"The problem? They don’t even know where that money would come from. That’s right, there's no clear plan for how to pay for the studies required to implement the tax, let alone manage a $20 billion transit project over the next 30 years." #MeckNo

Tom Waits' "Real Gone" released this day in 2004. #TomWaits #RealGone

"Okemah and the Melody of Riot" by Son Volt released this day in 2006. #SonVolt #OkemahAndTheMelodyOfRiot

"Led Zeppelin III" released this day in 1970. #LedZeppelin #LedZeppelinIII

On this day in 1969 the first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC One. #MontyPythonsFlyingCircus

#MikeLuckovich 10/5/2025

October 5, 1986 - The cover-up of the Iran-Contra scandal began to unravel when Eugene Hasenfus was captured by government troops in Nicaragua after the plane in which he was flying was shot down; three others on the plane died in the crash. #EugeneHasenfus #IranContra 1/4

October 5, 1887 - Chief Joseph, leader of the Nez Perce Indians, surrendered to the American Army, ending a desperate struggle by his people for self-determination, and to maintain their traditional homeland in the Wallowa Valley of Northeastern Oregon. #ChiefJoseph 1/3

"Despite its failure to safeguard the parks, the administration is also eager to keep them open for resource extraction." link.motherjones.com/view/68a0c32...

"Heat Treatment" by Graham Parker was released on October 1976. #GrahamParker #HeatTreatment #VintageVinyl

"Mingus Ah Um" by Charles Mingus released in October 1959. #CharlesMingus #MingusAhUm

"Veedon Fleece" by Van Morrison was released in October 1974. #VanMorrison #VeedonFleece

Twang! It's Friday! "Big City" by Merle Haggard was released in October 1981. #MerleHaggard #BigCity #VintageVinyl #TwangItsFriday

#MikeLuckovich 10/3/2025

Russ Vought is Trump’s shutdown hero. His neighbors think his work is "abhorrent." “He takes food and health care from the neediest and tries to, in his words, traumatize people—then he calls himself a Christian,” a neighbor told @isabelaalhadeff. “Pretty despicable.”

Seeing all the glee being expressed by the administration for hurting our own citizens made me think of this quote from #JamesBaldwin.

Dave Mason's eponymously titled album was released in October 1974. #DaveMason #VintageVinyl

"It’s not just the specifics of the plan for transportation projects that matter, but also how those projects are funded and who pays." #MeckNo

"Comes a Time" by Neil Young released this day in 1978. #NeilYoung #ComesATime #VintageVinyl

October 2, 1967 - Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, the first African American on the nation's highest court. #ThurgoodMarshall 1/4

"Bongo Fury" by Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart released this day in 1975. #FrankZappa #CaptainBeefheart #BongoFury #TheMothers #VintageVinyl

The Police "Ghost in the Machine" released on this day in 1981. #ThePolice #GhostInTheMachine #VintageVinyl

"Let It Be" by The Replacements released this day in 1984. #TheReplacements #LetItBe

#MikeLuckovich 10/2/2025

600 employees of the Marion Manufacturing Company had been on strike for 4 months on Oct. 2, 1929. That morning McDowell County Sheriff Oscar Adkins and deputies confronted a group outside the fence of the company grounds. #MarionMassacre 1/6

Just an old friend. #HardBoiled

The Beatles' "Abbey Road" released in US on this day in 1969. #TheBeatles #AbbeyRoad

"Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs" by Marty Robbins released in October 1959. #MartyRobbins #GunfighterBalladsAndTrailSongs #VintageVinyl

"Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974" released this day in 1991. Jazz, bop, and "race" music (as the term was used then) distilled R&B, the stuff filling the airwaves of black radio and the jukeboxes. - #AtlanticRecords #AtlanticRandB 1/2

"New World Order" by Curtis Mayfield released this day in 1996. #CurtisMayfield #NewWorldOrder

10/1/1962-James Meredith became the first black American to attend classes at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. In the nearly two years Meredith spent trying to register for classes at then all-white “Ole Miss”. #JamesMeredith 1/4

10/1/1964-The Free Speech Movement was launched at the University of California–Berkeley when mathematics grad student Jack Weinberg was arrested for setting up an information table for CORE in front of Sproul Hall, the administration building. #JackWeinberg #FreeSpeechMovement #UCBerkeley 1/3

#MikeLuckovich 9/30/2025

"Rain Dogs" by Tom Waits was released this day in 1985. #TomWaits #RainDogs #VintageVinyl

"Time Out Of Mind" by Bob Dylan released this day in 1997. #BobDylan #TimeOutOfMind

Lucinda Williams' "Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone" released this day in 2014. #LucindaWilliams #DownWhereTheSpiritMeetsTheBone

On this day in 1972 "Barnstorm" by Joe Walsh was released. #JoeWalsh #Barnstorm #VintageVinyl

Bruce Springsteen's "Nebraska" released this day in 1982. #BruceSpringsteen #Nebraska #VintageVinyl

On this day in 1955 James Dean was killed. #JamesDean

‘The truth, however, is that coal is a dying industry for very good reasons, and anti-wokeism is unlikely to revive it.’ #PaulKrugman

"Greatest Hits" by Charley Pride released in September 1981. #CharleyPride #GreatestHits #VintageVinyl

"Aereo-Plain" by John Hartford released in Sept. 1971. #JohnHartford #AereoPlain #VintageVinyl

"Symphonion Dream" by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band released in September 1975. #NittyGrittyDirtBand #SymphonionDream #VintageVinyl

Dave Edmunds' "Riff Raff" released in September 1984. #DaveEdmunds #RiffRaff #VintageVinyl

"Better Than the Rest" by George Thorogood and the Destroyers was released in September 1979. #GeorgeThorogood #BetterThanTheRest #VintageVinyl

"Class Clown" by George Carlin released this day in 1972. #GeorgeCarlin #ClassClown #VintageVinyl

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