Cory Wong and His Incredible Band Tear It Up at Montreux Jazz Festival: "Welcome 2 Minneapolis"

Cory Wong and His Incredible Band Tear It Up at Montreux Jazz Festival: “Welcome 2 Minneapolis”

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Watch the full performance from the 2023 Montreux Jazz Fest
on The Coda Collection Prime Video Channel
Link to watch: woooong.com

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learn guitar from me → woooong.com
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BAND:
Cory Wong - guitar
Yohannes Tona - bass
Kevin Gastonguay - keys
Petar Janjic - drums
Alex Bone - alto sax, soprano sax
Kenni Holmen - tenor sax, soprano sax, flute
Jake Botts - bari sax, bass clarinet, tambo
Jay Webb - trumpet, flugelhorn
Michael Nelson - trombone

Broadcast mix - Alex Kiel
FOH Engineer - Miles Hanson
Lighting - Ryan Bress

Live from Montreux Jazz Festival 2023

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93 comments

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 21, 2023 • 3:27:38pm

Just back from a year-end Irish session in Mainz with two youngest daughters.

So dig this, the bass player (not visible in the photo) played in a band that backed Tony Sheridan on tour in Germany.

Tony Sheridan was the guy who did the first recordings with the Beatles (as his backing band) in Hamburg in 1962

So I have played with a guy who played with a guy who played with the Beatles.

(You may kiss the ring)

GlutenFreeJesus Dec 21, 2023 • 3:35:41pm

Prague gunman had gun(s) legally. Watch as the Czech Republic actually does something to try and prevent this in the future. I hope our resident lizard there is ok.

Patricia Kayden Dec 21, 2023 • 3:40:50pm

KGxvi Dec 21, 2023 • 3:43:17pm

re: #3 Patricia Kayden

It’s got nothing to do with Ginni Thomas… Clarence is and always has been a true believer.

EPR-radar Dec 21, 2023 • 3:45:37pm

re: #4 KGxvi

It’s got nothing to do with Ginni Thomas… Clarence is and always has been a true believer.

It’s very efficient for plutocrats to install true believers in high offices — they don’t even need to be bribed to decide cases the way plutocrats want them decided.

E.g., the bribes to Thomas were to keep him from resigning to pursue money in the private sector.

Vicious Babushka Dec 21, 2023 • 3:55:27pm

Mastodon

Vicious Babushka Dec 21, 2023 • 3:56:40pm

Another “Perfect Phone Call!!!!”

Mastodon

Backwoods Sleuth Dec 21, 2023 • 4:01:50pm

re: #7 Vicious Babushka

Mastodon

Charles Johnson Dec 21, 2023 • 4:06:28pm

Substack says it will not remove or demonetize Nazi content - The Verge

Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie’s plan to ‘strip bad ideas of their power’ is to profit from disseminating them as widely as possible.

Vicious Babushka Dec 21, 2023 • 4:08:05pm

Wonkette just moved to Substack. I wonder if they are going to stay there now.

darthstar Dec 21, 2023 • 4:11:08pm

re: #7 Vicious Babushka

Another “Perfect Phone Call!!!!”

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Ronna is involved! Whoot!

Charles Johnson Dec 21, 2023 • 4:11:47pm

The horn break in the middle of the video above is très magnifique!

Charles Johnson Dec 21, 2023 • 4:13:11pm

re: #10 Vicious Babushka

Yikes. Not the best timing.

Nerdy Fish Dec 21, 2023 • 4:15:04pm

re: #13 Charles Johnson

Yikes. Not the best timing.

They had moved like 6 months ago or something like that. Well before all this came to light, I think, but they are surely regretting some choices right about now.

jeffreyw Dec 21, 2023 • 4:18:42pm

Mastodon

Charles Johnson Dec 21, 2023 • 4:23:04pm

I wish more articles about Substack would note that it’s not just the Nazis - they also sought out and monetized some of the worst people in the right wing’s anti-LGBTQ hate movement.

Charles Johnson Dec 21, 2023 • 4:31:36pm

Annette at Hosting Matters tells me the downtime I mentioned earlier will probably happen tonight at about 7 pm Pacific time, and shouldn’t take very long. So be aware you will have difficulty getting into LGF during that time. Probably say it can’t find the domain or something similar, because the DNS is going offline for a short time.

retired cynic Dec 21, 2023 • 4:32:20pm

What Charles Koch Paid to Elude 70 Years in Prison
by Greg Palast December 21, 2023
gregpalast.com

In 1996, I filmed an investigation that never saw the light of day. It was about the richest guys you’d never heard of, Charles and David Koch—and their theft of a mind-blowing $2 billion in oil from Osage tribal land. Now, I’m blowing open the files in a new film, Long Knife: The Osage Nation, Koch Oil and the New Trail of Tears.

sagehen Dec 21, 2023 • 4:35:10pm

re: #18 retired cynic

What Charles Koch Paid to Elude 70 Years in Prison
by Greg Palast December 21, 2023
gregpalast.com

I assume this is the same case as the Scorsese/DeCaprio movie Killers of the Flower Moon?

Hecuba's daughter Dec 21, 2023 • 4:36:36pm

re: #18 retired cynic

What Charles Koch Paid to Elude 70 Years in Prison
by Greg Palast December 21, 2023
gregpalast.com

I haven’t seen the movie Killers of the Flower Moon or read books about the crimes but are the Koch Bros the ones behind those murders?

A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Dec 21, 2023 • 4:40:34pm

re: #2 GlutenFreeJesus

Prague gunman had gun(s) legally. Watch as the Czech Republic actually does something to try and prevent this in the future. I hope our resident lizard there is ok.

He’s fine — checked in earlier with some updates about the shooting.

Dave In Austin Dec 21, 2023 • 4:45:33pm

re: #17 Charles Johnson

Annette at Hosting Matters tells me the downtime I mentioned earlier will probably happen tonight at about 7 pm Pacific time, and shouldn’t take very long. So be aware you will have difficulty getting into LGF during that time. Probably say it can’t find the domain or something similar, because the DNS is going offline for a short time.

What’s the Netflix/Amazon choice tonight. We’re caught up on Reacher

Sherlock Hound Dec 21, 2023 • 4:46:46pm

re: #10 Vicious Babushka

Wonkette just moved to Substack. I wonder if they are going to stay there now.

I wonder also if A.R. Moxon will move? Him and Wonkette are the only ones keeping me reading Substack—I always considered it a home for failed asshole pundits.

Charles Johnson Dec 21, 2023 • 4:49:17pm

“Leave the World Behind” on Netflix is watchable.

Sherlock Hound Dec 21, 2023 • 4:49:28pm

re: #17 Charles Johnson

Annette at Hosting Matters tells me the downtime I mentioned earlier will probably happen tonight at about 7 pm Pacific time, and shouldn’t take very long. So be aware you will have difficulty getting into LGF during that time. Probably say it can’t find the domain or something similar, because the DNS is going offline for a short time.

I have updated my domain’s DNS records for both personal and work so I am familiar with the routine.

Charles Johnson Dec 21, 2023 • 4:49:58pm

Leave The World Behind | Official Trailer | Netflix

calochortus Dec 21, 2023 • 4:51:46pm

re: #20 Hecuba’s daughter

I haven’t seen the movie Killers of the Flower Moon or read books about the crimes but are the Koch Bros the ones behind those murders?

It wasn’t mentioned in the book, and I think the Kochs just bought oil from the Osage Nation. However, if Google isn’t leading me astray, they were under-reporting the amount of oil they received and paid for the lower amount.

Hecuba's daughter Dec 21, 2023 • 4:51:55pm

re: #20 Hecuba’s daughter

I haven’t seen the movie Killers of the Flower Moon or read books about the crimes but are the Koch Bros the ones behind those murders?

My bad. Of course the Koch Bros couldn’t be behind the murders — they were born years later.

Dangerman Dec 21, 2023 • 5:00:50pm

silverdolphin Dec 21, 2023 • 5:03:58pm

Seattle hospital sues Texas AG who sought records of trans minors

They filed it in Texas courts to have that state’s courts rule on the issue. But there is one big hurdle for any of Texas’ (or any state’s) efforts to get this private information, the Washington Shield Law. It tells any state banning abortions and/or trans-programes to pound sand.

The law, crafted in response to the Dobbs ruling that eliminated federal protections on abortion access, protects providers of abortion and gender-affirming treatment and their patients. Under the law, Washington courts and law enforcement may not aid, enforce subpoenas and investigations or make arrests at the request of outside states seeking to prosecute treatment that they ban but that is legal in Washington.

