Martha Redbone: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

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The description doesn’t mention it, but the lyrics of the first song are taken from William Blake’s poem “The Garden of Love.”

Every January, I attend globalFEST at a New York City nightclub and see some of the most fantastic music I’ll experience all year. Now, given the pandemic’s challenges and the hardening of international borders, NPR Music and globalFEST moved the 2021 edition from the nightclub to your screen of choice and shared the festival with the world. We called it Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST. We presented 16 artists in intimate settings (often behind desks donning globes), all hosted by African superstar Angélique Kidjo.

Martha Redbone performs her Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST performance from her home studio in Brooklyn’s Navy Yards. Native and African-American singer-songwriter Martha Redbone is known for her mix of folk, blues and gospel from her childhood in Harlan County, Ky., which she infuses with the eclectic grit of pre-gentrified Brooklyn. Inheriting the powerful vocal range of her gospel-singing African-American father and the resilient spirit of her mother’s Cherokee, Shawnee and Choctaw culture, Redbone broadens the boundaries of American Roots music.

SET LIST
“The Garden of Love”
“Talk About It”
“The Underdog”

MUSICIANS
Martha Redbone: vocals, percussion
Aaron Whitby: keys
Marvin Sewell: guitars

CREDITS
Producer: Martha Redbone
Video and Audio: Martha Redbone and Aaron Whitby
Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bob Boilen
Video Producer: Morgan Noelle Smith
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Associate Producer: Bobby Carter
Tiny Production Team: Kara Frame, Maia Stern
Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann

GLOBALFEST TEAM
Co-Directors: Shanta Thake, Isabel Soffer, and Bill Bragin
2021 Curators: Shanta Thake, Isabel Soffer, Bill Bragin, and Viviana Benitez
Event Producer: Ian Thake
Host: Angélique Kidjo
Social Media Manager: Valerie French
Publicity: Brendan Gilmartin, Chart Room Media
Legal Services: Tamizdat
Legal Services: Duane Morris
Producer: THE OFFICE performing arts + film
Video Production: MODEMA Studios

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78 comments
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Belafon  Jan 24, 2021 • 5:58:59pm
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:00:20pm
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gocart mozart  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:03:49pm
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gocart mozart  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:04:33pm
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gocart mozart  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:05:14pm
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Charles Johnson  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:05:17pm

I think I’ve got the bugs out of the LGF custom embedded tweet function now. I started doing this to solve a crashing problem with Twitter’s “official” embedding function, but it’s ended up being a great improvement to the comment section overall.

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Dave In Austin  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:06:33pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

Thank you Sir……

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:08:49pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:11:08pm
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Dangerman  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:12:53pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

I think I’ve got the bugs out of the LGF custom embedded tweet function now. I started doing this to solve a crashing problem with Twitter’s “official” embedding function, but it’s ended up being a great improvement to the comment section overall.

we’ll keep you

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Charles Johnson  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:13:15pm
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Jay C  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:13:37pm

re: #6 Charles Johnson

Yes, much improved. Thanks.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:14:09pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:14:39pm

re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth

What can you say? Office politics are a bitch.

Every place I’ve worked there were a few “untouchables” and everyone knew who they were.

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jaunte  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:15:37pm

re: #13 Charles Johnson
Oddly, her tweet didn’t specify good chills or bad chills.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:15:45pm
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Charles Johnson  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:16:28pm
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Jay C  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:17:13pm

re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth

He’s going to need a bigger boat….

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:21:42pm
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🌹UOJB!  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:22:02pm

re: #17 Charles Johnson

Is anyone surprised?

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thecommodore  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:22:49pm

re: #11 Charles Johnson

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Complete assholes benefit from the politics of resentment and envy, because water seeks its own level.

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No Malarkey!  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:24:15pm

re: #17 Charles Johnson

He didn’t actually. He defended militia members, not Mcveigh or his actions.

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No Malarkey!  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:26:58pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:27:14pm

re: #22 No Malarkey!

He didn’t actually. He defended militia members, not Mcveigh or his actions.

And he was only 15 years old at the time.

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No Malarkey!  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:28:12pm

re: #24 Hecuba’s daughter

And he was only 15 years old at the time.

He is much shittier now.

