Althouse: At the Sunrise Café...

21 મે, 2026

At the Sunrise Café...

... you can talk all night.

93 ટિપ્પણીઓ:

Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy કહ્યું...: Checks and balances are beginning to assert themselves more strongly in both the House and Senate. Post-midterms, this trend is only going to gather steam during the lame-duck session.; 21/5/26 07:32 PM
Breezy કહ્યું...: So the senators are all upset about Trump’s settlement involving a $1.7B fund for restitution. However, they have no problem with a slush fund to sell NDA’s to interns and others that may have experienced the wrong end of a congressperson. The hubris of these people is unfathomable.; 21/5/26 07:34 PM
Saint Croix કહ્યું...: #1 Fidel Castro
#2 Raul Castro
#3 Marco Rubio; 21/5/26 07:34 PM
Breezy કહ્યું...: Red smoke on the water…; 21/5/26 07:36 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: Yez they are upset they may be reveaked

Its a tough call between one and two

The masks are off; 21/5/26 07:37 PM
Leland કહ્યું...: Indeed. The RINOs in the House and Senate are being checked by voters and a new balance of MAGA candidates are headed to the General with heavy support. Meanwhile, more and more voter fraud convictions keep being announced, while Democrats fraud NGO GOTV operations are defunded and shutdown. Even at local levels, candidates like Spencer Pratt may upend California's jungle primary by winning over 50% outright, and 2 Republicans sit atop polls for Governor. California!

Oh, but Democrats released their report on how they lost 2024. If those are the lessons they learned, 2028 will be a cakewalk for the next Republican President.; 21/5/26 07:43 PM
Quaestor કહ્યું...: Aimee Bock got 41.6 years. The point 6 is for the double e.; 21/5/26 07:44 PM
Quaestor કહ્યું...: "Oh, but Democrats released their report on how they lost 2024."

One assumes the report did not include we replaced an idiot with a bigger idiot.; 21/5/26 07:48 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy કહ્યું...: If Republicans can’t oppose this, there is no rationale for them to be in office.; 21/5/26 07:49 PM
Leland કહ્યું...: The key finding? They didn’t go hard enough on negative messaging on Trump. And perhaps they have a point. They only motivated 2 assassination attempts that got a shooter in position, and the only one that got a shot missed. Just think if they got more negative ads, it wouldn’t just be Brian Thompson and Charlie Kirk.; 21/5/26 07:54 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: Its the ike turner defense; 21/5/26 07:56 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: આ ટિપ્પણી લેખક દ્વારા દૂર કરવામાં આવી છે.; 21/5/26 07:56 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: Oh

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/05/21/five-arrested-in-tameside-over-local-election-fraud/; 21/5/26 07:59 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: It was in the addendum; 21/5/26 08:01 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: Maybd an actual beyonce performance

Less call me daddy; 21/5/26 08:02 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2057152169007051063; 21/5/26 08:05 PM
Narr કહ્યું...: First two pix are breathtaking. The water in #2 looks gloopily or squelchily alive.

#3 is very fine, too.; 21/5/26 08:06 PM
Achilles કહ્યું...: Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

Checks and balances are beginning to assert themselves more strongly in both the House and Senate. Post-midterms, this trend is only going to gather steam during the lame-duck session.

Get your jollies while it lasts. The democrats in teh republican party are being eliminated quickly now.

50/50 Thune announces his "retirement" and doesn't even bother to try in 2028. He is going to do about as well as Raffesburger did in Georgia.

All of the traitors are being removed. When the SAVE act passes in 2027 I can't wait for the tears to rain down.; 21/5/26 08:09 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy કહ્યું...: Trump's swash-buckling approach to federal finances raises eyebrows among some liberal critics.

From Stop The Steal to Start The Steal 💰💰; 21/5/26 08:11 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: Otto atill stuck on the underground; 21/5/26 08:16 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 on X: "Not just any Quranic verse — it is the Quranic verse that exists solely to deny that Jesus is the begotten Son of God." / X https://share.google/QdqNlU8NSupfwB2TS; 21/5/26 08:16 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: https://x.com/TonySeruga/status/2057431757318975580; 21/5/26 08:24 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy કહ્યું...: All charges dismissed against "Broadview Six," defense says grand jury transcript revealed "gross misconduct" ~ CBS News

"Speaking after court, defense attorney Chris Parente said the actions by federal prosecutors with the grand jury "should shame every American."

"We have a Department of Justice that hides behind the grand jury in selling these indictments against Mr. Comey, against Don Lemon, against Brian Straw and the rest of the Broadview Six, saying, 'Hey, it's not us, we have a grand jury, a fair and impartial grand jury,'" Parente said. "Shame."

"Parente, who was a federal prosecutor for 15 years, said he had never heard of anything as bad as the conduct in the Broadview Six grand jury sessions. He said that while he has not yet been able to review the unredacted transcripts, Judge April Perry gave a summary in court of her impressions. She said she had reviewed thousands of pages of grand jury transcripts in her career and had never seen anything worse than what she saw in these pages.

"Parente said during the grand jury sessions, prosecutors used vouching, which he called a "101 no-no for any prosecutor," kicked out grand jury members who disagreed with them, did not disclose that a No True Bill – which indicates no indictment – had been returned to either the defense or the public. Parente also said that after receiving the No True Bill from one grand jury, they re-presented their case after excluding grand jurors who disagreed with them. The grand jury then returned a True Bill to indict the "Broadview Six."
Parente also said that while Judge Perry thought only 30 lines in the transcript had been redacted, prosecutors actually left out entire pages and never informed her."

Prosecutors kicked off grand jurors and then re-presented the case against the Broadview 6, then altered the grand jury transcripts to hide it from the judge. Kinda defeats the point of having a grand jury if you can just boot everyone who didn’t want to indict, keep everyone who did, and keep trying until you get the result you want.

This is extremely lawless and corrupt by the Trump DOJ. So, par for the course. The presumption of regularity is a joke now, and federal prosecutors won’t recover the esteem they had from federal judges for a generation. (Which, actually, is fine.)

This gets worse and worse. And even when we get a different administration, DoJ will be permanently crippled by this. You can’t get that trust back. There need to be severe consequences.; 21/5/26 08:31 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: Lander may be the worst in the nadler fat shadow; 21/5/26 08:41 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: આ ટિપ્પણી લેખક દ્વારા દૂર કરવામાં આવી છે.; 21/5/26 08:41 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: You recall how the soanish republic tortured and murdered priests and lay people; 21/5/26 08:43 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: They thought that would them support; 21/5/26 08:44 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy કહ્યું...: Achilles mews: "The democrats in teh republican party are being eliminated quickly now."

A hand-picked Trump surrogate just ousted a 7-term GOP incumbent in a district that has not been competitive for Democrats in 24 years. Here’s why this is a death knell for Democrats’ electoral hopes nationally in November.; 21/5/26 08:49 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: They really show thet arent fit for anything but nuclear waate handling; 21/5/26 08:53 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: Like the traitorous lynn stewart; 21/5/26 08:54 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: Just one example that comes to mind; 21/5/26 08:55 PM
narciso કહ્યું...: Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 on X: "NEW: The DC judge assigned to handle the lawsuit brought by 2 J6 celebrity cops to halt the anti-weaponization fund is Richard Leon--last seen stopping the construction of the ballroom, blocking the demotion of Mark Kelly, and overturning one of the president's exec orders https://t.co/sYiEO3tttY" / X https://share.google/Z1rtWemhW86X4Er3A; 21/5/26 09:05 PM
Caroline કહ્યું...: The first photo— portentous! — is that a word?; 21/5/26 09:24 PM
Iman કહ્યું...: When my baby's walking down the street
I see red, I see red, I see red
How could someone wicked walk round free
I see red, I see red, I see red
I see red, I see red, (hey!)
I see red

Outstanding pics!; 21/5/26 09:47 PM
FullMoon કહ્યું...: Thousands of years ago, men stood at that same spot and wondered : "what's on the other side". Then they jumped in the water and tried to find out.
Women stayed home and took care of the housekeeping, laundry, babies and pets, as God intended; 21/5/26 09:54 PM
Saint Croix કહ્યું...: Gene Parmesan is the guy who made the yoga studio ad for Pratt, and the new BBQ ad that just dropped.

The socialist lady at the debate suggested that it ought to be a crime to grill in your backyard, so her numbers seriously tanked. And this new ad riffs on that (maybe), by setting the scene at a backyard grill.

Parmesan is a black Republican -- or at least a Pratt fan -- so he probably has a lot of experience about being judged by people. I like the humor and the fear/sensitivity in the ad. He addresses the issue that Pratt is angry. "They burned his house down."

It's more negligence than arson, but that's a brutal attack line. And I love how the ad responds to the criticism that Pratt is "staying at the Bel-Air."

Great use of repetition, humor, music. The sexual division, the fear of talking about politics, the implicit call for people to have these conversations with friends and neighbors. Brilliant ad.; 21/5/26 10:00 PM
Mason G કહ્યું...: "And I love how the ad responds to the criticism that Pratt is "staying at the Bel-Air."

I don't see how his staying at the Bel-Air is some kind of criticism. I mean- are the critics attempting to convince people it's an improvement over being able to live in his burned-down house, or what?; 21/5/26 10:11 PM
Iman કહ્યું...: Among other negative things, AI development appears to be making a lot of folks very nervous that it has the potential to make five or six people extremely powerful.

Currently, at least a billion people with a smartphone have access to nearly all information, as well as equal access to expert training and advice.

It’s not a stretch to say they have access to an expert in every domain on Earth… a person who is much more knowledgeable than anyone that they personally know and can call.

It mind boggling that more people can’t see this. If you're smart and you know how to utilize these tools, it is true. It’s amazing in terms of what your productive power could be… the ability to take whatever idea you have and bring it to fruition.
But that’s not what the average person will use it for, unfortunately, lol.; 21/5/26 10:22 PM
Saint Croix કહ્યું...: His original ad suggested he was living in a trailer. So they're trying to say he's a liar and that he hasn't really been hurt by the fires. It's a really dumb response.; 21/5/26 10:23 PM
Iman કહ્યું...: He says as he looks in the mirror, lol…; 21/5/26 10:23 PM
Saint Croix કહ્યું...: Spenser Pratt on our Republican president.

"Nothing I do is political because it's local issues. Water. Power. Your police. Your fire department. Your potholes. Your sidewalks. Your street lights. That has nothing to do with the national politics, or who's in the White House, or what party -- it's nothing...It's a non-partisan race. There's no letter next to our names on the ballot. The reason is because it's designed that way. The mayor's seat should not be a political seat. These current mayors that we've had have actually destroyed the idea of the mayor. They've made it a political position. And they talk about other states, and they talk about national politics."

Boom.; 21/5/26 10:32 PM
Jupiter કહ્યું...: I would call this Classic Rock.
But I am perplexed about this part;
"Never been a sinner,
I never sinned,
I gotta friend in Jesus."

I thought the whole point was that we have all been sinners, we have all sinned, and that's why we need a friend in Jesus.
Anyway, really nice guitar. I guess it's "easy listening".; 21/5/26 11:16 PM
Jupiter કહ્યું...: "I never sinned" seems like an ultimately nihilistic declaration. The chute is so narrow, and so well-greased, that I am confident I can slide right down without ever encountering any obstacle. But. Slide right down to where?
The whole point of Christ is that he can forgive us for what we cannot forgive in ourselves. I have to say, I understand the attraction. But I can't accept the solace. No one can forgive my sins. I am going to have to find a way to forgive myself. Or else ....; 21/5/26 11:23 PM
Jupiter કહ્યું...: Look, let me try to clarify that. I am what I have done. For whatever reasons I did it. The man I am is the man who did those things. If someone feels that I have wronged them, they can certainly say, "Don't sweat it. Shit happens. Etc". But that doesn't alter in the slightest the reality of what I am. Someone can say, "I absolve you of your bad decisions", but I am still the person who made those decisions. I am here, in my cell. Someone else can open the door. But that doesn't mean that I am free. I am what I am. Could I somehow aspire to be something different than what I am? I think not. At best -- at worst -- I might aspire to be taken for something other than what I am. By others. But by myself? Do I want to take myself for something other than what I am?
Do I, perhaps, not want to know what I am?; 21/5/26 11:43 PM
RCOCEAN II કહ્યું...: Sunrise for Althouse.
Sunset for Colbert.