It also protects state agencies, any private company and individuals. It prohibits the Governor from extraditing people for these actions.

The Shield was passed last Spring and is one of the reasons I love this state. Because it also includes this bit:

The Shield Law also creates a cause of action for interference with protected health care services, which protects against lawsuits filed in other states related to reproductive or gender-affirming care that is lawful in Washington. Those harmed by such out-of-state lawsuits can file a counter-suit in Washington for damages and recover their costs and attorneys’ fees.

Sue us and we will sue you. The bill’s sponsor Drew Hansen said: “They say ‘don’t mess with Texas.’ but also, don’t mess with Washington state. We make our own laws here. Other states don’t get to harass people here because of legal choices they made.”

jeffreyw Dec 21, 2023 • 5:08:06pm

re: #26 Charles Johnson

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It would please me to end if it were to be continued in some manner, limited series perhaps.

Vicious Babushka Dec 21, 2023 • 5:10:10pm

This cartoon is cringe AF. I am sure that at the time it was made it was considered “progressive” for its diverse characters, but except for the American white girl, all the children are racial and ethnic stereotypes.

Santa’s Surprise (1947) classic animation

Unabogie Dec 21, 2023 • 5:12:30pm

re: #30 silverdolphin

The SCOTUS said that bounties to sue people for things that were constitutional was perfectly fine, so I’d love it if blue states made it legal for me to collect bounties on conservatives in the same way. We should not unilaterally disarm.

Dangerman Dec 21, 2023 • 5:12:39pm

Apparently John Schneider has revealed his chicken nature and deleted his post about Biden

Unabogie Dec 21, 2023 • 5:16:52pm

re: #34 Dangerman

Apparently John Schneider has revealed his chicken nature and deleted his post about Biden

I was probably younger than 10 when I met John Schneider during the height of the Dukes of Hazzard show. He was at a movie theater in North Hollywood that’s long since closed. At the time, I didn’t even realize that the General Lee was a car festooned with a hate symbol. He was pleasant and I was star struck.

Never meet your heroes.

silverdolphin Dec 21, 2023 • 5:19:02pm

Apple wants AI to run directly on its hardware instead of in the cloud

They are already doing this in small bits. Using the Magnifier app on a recent iPhone, you can have it identify doors, people (and the distance to them) and even the objects it is pointed at (like the TV, laptops, people, tables, etc). It will then speak out loud the things it “sees.” For a sight-impaired person, this would be great. All done without any access to the cloud.

PhillyPretzel ✅ Dec 21, 2023 • 5:19:42pm

re: #35 Unabogie

One of the reasons why the “Dukes of Hazzard” was popular was the show that aired right after it “Dallas.”

Charles Johnson Dec 21, 2023 • 5:22:55pm

Here’s an idea I had today. Would any of you subscribing lizards be interested in having a Bluesky handle like “myname.littlegreenfootballs.com”?

Because one of our upcoming DNS changes will enable a feature like that. It’s a sort of verification, I suppose.

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 21, 2023 • 5:23:11pm

Whoa even more sizzling hot news from Michigan!

Court orders metro Detroit legislative maps redrawn

In response to a lawsuit brought by Detroiters, a three-judge panel ruled Thursday that more than a dozen state legislative maps running through the majority-Black city are unconstitutional because race predominated in Michigan’s first-ever citizen-led mapping process.

The maps must be redrawn and no more elections can be held under the current lines, the panel ordered. The judicial appointees of former President George W. Bush, a Republican, directed the parties in the case to appear before the court in January to discuss how to redraw the lines.

They ruled that the 13 Detroit area maps at issue in the case were drawn in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits drawing district lines on the basis of race.

