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Caitlin on 21st century social order

Meditations on a delivery robot.

My thoughts:

Personally, I am losing patience with all the gloom and doom that animates most criticism of the top-down imposed absurdity of the Trump Regime. I cannot disagree about the "facts." The superfluity of homo sapiens appears to being "solved" by a massive population reduction imposed by powers unseen and unknowable.

The Weekly Watch

The Post-Constitutional Era

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We sit on the brink of yet another illegal attack on Iran. Can anyone explain to me how Iran is a threat to the US, or for that matter how does Venezuela and Cuba threaten us? None the less an attack on Iran seems eminent without even a congressional hearing. Even if there was one, the Zionist purchased congress would probably acquiesce. The endless wars have come home and are taking form in the streets of sanctuary cities. The meme of "show me your papers" is now real on US streets. There are ways we could handle illegal immigrants in a reasonable manner, but we've become a fascist like state. Hang on friends it is likely to be a wild week!
The Day the Constitution Died – A Biting Satirical Folk Anthem for a Nation on the Brink

John D. Cundle (Click the captions icon for the lyrics.)

Album of the Week 1-31-26

Afternoon folks!

It's a feast of blues this week. Starting off in New Orleans with an album from barrelhouse piano player Champion Jack Dupree, we then move on to an album from Taj Mahal, with a stellar version of Horace Silver's "Senor Blues." Following that we go to a live album from Muddy Waters and then a raw, rootsy album from Big Bad Smitty. After that it's blues-rock time with a live Hot Tuna album and we finish up in the diversity department with a folksy kind of album from The Be Good Tanyas.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Saturday Open Thread - 1/31/26: Odds and Ends

Happy Saturday, good people!

To starts things off, if you think you are not being helped by government, this might give you an idea why:

Hitch your wagon to a star

So the saying goes. There is a version of it in the far east as well, described as an insider mechanism of political power in China in the video I'll link to below. General Zhang Youxia,张有侠 recently purged from the PLA Central Military Commission, is the key figure. He was no 2 in the PLA power structure only after Xi himself. A staff General on the commission Liu Zhenli was also purged, leaving Xi alone at the top after previous removals of other generals on the commission.

Friday Night Photos Busy Bees Edition

Happy Friday everyone. Welcome to Friday Night Photos your once a week escape from the day to day insanity of the world we live in. Post any photos, memes, music or whatever else you find of interest that helps tune out the madness.

Went grocery shopping this morning. 1 lb ground beef $6.99. 1 doz jumbo eggs $6.99. 1 gal whole milk $4.99. 1 lb bacon $11.39. 7 oz package swiss cheese $6.99. 48 oz jar of mayo $10.49. I'm glad I'm only shopping for one. Can't even imagine how large families get by. At least the weathers been nice (sunny and mid 80s) and will continue to be nice through next week.

Since the weather has been nice I finally got out with the new macro lens and photographed the honey bees that have been visiting my Rosemary plants. I mixed in some shots of a White-faced bumble bee I took a few weeks ago with a long (600mm) lens while out photographing birds. It was a good thing the bumble bee showed up cuz I didn't get any decent bird shots that day.

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