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Post-heart attack. Not a people person but does not have the skill set to be a mountain hermit. Easily bribed with whiskey, hard bop jazz records, or just coffee if that is all you can offer.
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If you are in LA and would like to go stand in front of a line of fascists with some friends and play the Imperial March on kazoos, I will ship you a bunch of kazoos right now

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I think I will not post a Record of the Day again. There is no natural light, and in all honesty, I am enjoying the silence. My phone has not rung once, which is surprising. I hope I did not jinx that...

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i understand the framing, which is about RFK jr lying to a senator to get senate approval but RFK jr also lied to the american public just completely unacceptable for a public official and senator bill cassidy is not the only one who should take action for being lied to

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Album of the Day Blue Monday Rare impulse buy after hearing only one song off of the album. Not the best picture but there is not much natural light outside right now. My body had a shutdown day and I was pretty much unconscious for 13 hours; sleeping through phone... #nowspinning

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Album of the Day Jazz-ish Sunday Predicted powerful thunderstorms convinced me not to run my stereo yesterday. All we got around here was a bit of rain but it always seems to rain on Saturdays here now. Instead, I spent the day working on recovering my digital music library. My... #nowspinning

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Now Hegseth is saying that the active duty Marines at Camp Pendleton are on alert to come in if the National Guard isn’t enough. The U.S. government is ready to unleash our own military on civilians. It is definitely time to be frightened about what is happening here.

submitted 3 days ago • 130 comments

Undocumented immigrants pay almost $100 billion in taxes each year. The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year. Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.

submitted 3 days ago • 353 comments

Album of the Day It meant to be yesterday's. I took a picture before playing the first side as I got ready for my last day of cardiac rehab. I got home from that intending to play the second side but I decided I was just too damn tired. The pic I took was lousy and by the time I... #nowspinning

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

🚨LIVESTREAM ALERT ‼️  UNITE 4 VETERANS RALLY We’ve got our full electric set up here — to be sure everyone on Capitol Hill can feel the walls rumble.  Show your support for our veterans whose  jobs, healthcare, & essential VA services are under attack. www.youtube.com/live/BFXqb3I...

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

The title of the large news video clip adds a little extra something. BTW, if you keep popped popcorn in the freezer, it keeps the kernels from getting stuck in your teeth (mostly).

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NEW: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.

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Album of the Day The soundtrack is the best part of Coppola's movie. I always loved Gayle's voice, but was never particularly enamored with her choices of songs. But I am also big into Waits so I wish those two had another album of material in a vault somewhere. #nowspinning

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Album of the Day I saw this and did not recall the Waits track on it at the time (it's on "Orphans"), so I took a gamble and bought it. It is not my thing, but I showed it to a friend who says he wants to trade for it. The only problem is working out the details to make that happen. #nowspinning

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

So much this.

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

Jazz Sunday Just listened to the first side while lying around trying to decide if I want to go into Boston or not. It is approximately a two-and-a-half-hour trek in each direction, though. I think it would be best if I stayed home and went in for No King's Day later this month. #nowspinning

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Trump is taking money from the Middle East and 2016 Trump is PISSED

submitted 25 days ago • 53 comments

I finally knocked a book off of my "To Read Pile" instead of adding to it—only a couple of thousand to go. Good thriller with a cerebral protagonist. I do get sick of characters that take what should be a beating but then go on like the Energizer bunny without pausing. #booksky

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Album of the Day Too rock for country, too country for rock and roll Totally random pull from the collection and noticed it had the same sort of theme as yesterday's, so I went with it. I think I primarily ordered it to qualify for free postage, and it was a good choice. It added a... #nowspinning

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Album of the Day Too rock for country, too country for rock and roll. Not the particular album of hers I want the most, but I am trying to get my monthly budget back on track, so I went with the most inexpensive record I could find that I was still interested in. At this moment, you... #nowspinning

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Yay! Thanks to you Awesome people we have already raised over $5000 to get people clean water. Please enjoy this awesome opportunity to read some comics and help your fellow humans. @humblebundle.com @darkhorse.com @oeming.bsky.social www.humblebundle.com/books/brian-...

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Republicans are retooling the $42.5 billion infrastructure bill broadband grant program so they can hand billions of dollars in new subsidies to Elon Musk's congested, expensive, ozone-layer depleting satellite broadband service. Which means redirecting it away from better, cheaper, faster options:

submitted 12 days ago • 19 comments

Album of the Day After getting a turntable, this was one of the first records I hunted for. Now if only "Sink or Swim" will ever be reissued... I was going to go into Boston today and perhaps buy a record or two because of what day it is, but the forecasted rain did not make that idea.. #nowspinning

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments