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Mae West (b. 1893, d. 1980) released a rock album in 1966 on which she covered “Twist and Shout.”

Wow, I’m reading the op-ed and it’s not just the headline: This shit is beyond parody.

[Michael Stipe voice]

After last week’s stupid manufactured outrage about Bad Bunny, I braced myself for people getting mad about Rush choosing a woman to play drums.

But so far, I have not heard anything negative about it.

Well done, nerds. Well done. I’m proud of you.

They used to call CBS the Tiffany Network because its news department was the jewel of TV news.

The EMTALA Story

It’s worth reading up on what happened before the passage of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (signed into law by Ronald Reagan).

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I loved going out when I lived in San Francisco.

Oh, he knew how to win in Vietnam? Too bad he didn’t have a chance to go over there and win.

The funeral procession driving by

Using unsecured communications in a crowded public place to discuss sending an elite U.S. military strike force to attack Americans.
As one does.

There were a lot of those people in Minneapolis in the days after George Floyd was killed.

Leaving aside the subject matter, which is terrifying, I’m not sure I understand how the source of this story got the information.

This year, I tell everyone to listen to “Radio DDR” by Sharp Pins. If you like 90s Guided By Voices and 60s jangle pop, this will be your thing.

What would Jamal Khashoggi say about that?

It never occurred to me that there might be people out there who prefer to watch actors who are virgins. I mean, besides the question of why they would care, there’s the question of how they would know.
What a creepy thing to write!

Elon, champion of freedom of speech

Thanks for posting these. I feel better about the low numbers on my own posts now

Among the many weird things about this whole episode: The fake video has him essentially promising universal healthcare. Is that what he wants? Does the Republican Party know that?

YouTube video by illuminati hotties - Topic Skateboard Tattoo

One minute and 53 seconds of power pop bliss, including the abstract outro.
Turn it up.

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All the insight of a below average 19-year-old right wing podcaster. He summoned generals home from all over the world for this?

Correction: Someone *should* go to the Hague over this

Someone is going to The Hague over this.

I once read a book about a meeting between the Dalai Lama and Jewish leaders. He was trying to learn about how to keep Tibetan Buddhism and culture alive in exile.
I don’t remember that much about the book, but I think it was called The Jew in the Lotus.

Hi, it’s me, the guy taking a couple minutes away from a busy work day to correct a Star Trek meme page for some inaccurate information it posted about Mary and Percy Shelley.

Mad Magazine cartoon from 1968 depicting the “super patriot” who hates 93% of the people in the country

Mad magazine summed it up pretty well in 1968

Two possibilities: 1. He thinks these are real and posted a video with himself making an announcement he never made; or 2. He knows the technology is not real, but has no qualms about sharing this fake video with his millions of credulous supporters.
Neither possibility is good.

Does Miller ever go home and think about what he said that day, and wonder if maybe he was a little over the top?

The guy’s poll numbers are circling the drain. Why would a corporation want to associate itself with him?

My kids usually got full books in the 21st century.

We can’t afford USAID but we can send $20 billion to bail out another right wing populist?