The panel ordered the commission to redraw the following districts:

House District 1, currently represented by state Rep. Tyrone Carter, D-Detroit.
House District 7, currently represented by state Rep. Helena Scott, D-Detroit.
House District 8, currently represented by state Rep. Mike McFall, D-Hazel Park.
House District 10, currently represented by state Rep. Joe Tate, D-Detroit.
House District 11, currently represented by state Rep. Veronica Paiz, D-Harper Woods.
House District 12, currently represented by state Rep. Kimberly Edwards, D-Eastpointe.
House District 14, currently represented by state Rep. Donavan McKinney, D-Detroit.
Senate District 1, currently represented by state Sen. Erika Geiss, D-Detroit.
Senate District 3, currently represented by state Sen. Stephanie Chang, D-Detroit.
Senate District 6, currently represented by state Sen. Mary Cavanagh, D-Redford Township.
Senate District 8, currently represented by state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, D-Royal Oak.
State Senate District 10, currently represented by state Sen. Paul Wojno, D-Warren.
State Senate District 11, currently represented by state Sen. Veronica Klinefelt, D-Eastpointe.

freep.com

Nerdy Fish Dec 21, 2023 • 5:23:41pm

re: #38 Charles Johnson

Here’s an idea I had today. Would any of you subscribing lizards be interested in having a Bluesky handle like “myname.littlegreenfootballs.com”?

Because one of our upcoming DNS changes will enable a feature like that. It’s a sort of verification, I suppose.

I’d be down for that.

Hecuba's daughter Dec 21, 2023 • 5:25:25pm

re: #32 Vicious Babushka

This cartoon is cringe AF. I am sure that at the time it was made it was considered “progressive” for its diverse characters, but except for the American white girl, all the children are racial and ethnic stereotypes.

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Video

Terrible stereotypes in the way they looked and talked and what they did to help out. But they worked together and treated each other as equals, and the message was that Santa visited all children and treated everyone equally. So it was real progress for the time.

Captain Ron Dec 21, 2023 • 5:26:19pm

So the Trumpers spend pretty much all their time talking about how they are going to secede and how tough they will be with their guns… and then Fox News runs a piece saying the Dems want a civil war? Jesus H Christ.

— Crazy Fenak (@CrazyFenaker) December 22, 2023

Patricia Kayden Dec 21, 2023 • 5:27:38pm

re: #23 Sherlock Hound

I read Hemant Mehta on Substack. He’s known as the Friendly Atheist and has a YouTube channel. I wonder if he’ll leave.

Charles Johnson Dec 21, 2023 • 5:27:38pm

re: #40 Nerdy Fish

OK, you can be one of the bleeding edge beta testers when it’s ready.

silverdolphin Dec 21, 2023 • 5:29:07pm

re: #32 Vicious Babushka

This cartoon is cringe AF. I am sure that at the time it was made it was considered “progressive” for its diverse characters, but except for the American white girl, all the children are racial and ethnic stereotypes.

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Yep, does not hold up well at all. Paramount launched Little Audrey with this flick. It came out about the same time as Warner Bros. Censored 11. The voice is that of Mae Questel, the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl but most of us would know here as Bethany from Nation Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

Charles Johnson Dec 21, 2023 • 5:30:47pm

re: #31 jeffreyw

It would please me to end if it were to be continued in some manner, limited series perhaps.

Yes, it ended at an odd place. Lots left hanging.

Captain Ron Dec 21, 2023 • 5:32:56pm

Well, there you have it. Republicans are openly admitting to sabotaging efforts to fix the border. https://t.co/8Sptvzqbyn

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) December 22, 2023

A Cranky One Dec 21, 2023 • 5:33:24pm

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 21, 2023 • 5:34:10pm

And here we go with Flukey Duke!

Secret Service Probing John Schneider’s Call for Biden to be ‘Publicly Hung’

It’s been a whirlwind 48 hours for former Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider.

The eventful few days began with his winning second place on The Masked Singer and was bookended by scrutiny from the United States Secret Service over a call for President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, to be “publicly hung.”

Just hours after his Masked Singer appearance aired, Schneider took to X to air his grievances with the president.

“Mr. President, I believe you are guilty of treason and should be publicly hung. Your son too,” Schneider tweeted. “Your response is..? Sincerely, John Schneider.”

Biden didn’t appear to take notice, but his security detail did. The Secret Service opened a probe into Schneider’s remark, DEADLINE reported, potentially opening the actor up to serious charges.

“The Secret Service is aware of the comments made by Mr. Schneider, and as a matter of practice, we do not comment on matters involving protective intelligence,” a Secret Service spokesperson told The Daily Beast. “We can say, however, that the Secret Service investigates all threats related to our protectees.”

thedailybeast.com

silverdolphin Dec 21, 2023 • 5:41:42pm

It just struck me that if the Supremes do uphold Trump’s removal from the ballot, it might just be seen historically as a bookend to Bush v Gore. The latter prevented the winner from assuming the Presidency. The former prevents the loser from assuming the Presidency. As Maggie said, “…, you’re going to see people, in other states, trying this anyway. And if the Supreme Court does that [uphold Colorado], it’s, he will get kicked off the ballot almost everywhere.”

And this is the main reason I think the conservatives on the Court will not uphold. They will find a rationalization, but they do not want that responsibility, something the Bush v Gore court was happy to do.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Dec 21, 2023 • 5:45:07pm

So the NWS changed the forecast for today… again.

Now once again expecting heavy rain tonight but only showers tomorrow.

Regardless, I’m enjoying the tropical flow of air, being on the south east side of the surface low:

surface winds 21 Dec 2023 PM

One reason the forecasts have been so poor is that the low system has moved west. And the forecasters were counting on the subtropical jet stream to have kicked in and moved the storm over us today. But said jetstream is still too far south:

500mb winds 21 Dec 2023 PM

The loquats need some rain.

EPR-radar Dec 21, 2023 • 5:46:45pm

re: #50 silverdolphin

On the other hand, the GOP money bags that are the real owners of this SCOTUS majority have no real fondness for Trump, and might see ballot disqualification as a painless way to get rid of Trump.

Another issue is that justices almost always don’t want to look like idiots in their rulings, and there’s no way to rule that Trump didn’t lead an insurrection, or that the 14th amendment bars insurrectionists only if they aren’t running for president, without looking like an idiot.

This shit is truly not difficult, despite the legal community making a big deal out of it being a case of first impression.

Semper Fi Dec 21, 2023 • 5:48:10pm

re: #15 jeffreyw

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Nice…but I wish doggo had a sweater.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Dec 21, 2023 • 5:48:19pm

re: #50 silverdolphin

The other complication is the interaction with Trump’s appeal for immunity that Jack Smith now wants the USSC to rule on.

If the court says that Trump should not be removed from ballots based on 14A until Trump is actually convicted of such a crime, then the court can also make sure that Trump is on the ballot by not deciding as Jack Smith wants, but force any appeals to wander through the appellate courts.

Vicious Babushka Dec 21, 2023 • 5:49:18pm

re: #45 silverdolphin

Yep, does not hold up well at all. Paramount launched Little Audrey with this flick. It came out about the same time as Warner Bros. Censored 11. The voice is that of Mae Questel, the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl but most of us would know here as Bethany from Nation Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

I remember as a kid in the ‘50’s watching cartoons in which Popeye beats up a bunch of Japanese sailors and Bugs Bunny kicks some nazi ass.

Nerdy Fish Dec 21, 2023 • 5:54:33pm

re: #44 Charles Johnson

OK, you can be one of the bleeding edge beta testers when it’s ready.

Not unlike my day job. Heh heh.

EPR-radar Dec 21, 2023 • 5:55:21pm

re: #54 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I think it likely that even the brain-dead US political media will pick up on the obvious corruption of a SCOTUS that promptly decides to let Trump stay on the ballot in CO, while allowing Trump’s patently frivolous immunity appeal to delay his criminal trials.

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 21, 2023 • 5:56:09pm

re: #55 Vicious Babushka

I remember as a kid in the ‘50’s watching cartoons in which Popeye beats up a bunch of Japanese sailors and Bugs Bunny kicks some nazi ass.

Oh I remember the Max Fleischer Superman cartoon with vicious anti-Japanese stereotypes! And Dad told me about the original Batman serial with J Carroll Naish as a very racist portrayal of a Japanese villain. Dad said the racism was so bad he walked out in the middle of the serial. And Mom said that it inspired her as a Socialist Party member to oppose the internment of Japanese Americans…Mom got into trouble about that…but she insisted it was good trouble…

danarchy Dec 21, 2023 • 5:56:34pm

re: #50 silverdolphin

The latter prevented the winner from assuming the Presidency .

Literally every recount by any standard that didn’t include overvotes found Bush would have won. Don’t be like the Trump supporters.

silverdolphin Dec 21, 2023 • 5:57:21pm

re: #52 EPR-radar

On the other hand, the GOP money bags that are the real owners of this SCOTUS majority have no real fondness for Trump, and might see ballot disqualification as a painless way to get rid of Trump.

