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- Sat Apr 27, 2024 10:07 pm
- Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
- Topic: Artist of the Week 04/18/11 - Neil Young
- Replies: 713
- Views: 311989
Re: Artist of the Week 04/18/11 - Neil Young
"Down By the River" as the 5th song in the set? I guess Neil has classics to burn, but still that seems to be a little cavalier as a matter of showmanship. But then, many of you are more familiar w/ Neil's approach to performing than I am.
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 10:05 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
- Replies: 20805
- Views: 4947356
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
I don't see many articles asserting that Gazans blame Hamas to any extent for the disaster and horrors they face daily. Should they? If it's true. Apparently at least some people do think so. I have no idea how many. If we assume the article is accurate as far as it goes, then at least a few people...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:05 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
- Replies: 20805
- Views: 4947356
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
I don't see many articles asserting that Gazans blame Hamas to any extent for the disaster and horrors they face daily. I post it as a point of interest, not as proof of anything. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/27/gaza-hamas-public-support-israel/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=e...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:06 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
- Replies: 20805
- Views: 4947356
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
"I want to start by wishing my wife Melania a very happy birthday," Trump told reporters in the downtown Manhattan courthouse hallway. "It'd be nice to be with her, but I'm at a courthouse for a rigged trial." What a lovely birthday present to be reminded publicly that your husband cheated on with ...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:30 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
- Replies: 20805
- Views: 4947356
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
An extremely despairing time to be alive. True. This will be the greatest tragedy of any of our lifetimes. I don't know how one would measure this and the disaster in Gaza is plenty terrible but I'd say this is unlikely. How does it compare to the 500-800,000 deaths in the Rwandan civil war? Over 2...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:17 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
- Replies: 20805
- Views: 4947356
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Inquiring minds want to know: What will the Supreme Court decide re presidential immunity and, equally important, when will they do it?
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:15 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
- Replies: 20805
- Views: 4947356
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:25 pm
- Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
- Topic: What's Everyone Listening to?
- Replies: 62473
- Views: 14144383
Re: What's Everyone Listening to?
Inspired by a brief mention by the always perceptive Elizabeth Nelson,
The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:05 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
- Replies: 20805
- Views: 4947356
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
So what's it all mean? Mike Johnson is deservedly receiving praise for doing the right thing and not just doing the right thing, but actually seeing it through and getting the job done to the extent it was in his power (i.e. the Senate still has to act but that is assumed to be a formality at this p...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:12 pm
- Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
- Topic: What's Everyone Listening to?
- Replies: 62473
- Views: 14144383
Re: What's Everyone Listening to?
I like Taylor tbh. Not everything, but quite a bit. I suspect I'm not the only one who finds it difficult to separate the phenomenon and the spectacle from the musician. Being the old white guy curmudgeon that I am, I could do w/out all the surround, from the gossip to the glitter to the real and f...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Gone but not forgotten....
- Replies: 146
- Views: 92289
Re: Gone but not forgotten....
RIP Dickey Betts. Long may you ramble.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: MLB 2023
- Replies: 408
- Views: 509027
Re: MLB 2023
The Brewers won a 1-0 shutout yesterday in 2:08, also. It's a movement! The pitch clock and other rule changes are an overwhelming net positive as far as the aesthetic of the game, IMO. I've been a pretty standard "sit around and wait for the 3 run homer" type of fan for a long time but I'm enamore...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:45 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: MLB 2023
- Replies: 408
- Views: 509027
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:10 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
- Replies: 20805
- Views: 4947356
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
WARNING: I'm gonna say something nice about Marjorie Taylor Greene. As Mike Johnson finally, finally! , moves Ukraine aid to a vote in the House, the violently opposed MTG keeps adding amendments to the funding bill. In one she wants to require that any House member who votes for the aid bill to be ...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:01 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: MLB 2023
- Replies: 408
- Views: 509027
Re: MLB 2023
Two amazing 20th century stats from last night's Red Sox-Guardians game:
Tanner Houck pitched a complete game 3 hit shutout. He will no doubt lead the club in complete games for the season. Less amazing but still impressive: 9 strikeouts, 94 pitches.
The game was played in 1 hour, 49 minutes.
Tanner Houck pitched a complete game 3 hit shutout. He will no doubt lead the club in complete games for the season. Less amazing but still impressive: 9 strikeouts, 94 pitches.
