The Searchers do this song very nicely, better, in my opinion, than Jackie.
I’m pleased you featured a girl singer, but this was not the best selection. What’s engaging about it is you can see that late adolescents in the Anglosphere ca. 1965 were properly dressed when they went out dancing. (I’m afraid Miss deShannon’s get up is frankly ugly, however).
== https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c2g9RYriZ4#ddg-play
To leftist politicians, no holiday is too sacred to repurpose as a soapbox. For Obama, Schumer, and Hillary, solemn days aren’t for reflection—they’re empty airtime waiting to be stuffed with moral grandstanding. Why honor the military dead when you can instead preen for your pet cause?
Congratulations to your town and school district, Chases Eagles! We’ll see if the state thinks pursuing lawsuits against a district with 83 students is worthwhile.
Chases Eagles, Yea for rebels! Ditto Kate’s comment. Keep us posted?
I hope all 83 are also being taught to love America. We need them to repopulate our towns, everywhere.
😎
Could it be that “Biden” is the gift that keeps on giving?
Because the majority of our institutions (including journalism, unfortunately) are hopelessly biased, many Trump supporters tend to give him the benefit of the doubt in all things. Statements like this aimed at Bruce Springsteen are highly inappropriate for the leader of a large, powerful nation and commander in chief of a military to make:
“This dried out ‘prune’ of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country, that’s just ‘standard fare’. Then we’ll all see how it goes for him!”
First, I’m no fan of Springsteen’s. I’ve always found him annoying, even when the majority of my friends and peers thought he was the cat’s pajamas.
Second, I found Springsteen’s recent remarks on stage in England tedious, thoughtless, cowardly and boring. It’s such a tired pose.
Third, I don’t think Trump means to threaten with his statement. I think he is making a prediction that Springsteen’s support and relevance will diminish.
But a man as popular as DJT, with as many followers as DJT, with a military in his back pocket, ought to choose his words much more carefully, especially when making personal attacks. I don’t think incitement was his intent, but one doesn’t have to use nuance to interpret his statement as incitement.
I’m about half way through Mamet’s, “Everywhere an Oink Oink” which is also illustrated by Mamet. It’s a funny and cynical view of Hollywood based on his tenure there.
Barry,
I have Twain’s autobiography and have read at least one biography of his, along with a great many of his works. The size of his autobiography is daunting, but he dictated it to his secretary mainly in a series of vignettes, so it’s a good book for simply picking up and opening to any page and reading for 5 – 10 pages.
I don’t recall him specifically complaining about the difficulties and struggles in his life, but it is revealing for just how difficult everyday life was for Americans in the 1800s.
Rufus wrote
[per Trump, Springsteen] "ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country, that’s just ‘standard fare’. Then we’ll all see how it goes for him!”
…one doesn’t have to use nuance to interpret his statement as incitement.
I think only Democrat media and their fellow travelers would call this incitement to violence. However, if the “justice system,” IRS, FBI etc. wanted to target Bruce, that would be possible. But there are so many Democrat embeds in those groups.
Sunday Open Thread – US defense in the future?
Golden Dome & U.S. Missile Defence – What is it, Can it Work, and the Economics of Missile Defence – Perun
Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:01:58 — What Am I Talking About?
00:04:08 — America’s Iron Dome?
00:13:38 — What Do We Know?
00:19:17 — More Ambitious Asks
00:38:12 — High-end Defence
00:39:42 — Missile Defence Math
00:54:05 — Going Back to Boost Phase
01:02:02 — What if It Worked?
01:05:15 — Channel Update
He is certainly remarkable, perhaps even “sui generis” (though in his case, “sui generous” might be more apropos)…
Everyone has their preferences certainly; but for me, if I had only one book to read it would be “Life on the Mississippi”.
(Heck, I guess I’d also throw in “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”…
—Fortunately, many more books are available!)
This dried out ‘prune’ of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) …
–Trump on Springsteen
I’m not fond of Springsteen’s politics these days but he looks awfully good for a guy in his mid-70s. He definitely works out. Maybe he’s had some “work” done too.
I did enjoy Trump’s troll showing him hitting a golf ball which knocks Springsteen down as Springsteen stumbles to the stage.
I completely agree with Rufus T. Firefly that Trump sometimes needs to shut up, including in moments like this. That said, I’ll take Trump’s running loudmouth over the tendency of the Bush family, or indeed much of the GOP elected oficialdom, to just keep quiet and take it.
Indeed, Springsteen is a distraction.
Who cares about him or any of those other hysterics in show business?
THIS is what the focus should be on…in order to thwart the power of the corporate, tyrannical state and those who believe they must implement it. (Take a long, hard look at the UK, most of the EU, Canada, Oz, and “Biden”’s America…for starters…):
The Searchers do this song very nicely, better, in my opinion, than Jackie.
I’m pleased you featured a girl singer, but this was not the best selection. What’s engaging about it is you can see that late adolescents in the Anglosphere ca. 1965 were properly dressed when they went out dancing. (I’m afraid Miss deShannon’s get up is frankly ugly, however).
==
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c2g9RYriZ4#ddg-play
To leftist politicians, no holiday is too sacred to repurpose as a soapbox. For Obama, Schumer, and Hillary, solemn days aren’t for reflection—they’re empty airtime waiting to be stuffed with moral grandstanding. Why honor the military dead when you can instead preen for your pet cause?
https://www.instagram.com/p/DKAAbEvxEML/?igsh=OTgzcGZjM3VicXFs
https://www.instagram.com/p/DKAAbEvxEML/?igsh=OTgzcGZjM3VicXFs
Was this on Shindig? Watched it a lot.