Another issue is that justices almost always don’t want to look like idiots in their rulings, and there’s no way to rule that Trump didn’t lead an insurrection, or that the 14th amendment bars insurrectionists only if they aren’t running for president, without looking like an idiot.

This shit is truly not difficult, despite the legal community making a big deal out of it being a case of first impression.

Emotionally, I think you are right. Then the decision would really bookend Bush v Gore. With one decison making the Supremes responsible for almost 25 years of pain and the second one perhaps setting us on the path we should have been. I can only hope.

The GOP could likely be saved as a party if the Supremes upheld Colorado, although I expect they will have to serve some time in the boonies. Without Trump on the ballot, a lot of Republicans will lose.

teleskiguy Dec 21, 2023 • 6:02:05pm

Filled up my car at Costco, the one right next to EGE. $2.99/gal. First time I’ve seen it under $3 in years.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Dec 21, 2023 • 6:02:47pm

re: #61 teleskiguy

Clearly Biden must be impeached for this!

Belafon Dec 21, 2023 • 6:03:24pm

re: #61 teleskiguy

Filled up my car at Costco, the one right next to EGE. $2.99/gal. First time I’ve seen it under $3 in years.

On Saturday, gas was $2.29. On Monday it was $2.59. On Wednesday, it was $2.79. Today it’s down a penny.

teleskiguy Dec 21, 2023 • 6:04:51pm

re: #62 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

INPEACH!!!!111!!

danarchy Dec 21, 2023 • 6:05:18pm

re: #63 Belafon

On Saturday, gas was $2.29. On Monday it was $2.59. On Wednesday, it was $2.79. Today it’s down a penny.

Texas is weird

Nerdy Fish Dec 21, 2023 • 6:05:57pm

re: #64 teleskiguy

INPEACH!!!!111!!

There are pits in peach.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Dec 21, 2023 • 6:06:32pm

So, there are Christmas songs I do not like, mostly they fall into contemporary “Country” style, but there are some older earworms that are just not for me.

Here is one such… but then which is better, or worse (depending on how one feels about these things):

1948, Ernest Tubb:

Ernest Tubb - Blue Christmas [1948]

Or 20 years later, with Elvis:

Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas (‘68 Comeback Special)

I think Ernest’s is, well, more ernest, and Elvis is just going for the girls swooning.

Belafon Dec 21, 2023 • 6:08:47pm

re: #65 danarchy

Texas is weird

I gave you a + because that statement doesn’t need context.

silverdolphin Dec 21, 2023 • 6:09:00pm

re: #59 danarchy

Literally every recount by any standard that didn’t include overvotes found Bush would have won. Don’t be like the Trump supporters.

I am not. I have actual facts for my opinion. I am basing it on the NORC-sponsored Florida Ballot Project recount which showed that if ALL ballots in the state were counted, by any standard, even excluding overvotes, Gore would have won.

It was only by recounting limited ballots that Bush won. The state court decision to examine whether ALL ballots should be counted, something Gore had not yet asked for, was scheduled but made moot by the Supreme Court’s decision, one day before the state court was to decide. To my mind, that is a big reason that Court decided when they did, to pre-empt the state court. They felt, correctly, that if all the ballots in the state were recounted, Gore would win.

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 21, 2023 • 6:09:58pm

Grandma’s 5 Chip Cookie recipe

Basically follows the Nestle recipe MINUS the chopped nuts…

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour PLUS 1 heaping tablespoon.
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1/2 cup each of Milk Chocolate, White Chocolate, Semi-Sweet Chocolate, Peanut Butter and Butterscotch chips (totalling 2 1/2 cups)

Step 1
Preheat oven to 375° F.

Step 2
Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Mix the Chips in a seperate bowl then stir them in. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

Step 3
Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Decatur Deb Dec 21, 2023 • 6:11:09pm

re: #67 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

So, there are Christmas songs I do not like, mostly they fall into contemporary “Country” style, but there are some older earworms that are just not for me.

Here is one such… but then which is better, or worse (depending on how one feels about these things):

1948, Ernest Tubb:

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..