Tried to watch some "highlights" of his finale, but he's so Goddamn boring I couldnt get far. Kimmel and fallon went dark in support. BTW, here are the rating for Mid-April for Late nite shows:

18-49 Demo (in thousands)
Colbert - 233
Kimmel -256
Fallon - 177

Total Audience all three shows - 6.5 million. Which means that about 90 percent of the audience is over 50!; 22/5/26 12:58 AM
RCOCEAN II કહ્યું...: Final Talk show episode comparison -

Carson - 50 million viewers
Letterman - 15 Million
Leno - 15 million
Conan (last NBC show) - 10 million.

Lets see how many Colbert gets.; 22/5/26 01:01 AM
wendybar કહ્યું...: If Roseanne Boyland was black, she would be a hero, and the Capitol Police officer Lila Morris that beat her to death with her night stick while she was lying on the ground...Watch for yourself......It's disgusting and WAY worse than anything that happened to Saint George Floyd, the druggie.

Jack Danger
@JackDangerLIVE
SHOCKING FOOTAGE SHOWS CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER LILA MORRIS BEAT AN UNCONSCIOUS ROSANNE BOYLAND TO DEATH ON JANUARY 6TH, 2021 Almost no one has heard her name. Rosanne Boyland, a 34-year-old Trump supporter from Georgia, went to the Capitol on Jan 6… and never came home. This raw video shows her LYING UNCONSCIOUS on the ground, BLEEDING from her mouth and nose, while Capitol Police officer Lila Morris BEAT HER REPEATEDLY with a baton as she lay dying. The medical examiner looked at that same footage (or claimed to), conducted an “autopsy” and still ruled “NO BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA”… then called it an “accidental amphetamine overdose.” A COLD-BLOODED COVER-UP caught on camera. They smeared her, hid the truth, and gaslit America while real Americans rotted in prison for “parading.” The entire J6 narrative is COLLAPSING as more raw footage emerges. Share this before Big Tech scrubs it. The dead deserve justice. Her family deserves answers. #JusticeForRosanne #Jan6CoverUp #J6Truth #RosanneBoyland
https://x.com/JackDangerLIVE/status/2057447375082242258?s=20; 22/5/26 02:50 AM
wendybar કહ્યું...: It's John Thunes turn!!!

DataRepublican (small r)
@DataRepublican
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Replying to @LeaderJohnThune and @SenateGOP
Hello Senator Thune, I'm replying to your post from yesterday: "Despite Democrats' partisan games, we're still going to get the entire federal government funded." Today, you sent the Senate home... not because of Democrats. Because of you. Here's what actually happened. On May 18, the DOJ announced an Anti-Weaponization Fund: $1.776 billion to compensate Americans harmed by Biden-era DOJ abuse. Your own caucus revolted. After a two-hour closed-door meeting, you departed for Memorial Day recess without a vote. ICE and CBP funding, punted to June 1. The "partisan games," it turns out, were yours. Your stated objections: no congressional authorization, no eligibility standards, no legal precedent, executive overreach. Fine. But let's talk about November 2025, when you tucked a provision into the government funding bill. The FBI had quietly seized phone records from eight Republican senators without notice, under an investigation codenamed "Arctic Frost." Your provision gave those senators, and only those senators, $500,000 per violation, retroactive to 2022. The House voted 426-0 to repeal it. The critics weren't opposed to compensating victims of DOJ abuse. They were opposed to senators compensating themselves while doing no other structural reforms. Lindsey Graham held the Senate hostage to preserve it. He delayed a spending deal in January 2026 to secure a floor vote on his revised version. Let's put the two columns next to each other: ➤ DOJ abused senators: $500K/violation payout, senators only, no hearings, no process, no eligibility debate, no floor vote on substance. ➤ DOJ abused Americans: "very legitimate questions," two-hour meeting, Senate goes home, reconciliation punted, June 1 deadline in jeopardy. You told Punchbowl News you "did not personally see a need for this fund." You personally saw a need for the fund when the targets were you. Go cry harder to your Punchbowl friends @JakeSherman and @AndrewDesiderio, because at this rate, they'll soon become the only people who are buying what you're selling.

https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2057587303254839321?s=20; 22/5/26 02:51 AM
wendybar કહ્યું...: God Bless what is left of America.....

