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Rach3 wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:37 pm

jserraglio wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 21, 2021 3:37 pm
In the wake of the abortive Capitol Hill putsch, folks are now afraid of being overrun by Proud Boys, Boogaloos, and other social undesirables.

Undesirables like the Trump family.

Precisely, Steve!

Blow is spot-on.

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What an interesting article. I'm not sure he's right that the never-Trumpers are gone forever as Republicans; they will try to fight within the party.

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Thanks for that link, Brian. Very interesting indeed.

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Like a lot of politicians, Bush looks a lot better in retirement than he did in office.

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Thanks for posting this Brian. One thing I am absolutely going to have to have is the 4 views of Shostakovich's 24 Preludes with Gilels, Richter, Nikolayeva and Shostakovich himself.

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"Most Americans want Donald Trump out of sight and out of mind after he leaves office on Wednesday. Most Americans except Republicans, that is." I don't believe the 74M who voted in his direction really feel that way. Maybe they do. Isn't that the point of the comment. