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Jul 14 2019
La Marseillaise
Vive Le Quatorze Juillet! (An Annual Tradition) Arise, children of the Fatherland, The day of glory has arrived! Against us of the tyranny The bloody banner is raised, The bloody banner is raised, Do you hear, in the countryside, The roar of those ferocious soldiers? They’re coming right into your arms To slit the throats …
Jul 14 2019
Formula One 2019: Silverstone
Re-thinking So two weeks ago Mercedes seemed on the verge of a shutout season, racking up 8 – 0 of 21 total after what was arguably one of the dullest races in the last 20 years at Circuit Paul Ricard. And then, appropriately enough Red Bull Racing won at Red Bull Ring. For Silverstone the …
Jul 13 2019
It’s A Gravelanche!
It’s not so much that Joe Carson is a misogynous, transphobe, racist as it is that he champions the failed Neoliberal Agenda of the last 40 years. Mike Gravel’s 2020 campaign to launch ad attacking Joe Biden on MSNBC by Shira Tarlo, Salon July 12, 2019 Former Democratic Sen. Mike Gravel’s presidential campaign announced Thursday …
Jul 13 2019
House
ST:TOS Captain, My Captain! Blinking and Flashing Sheer Poetry What Is Real? You Better Run. You Better Take Cover. Galileo? Galileo! I will brook no discussion of who was the best Captain (it was Sulu actually, his board controlled everything and nobody ever seemed to realize it). Bill Shatner is as “American” as Selena Gomez …
Jul 11 2019
Nancy Pelosi’s Leadership Failure
What Does Nancy Pelosi Think She’s Doing? By Sarah Jones, New York Magazine July 10, 2019 (Alexander) Acosta, with his baggage from the past and struggles in the present, is both an appropriate and easy target for House Democrats. Or he would be, if Democrats actually wanted to fully exercise their oversight authority. But that …
Jul 11 2019
For The Kids
“Oh, you’re Boy Scouts, but you know life. You know life. So — look at you.” Failing Trump resort cancels strip-club tournament with dancers auctioned as “caddy girls” by Igor Derysh, Salon July 11, 2019 President Donald Trump’s golf resort in Doral, Florida, canceled plans to host a tournament organized by a Miami-area strip club …