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
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9h
Coca-Cola commercial from 1976

The past is a foreign country; 22/5/26 03:21 AM
wendybar કહ્યું...: Politi_Rican 🇵🇷 𝕏 🇺🇸
@TheRicanMemes
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6h
Sneak peek at Stephen Colbert’s final late show 👀😂😭

https://x.com/TheRicanMemes/status/2057648718891901077?s=20; 22/5/26 03:34 AM
john mosby કહ્યું...: Jupiter, you do realize Spirit in the Sky was written by Norman Greenbaum? So he was not an expert in Christian doctrinal formulations. But I would say a kind interpretation of the lyrics, consistent with doctrine, is that JC makes it as if I had never sinned. He takes away all the consequences. This is probably also (except for the JC part) consistent with the Jewish theology behind Yom Kippur.

I do like your bit about how our mistakes make us who we are. I think we are put in this world and made with a sinful nature so that we can learn and grow and be ready to use the immense powers we will have when forgiven and resurrected. JC for whatever reason knew what it was like to resist sin, but does not know what it is like to sin. Maybe because of the need for a sinless sacrifice, if you are into those theories of the atonement. Maybe just to avoid charges of hypocrisy from the sucka rabbis. But anyway. Perhaps this is why he alludes to us having even greater powers than him: just as he grew in wisdom and stature, so do we, and our mistakes give us more to learn from. Maybe that takes it too far. But even dialed back down to 10, there seems to be a purpose in our crappy nature. CC, JSM; 22/5/26 04:11 AM
wendybar કહ્યું...: "Listening to Jack Smith call President Trump a “serious” criminal sounds ridiculous when serious criminals Obama, Clinton, Brennan, Comey, and legions of their Democrat colleagues, subordinates, and co-conspirators in the DOJ, FBI, CIA, D.C. courts, and FISA Court (see Judge James Boasberg’s impeachable offenses) have never been properly investigated or punished for undermining President Trump’s election, sabotaging his administration, and framing him for treason."

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/is_prison_the_best_place_for_certain_prominent_democrats.html; 22/5/26 04:27 AM
Enigma કહ્યું...: The "Christian" theming in music and film during the late 1960s and 1970s was a reaction and reference to the dominant culture of the time. A huge percentage of countercultural references were heretical or hostile -- see Jesus Christ Superstar, Black Sabbath, any anything The Beatles members (e.g., My Sweet Lord -> Hinduism, Imagine -> atheism) and Rolling Stones touched (e.g., Sympathy for the Devil).

I'd consider none of them believers, rather, commercial artists selling marketable content to cookie-cutter Baby Boomer "rebels."; 22/5/26 04:35 AM
john mosby કહ્યું...: Ozzy's Black Sabbath lyrics are not Satanistic. Even the eponymous song* is about a damned soul crying for help. War Pigs is an anti-war song. Similar with Iron Maiden and 666, which is about a random dude horrified when he stumbles across a Satanic ritual. Sorry, just being a heavy-metal pedant.

But yes, in 60s pop culture there was a lot of cafeteria Christianity.

*I love it when the song, album, and band have the same name. One of my bucket list items: to be a DJ and announce one of them. "That was Black Sabbath, by Black Sabbath, from the album...Black Sabbath." I'm funny that way. CC, JSM; 22/5/26 04:44 AM
john mosby કહ્યું...: Watching last night's Jesse Watters, with Kaylee McEnany subbing. She's going in depth on the Minnesota fraud. This gave me an idea for an Art of the Deal:

MN pardons PO Chauvin and his mates, and kicks them enough money to live on since they'll still be unemployable. In exchange, Trump pardons all MN politicians for the fraud.

What do you think? CC, JSM; 22/5/26 04:53 AM
Enigma કહ્યું...: I must defer to the views of true belief Christian communities on whether something is "Satanic," and I treat dark pop culture references as critiques of Christians at best. This follows from the literal statement "Kill them all, God will know his own" of hundreds of years ago. Then, Metallica named their debut album "Kill 'em All." The mere symbolism of Rush's pentagram on the 2112 cover, or everything from Slayer, etc. resulted in "DEVILS" accusations and absolute rejection in the true belief community.

