Malaka Of The Week: Roger Waters
Roger knows best? Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: Roger Waters
Category: Russian Imperialism
Too Much Of Anything
“I think this brain has thought a lot
Searching, trying to find a crutch
I think this heart has bled once too often. This time, it’s bled a bit too much.”
Continue reading Too Much Of Anything
Loose Tongue
Of fireworks, Stranger Things, Brittney Griner, patriotism, and New Orleans restaurants. Continue reading Loose Tongue
Mixed Nuts
The nuttier side of the news. Continue reading Mixed Nuts
Nordic Nations Neutral No More
Vladimir Putin: NATO’s star recruiter. Continue reading Nordic Nations Neutral No More
Another List of Names
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
Even More Irksome Things
“One more job ought to get it. One last shot then we quit it. One more for the road.” Continue reading Even More Irksome Things
Oligarchs ‘R Us
Russia has oligarchs. But so does the West. And they run some of the biggest media outlets, including the one where Rupert Murdoch uses Tucker Carlson as his ventriloquist dummy, Continue reading Oligarchs ‘R Us
Saturday Odds & Sods: Supper’s Ready
This week: Russian paranoia, Mallory McMorrow, The Shield At 20, Evans/Goode, Shirley MacLaine, and Carson/Falk. Music by Genesis, Nancy Wilson, ZZ Top, The Kinks, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Roy Orbison, Johnny Winter, and The Cars. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Supper’s Ready
Senator Aqua Buddha Strikes Again
Rand Paul is his name; performative politics is his game. Continue reading Senator Aqua Buddha Strikes Again
Of Orthodox Easter & Russia’s Unholy War
Beware of leaders with messianic dreams. Continue reading Of Orthodox Easter & Russia’s Unholy War
The Quotable Zelensky
Mockery is the best medicine. Continue reading The Quotable Zelensky
Jewish Easter
It’s Passover or as some of my non-Jewish friends call it, Jewish Easter. Instead of celebrating one man rising from the dead, we celebrate an entire people rising from the almost dead. Or as traditionally said of most Jewish holidays “They tried to kill us, we beat them, let’s eat.” Continue reading Jewish Easter
A Postcard From Russian River Brewing
Would you wait six hours on line for a chance to sample a beer that is only available for two weeks each year? Thousands just did that at the annual release of Pliny The Younger at Russian River Brewing. And you know what? It’s a good thing. Continue reading A Postcard From Russian River Brewing
Toxic Levels of Masculinity
Toxic masculinity rears it’s head everywhere these days, from the stage of the Oscars to the misinformationcasts of conservative media to the planning rooms of the Kremlin. Continue reading Toxic Levels of Masculinity
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Trump’s 2016 flashback. Continue reading Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Huddle Up
Two items from where the worlds of sports and business collide got my attention. One was a new way to support your favorite team. The other showed how economic sanctions might not work as smoothly if the target is China. Continue reading Huddle Up
Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – No Mo Mo edition
Reading the Freepers for 14 years so you don’t have to. Continue reading Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – No Mo Mo edition
Quote Of The Day: Madeleine Albright On Putin
Madeleine Albright, 1937-2022. Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Madeleine Albright On Putin
Fawlty Tory
To Quote: “Boris Johnson’s buffoonery contrasts with the courageous leadership of President Zelensky. To compare a referendum to women and children fleeing Putin’s bombs is an insult to every Ukrainian. He is no Churchill: he is Basil Fawlty.”
Some thoughts on Boris Johnson, Basil Fawlty, and clowns running governments. Continue reading Fawlty Tory
Quote Of The Day: No No-Fly Zone Edition
Why a No-Fly Zone is an Act of War. Continue reading Quote Of The Day: No No-Fly Zone Edition
Trumpy Making Flippy Floppy
Trump is shocked, shocked to learn that Putin is a warmonger, not a genius. Continue reading Trumpy Making Flippy Floppy
American Idiots
Don’t wanna be an American idiot!
One nation controlled by the new media
Information age of hysteria
It’s calling out to idiot America! Continue reading American Idiots
Broadcast News Courage
Of Russian dissidents past and present. Continue reading Broadcast News Courage
Political Science 2022
“Let’s drop the big one and see what happens.” Political Science 1972 by Randy Newman. Continue reading Political Science 2022
Here Be Monsters
There are monsters in this world. Currently a whole mess of them are killing innocents in Ukraine upon the orders of their master. You don’t negotiate with monsters. You end them. Continue reading Here Be Monsters
You Say Putin, I Say Poutine
You say French fries, I say Frites. Continue reading You Say Putin, I Say Poutine
Back To The Future
Putin looks fondly back at the days of the Soviet Union and wistfully muses how things were so much better when everyone feared their own government. Ah the good old days Continue reading Back To The Future
Ukraine Is Not Weak, As Putin Is Finding
Sometimes you watch or read something, think nothing of it at the time, and then suddenly due to some random event it becomes significant in an odd way. This clip from Seinfeld has become strangely relevant, prophetic, even. For those who are not Seinfeld fans, this clip is the culmination of a heated game of Risk between characters Kramer and Newman, which is abruptly ended by a Ukrainian man who overhears Kramer say “Ukraine is weak” while they are playing in the subway. Not a great idea to play a board game on a subway, of course. Now, I am … Continue reading Ukraine Is Not Weak, As Putin Is Finding
The No-Fly Zone Delusion
No to a No-Fly Zone. Continue reading The No-Fly Zone Delusion