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jaunte  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:29:18pm

If we keep calling these teenage nazis “nazis”, they’ll react by becoming nazis.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:29:42pm

re: #26 jaunte

If we keep calling these teenage nazis “nazis”, they’ll react by becoming nazis.

That’s it, that’s the Republican Party.

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BlueSpotinAL  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:30:26pm

re: #4 gocart mozart

I think this description of a tankie by an ex-tankie gets at what partly motivates Glenn Greenwald.

She depicts tankism as an ideology defined fundamentally by anti-Americanism. She describes a process by which people with some justifiable anger against America — due to its treatment of minorities or overseas military actions — slip into a deep and monomaniacal hatred in which America defines evil and anything that opposes America is defined as good.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:32:29pm

re: #178 🌹UOJB!

Thinking of getting a new mattress. Anyone try out a Casper mattress? Are they as comfortable as they claim?

Depends on which hotel in Casper at which you stay. /s

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🌹UOJB!  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:34:03pm

re: #29 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Depends on which hotel in Casper at which you stay. /s

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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No Malarkey!  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:44:52pm

This woman is batshit insane.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:45:53pm

re: #22 No Malarkey!

He didn’t actually. He defended militia members, not Mcveigh or his actions.

And he was wrong.

“Many of the people populating these movements are not radical, right-wing, pro-assault weapons freaks as they were originally stereotyped,” Hawley wrote two months after the bombing.

He argued that middle class Americans had gravitated to anti-government organizations out of genuine concerns about federal overreach and a disillusionment with mainstream politics.

“Dismissed by the media and treated with disdain by their elected leaders, these citizens come together and form groups that often draw more media fire as anti-government hate gatherings,” Hawley said.

These WERE anti-government hate gatherings, leading directly to what we’re seeing today.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:49:11pm

So the Bills-Chiefs game is winding down, and it’s looking like it’ll be a shootout between Tom “Fucking Cheater” Brady and Patrick Mahomes in Tampa Bay for the Superb Owl. That might actually be a pretty good game. I would still rather have seen Aaron Rodgers, but that’s partially my favoritism for the dude and partially my hatred for that evil sportsballer from Foxborough.

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No Malarkey!  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:49:28pm

re: #32 Charles Johnson

And he was wrong.

These WERE anti-government hate gatherings, leading directly to what we’re seeing today.

Agreed.

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No Malarkey!  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:51:33pm

re: #33 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

So the Bills-Chiefs game is winding down, and it’s looking like it’ll be a shootout between Tom “Fucking Cheater” Brady and Patrick Mahomes in Tampa Bay for the Superb Owl. That might actually be a pretty good game. I would still rather have seen Aaron Rodgers, but that’s partially my favoritism for the dude and partially my hatred for that evil sportsballer from Foxborough.

Shame that Rodgers’ coach took the ball out of his hands.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:52:02pm

re: #28 BlueSpotinAL

I think this description of a tankie by an ex-tankie gets at what partly motivates Glenn Greenwald.

I read David Niewert’s long thread on Glenn Greenwald and he is far worse than anything I imagined. Let’s not give Glenn any credit — he represented Matt Hale the racist monster in his efforts to obtain a license to practice law in Illinois. There was no evidence that Glenn had any compassion for the minorities that Matt and his disciples targeted. He seems more supportive of white supremacist organizations than groups who combatted them. His frequent appearance on Tucker Carlson should disabuse anyone of the notion that his opinions deserve a second thought.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:53:08pm

re: #35 No Malarkey!

Shame that Rogers’ coach took the ball out of his hands.

Yeah, I wasn’t following it super closely, but I saw that Brady threw 3 INT’s and wondered how in the ever-loving hell they didn’t get punished for that. It was a one-score game through the majority of the second half, and you can’t tell me that giving Rodgers - a first-ballot Hall of Famer if I ever saw one - the ball in that situation wouldn’t end in a win.

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The Pie Overlord!  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:53:45pm
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jaunte  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:53:47pm
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jaunte  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:54:22pm

re: #38 The Pie Overlord!

IT WAS THAT CLOSE.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:54:33pm

re: #38 The Pie Overlord!

re: #39 jaunte

TWO SECONDS. You guys are freaky.