I heard a recorded sermon or frightened rant during the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s -- some guy spent a lot of energy finding issues in everything and anything. He played records backwards, went after Black Sabbath and Ozzy's "Suicide Solution," condemned the metaphors of Hotel California, etc.That guy made me laugh out loud (as I sang along with the songs).; 22/5/26 05:00 AM
rehajm કહ્યું...: Why do blue states get to keep their unconstitutional maps?; 22/5/26 05:22 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) કહ્યું...: Regarding the Late Show audience, 6.5 million is roughly 1% of 1% of the country. Back when Nielsen could actually measure the share of the viewing audience, that stat was more important.; 22/5/26 05:24 AM
rehajm કહ્યું...: If Republicans can’t oppose this, there is no rationale for them to be in office

…when your own propaganda admits you’re a disaster…; 22/5/26 05:34 AM
rehajm કહ્યું...: …it’s ‘I can’t believe I’m losing to this guy!’ pathetic…; 22/5/26 05:35 AM
Rocco કહ્યું...: Iman said...
“…I see red…”

I see red
And it hurts my head
I guess it must be something
That I read
…
And the mercury is rising
Barometer starts to fall
You know it gets to us all
The pain that is learning
And the rain that is burning
Feel red, still, go ahead
You see black and white
And I see red, red
Not blue; 22/5/26 06:04 AM
narciso કહ્યું...: Thats just your opinion mosby; 22/5/26 06:10 AM
narciso કહ્યું...: Why did we need so many heretical references

Because they needed the Old Gods back in the world; 22/5/26 06:14 AM
Rocco કહ્યું...: Enigma said...
“The mere symbolism of Rush's pentagram on the 2112 cover…”

“Oh, what a nice, contented world, let the banners be unfurled
Hold the red star proudly high in hand
We are the priests
Of the temples of Syrinx”

It amazes me that those people miss that the pentagram was the symbol of the bad guys. I would have thought that the symbolism of the red star of communism joined to the pentagram with imagery from Orwell’s 1984 would have been obvious.; 22/5/26 06:15 AM
Humperdink કહ્યું...: Everyone has read about residents fleeing Commifornia, New York, and Fat Pritzger’s Illinois, now Maryland joins the exodus.

Headline on Zero Hedge: “Marylanders Are Voting With Their Feet": Johns Hopkins Finds Blue State Exodus To Persist For Years.

Rising star Gov. Wes Moore has proven to be a normal Commie leader. Read: overhyped worthless hack.

Colorado soon to follow.; 22/5/26 06:18 AM
Leland કહ્યું...: Colorado soon to follow.

Not really, I have several friends that already left.; 22/5/26 06:20 AM
Breezy કહ્યું...: Spencer Pratt’s video on his 5 point plan re LA’s drug-not-housing problem is very powerful. Fiery compassion and common sense. God I hope he wins.; 22/5/26 06:26 AM
Enigma કહ્યું...: @Rocco --

Rush was in the reactionary-commercial-atheism camp with John Lennon and Black Sabbath. Excerpt from "Freewill" lyrics:

There are those who think that life has nothing left to chance
A host of holy horrors to direct our aimless dance
A planet of playthings, we dance on the strings of powers we cannot perceive
The stars aren't aligned or the Gods are malign, blame is better to give than receive
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose Freewill
...; 22/5/26 06:28 AM
Ampersand કહ્યું...: One of the key reasons why Trump's presidency seems as peremptory, unscripted and abrupt as it often does is that Trump doesn't have the luxury of a cooperative network of bureaucrats, journalists, and NGO's to grease the wheels of public opinion. Instead of creating a slow build for his ideas with internal reports, well planted articles, and benevolent messaging from the nonprofit sector, he just issues an order and starts the project. He needs a parallel cooperative network, and it's just never gonna happen.; 22/5/26 06:35 AM
Saint Croix કહ્યું...: Bumper sticker idea

Secret Pratt Voter; 22/5/26 06:49 AM
Saint Croix કહ્યું...: Shhhhhhhhh

I'm Voting for Spenser Pratt; 22/5/26 06:50 AM
Saint Croix કહ્યું...: They ought to have a whisper campaign.; 22/5/26 06:51 AM
Saint Croix કહ્યું...: Rush was in the reactionary-commercial-atheism camp with John Lennon and Black Sabbath.

