fan, but I admit he pisses off people who I think need pissing off. In this case, hapless granny-chaser Emmanuel Macron.
“President Macron of France has just suggested that Europe build its own military in order to protect itself from the U.S., China and Russia. Very insulting, but perhaps Europe should first pay its fair share of NATO, which the U.S. subsidizes greatly,” Trump tweeted minutes after landing in France. He is set to spend the weekend in Paris to commemorate the centennial of the end of World War I.
Tuesday on Europe 1 radio, Macron called for a “real European army” within the European Union, according to AFP. “We have to protect ourselves with respect to China, Russia and even the United States of America,” Macron said.
Yeah, the US is a major threat, Manny. But of course, les flaques are busy with le clarification. “What President Macron REALLY meant was…”
A senior French official said Friday night that Trump took Macron’s words out “out of context.” According to the official, Macron will likely want to respond to Trump’s tweet directly himself, and likely Saturday.
The official, though, clarified the language Macron used, saying that the French leader did not mean he wanted a European army but better coordination and funding of Europe’s already-existing resources. The official said that Macron was conveying that Europe should organize better to protect itself. There is already a European defense project, and Macron would like to see more capability, the official said.
Translation: “We didn’t even need an army to surrender this time.”
By late Friday, attorneys for Governor Scott said they didn’t get very far in their efforts to inspect the ballots, as required by the judge’s order. Scott’s attorneys say they did receive documents before 7 p.m. but they could not access them. “We don’t know how many pages of documents,” said attorney Jessica Kopas. “We don’t know the quality of the production. We don’t know much at all.”
Scott’s lawyers waited outside the Supervisor of Elections office into the evening Friday waiting to get in and do their inspection. Then they CBS4’s Carey Codd that they were asked to return for their inspection at 10 a.m. Saturday.
“Did they tell you why not tonight?” Codd asked.
“Just logistics. Just logistics,” replied attorney William McCormick.
“This process is about one thing — making sure every legal ballot is counted,” Nelson said in a video statement. “Clearly Rick Scott is trying to stop all the votes from being counted and he’s impeding the Democratic (sic) process.”
Insert Nelson Muntz “HAH hah!” here. Love the unintentional capitalization, which makes a lie into truth.
With strict British laws making guns hard to obtain, knives have become the weapon of choice for members of London gangs, who youth workers say fight over territory and are prepared to kill over trivial slights. As stabbings become more frequent, more young people feel compelled to carry knives for their own protection, fueling a cycle of violence. There is little consensus on why knife violence began increasing in 2014, after declining for years, and continues to grow. Some opposition lawmakers have blamed government cuts to police numbers, while those in power argue that changes in drug trafficking, such as the greater involvement of teenagers in the sale of drugs, is the key factor. Youth workers say the closure of youth centers because of government budget cuts have left children to make their own rules on the streets. Numerous British charities are working to educate children about the dangers of carrying knives.
Moar funding needed!
The knives themselves have gotten bigger, said Detective Inspector Paul Considine, who led the investigation into Daniel Frederick’s murder. “The weapons we are coming across at the moment are zombie knives, specifically designed to cause major injury to human beings,” he said, describing a type of knife, banned in Britain, the size of a machete with serrated edges and jagged protrusions.
Assault knives!
The actual numbers aren’t actually scary. But saying, “There’s been a minor rise in reported knife crimes which may not be statistically significant” doesn’t generate panic, clicks, and demands for more government “investment” and control.
SP is remarkably flexible and tolerant. But there are certain things she will NOT abide, and having “smart” devices like Alexa or Echo in the house is one of them. And for good reasons.
Prosecutors said they believe the Echo device, which listens for Alexa voice commands, might have recorded audio of Sullivan’s death, as well as anything that happened before or after it. State police have the speaker, and the judge agreed to let them access the recordings and ordered Amazon to turn over any recordings on its servers.
Experts said the case reveals some of the implications of having such devices in people’s homes. “I think most people probably don’t even realize that Alexa is taking account of what’s going on in your house, in addition to responding to your demands and commands,” said Albert Scherr, a professor at the University of New Hampshire School of Law.
Law and order types will argue that this was a murder case, so of course this is valid evidence to gather. After all, it takes a court order to get Amazon or Apple to release information or recordings. Paranoid libertarian types note that FISA courts and other secret tribunals would be very inclined to favorably treat requests for court orders to investigate crimethink. I still think this technology was a brilliant ploy to get citizens to pay for wiretaps out of their own pockets, analogous to Chinese families being billed for the bullets used in executions.
In September, the Texas daily was rocked by scandal after questions were raised about the reporting of Austin bureau chief Mike Ward. A lengthy investigation was unable to identity a number of sources Ward quoted on the record for his stories. He ultimately resigned from the paper after being confronted by Barnes. The Chronicle then began an extensive effort to investigate all of Ward’s reporting to identify if there were any other instances of phony sourcing during his career there. The paper brought in Pulitzer Prize winner David Wood to lead the effort. The results of his investigation led to the the paper’s decision to retract the stories.
“Of the 275 people quoted, 122, or 44 percent, could not be found. Those 122 people appeared in 72 stories,” said Wood. “It’s impossible to prove that these people do not exist, only that with extensive research and digging, the team could not find them. And in this age of online records, including property ownership and court filings, almost everyone can be found quickly.”
I know this is going to shock you, but… the fakery all appeared to go in one political direction.
And surprisingly, there’s some really inspiring and heartwarming stuff in the comments to this story.