I think Ernest’s is, well, more ernest, and Elvis is just going for the girls swooning.

Any Christmas music I like was written before the Council of Trent. That excludes Silent Night.

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 21, 2023 • 6:14:26pm

re: #67 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

It’s Porky P’s version that I love!

porky pig’s blue Christmas

darthstar Dec 21, 2023 • 6:14:56pm

re: #24 Charles Johnson

“Leave the World Behind” on Netflix is watchable.

I just watched that the other day. Watchable is a good review. Took a bit to get used to the relationship between the two women but they got into their roles well after a few scenes

Belafon Dec 21, 2023 • 6:17:13pm

re: #42 Captain Ron

“That’s why we gotta do one first.”

— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) December 22, 2023

A Three Hour Tour Dec 21, 2023 • 6:21:26pm

re: #55 Vicious Babushka

I remember as a kid in the ‘50’s watching cartoons in which Popeye beats up a bunch of Japanese sailors and Bugs Bunny kicks some nazi ass.

Yes, they were still showing the Popeye vs “Mr J-slur” short on Pat Robertson’s flagship station well into the seventies.

Decatur Deb Dec 21, 2023 • 6:22:21pm

re: #74 Belafon

The first time I heard any crap about a coming civil war was in 1978, from a Fed co-worker. I told him we would be in different trenches.

Patricia Kayden Dec 21, 2023 • 6:26:53pm

re: #24 Charles Johnson

It will be interesting to see how you feel after you’ve watched the whole thing.

Mike Lamb Dec 21, 2023 • 6:27:04pm

re: #24 Charles Johnson

“Leave the World Behind” on Netflix is watchable.

Weird movie, but I somehow kept watching.

goddamnedfrank Dec 21, 2023 • 6:28:30pm

re: #63 Belafon

On Saturday, gas was $2.29. On Monday it was $2.59. On Wednesday, it was $2.79. Today it’s down a penny.

*Laughs in Californian*

Decatur Deb Dec 21, 2023 • 6:30:34pm

Tonight’s movie was this:

Living in Tents
imdb.com

It offers no solution, but defines the problem well. It’s free on Tubi.

Patricia Kayden Dec 21, 2023 • 6:31:22pm

Mastodon

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 21, 2023 • 6:32:52pm

Son Of Sorbo Screenshotted

goddamnedfrank Dec 21, 2023 • 6:35:45pm

re: #82 Joe Bacon ✅

Son Of Sorbo Screenshotted

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Listen I’m not saying Andromeda was great or anything but it kinda sucks for everyone else involved that Kevin’s shit has ruined it.

Patricia Kayden Dec 21, 2023 • 6:37:24pm

Belafon Dec 21, 2023 • 6:38:07pm

re: #80 Decatur Deb

Tonight’s movie was this:

Living in Tents
imdb.com

It offers no solution, but defines the problem well. It’s free on Tubi.

Just watch volunteering, you might get turned into pig people or worse. //

This reminds me of a story I heard about a town outside of Houston that is getting some flack because the a whole lot of immigrants are moving there. One of the builders in the area has been building to what the families are wanting, and some of the representatives of the area - it didn’t sound like the people in the town itself much cared - are calling for things to change. One of the changes is to require a minimum square footage for the homes in order to make them too expensive. That would explain why, around here, it’s hard to find a home I want to move into to get out of the 3,000 square foot house I live in. When we moved in the neighborhood, my house was the second largest house design. A lot of the neighborhoods that have been built sense, that are for families moving in the area, have multiple house designs that are obviously bigger than mine.

Charles Johnson Dec 21, 2023 • 6:39:31pm

The notes. There are so many. Do not even try to count them.

Jamming on Proto-Cosmos

Joe Bacon ✅ Dec 21, 2023 • 6:41:47pm

No Labels Party Proposes Effort to Swing Election for Preferred Candidate After Voting Ends

In the unlikely event that no candidate reaches 270 electoral votes come November, centrist group No Labels has floated a reality in which the outcome of the election could hinge not on the will of the voters, but rather on which candidate might be more willing to cut a deal with the group. “It’s possible… that there could be negotiation to create a coalition government where electors get traded between different candidates to get somebody over 270,” No Labels chief strategist Ryan Clancy told NBC News. No Labels co-founder and former Rep. Tom Davis elaborated on the idea: “It could be, for example: ‘We’re going to build a border wall [and] not run deficits.’ Any number of things,” he said, adding that the group could “swing faithless electors over” in spite of the will of the voters.