The game was played in 1 hour, 49 minutes.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:10 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
- Replies: 20805
- Views: 4947356
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
The Senate has dismissed the impeachment charges against Alejandro Mayorkas referred by the House. It is hard to describe just how absurd this is. Part of the absurdity is that it's not a surprise: By the time they made the referral to the Senate, House leaders knew the case had no chance of a heari...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:59 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
- Replies: 20805
- Views: 4947356
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
Is it really possible for 12 (or really 18) sentient American citizens to be able to judge Trump objectively? If not, what does that say about whatever they're telling the court and about the legitimacy of the ultimate outcome (however it's decided). If so, are those people really a jury of anyone's...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:54 pm
- Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
- Topic: Who's Everyone Seeing Live?
- Replies: 7485
- Views: 2078194
Re: Who's Everyone Seeing Live?
he needs no assistance. he cranked out three high kicks in just "Romeo Surgeon" and unfortunately I had the wrong lens on and missed 'em all. the new song sounds great, it's been while since I've been this excited for a new GBV record. Tim, GBV used 1 of your pictures on an email regarding presales...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:53 pm
- Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
- Topic: Who's Everyone Seeing Live?
- Replies: 7485
- Views: 2078194
Re: Who's Everyone Seeing Live?
https://www.wideopencountry.com/john-mellencamp-walks-out-of-show-in-a-rage-after-getting-in-shouting-match-with-heckler/ I've seen JCM a few times and can understand his frustration with hecklers. If you think you aren't getting any politics at his show...you haven't been listening for a long time...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:01 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Books Thread
- Replies: 2426
- Views: 791282
Re: Books Thread
Jonathan Eig's biography of Martin Luther King, Jr, King, is a terrific achievement which lives up to the hype, no mean feat. I highly recommend it to one and all for any number of reasons including the significant amount of new (at least to me) information, the excellent analysis and especially the...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:33 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: It's About Time
- Replies: 3
- Views: 109
It's About Time
Reports are that the Justice Dept is "preparing" to sue Live Nation (ticketmaster) for antitrust violations, and the people are (or will be) happy! TM controls 70% of the initial sales of tickets at the country's largest venues and has exclusive contracts with many of them (per Andrew Ross Sorkin). ...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:41 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
- Replies: 20805
- Views: 4947356
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
The WaPo reported today that "It’s budget week on Capitol Hill, with many cabinet officials and agency heads set to testify before the House and Senate appropriations committees about the fiscal year 2025 budget..." The article failed to mention that there is still no budget for 2024 which would see...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 5:36 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
- Replies: 20805
- Views: 4947356
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
The pathetic human being known as JD Vance just wrote a (not surprisingly) pathetic defense of the no aid to Ukraine position in the Washington Post. Unfortunately the comments section was closed by the time I got around to it. It's not like I think that JD or even any of his staff will read or care...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 5:20 pm
- Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
- Topic: dbt tracks # 21 - Goode's Field Road
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9353
Re: dbt tracks # 21 - Goode's Field Road
I needs to know: WHAT. WILL. HAPPEN. TO. THE. CHILDREN???!!!
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:50 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Last Movie Watched
- Replies: 3936
- Views: 1254776
Re: Last Movie Watched
Devil in a Blue Dress, the movie version of Walter Mosely's classic detective story is pretty good. It has Denzel, so it's halfway home from the get go. It's hard to say what keeps the movie in the "good but not great" category, maybe the pacing? But it's a solid movie worth watching. As always dep...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:44 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Books Thread
- Replies: 2426
- Views: 791282
Re: Books Thread
I was not aware that there was a Lee Child/Reacher book that I hadn't read, so I reluctantly picked up The Secret which following recent custom is co-authored w/ Lee's brother Andrew. As expected it was nowhere near the quality of the early, solely written by Lee, novels. I suspect (but don't know) ...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:40 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The TV thread
- Replies: 3666
- Views: 1053565
Re: The TV thread
The Dynasty has gotten a fair amount of negative response around here on the basis that it throws Belichick under the bus and distorts events to make the Krafts look good. I haven't watched [yet?] so can't make any substantive comment. We kind of tripped over Sugar not knowing anything about it but ...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:19 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
- Replies: 20805
- Views: 4947356
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
With friends like this...
Trump on Speaker Mike Johnson:
"He’s doing about as good as you’re going to do."
Trump on Speaker Mike Johnson:
"He’s doing about as good as you’re going to do."
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:46 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
- Replies: 20805
- Views: 4947356
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
In these times of the generally accepted reality that we as a society are unable to come to consensus agreement on just about anything, there was almost unanimous agreement back in 2022/23 that the Republican failure in the '22 elections was down primarily to abortion politics (i.e. the Dobbs decisi...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:49 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
- Replies: 20805
- Views: 4947356
Re: The Neverending Thread for Political Shit
I do not understand this business of the bond Trump posted in the NY fraud case. According to reports and filings by the NY Attorney General, the bonding company is not licensed in NY, the bonding company does not meet the liquidity requirements to be a licensed bonding company in NY and the terms o...