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Adrastos, Film, Friday Cocktail Hour, MusicLeave a comment

Love Is Here To Stay

May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to George & Ira Gershwin. Continue reading Love Is Here To Stay

Adrastos, Guns, Law/Justice, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks2 Comments

One Door Ted

May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Freedom, man. Continue reading One Door Ted

Business, Campaign Notes, Congress, Current Affairs, Do Something, Economy, Education, Elections, Law/Justice, ShapiroLeave a comment

A Fundamental Question

May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 shapiroout

What does the word government mean to you? It’s a fundamental question we never seem to ask people running for office. We should. Continue reading A Fundamental Question

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Friday Catblogging: Meet Perry Mason

May 27, 2022May 26, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Meow. Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Meet Perry Mason

Guns, Irksome Things, Jamie O, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media, Uncategorized1 Comment

From Pundit To Troll: My Journey With Matt Yglesias

May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 JCO

Yglesias’ tone-deaf Tweet soon after the Texas school shooting fits a recent pattern. Continue reading From Pundit To Troll: My Journey With Matt Yglesias

Adrastos, Guns, Law/Justice, Political Crack, Terrorism2 Comments

The Vast Indifference Of Heaven

May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

“Time marches on, time stands still
Time on my hands, time to kill
Blood on my hands.”
Continue reading The Vast Indifference Of Heaven

Cassandra, Current Affairs, Guns, Immoral Values, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks1 Comment

Get Up, Stand Up

May 25, 2022May 25, 2022 cassandraisright

Welcome to A Very Special Episode of “We Live in a Hellscape”.
. Continue reading Get Up, Stand Up

Adrastos, Diary, Dipshit Insurrection, Film, Food and Drink, Political Crack, Russian Imperialism2 Comments

Mixed Nuts

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

The nuttier side of the news. Continue reading Mixed Nuts

Campaign Notes, Congress, Elections, Environment, ShapiroLeave a comment

Thunder From Down Under

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 shapiroout

It came from the land down under. Do you hear, do you hear the thunder? Follow the example of Labor and the Teals and Greens in Australia and Democrats will have Republicans running and taking cover. Continue reading Thunder From Down Under

Elections, Jamie O, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media2 Comments

Thomas Friedman’s Lunch With Biden

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 JCO

The guy who the New York Times pays to be serially wrong offers up another example of how off he can be when analyzing the moment. Continue reading Thomas Friedman’s Lunch With Biden

Adrastos, Fog Of Scandal, Legal Docket, Political Crack, Supreme CourtLeave a comment

Ginni Thomas: Reflected Infamy

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Ginni Thomas is the political equivalent of a sideshow freak. Continue reading Ginni Thomas: Reflected Infamy

Free Republic, Political Crack, Terrorism, Tommy T5 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “Fine People” edition

May 23, 2022May 22, 2022 Tommy T

Reading the Freepers for 14 years so you don’t have to. Continue reading Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “Fine People” edition

Adrastos, Diary, Hurricane Katrina & Federal Flood, Music, New Orleans, Story Time4 Comments

Story Time: Comfortably Numb

May 22, 2022May 24, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Another Dickensian New Orleans flashback. Continue reading Story Time: Comfortably Numb

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The Sunday Dozen: Boz Scaggs

May 22, 2022May 22, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to William Royce Scaggs DBA Boz. Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: Boz Scaggs

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Law/Justice, Music, Odds & Sods, Television4 Comments

Saturday Odds & Sods: Southern Cross

May 21, 2022May 21, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Southern Cross

Adrastos, Film, Friday Cocktail Hour, Music

Easy Living

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson, Jean Arthur, and Ray Milland. Continue reading Easy Living

Adrastos, Diary, Fog Of History, Political Crack, Russian Imperialism, War In Ukraine

Nordic Nations Neutral No More

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Vladimir Putin: NATO’s star recruiter. Continue reading Nordic Nations Neutral No More

Adrastos, Catblogging

Friday Catblogging: The Boxer

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Meow. Continue reading Friday Catblogging: The Boxer

Jamie O, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks, War in Iraq, War In Ukraine

W’s Freudian Slip

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 JCO

A reminder about one of our nation’s gravest gaffes. Continue reading W’s Freudian Slip

Adrastos, Books, Congress, Dipshit Insurrection, New Orleans, Political Crack2 Comments

This Will Not Pass

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

A review of This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns. Continue reading This Will Not Pass

Adrastos, Books, Pulp Fiction Thursday

Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Chic Chick Spy

May 19, 2022May 18, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Meet the Miss from S.I.S. Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Chic Chick Spy

Adrastos, Bigotry, Congress, COVID-19, Diary, Dipshit Insurrection, Elections, New Orleans, Political Crack

Black Coffee In Bed

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

“There’s a stain on my notebook where your coffee cup was.” Continue reading Black Coffee In Bed

Cassandra, Current Affairs, Immoral Values, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks, Terrorism

Slouching Toward Bethlehem

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 cassandraisright

Things are going to get pretty bad for a while. Stay safe everyone. Continue reading Slouching Toward Bethlehem

Adrastos, Album Cover Art, Music

Album Cover Art Wednesday: Black Coffee

May 18, 2022May 17, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Have a cuppa joe with Miss Peggy Lee. Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Black Coffee

Bigotry, Current Affairs, Guns, Immoral Values, Law/Justice, Propaganda, Russian Imperialism, Shapiro2 Comments

Another List of Names

May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 shapiroout

It’s time for us to stop calling incidents like the one in Buffalo “mass shootings” and start calling them what they really are, “terrorist attacks”. Continue reading Another List of Names

Dipshit Insurrection, Elections, Jamie O, Political Crack1 Comment

I Hope J.D. Vance’s Liberal Fans Learned A Lesson

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 JCO

Vance is a poster child for how easily people are suckered by “reasonable Republicans” if they aren’t paying close attention. Continue reading I Hope J.D. Vance’s Liberal Fans Learned A Lesson

Adrastos, Books, Political Crack, The Darnold1 Comment

Kash Is For Kids

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Kash Patel’s MAGA fairy tale. Continue reading Kash Is For Kids

Dipshit Insurrection, Free Republic, Political Crack

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – tasty snacks edition

May 16, 2022May 15, 2022 Tommy T

Reading the Freepers for 14 years so you don’t have to. Continue reading Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – tasty snacks edition

Adrastos, Books, Diary, Film, New Orleans, Story Time

Story Time: Mrs. Fagin and the Urchins

May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

“You got to pick a pocket or two.” Continue reading Story Time: Mrs. Fagin and the Urchins

Adrastos, Film, Music, The Sunday Dozen1 Comment

The Sunday Dozen: Ella’s Songbooks

May 15, 2022May 14, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Bregman, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Paul Weston, Nelson Riddle, and Billy May. Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: Ella’s Songbooks

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