"Rush Limbaugh or Rush the Rock Band for $100, Alex."; 22/5/26 06:56 AM
rehajm કહ્યું...: “Marylanders Are Voting With Their Feet": Johns Hopkins Finds Blue State Exodus To Persist For Years

…this week I was informed the top cardiology team at MUSC in South Carolina was formerly the top cardiology team at Johns Hopkins. They defect…; 22/5/26 07:00 AM
Saint Croix કહ્યું...: I liked Jesus Christ Superstar.

"whoever is not against us is for us." (Mark 9:40)

(See also "Spirit in the Sky" -- lousy theologian, but he means well).; 22/5/26 07:13 AM
Enigma કહ્યું...: I'm commenting on the oil-vs.-water viewpoints and cultural tension. The 1950s "Swords and Sandals" film era was ultra respectful of USA Christian theology. They loved Spartacus, Ben Hur, etc. They often rejected or condemned JCS.; 22/5/26 07:23 AM
Saint Croix કહ્યું...: I think Sympathy for the Devil is a very provocative and interesting song. Kind of similar to The Screwtape Letters. And personally I liked it that the Stones identified Communism as Satanic.

Stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Tsar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

They correctly identified Nazism and Communism as Satanic. How many nice liberals missed that one?

By the way, you might find Keith Richards in this awesome Johnny Cash video about Jesus.

I didn't appreciate that song when Depeche Mode sang it. I thought they were mocking Christianity, maybe? And then when Cash sung it, wow.

Artists are misunderstood all the time.; 22/5/26 07:36 AM
Saint Croix કહ્યું...: 350 Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

Brilliant movie about the wrath of God. And it’s a super-realistic epic, in the style of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. The whole second half of the movie I’m going, wow, wow. I just love the parting of the Red Sea, how grounded in the world it is, how realistic. Scott took some liberties with Biblical text, which annoys a lot of people (very low rating at IMDB). But he’s captured the heart of the story. It made me weep.; 22/5/26 07:49 AM
Saint Croix કહ્યું...: Epic.; 22/5/26 07:56 AM
john mosby કહ્યું...: Kanye also appears in the Johnny Cash Personal Jesus video. Along with a lot of other stars. Pretty cool. CC, JSM; 22/5/26 07:56 AM
john mosby કહ્યું...: Then there’s Peter Pumpkinhead by XTC. He was too good/Had him nailed to a block of wood./He died grinning on live TV/Hanging there he looked a lot like you, and an awful lot like me! CC, JSM; 22/5/26 08:00 AM
john mosby કહ્યું...: *mandatory caveat that you don’t get TV unless you get Christianity first. Electronics, free market, mass communications (hee hee, double pun intended) all depend on Christian concepts. But it makes the song scan. CC, JSM; 22/5/26 08:03 AM
Saint Croix કહ્યું...: When I was 14 or 15, these two guys in a car were really excited about the Ozzy Osbourne concert. Four or five of us kids were walking by them in a parking lot. And one of them asks us, "Are you going to the Ozzy concert?" And we're all, "No." And he yelled, "Ozzy rules!" And they started to drive away.

And that's when I shouted, "Ozzy sucks!"

The driver hit the brakes. And the passenger got out. He was huge. Way bigger than any of us. And he stormed over to us. And we're like, "Oh shit."

And the guy said, "Who said that?"

And he asked Todd (preacher's kid), and Todd says, "I didn't say anything."

And the guy's like, "Who fucking said it?"

And I was quiet as a mouse. Lied, probably, I don't remember. And none of my friends ratted me out. And the Ozzy fan cursed us, then he got back into his Satanic car and went to his concert. To bite the head off a bat, probably.; 22/5/26 08:15 AM
john mosby કહ્યું...: Musicians create. They enter into a transcendental state (often with chemical help, but still) of communion with their fellow musicians and fans. So they approach the divine. Yet they are painfully aware of their imperfections. I guess that’s why some of the most religiously effective musicians are really crappy people. CC, JSM; 22/5/26 08:16 AM
Saint Croix કહ્યું...: The actual video that Johnny Cash made was for another religious song, God's Gonna Cut You Down

And the list of celebrities who wanted to associate with it is pretty striking:

