Hans

America the Free is gone. We have to figure out how to build something new out of the ashes once the body stops burning.

Mellon's funding is the moment that the American military was purchased, privatized, and taken away from the people it is supposed to protect.
We no longer have a military.
We have a conscripted mercenary force that now will be used to suppress us.

Can we just go ahead and start calling it the "Volkshalle"?

The AWS-related outage of last night/this morning reminds us that the outcomes driven by oligarchical capitalism NECESSITATE vital systems constantly running a heartbeat away from collapse, because that's the "most efficient" way to transfer wealth to the oligarch class.

Let’s not assume things. Trump’s name doesn’t appear here. Is the announcement by THE PRESIDENT simply “Hello, I’m President Vance”?

when he does finally go i will demand not just the death certificate but the long form death certificate

274) Ready For The World - Oh Sheila [personal debut?]
275) Ready For The World - Love You Down [personal debut]
276) Living Color - Cult Of Personality
#karaoke

(4 nights ago)
268) ABBA - Mamma Mia [personal debut]
269) ABBA - Fernando [personal debut]
270) Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
271) Alicia Bridges - I Love The Nightlife [personal debut?]
272) Vanessa Williams - Save The Best For Last [personal debut]
273) Cece Peniston - Finally [personal debut]

264) The Time - Jungle Love
265) Afroman - Because I Got High
266) Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine [personal debut?]
267) Queen - Keeep Yourself Alive [personal debut? Tag-team with Brian]
#karaoke

(Two nights ago in Vancouver, Wa.)
262) Toadies - Possum Kingdom
263) Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
#karaoke

259) John Mellencamp - Pink Houses
260) John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane
261) John Mellencamp & Me'shelle Ndegeocello - Wild Night
#karaoke

254) Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon
255) Split Enz - I Got You
256) Crowded House - Fall At Your Feet
257) OMC - How Bizarre
258) Crowded House - Weather With You
#karaoke

(Last night)
251) Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl
252) Dead Or Alive - Brand New Lover
253) Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
#karaoke

"Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie."
-Stephen Colbert, to RFKjr

245) Don Henley - All She Wants To Do Is Dance
246) Don Henley - Boys of Summer
247) Don Henley - Dirty Laundry
248) Don Henley - The Heart Of The Matter
249) Don Henley - The Last Worthless Evening
250) Mojo Nixon - Don Henley Must Die [personal debut?]
#karaoke

(Last night)
240) Gorillaz - 19-2000 [personal debut]
241) Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
242) Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
243) Gorillaz - Dare
244) Blur - Girls and Boys
#karaoke

(Saturday past)
234) Muse - Uprising
235) Mike + The Mechanics - Silent Running
236) Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence
237) Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
238) Audioslave - Like A Stone
239) Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds
#karaoke

229) Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson [personal debut?]
230) Barenaked Ladies - Call And Answer
231) Barenaked Ladies - One Week
232) Barenaked Ladies - Pinch Me
233) Barenaked Ladies - It's All Been Done
#karaoke

223) Incubus - Drive
224) The Cars - Drive
225) Prince - Little Red Corvette
225.5) Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
226) Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
227) Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night
228) Tom Cochrane - Life Is A Highway
228.5) Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life
#karaoke

(Last Thursday)
220) Living Color - Cult of Personality
221) Audioslave - Like A Stone
222) Reel Big Fish - Sell Out
#karaoke

215) Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
216) Weezer - Hash Pipe
217) Black Sabbath - Iron Man
218) Tenacious D - Tribute
219) Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot [personal debut]
#karaoke

(Ten days ago in Vegas)
212) Mike + The Mechanics - Silent Running
213) Grease - Summer Nights [w/Dani]
213.5) Peaches and Herb - Reunited [backing up Mary]
213.75) B-52s - Love Shack [backing up Jen]
214) Meatloaf- I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
#karaoke

WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

CBS showing a PARTICULAR tone-deafness in announcing their kowtowing to the Oligarch in the Oval on a day to celebrate “Good Trouble”

“Colbert 2028: Why not?”

I can see it.

This was the order of events:

1. Paramount acceded to Trump’s extortion by paying a bribe.

2. Stephen Colbert calls his employer out for doing that.

3. Paramount fires Stephen Colbert for being honest about Trump.

4. Proving Trump’s bribe worked.

208) Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes
209) The Killers - Mr. Brightside
210) Talking Heads - Life During Wartime [personal debut?]
211) Meatloaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
#karaoke

(Last Saturday)
203) Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds
204) Coldplay - Viva La Vida
205) Jimmy Eat World - The Middle [personal debut?]
206) Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
207) Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
#karaoke

A random thought happened to occur to me this Pride month.
Part of the reason I'm reluctant to move away from "bi" as part of my sexual identity is the number of years it took me to stop rejecting it.

Delegates at the 2024 GOP Convention holding signs “MASS DEPORTATION NOW!”

“I didn’t vote for this”