Many of my intellectual “betters” liked to smear me as a tankie or a stooge for Putin clearly never read Mary Sarotte’s Not One Inch. I won’t wait for an apology from those centrist partisan Democrats for being right.

The degradation of the English language continues. Just read a financial piece which described a firm as earning a “negative profit.” Why not simply write “loss?” Fewer letters and more descriptive.

“This the middle of the end. The beginning of the end was when Obama and Bernanke decided to bail everyone rich out during the financial crisis, and pass the cost to ordinary people, including by stealing their houses.” www.ianwelsh.net/the-financia...

I come from a long line of “white trash,” “hillbillies,” and “river rats” from the wrong side of the tracks. None of my elders ever went to college, but we understood the bipartisan screw job decades ago. If only Janet Yellen was ever in a position of power to change economic policy.

Backstage of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Cover album. Jann Haworth, Mohammed (Robert Fraser’s driver), Peter Blake, Andy Boulton (junior assistant), Trevor Sutton (assistant), Nigel Hartnup (leaning on the drum), Mme Tussauds worker, Michael Cooper, Mal Evans.

Quite the indictment of the Democratic Party from Henry Giroux. A solid piece detailing their lack of principles and political courage. www.laprogressive.com/progressive-...

Solid piece. Deserves a read. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

For your Halloween listening pleasure, the Cramps covering a Ronnie Cook song. youtu.be/RVhdHAqoE_c

I sincerely hope that my central Illinois friends won’t be patronizing a local business in my hometown. www.reddit.com/r/PeoriaIL/s...

What the hell... "Taki Allen was sitting with friends Monday night outside Kenwood High School, eating a bag of chips after football practice. About 20 minutes later, police officers showed up with guns, walking toward Allen."

He literally provides free legal work to King Donald in exchange for royal favors for his corporate clients.

Somehow "the most qualified candidate ever" was rejected by the 2020 Democratic Primary electorate without earning a single delegate. Anointing such a candidate was electoral malpractice of the highest order.

Another solid piece about America’s future that all too few are aware. www.ianwelsh.net/china-is-goi...

Damn dude imagine if we had a guy like this in charge of the party instead of the absolute parade of losers we’ve seen for the last 15 years. Unfortunately that’s impossible

neuburger.substack.com/p/digital-id... Since when have our betters granted us anything?

Love, American Style debuted 66 years ago today. I still love this show.

Viva the Resistance!!!

youtu.be/jiU5hUyixK4 Watch to see their special guest vocalist who was coming off a number one album and a number one movie.

Every picture of this garden gnome looks like Dr Sam Beckett just quantum leaped into his body right this second and hasn't figured out what's going on yet

youtu.be/JIxJOO02jWo. Around 1:00am last night my elderly father’s emergency phone app malfunctioned. While I was failing to fall asleep, I had this melody running through my head. I used an app and hummed it. This was the song running through my head. I haven’t heard this in years. Go figure.

Due to today being Star Trek Day, I wanted to share a few things I've written about Trek over the years, beginning with my piece for The Atlantic back in 2017 about the two-parter "Past Tense": www.theatlantic.com/entertainmen...

Happy Birthday to Bernie Sanders and another "chill commie" I know.

A former Secretary of Labor named Robert Reich didn’t actually care about working people either. A group of illegally locked out union workers from the Staley Starch plant in Decatur, IL traveled to Washington with their Democratic Congressman, Glenn Poshard to ask for his help.

If you didn’t know the history of this band, one might think they are a California band. In reality, “The Rockin’ R’s” came from Metamora, IL across the river from Peoria. youtu.be/_bgVGe4C9zI

Sleazy using nonprofit status to avoid public disclosure.

Thirty five years ago tomorrow I was in Peoria promoter Jay Goldberg’s office discussing the “Teens Need Teens” hotline when I learned that Stevie Ray Vaughan died on this date. Here he’s covering “Pipeline” with Dick Dale. youtu.be/56SAxtf-RTg

Too bad when Democratic Congressman Glenn Poshard took a delegation of illegally locked out union workers at the Staley Starch factory to ask Secretary of Labor Robert Reich to intervene, he refused.

If one is curious why the Middle East is so turbulent, this piece on the MI6 / CIA coup to oust the Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh on this date in 1952 will provide context. jacobin.com/2023/08/cia-...

Nixon was still President. Here’s the closing segment from The Midnight Special hosted by David Bowie in November 1973. Marianne Faithful and David Bowie covering “I’ve Got You, Babe.” youtu.be/U2DTwK5xysg

Elizabeth Warren is posturing as she eyes another Presidential campaign. Her sugar mama Karla Jurvetson single handedly kept her 2020 campaign afloat. Let’s not forget Warren applauding Trump’s resolution that “America will never be a socialist country.”

TIL that on this date in 1973, the band Golden Earring released this gem. youtu.be/ckM51xoTC2U?...

I live a couple miles east of the Commonwealth Edison Powerton power plant, and I have not been able to see it out my window for 1 1/2 days because of wildfire smoke.

It's the first day in over a month that hasn't been oppressively humid, and I wanted to play my acoustic guitar on my front porch. Unfortunately the smoke from Canada makes it impossible to do so. At least I can comfort myself knowing that some shareholder value was created for some psychopath.

Just rotated my CDs in the car. Just realized that Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti is fifty years old. youtu.be/DBzuYNK95sM

9:15 PM in central Illinois and the heat index has finally dipped below 100 degrees. The Heat Index is only 95.

We really need Medicare for All. Not everybody with an autoimmune disease like Sjögren syndrome is a millionaire athlete.

Back in the 1990s I was teaching a night course with just shy of 30 secondary social studies teachers who were picking up some continuing education hours. Izzy had finally played Peoria after canceling several times. On the night of the show, I canceled class since only ONE student arrived.

If you see this, post a DC comic cover you love

Just found out an acquaintance of mine died in a car accident in Missouri yesterday. Make sure you tell your loved ones that you love them.

It’s a great read and should be combined with his “innocent bystander” to explain how Democrats explain their inaction. FWIW, neither the Democratic establishment nor their preferred voting bloc, the educated suburban professionals class.

Everything you've ever wanted to know and more of the "most rewarding listening experience" of the Beatles' career. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV_B...

it’s almost as if Democrats should stop doing this and finally get on the right side of history

Happy Birthday to the one and only Ringo Starr!

Superman is going to be huge this summer. James Gunn understands the character. Pissing off the MAGA types is going to be a bonus. BTW Superman always has been political dating back to when Siegel & Shuster created the character during the New Deal. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Solid piece. I hope it gets a wider readership. It's worth your time.

For the first time since the loss of the USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway in June 1942, a remote, robotic expedition has ventured inside the wreck. usni.org/magazines/n...

It’s 1:30am where I live and now all the assholes are firing off their fireworks.