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Dave In Austin  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:55:19pm

When Mom wants to see your progress of your guitar lessons

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jaunte  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:57:07pm

Senator Hawley, Jonah Goldberg already wrote Liberal Fascism. What else you got?

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Charles Johnson  Jan 24, 2021 • 6:57:21pm

OK now, this is just ridiculous.

DOMi & JD Beck Cover - Josh Meader

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plansbandc  Jan 24, 2021 • 7:07:40pm
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 24, 2021 • 7:09:29pm
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Barefoot Grin  Jan 24, 2021 • 7:11:32pm

re: #36 Hecuba’s daughter

I read David Niewert’s long thread on Glenn Greenwald and he is far worse than anything I imagined. Let’s not give Glenn any credit — he represented Matt Hale the racist monster in his efforts to obtain a license to practice law in Illinois. There was no evidence that Glenn had any compassion for the minorities that Matt and his disciples targeted. He seems more supportive of white supremacist organizations than groups who combatted them. His frequent appearance on Tucker Carlson should disabuse anyone of the notion that his opinions deserve a second thought.

I was a coordinator for an immersion East Asian Language program at a university when Ben Smith, a mentee of Hale, shot a Korean grad student as he and fellow Korean Christians were leaving church one summer Sunday about 5 blocks from the dormitory where all of the students I was responsible for were staying. In the weeks after I kept finding neo-Nazi flyers around the area. FK Glenn.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Jan 24, 2021 • 7:11:38pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 24, 2021 • 7:17:49pm

re: #48 Dread Pirate Ron

Good to hear, but little consolation for the ones who have since been killed.

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jaunte  Jan 24, 2021 • 7:21:00pm
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🌹UOJB!  Jan 24, 2021 • 7:22:58pm

re: #50 jaunte

Fat chance the assholes at the Screw York Times will apologize.

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garzooma  Jan 24, 2021 • 7:27:06pm

re: #4 gocart mozart

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On the other hand, Girls und Panzer is pretty awesome:

YouTube

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retired cynic  Jan 24, 2021 • 7:54:10pm

Who helped Biden get the most votes in history?

On Election Day, Donald Trump won 74 million votes — 11 million more than in 2016. But Joe Biden accomplished a considerably more impressive feat: he attracted 81 million votes, 15 million more than Hillary Clinton did in 2016.

Who were the Biden Democrats? An examination of the data reveals surprising patterns — and foreshadows a new direction for the Democratic Party.

Biden built on Clinton’s strong performances in major metro areas. In the largest metros — New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, etc. — he exceeded her total by 3.8 million votes. In other metros, such as Phoenix, Minneapolis, Baltimore and Pittsburgh, he added another six million votes.

Clinton’s strong performances in these metros was enough to win her the popular vote. But Biden’s improvements allowed him to win the electoral college, pad his popular vote total and chart a new course for the party.

Article contains charts and it really looks like pursuing urban voters is more promising that pursuing white working class rural voters, as has been pushed by all those cletus safaris. It doesn’t blow off the fact that he improved with those WWC voters, but they would not have been enough to beat Trump. It was the big metro areas that really did it.

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Belafon  Jan 24, 2021 • 8:01:37pm

re: #50 jaunte

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When it came out, that was exactly where I thought it came from.

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jaunte  Jan 24, 2021 • 8:02:11pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 24, 2021 • 8:03:26pm

re: #53 retired cynic

Who helped Biden get the most votes in history?

Article contains charts and it really looks like pursuing urban voters is more promising that pursuing white working class rural voters, as has been pushed by all those cletus safaris. It doesn’t blow off the fact that he improved with those WWC voters, but they would not have been enough to beat Trump. It was the big metro areas that really did it.

I’m sure Trump calling most of them crime infested hellholes didn’t hurt.

/

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 24, 2021 • 8:22:39pm

re: #56 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m sure Trump calling most of them crime infested hellholes didn’t hurt.

/

Republicans have been doing that for decades.

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Targetpractice  Jan 24, 2021 • 8:29:02pm

re: #50 jaunte

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FFS, is “Rolex Watch” the new “Tan Suit”?

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 24, 2021 • 8:30:39pm

re: #58 Targetpractice

FFS, is “Rolex Watch” the new “Tan Suit”?

Or Dijon mustard. You know, that uppity condiment.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 24, 2021 • 8:32:00pm

re: #59 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Or Dijon mustard. You know, that uppity condiment.

