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Month: November 2025

Adrastos, Music, The Sunday Dozen

The Sunday Dozen: Christmas Rocks

November 30, 2025November 30, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Have yourself a rockin’ little Christmas. Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: Christmas Rocks

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, Odds & Sods

Saturday Odds & Sods: Chest Fever

November 29, 2025November 28, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

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

Adrastos, Friday Cocktail Hour, Music

Shop Around

November 28, 2025November 28, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy. Continue reading Shop Around

Fog Of History, Jamie O, Television

Ken Burns’ No-Bullshit History Lessons

November 28, 2025November 28, 2025 JCO

The American Revolution is 12 hours of honest history about our nation that removes the sugar-coating. Continue reading Ken Burns’ No-Bullshit History Lessons

Adrastos, Catblogging

Friday Catblogging: Large Cat In A Small Box Redux

November 28, 2025November 27, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Meow from Perry Mason. Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Large Cat In A Small Box Redux

Adrastos, Diary

Now Be Thankful

November 27, 2025November 27, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Happy Thanksgiving. Continue reading Now Be Thankful

Cassandra, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks1 Comment

The Department of Defense v. The Boy Scouts

November 26, 2025November 27, 2025 cassandraisright

It’s an all-American battle. Bonus points for the administration’s kicking WV in the teeth over this. Continue reading The Department of Defense v. The Boy Scouts

Adrastos, Congress, MAGA, Political Crack2 Comments

The Mark Kelly Mishigas

November 25, 2025November 25, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Senator Mark Kelly has the right stuff. Pete Hegseth has the stupid stuff. Continue reading The Mark Kelly Mishigas

Congress, Parenthetical, Political Crack

The Trump Touch: Torn and Frayed?

November 25, 2025November 25, 2025 rcb30

Amid a series of missteps, POTUS is wearing out his welcome in a way he used to reserve for 16-year-olds in pageant dressing rooms. Continue reading The Trump Touch: Torn and Frayed?

Adrastos, Legal Docket, MAGA, Political Crack

The Comey Commedia Dell’Arte

November 24, 2025November 24, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Instant analysis of the Comey and James dismissals. Continue reading The Comey Commedia Dell’Arte

Jamie O, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media1 Comment

Outsourcing ‘America First’

November 24, 2025November 24, 2025 JCO

That a lot of MAGA accounts on TwitterX have turned out to be catfishing by foreign actors should be a bigger story. Continue reading Outsourcing ‘America First’

Adrastos, Bigotry, British Politics, Congress, MAGA, Political Crack

Shecky’s Quick Hitters: Manic Monday

November 24, 2025November 24, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Taking a poke at Kash Patel, Marge Taylor Greene, Marco Rubio, Nigel Farage, and the BP in NOLA. Continue reading Shecky’s Quick Hitters: Manic Monday

Adrastos, Music, The Sunday Dozen2 Comments

The Sunday Dozen: Train Tunes Too

November 23, 2025November 23, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

All aboard again. Music by The Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, The Band, CSN, James Taylor, Jethro Tull, Judy Collins, Albion Band, Grateful Dead, and Randy Newman. Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: Train Tunes Too

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, Odds & Sods, Sports

Saturday Odds & Sods: Going Mobile

November 22, 2025November 21, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

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

Adrastos, Friday Cocktail Hour, Music

Piece Of My Heart

November 21, 2025November 21, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Russell aka Bert Berns. Continue reading Piece Of My Heart

Jamie O, Law/Justice, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media, The Darnold

Through The Looking Glass, Darkly

November 21, 2025November 21, 2025 JCO

Trump’s threat to hang Democratic elected officials takes our nation to a very dark place. Continue reading Through The Looking Glass, Darkly

Cassandra, Immoral Values, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks

No More Magical Thinking

November 20, 2025November 20, 2025 cassandraisright

None of this says that the president and his fascist minions are not a danger to all of us. Continue reading No More Magical Thinking

Adrastos, Gret Stet Politics, Immigration, MAGA, New Orleans, Political Crack

New Orleans Is A Bordertown?

November 20, 2025November 20, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

It’s the Crescent City’s turn in the MAGA barrel. Continue reading New Orleans Is A Bordertown?

Adrastos, Congress, Gret Stet Politics, Legal Docket, MAGA, Political Crack, The Darnold1 Comment

Da Winnas & Da Loozas: Epstein Vote Edition

November 19, 2025November 19, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Instant analysis of a remarkable day on Capitol Hill. Continue reading Da Winnas & Da Loozas: Epstein Vote Edition

Cassandra, Immoral Values, Political Crack, Sexism, The Darnold2 Comments

A Pig On A Plane

November 19, 2025November 19, 2025 cassandraisright

He literally belongs in a sty. Continue reading A Pig On A Plane

Current Affairs, Parenthetical, Political Crack2 Comments

Pitching Pennies

November 18, 2025November 17, 2025 rcb30

Eliminating the one-cent coin raises more questions than you might think. Peer into the future and call it in the air. Continue reading Pitching Pennies

Jamie O, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media

A Media That Asks ‘What Is The Point Of Standards?’

November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 JCO

Our elite media outlets can’t be bothered by silly things like ethics and standards. Continue reading A Media That Asks ‘What Is The Point Of Standards?’

Adrastos, Congress, Law/Justice, MAGA, Political Crack, The Darnold

Crackpot Crackup?

November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Trump breaks up with Marjorie Taylor-Greene. Continue reading Crackpot Crackup?

Adrastos, Music, The Sunday Dozen5 Comments

The Sunday Dozen: Train Tunes

November 16, 2025November 16, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

All aboard. Music by Duke Ellington, James Brown, Oscar Peterson, The Monkees, Cat Stevens, The Band, The Doobie Brothers, ELO, Soul Asylum, Squeeze, Cyndi Lauper & Allen Toussaint, The Magnetic Fields, and Carlene Carter. Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: Train Tunes

Cassandra, Caturday

Caturday: What’s The Rumpus?

November 15, 2025November 15, 2025 cassandraisright

Meow from Rey. Continue reading Caturday: What’s The Rumpus?

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, Odds & Sods

Saturday Odds & Sods: Taking Flight

November 15, 2025November 14, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

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

Adrastos, Friday Cocktail Hour, Music

I Walk The Line

November 14, 2025November 14, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to Johnny Cash. Continue reading I Walk The Line

Immoral Values, Jamie O, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media, Stupid Republican Tricks

Elites? They Are Clueless And Barely Literate

November 14, 2025November 14, 2025 JCO

The Epstein emails reveal our grand American elites as a bunch of petty dopes. Continue reading Elites? They Are Clueless And Barely Literate

Cassandra, Immoral Values, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks1 Comment

A Conspiracy Of Dunces

November 13, 2025November 13, 2025 cassandraisright

I hate conspiracy theories. Yet here we are. Continue reading A Conspiracy Of Dunces

Adrastos, Irksome Things, Political Crack

Irked In November

November 13, 2025November 14, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Vexatious venting about irksome things. Continue reading Irked In November

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