Re: Politics: 2016 Lame Duck and 2017 Trump Administration
I don't know if it's restricting voting rights, 1st amendment infringement, defunding public schools, or generally batshit-inflammatory military/security leaders that worries me most.
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QuoteHere's my take on Trump: he is a narcissistic petulant child. He really thinks it's "unfair" when SNL makes fun of him or when the media writes negative stories about him. He really thinks of the...
View ArticleRe: So what did we all EAT today? + recipes.
Around 2000, a friend of mine from the same rural Minnesota area as me (but by then living in Minneapolis, also like me) became a vegetarian. His parents asked if he was gay...Awareness is better but...
View ArticleRe: Should the Beach Boys play the Trump inauguration?
I forsee this thread devolving into arguments over opposing political points of view. Trying hard not to dive in !
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Is that foresight coming to you from the rear-view mirror?Â
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Quote from: Emily on Today at 05:08:18 AMOf course they are. It will be two more weeks since the last election and the next won't be for quite a while. Naturally there willl be less talk about voting....
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The Captain for president 2020!
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I don't think it's any secret that Lennon wins no points for tolerance. He was misogynistic to the point where he abused his first wife, for example. I'm not trying to award him sainthood. I simply...
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I don't think anyone's saying there should be introspective lyrics tied to "California Girls". The theme could have been the same, but far better refined and polished. There's no spark, no wit, nothing...
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Lennon's personal flaws and foibles and quirks (and misdeeds) have been out there for decades, some of them self-admitted, so it's a case of evaluating his art as a songwriter rather than trying to...
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I'd say in terms of the Beach Boys and Brian's music going beyond the surf-cars-girls subject matter, my example of "Lonely Sea" is only one of the examples where the introspective and personal themes...
View ArticleRe: Politics: 2016 Lame Duck and 2017 Trump Administration
It's not my thread, SinisterSmile. I just started to to move into current events rather than rehashing what went wrong in the campaign. By all means, contribute any such comments, arguments, etc you'd...
View Article50 years exactly
Thought a few folks here would enjoy knowing that Brian held the Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Fire) today exactly 50 years ago...
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Quote from: pixletwin on November 27, 2016, 05:01:37 PMQuote from: Amy B. on November 27, 2016, 04:59:33 PMQuote from: c-man on November 27, 2016, 04:36:38 PMQuote from: Amy B. on November 27, 2016,...
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in the LOVE & MERCY movie we see this recording session and Brian's running around the musicians with lighted smoke flaresin the past it was printed that Brian had the studio janitor set afire a...
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Gen Petraeus has apparently emerged as a kind of compromise candidate for State, with detractors for both Giuliani and Romney. It seems Trump's interest in protecting classified information is...
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Quote from: Peter Reum on Today at 09:21:55 AMThought a few folks here would enjoy knowing that Brian held the Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Fire) today exactly 50 years ago...Thank you, sir. A spot of warmth...
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I also suspect that his "rigged" and "illegal votes" talk is a set-up to institute more voting restrictions. And there are abortion rights. And he and his education secretary both advocate cutting...
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