Saturday, March 31, 2018



They probably think Paul Newman is the old dude who makes salad dressing.

Rappers Discussing Rappers



CeCe Rogers, "All Join Hands."

The Lessons of a School Shooting--in 1853

#Everythinghasahistory

Nachlass (Nachlaß)

is what I need to learn more about.

No More Kings, "Sweep the Leg."

Paul Lekakis, "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)."

An Essay About the Anthropocene

An essay by Richard Seymour about the Anthropocene. Much to ponder.

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Thanks to Ian Lind's post today I found this:

Federation of American Scientists link to CRS Reports

Congressional Research Service [CRS] Reports

The Congressional Research Service, a component of the Library of Congress, conducts research and analysis for Congress on a broad range of national policy issues. While many CRS memoranda are generated in response to individual Member or staff inquiries and are confidential, most CRS reports are available to anyone who has access to a congressional intranet.

Yet at the direction of Congress, CRS does not make even its non-confidential publications directly available to the public online. In order to help overcome this unnecessary barrier, the Federation of American Scientists endeavors to provide current, regularly updated public access to as many non-confidential CRS reports as possible. These reports are provided without congressional or CRS authorization as a public service.


Past and Present

Like many other people I watched the Roseanne premiere last night.

Max Blumenthal opines:





The interesting thing to me is when something is revisited after many years, and seeing what changes and what stays the same. Imperial Bedrooms, the Bret Easton Ellis novel from 2010 is an example. Set twenty-five years after Less Than Zero, Imperial Bedrooms is current, but its characters haven't changed much. Rip may be constantly texting and watching CNN on a laptop, but he's still malevolent.

Then there's the new YouTube Red series, Cobra Kai. From what I can tell from the trailer h


http://democratherald.com/blogs/of-being-and-johnny-lawrence-sweep-the-leg/article_1b2d98b1-224f-51e8-9277-221c6ed38569.html

Monday, March 26, 2018

Cilla Black, "Anyone Who Had a Heart"

So Bad It's Good

If you have free time and want a laugh, check out @WorstDamnTweet. It compiles tweets from everybody: Sh!tlibs, Kekistanners, the Acela Corridor (Beltway people), Clown Politicians (a redundancy?), Never Trumpers, Brits, the extremely online, celebrities....

Examples:



On the Decline of Philippine Spanish (a post in progress)

Quora.com: Do Filipinos Care About the Preservation of Philippine Spanish?"

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

On the Decline of German Restaurants

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/grandmas-food-how-changing-tastes-are-killing-german-restaurants/2018/03/19/de4c4994-0b93-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.250ca7fa21ff

Linked from NancyNall.com

Friday, March 16, 2018

Thursday, March 15, 2018

This Blog is Twelve

The twelfth anniversary of this blog came and went, and I realized it just yesterday. That shows how hectic things have been lately. They've been discussing small towns a lot recently at NancyNall.com. Much I can say--if I can find the time. I doubt any of the commenters are familiar with Kunstler.

Thursday, March 08, 2018

Wednesday, March 07, 2018

Some Historians to Check Out

Friday, March 02, 2018

On Uber and Ambulances