Like the author of this piece I also didn't follow Charlie Kirk much but I knew enough about him to see that he brought with him a unique set of traits and skill sets. Whether one agreed with him or not it was obvious to see that he was an articulate communicator and an autodidact who was well read and did his homework on topics ranging from history, theology, philosophy, current affairs and public policy. He was also an excellent organizer who built a movement that will live on without him and potentially expand far beyond where it is today. Perhaps what I found most impressive about Charlie Kirk was the indefatigable positive energy he brought to his movement and the courageous willingness to throw himself out there in the public square and engage with those he disagreed with often in hostile territory among students who loathed him all the while maintaining a positive disposition and respect for those he debated with.. In answer to the question posed at the top of this article " Who Will Fill His Shoes?" . Charlie Kirk is probably irreplaceable by just one person but many people perhaps hundreds using the free exchange of ideas ethos that he championed could replace him and take the movement that he built to new heights.

Also recommend https://tomklingenstein.com/its-not-a-both-sides-problem/

Texan: the photo is a generic one from the 1960s. "Dread" is the correct word.

Thanks Russ for causing me even greater dread about car shopping. My car turns 10 next year and even though I don’t have loads of miles, my warranties have all turned to dust. My last purchase experience was a huge time suck and generally unpleasant. Similar to your experience just without the profanity No backstory on the photo?

Even better comedy here around 20 minute mark. Curtis Yarvin saying that black gangbangers should be made into indentured servants of ministers, who track them with air tags. Followed by Christopher Caldwell saying 14th amendment should be repealed to allow such methods. None of this is meant to be funny, btw. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1uSsqe0GuA

May be a dud, but it opened the door for the Stones to branch out to ballads, which they proved to be good at.

"The agents moved so fast to detain Rodrigo [a U.S. citizen] that they left their SUV in drive. Security footage shows the vehicle rolling forward as an agent then runs after it." ICE living up to its comedy potential at 1:41 in video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQCYSzFQYmY

Got to say, I consider "As Tears Go By" a definite dud for the Stones. Or did you just have singles in mind?

1988! Hate to say it but Roger Rabbit is what tipped me off.

You were saved from having luggage stolen from your rental car after its window were broken out.

"Second stoop stair" is a very nice description. My mind sees a Brownstone, but probably marble?

Edddington has too many moving parts that the director can't bring into synch, and the ending is a mess that takes way too long to conclude.

This article makes a good point regarding security at these open air college events. When I first saw the footage of Charlie Kirks assassination I was surprised that there was no lookout security on one of the tallest surrounding buildings to gain a vantage point in order to spot a would be rooftop sniper. Anyone who has been in the military or studied military history knows that in a warzone occupying a valley surrounded by mountains makes you a sitting duck. Ask the French about this after their disastrous defeat at Dien Bien Phu . Substitute the campus quad for a valley and college buildings for surrounding mountains and you have the ideal scenario for assassination which is what we saw at the UVU campus... I disagree with this article regarding rolling up the circus. First of all having conservative speakers sharing their ideas on college campuses which have largely become leftwing seminaries and exposing students to alternative viewpoints is a vital function not a circus. I recommend that TPUSA and other conservative voices expand their presence on college campuses but to do so in a fortified manner with a war footing mentality. We are not only fighting over the war of ideas but have entered a literal warzone. Now is not the time to "roll up the circus" but rather it is time to ramp up the debates and the free exchange of ideas on college campuses.

That's not my job, buddy.

Thanks for ratcheting down the rage, Chris.

Haven't seen many right wingers killing progressives lately, so your friend should be okay. The rage is concentrated on the left, and they don't have much of a morale code to keep it in check. It's not an equal situation at this point, although it makes some feel better to pretend it is.

Surely the best work in this genre since at least 1973, when William Safire wrote "Gunga Dean," which was "Gunga Din" redone as about John Dean. https://www.nytimes.com/1973/06/18/archives/gunga-dean-essay.html

A poem!