Old Guy Music time, and today, it’s Old Jewish Guy Music. There’s a long history of cantorial vocal pyrotechnics, and within the Orthodox community, skilled cantors are superstars. Here’s a young guy I stumbled across who’s starting to break out of the ghetto and achieve some success outside the usual niche. This song is a Passover favorite for drunken after-dinner singing, and is both Aramaic (actually, it’s a curious mix of Aramaic and Hebrew) and cumulative, but I can assure you that at our family gatherings, it never sounded like this. Brilliant singing, with elements of scat, choral, and opera intertwined. Amusingly, the capsule Google provides when I searched Lemmer’s name classified the music as “Christian-Gospel.” And several commenters were unhappy with Lemmer’s Ashkenazi pronunciations. Ah well. Listen with an open mind and I bet you’ll enjoy it despite the impenetrability of the lyrics.
Sorry to post and run on a Friday, but I have to prep for and attend a come to Jesus meeting with a client. Hope your afternoon is better.
Today is the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht. Here is a moving Twitter feed with actual pictures of Nazis attacking a synagogue, presumed to be from Kristallnacht.
Sorry for your loss, but you already have gun control. No additional gun control will save anyone else’s child from being murdered.
After a long exhausting auction day, Sloopy is still dead to the world. Leaving you, dear Glibs, with the links stylings of the one and only Banjos!
The Birthday list sucks today, so you’re not getting one. And I don’t have the energy to find out what happened historically today. I’ve been too busy to follow sports. Here’s some news stories.
What? Franken came by last night and found some boxes in my car.
Hey guys, how’s it going? Happy Thursday to everyone. We’re working on a rule in my house: it’s okay to be unhappy when you don’t get your way, it’s not okay to cry about it. Step 1 is: the crier goes to his room until he can express himself without crying. Step 2, coming December 1, is that I start revoking privileges and sending people to their rooms. Hopefully, Step3 — Operation I’ll Give You Something to Cry About does not become necessary January 1. Call me sexist, but there’s nothing worse than boys who whine. They’ll become men who whine if not corrected.
Beloved certified crazy-Glib dbleagle was kind enough to share with us a PDF version of Ain’t Nobody’s Business If You Do which we have available on our downloads page. It was a heavy favorite from last night’s book post. I will be taking the time to read it in the near future.
Bionic mushrooms generate energy. Some people might think this should be a band name, but its really more an album name to me.
Dem despair at RBG’s injury generates new scientific insights into sadness. Just kidding, this research started a while ago, it was Herself’s lost to Trump that uncovered the link.
Finally, returning to the subject of toxic masculinity, I’d like to take a second to honor Ventura County Sheriff’s Sergeant Ron Helus. We always complain that the cops don’t go right in to these active shooting situations and he did, losing his life. Godspeed, Sgt. Helus, you did the right thing putting yourself in harms way.
Always good to seek out an original you’ve only known the cover of. The cover of this came up on a Pandora station yesterday and I realized it was obviously a cover.
Not much of an NHL slate last night. The winners were Washington, Nashville and Anaheim. The Buckeyes took care of intrastate rival Cincinnati on the road last night even though the officials tried everything they could to screw them over. And across the pond, there was only one surprise in the UCL games, and that was ManUre beating Juventus. Now they face Man City this weekend, who would like nothing better than to drive Mourinho out of town. But based on recent form, I think he survives a while longer, if not for the entire season.
This guy knew how to take care of his enemies
Today’s birthday roster features the infamous Romanian Vlad the Impaler, astronomer Edmond Halley, author (this one’s an interesting coincidence) Bram Stoker, board game maker Milton Bradley, psychiatrist Hermann Rorshhach, southern author Margaret Mitchell, hero to math nerds Jack Kilby, rocker Doc Green, rocker Roy Wood, gun rights advocate Wayne LaPierre, drummer Terry Lee Miall, chef and character-asshole Gordon Ramsay, bad boob job recipient Tara Reid, and actress Parker Posey.
Its also the day the following took place: Cortez met Montezuma for the first time, Benjamin Franklin opened the first library in the colonies, Elijah Craig distilled the first batch of bourbon whiskey from corn, the failed Beer Hall Putsch took place, “Mutuny On The Bounty” hit the screen, and LBJ gave the NFL an antitrust exemption. There were also a bunch of election results, but those are boring.
Some nut job killed a dozen people in California (where they have strict gun laws, so I assume he came from Indiana). Expect there to be more calls to take your rights away. And expect the newly-minted Democrat majority in the House to put it to a vote.
Jeff Sessions is out as Attorney General. And the left are flipping the fuck out because his temporary replacement once said he thought Mueller was overstepping his authority and that Rosenstein needed to reel him in.
Tesla has a new chairman of the board. I’m curious how far up his ass Musk’s arm goes. Either way, hiring a telecom exec to head your car manufacturing company probably won’t solve the structural assembly issues you’re having. So, best of luck with that move.
George R.R. Martin’s been living a life of champagne wishes and caviar dreams since HBO turned Game Of Thrones into a cultural phenomenon, hobnobbing with celebrities and inking TV deals as if there isn’t an unfinished manuscript gathering dust on his Wordstar 4.0. He’s shared sample chapters from his upcoming The Winds Of Winter to satiate the frothing mob, and even gave a middle finger to those who worry he won’t be able to finish A Song Of Ice And Fire before kicking the bucket. In a new interview with The Guardian, however, he’s opened up a bit about just how hard it’s been to slip into his old writing routine when the world’s pounding on your door.
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