Kalima : Nighty night kes. Sweet dreams. kesmarn : Kalima! It’s 3:40 a.m. here (which, clearly, you know!) and I am sleeping (not) on the lumpy couch because I have a little visitor who’s taken over my bed. This has been practically my only chance to get to get to [...]

9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980——From the early Sixties in clubs in Germany and Liverpool, England, to his murder in New York City. From The Quarrymen to John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and a little stint with a group known as the “Beatles.”
Remember, enjoy and have a weekend of your choice.

George and Martha Washington cordially invite you to their humble home. Enjoy some peanut soup, and then George’s own porter recipe in the music parlor, whilst we listen to Nelly play a minuet on the harpsichord. Don’t tarry!

For fewer and fewer people Dec. 7 has a special meaning; fewer and fewer people have a personal connection to that date 69 years ago. It’s a date that’s slowly becoming a benchmark known in history, like July 4 or April 14, rather than a benchmark seared in memory. Before [...]

To say I’m pretty angry at the moment would be an understatement, but then, having lived in the UK for almost 30 years, I suppose I’ve mastered that art. It certainly wouldn’t go amiss in the US, and maybe that’s what’s pissing off so many people of either political stripe: the fact that [...]

When it comes to the Bush Tax Cuts, the Devil is in the details…and the bargaining room.

What is the “middle class?” When I grew up in the 60s and 70s, the middle class was white-collared professionals, all of whom had a university degree. They were doctors, lawyers, teachers, nurses, accountants. Most people were from solid working class – blue collars, skilled and unskilled, or low-level clerical. [...]

This one is mostly indoors boys and girls, so don’t worry about the sunscreen lotion and come right in!

AdLib : Thanks, night all!!! bitohistory : Night , thanks again. peace. Khirad : Aye, a good night to all. bitohistory : Had a discussion to night about how much policy v. politics get talked about on the teevee. Policy be hard. PatsyT : You kids have a wonderful night! [...]

kesmarn : Later, Q~Money! Questinia : Q~*Money OUT! Questinia : I see you guys! kesmarn : Khirad! Glad to hear your flight went well. Everyone is saying that the security thing is not as bad as the media flap made it out to be. It’s good to hear that you [...]

Friday Music–Bring on the Horns!

I’m giving up officially. On politics. Specifically, American politics. I was raised in what my mother regularly called “a Democratic kitchen” in the South, by parents who had been Roosevelt Democrats. My father cast his first vote as a 21 year-old for FDR’s second term. Four years after that, my [...]

It is time to tell the President not to cave in to the obstructionists.  We have the opportunity to tell him we have his back and he needs to use the power of his office to put a stop to these playground bullies.  Go to ActBlue today and for a $4.00 [...]

I think the time I squander over on HP is having a negative impact on me. The atmosphere there has become so negative and so bursting with outrage generated by incendiary headlines and slanted stories, even “Obamabots” like me are joining the hissy fit class. Take yesterday, for example. As [...]

Time Out for O/T Volume 12

Good morning everyone! I hope that when and if you have the time, MB will be the place for you to catch up with friends before you leave for work or start your new day. A place to relax and take a break from serious topics and discussions during your [...]

Thank you for signing on to the obstructionist dog and pony show contrived by your Republican colleagues in the Senate. Have you signed the “secret” letter being circulated in the hallways of the Senate Building, akin to passing notes in study hall?

In this interview, Loewen links the Civil War era to the later era known as the Nadir of Race Relations (1890-1940), and further, to the modern day Neo-Confederate movement, which tends to look amazingly like it’s twin brother…the Tea Party.