I know you've been through a hellish personal experience regarding the Kavanaugh nomination. I can't imagine how scary this must have been for you. Please realize not all left-leaning politicos are what you call "American Stasi" seeking the "fury of the woke." I'm a left leaning Democrat and I was horrified by the Charlie Kirk assassination as much as most people. I have a friend who's a prominent Progressive podcaster who's terrified he will be violently targeted by a Maga nutcase. This insanity goes beyond left and right. There's too much rage and fury everywhere. I bear no ill will toward you though I would hope you're concerned about the safety of your friends on the right as well as the left. We're all in this together. If we don't ratchet down the rage, we're screwed.

Mainstream media lied? And about Israel? Unbelievable!

Imagine being this crazed with bigotry that you rush out a take which any moron can see has the shelf life of full-fat milk.

Discovering the truth requires the discipline and patience to gather the facts and evidence in order to reach a definitive and truthful conclusion. Too many of today’s agenda driven journalists jump to the conclusions that fit their narrative and in the end reach false conclusions.. This articles statement about the truth being obscured by the “fog of war” is very true but in today’s media environment where the truth takes the backseat to political and social agendas it doesn’t take a war to obscure the truth. Some recent examples of not only prioritizing agendas over truth but pushing flat out lies are “hands up don’t shoot”, “Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election”, George Floyd died from neck compression and not from fentanyl overdose and advanced heart disease”. “Hunter Bidens laptop is Russian disinformation” according 51 top intelligence officials and the list goes on and on. Even after the passage of time many of these falsehoods are still believed by large segments of society. Truth needs to be the foundational principle for any civilization to remain decent and impressive. Any society that does not hold truth as its primary value is a society living in the fog.

The idea that one gives invaders who aren't citizens a trial and public defenders before you stop them entering the country or killing Americans or deport them out of the country is silly.

Their version of working in a coal mine is another great example

Trump has won twice, but neither of these guys have the slightest idea of why that happened. Try harder, Splice Today.

Hard to imagine thinking that Marc Maron has any real insights into the future of American politics. He's a good comedian and decent interviewer, but his talent stops there. And in this clip, he's talking to a fellow insufferably smug progressive, Sam Seder, who hasn't had an original thought in decades. Posting such material is a total waste of time. Thanks for nothing.

Actually the second littlest one was not her son because he was younger than my dad, i unfortunately don’t remember which cousin he was but the tallest boy was my great aunt’s son.

They are not going to school, my grandfather filmed this. It was a leisurely trip to the end of the line by lake Roland. The little blondie in white was my dad and the dark haired second tallest boy in stripes was my uncle. The lady that was on camera before they boarded was my aunt Bea and the two other boys I think were her sons

Such a great song. So sad youngin's don't know our music in the 60's and 70's was SO much better than their music is.

"If you only know a cup this way, you don't know the cup." David Thomas threw off sparks every time he opened his mouth.

A loving/moving biography of Les Baxter: https://lesbaxter.com/pages/biography

This is great. please add a blusky link one of these days.

Just saw it yesterday. She was terrific.

Kamala Harris makes a surprise SNL cameo appearance on the weekend before the election and gets rewarded with a slobbery kiss from SNL and their informal endorsement. Unlike the SNL portrayal of Kamala from early in October where she was humorously mocked this appearance was a cringe inducing fawning over her by SNL which came across as contrived and particularly unfunny ..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff-rqlU4ZWw...I'm sure this Kamala SNL appearance and portrayal by Maya Rudolph got Howard Sterns full approval though.. .For a minute there I thought SNL was getting back to it's roots of prioritizing comedy and being funny but I guess I jumped the gun on that. For SNL it is back to their primary objective of being left wing propagandists..

There was a time when the politically incorrect Howard Stern tested the social boundaries with his unique and edgy form of humor. In recent years Howard Stern has become a tyrannical establishment weasel. During the Covid-19 epidemic he said "When are we gonna stop putting up with the idiots in this country and just say it's mandatory to get vaccinated? F--- 'em. F--- their freedom. I want my freedom to live," He said this months after the data proved that the Covid vaccine did not prevent people from getting infected or from becoming infectious... In this recent butt kissing interview with Kamala Harris he criticized SNL comedian Maya Rudolph"s mocking portrayal of Kamala saying " I hate it. I don't want you being made fun of." How dare comedy get in the way of his political agenda. What a sad pathetic stooge Howard Stern has become.

Their best album. I will never stop listening to it.