She is 83
My teeny tiny no-stop lights town has made the news by defying state law. We are now officially rebel scum.
Single unified school k-12, 83 students.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/washington-school-district-bans-males-from-female-sports/
Congratulations to your town and school district, Chases Eagles! We’ll see if the state thinks pursuing lawsuits against a district with 83 students is worthwhile.
Chases Eagles, Yea for rebels! Ditto Kate’s comment. Keep us posted?
I hope all 83 are also being taught to love America. We need them to repopulate our towns, everywhere.
😎
Could it be that “Biden” is the gift that keeps on giving?
“Declassified: Biden Admin Labeled COVID Dissenters ‘Domestic Violent Extremists’”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/declassified-biden-admin-labeled-covid-dissenters-domestic-violent-extremists
Mark Twain is a towering figure that appears from time to time on this blog.
Here’s a masterful, hugely informative review of the latest, sweeping biography:
“Mark Twain Gets the Chernow Treatment;
“REVIEW: ‘Mark Twain’ by Ron Chernow”—
https://freebeacon.com/culture/mark-twain-gets-the-chernow-treatment/
H/T Powerline blog.
Because the majority of our institutions (including journalism, unfortunately) are hopelessly biased, many Trump supporters tend to give him the benefit of the doubt in all things. Statements like this aimed at Bruce Springsteen are highly inappropriate for the leader of a large, powerful nation and commander in chief of a military to make:
First, I’m no fan of Springsteen’s. I’ve always found him annoying, even when the majority of my friends and peers thought he was the cat’s pajamas.
Second, I found Springsteen’s recent remarks on stage in England tedious, thoughtless, cowardly and boring. It’s such a tired pose.
Third, I don’t think Trump means to threaten with his statement. I think he is making a prediction that Springsteen’s support and relevance will diminish.
But a man as popular as DJT, with as many followers as DJT, with a military in his back pocket, ought to choose his words much more carefully, especially when making personal attacks. I don’t think incitement was his intent, but one doesn’t have to use nuance to interpret his statement as incitement.
Evidently Mamet has a new book out.
A review in the weekend edition of the WSJ:
The Disenlightenment
https://archive.md/sZgYN
Mike,
I’m about half way through Mamet’s, “Everywhere an Oink Oink” which is also illustrated by Mamet. It’s a funny and cynical view of Hollywood based on his tenure there.
Barry,
I have Twain’s autobiography and have read at least one biography of his, along with a great many of his works. The size of his autobiography is daunting, but he dictated it to his secretary mainly in a series of vignettes, so it’s a good book for simply picking up and opening to any page and reading for 5 – 10 pages.
I don’t recall him specifically complaining about the difficulties and struggles in his life, but it is revealing for just how difficult everyday life was for Americans in the 1800s.
Rufus wrote
I think only Democrat media and their fellow travelers would call this incitement to violence. However, if the “justice system,” IRS, FBI etc. wanted to target Bruce, that would be possible. But there are so many Democrat embeds in those groups.
Sunday Open Thread – US defense in the future?
Golden Dome & U.S. Missile Defence – What is it, Can it Work, and the Economics of Missile Defence – Perun
https://youtu.be/CpFhNXecrb4
He is certainly remarkable, perhaps even “sui generis” (though in his case, “sui generous” might be more apropos)…
Everyone has their preferences certainly; but for me, if I had only one book to read it would be “Life on the Mississippi”.
(Heck, I guess I’d also throw in “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”…
—Fortunately, many more books are available!)
This dried out ‘prune’ of a rocker (his skin is all atrophied!) …
–Trump on Springsteen
I’m not fond of Springsteen’s politics these days but he looks awfully good for a guy in his mid-70s. He definitely works out. Maybe he’s had some “work” done too.
I did enjoy Trump’s troll showing him hitting a golf ball which knocks Springsteen down as Springsteen stumbles to the stage.
–“Donald Trump posts hilarious video trolling singer Bruce Springsteen”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ-Sj6zFXnE
Thats not concerning
https://x.com/AISafetyMemes/status/1926314636502012170
Nor is this:
https://wccftech.com/anthropic-faces-backlash-as-claude-4-opus-can-autonomously-alert-authorities-when-detecting-behavior-deemed-seriously-immoral-raising-major-privacy-and-trust-concerns/
I completely agree with Rufus T. Firefly that Trump sometimes needs to shut up, including in moments like this. That said, I’ll take Trump’s running loudmouth over the tendency of the Bush family, or indeed much of the GOP elected oficialdom, to just keep quiet and take it.
Indeed, Springsteen is a distraction.
Who cares about him or any of those other hysterics in show business?
THIS is what the focus should be on…in order to thwart the power of the corporate, tyrannical state and those who believe they must implement it. (Take a long, hard look at the UK, most of the EU, Canada, Oz, and “Biden”’s America…for starters…):
‘”This Is War”: Catherine Austin Fitts On Land Grabs, The Evils Of CBDC, And Fighting ‘The Most Invasive Form Of Tyranny That’s Ever Existed’’—
https://www.zerohedge.com/food/war-catherine-austin-fitts-land-grabs-evils-cbdc-and-fighting-most-invasive-form-tyranny-thats
The Truth continues to emerge…even if it should already have been crystal clear for a long time now:
“Neuroscientist Accidentally Reveals Democrats’ Dark Strategy Behind Biden’s Mental Health Cover-Up.”—
https://instapundit.com/721891/