thedailybeast.com

Decatur Deb Dec 21, 2023 • 6:41:55pm

re: #85 Belafon

I’ve aged out of my personal answer. Habitat’s insurance providers won’t let me anywhere near a build. That is a “starfish” solution, however—it will never solve the society-wide problem. (Our basic house was 920 square feet, 1500 for a very large family.)

sagehen Dec 21, 2023 • 6:51:23pm

re: #59 danarchy

Literally every recount by any standard that didn’t include overvotes found Bush would have won. Don’t be like the Trump supporters.

what really cost Gore Florida is that Katherine Harris improperly purged the voter rolls, removing 10,000 voters from heavily D districts. Heavily, HEAVILY D districts. The kind of districts that those voters, like the people who were allowed to vote in those districts, would have gone 80% Democrat.

silverdolphin Dec 21, 2023 • 6:59:03pm

re: #85 Belafon

Just watch volunteering, you might get turned into pig people or worse. //

This reminds me of a story I heard about a town outside of Houston that is getting some flack because the a whole lot of immigrants are moving there. One of the builders in the area has been building to what the families are wanting, and some of the representatives of the area - it didn’t sound like the people in the town itself much cared - are calling for things to change.

Yeah, Colony Ridge near Cleveland, Texas. the developer is a Republican who donated over $1 million to the governor’s campaign. So he was not expecting all the anti-immigrant rhetoric hitting his development. He loved Hispanics.

Now we likely know why.

Because he has been sued by the DOJ as he likely catered to immigrants so he could take advantage of them with predatory loans, advertising houses that were not connected to utilities and seling property in flood zones.

Now that sounds like a rich Republican - scamming a fringe group without any political power.

silverdolphin Dec 21, 2023 • 7:11:59pm

re: #87 Joe Bacon ✅

No Labels Party Proposes Effort to Swing Election for Preferred Candidate After Voting Ends

In the unlikely event that no candidate reaches 270 electoral votes come November, centrist group No Labels has floated a reality in which the outcome of the election could hinge not on the will of the voters, but rather on which candidate might be more willing to cut a deal with the group. “It’s possible… that there could be negotiation to create a coalition government where electors get traded between different candidates to get somebody over 270,” No Labels chief strategist Ryan Clancy told NBC News. No Labels co-founder and former Rep. Tom Davis elaborated on the idea: “It could be, for example: ‘We’re going to build a border wall [and] not run deficits.’ Any number of things,” he said, adding that the group could “swing faithless electors over” in spite of the will of the voters.

thedailybeast.com

Yeah, let’s repeat the election of 1986, where after month’s of negotiation, 20 EV from Florida, Louisiana, Oregon, and South Carolina were given to Hayes so he beat Tilden by one EV. He became President - the GOP remained in control of the White House. The greatest percentage of Americans in history voted in that election, over 80% for Tilden but they were ignored. The compromise resulted in the end of Reconstruction and the destruction of minority rights in the US for almost a century.

Yeah, let’s do that. Assholes.

silverdolphin Dec 21, 2023 • 7:25:31pm

re: #89 sagehen

what really cost Gore Florida is that Katherine Harris improperly purged the voter rolls, removing 10,000 voters from heavily D districts. Heavily, HEAVILY D districts. The kind of districts that those voters, like the people who were allowed to vote in those districts, would have gone 80% Democrat.

I never got the reason for the Supremes rush to a decision, The 1876 election results took several months before the horrible Compromise of 1877 was created. Then I happened to read that the day after the Court handed down Bush v Gore, the Florida Courts were going to take up whether ALL the votes in the state would be counted. By working quickly, they mooted that question.

Subsequently, investigations indicate that if ALL the ballots had been counted, Gore would have won. even with the dirty tricks by Harris. As bad an election shenanigans as the one in 1876. And now some idiots want to repeat the ordeal.

BeenHereAwhile Dec 21, 2023 • 7:45:02pm

re: #37 PhillyPretzel ✅

One of the reasons why the “Dukes of Hazzard” was popular was the show that aired right after it “Dallas.”

And Waylon Jennings’ voice overs.

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