Post-current crisis, if the U.S. survives, the unofficial new national anthem will be M.I.A.'s "Born Free"

They are fighting Quakers; they are Quakers with a vengeance.

The current U.S. era of reactionary politics and authoritarianism is a much darker and openly brutal recapitulation of the 1980s, led by an aging 1980s celebrity. With a possible endgame being the end of this American republic. vs. the 80s ending in eternal liberalism aka the "End of History."

The socialists wearing suits trend is promising.

I have never seen a calm squirrel.

Scott McClanahan's Fights! is a very moving and at times very funny book. The scene with "the only lover of independent literature in the entire state of West Virginia" was great.

This song is, aside from being a true classic, as relevant now as it was when released, or even moreso:
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The NYC Democratic Party mayoral nominee has got these moneychangers shook

Keep thinking about that scene in Matewan where David Straithairn playing Sid Hatfield says "they're coming to kill me" and grins

When considering the proliferation of reactionary propaganda on the internet, consider that the internet was primarily a military project from the beginning, and that this was the military of a regime that had been vigorously attacking the left.

No amount of thinking will control or bring salvific enlightenment to an inherently unstable situation. It helps to approach the investigation with humility.

facts

Nobody knows anything. People speak with such authority about events when the surface area alone is visible.

It’s evening in America.

The Harry Smith exhibition at the Whitney is well worth seeing.

“Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.”

— G.K. Chesterton

My partner is HVAC guy, and when we’re watching movies and shows, he’ll watch someone walking through a house and he’ll quietly say things like “Honeywell thermostat.”

Rep. Patrick McHenry’s bowties remind me of the late Senator Paul Simon’s. DC may have the largest concentration of guys wearing bowties in the US