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For what it’s worth, that how I’m coming out on this. On the one hand, it’s historically bad form for one superpower to question the existence of another superpower while they are technically at peace. On the other hand, Biden is just saying not only what every American but Trump and the most ardent red hats are thinking, but also what every country in the world except a handful are also thinking. Putin is not going to start WWIII with US over that comment because, if nothing else, his dance card looks to be already full.

lol @pfife “not old enough” for … well, anything, really. I think the only thing he might not be old enough for is being the Pope. 😉

I get where you’re coming from. I don’t believe theirs to be even a defensible point.

My point is that the texts shouldn’t have to directly implicate Clarence Thomas for it to be an integrity issue. Just the proximity is enough, in the same way it was enough for Pete Rose. Or at least the proximity should be enough.

He may well grow up to be the worst of the bunch because his mother is closer to the shit than the other kids’ mothers were.

They have the texts in hand, so what’s the circumstantial part?

This is a fairly tough one. Wordle 280 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Don’t they have the actual texts in hand?

But do we even need proof positive, as though that would even be possible, that Ginni told Clarence that she sent the text? Isn't the mere proximity close enough? Isn't the danger that she could have involved and influenced him in it, either before the text or else during a Supreme Court vote on the transition question, enough to act to stop it? Do we really need a fucking audio recording of her saying the exact words being required here before we act? This reminds me very much of the Pete Rose slappies who like to say he should be reinstated by Baseball and placed into the Hall because, even though he clearly broke Rule 21(d) by betting on games in which he had a duty to perform, and eventually even admitted doing so, what he did is still not a threat to the integrity of the game because there's no reported evidence that he bet on his team to lose. But in the end, it doesn't matter whether Pete Rose never bet on his team to lose. The point is that he put himself in the position of betting on his team to lose, by betting on games in which he had a duty to perform at all. Baseball doesn't need to dig through piles of evidentiary minutiae to determine whether he crossed the fine line between betting to win and betting to lose. That's why regardless of whether someone with a duty to perform bets on his own team to win or lose, they are still declared permanently ineligible just for the act itself. By setting it up that way, the Pete Roses of the world can't beat the gambling rap on a technicality. And that's why Ginni Thomas must be subpoenaed and, if found guilty of exactly this behavior, appropriate justice served her, whatever that might be, because she put herself in the position of directly compromising the integrity of a Supreme Court justice. And Clarence Thomas himself must be made to resign his justiceship because of the proximity. Because they shouldn't be allowed the opportunity to get away with undermining our democracy on a fucking technicality.

It's most definitely a spade.

I have been obsessed with this performance for the past two weeks and have listened to it a couple or three times a day since. I'm sure I'll move on to something else soon but I'm enjoying the hell out of it in the meantime.

Tell us exactly what you would need to see to be convinced that Ginni Thomas did something inappropriate or compromising to the Justice here. Because If this is your actual position, then you either believe that January 6 was merely legitimate political discourse and not at all an assault on the core of our Constitutionally-guaranteed transfer of power, or that her reported involvement in enabling it is simply legally-protected political action, and allowable as long as she didn’t personally ram the business end of a flagpole through a Capitol officer’s throat. I suppose a third option is that you believe everything being reported about Ginny Thomas’s involvement is a lie, at which point I would love to hear your counterevidence on that.

That's kind of true. I think Zeppelin wrote the song (well, as much as they "wrote" any song in those early days), but the vocal is Percy channeling Janis.

I saw Chick Corea in 1981 for free at the Montreux Detroit Jazz Fesitval, but I paid money to see a couple years later. This is my favorite song from him which, now that i think of it, is fairly atypical for Chick Corea music.

"Since I've Been Loving You", which is one of my all-time favorites from that band, is basically a Janis Joplin song.

The Rolling Stones became the greatest on the planet when they started softening and countrifying their sound in 1968-69 for Beggars' and Bleed. They took over that mantle from the Beatles and single-handedly changed the direction of rock music, leading to scads of country rock classic acts and songs in the following few years. You can basically thank the evolution they wrought for the Eagles. Led Zeppelin became the greatest band on the planet through the early to mid 1970s, leading to a bunch of chainsaw rock acts that were the most popular genre of rock through the end of the decade.

As much as I like Chick Corea—I actually paid money to see him in concert!—he would very much be the wrong answer here.

I've always thought there is a clear difference between "best" and "greatest". I take "greatest" to mean most impactful in size, scope and influence, whereas "best" is more a matter of personal preference, similar to "favorite". I made that point in the old political forum when I posted that the United States is inarguably the greatest country on Earth, but whether it's the best country on Earth could be fodder for a spirited debate. (Not here, of course ... 😏)

The Doors are perfectly execrable. The moment I hear even a single note of that Manzarek keyboard, I can't reach for the volume or tuner knobs fast enough. As for Dylan ... talk about someone whose celebrity eventually eclipsed his music ...

If you like that song, you might like this one. It was in a KIA commercial like ten or twelve years ago. It got completely by me when it first came out.

FWIW, I find the news to be neither bad nor good as I have literally no feelings toward him, the person. I will say that he is a man of 73 years, so whatever happens, that's not a bad run.

Looks more like a Kieran to me. 😏

How could your wife possibly be annoyed by your desire to spend your money as wisely as possible?