David Allan Coe, Patricia Arquette, Travis Barker, Peter Blake, Bono, Sheryl Crow, Johnny Depp, the Dixie Chicks (now known as The Chicks), Flea, Billy Gibbons, Whoopi Goldberg, Woody Harrelson, Dennis Hopper, Terrence Howard, Jay-Z, Mick Jones, Kid Rock, Anthony Kiedis, Kris Kristofferson, Amy Lee, Tommy Lee, Adam Levine, Shelby Lynne, Chris Martin, Kate Moss, Graham Nash, Iggy Pop, Lisa Marie Presley, Q-Tip, Corinne Bailey Rae, Keith Richards, Chris Rock, Rick Rubin, Patti Smith, Sharon Stone, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Brian Wilson, and Owen Wilson.; 22/5/26 08:35 AM
MadTownGuy કહ્યું...: john mosby said...

"Watching last night's Jesse Watters, with Kaylee McEnany subbing. She's going in depth on the Minnesota fraud. This gave me an idea for an Art of the Deal:

MN pardons PO Chauvin and his mates, and kicks them enough money to live on since they'll still be unemployable. In exchange, Trump pardons all MN politicians for the fraud.

What do you think? CC, JSM"

Sounds like a poor bargain, not so much for the police officers, but letting the pols go for cheap hardly solves the bigger problem.; 22/5/26 10:00 AM
Narr કહ્યું...: Do you have to wind your God up on Sunday?

I stopped following Tull/Anderson after Passion Play, but have learned from Wikip- and YouTube that he has been cranking out the same sort of stuff ever since.

The recent stuff I've sampled isn't up to his/their long-ago best musically; I haven't listened to enough newer lyrics to analyze whatever theology or spirituality they may contain.

Just BTW, I happened to turn on the TV this morning while I ate my Cheerios, and NBC had the band "Bleachers" performing outside. I had never heard of them, and they are simply execrable. They and the fans looked retarded, but I guess that's the norm for pop nowadays.; 22/5/26 10:11 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy કહ્યું...: As athletes gather for ‘steroid Olympics’ the real stars are the drugs ~ BBC

The Divine Comedy.

The Steroid Olympics - Dante’s tenth and final circle.

There couldn’t be a more apt reflection of our times. Shame is dead, ego rules.; 22/5/26 10:15 AM
Narr કહ્યું...: The BBC as moral arbiter?

"Steroid Olympics" should be a thing.

There should be leagues for all tastes. Some people don't care if their sports heroes are juiced and actually might prefer it; purists can set their own rules.

Same same for transthletes.

(I for one miss the great East German Youthsex squads.); 22/5/26 10:27 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy કહ્યું...: Perhaps they could identify the competitors by the specific formulations they use. This would give viewers real-time data on which doping recipes perform best. After all, any glory—if it’s even warranted—belongs to chemistry here, not to the “athletes,” who don’t really need names.

Technology driving performance, in motor racing everything is optimized to get a victory. It is claimed that Ferdinand Porsche said: "The perfect race car crosses the finish line in first place and then falls to pieces."

Will athletes on steroids be seen differently?; 22/5/26 12:17 PM
john mosby કહ્યું...: Madtownguy, yeah, trading Chauvin &Co for Walz &Co is lousy at a Benthamite level. And it might encourage the taking of more cop hostages. But it would free innocent men who got up that morning intending to put themselves between the people of MSP and danger. In exchange for pardoning shitheads who might never get convicted by a D Minn jury anyway, and who are set for life no matter what.

So the Benthamite cost might not be that much. I still haven’t made up my own mind if it’s a good idea. CC, JSM; 22/5/26 12:51 PM
john mosby કહ્યું...: On a different front, Tulsi Gabbard is resigning effective 30 June because her husband has bone cancer.

https://apple.news/AFrmKaekJRCWn0GDvGt99TQ

CC, JSM; 22/5/26 12:54 PM
Jim at કહ્યું...: "That was Black Sabbath, by Black Sabbath, from the album...Black Sabbath."

Released in 1970, it's widely considered to be the first heavy metal song.

It only took (sarcastically) 13 years for a heavy metal album to reach #1 when Quiet Riot's Metal Health did it in November of '83.; 22/5/26 04:38 PM

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