That would be the Pelaton.

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Targetpractice  Jan 24, 2021 • 8:34:35pm

re: #59 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Or Dijon mustard. You know, that uppity condiment.

Or arugula, since we all know that plebes ain’t got time for that fancy stuff and can only aspire to iceberg lettuce.

/

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 24, 2021 • 8:36:08pm

re: #60 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

That would be the Pelaton.

President fat ass couldn’t get on a pelaton if he tried.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 24, 2021 • 8:37:29pm

re: #61 Targetpractice

Or arugula, since we all know that plebes ain’t got time for that fancy stuff and can only aspire to iceberg lettuce.

/

Which is infuriating to me because arugula is my all time favorite green stuff on the planet.

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William Lewis  Jan 24, 2021 • 8:38:35pm

That Tankies article so reminds me of watching the Communists vs the Trotskites vs the Maoist in Madison as they tried to sell their propaganda rags to the students who, mostly, ignored them when they didn’t laugh at them.

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gocart mozart  Jan 24, 2021 • 8:38:54pm
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retired cynic  Jan 24, 2021 • 8:39:09pm

re: #62 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

*EX-President fat ass couldn’t get on a pelaton if he tried.

Edited!

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William Lewis  Jan 24, 2021 • 8:59:59pm

I just saw this comment at a photo site. Damn good idea in my book…

If you want to hear one very mildly left-wing idea: I don’t support a minimum wage of $15 per hour. I support a minimum wage of $600 per week. Think about it.

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Ace Rothstein  Jan 24, 2021 • 9:10:22pm

re: #50 jaunte

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Dave In Austin  Jan 24, 2021 • 9:19:09pm

re: #62 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

President fat ass couldn’t get on a pelaton if he tried.

Ex- President to you…..

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BigPapa  Jan 24, 2021 • 9:24:35pm

Martha Redbone is amazing. That is all.

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Targetpractice  Jan 24, 2021 • 9:30:13pm

The Rolex “story” tells me that the “liberal media” is about to do to Joe what they spent 8 years doing to Barack: Taking that bar they kept lowering for the Repub in office and using it to beat the tar out of the Dem while claiming it’s “fair.”

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retired cynic  Jan 24, 2021 • 9:32:34pm

re: #71 Targetpractice

How much is it on main stream media? I know the right wing is doing it, but are CNN, NBC, WaPo, NYT?

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Targetpractice  Jan 24, 2021 • 9:37:25pm

re: #72 retired cynic

How much is it on main stream media? I know the right wing is doing it, but are CNN, NBC, WaPo, NYT?

Who do you think is getting taken to the woodshed right now for mocking Biden’s “elitist” choice in watches?

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jan 24, 2021 • 9:37:48pm

Night people.

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William Lewis  Jan 24, 2021 • 9:48:49pm

Fuck a duck.

Just looked out the window at work to where my truck is parked. It’s tilted… wrong. I walk out and look and yep, my spare is flat. We have a air pump here at work so I can get it pumped up in the morning but with only 2 dollars in my bank account till Friday, I’m screwed. I’ll call the farm supply store and order 2 tires (my front ones) when I get home and hopefully they’ll have them on Friday payday. In the meantime it’ll be interesting to see if/how I can keep it pumped up till then.

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BigPapa  Jan 24, 2021 • 9:51:35pm

I’ve discovered my wife likes it when I make quiche.

That is all.

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PrairieQueen  Jan 24, 2021 • 10:04:51pm

re: #67 William Lewis

Which is still about poverty level, actually. Unless you live rent free, eat like a bird, your insurance premiums are pennies on the dollar and your car is paid for and and and… That ain’t much money. But it’s a step in the right direction for a lot of people having the shit exploited out of them. We’re talking a lot of people.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 24, 2021 • 10:28:11pm

re: #67 William Lewis

I just saw this comment at a photo site. Damn good idea in my book…

If minimum wage is $600 per week — what if a person is working 60 hours? Or if a person is truly a part-time worker? My niece works 2 days per week; while her children are young, she has no interest in putting in more hours. The economy is a disaster right now and it won’t recover until the disease is under control. The government needs to throw a lifeline to those who are struggling — and needs to raise taxes on the more affluent.


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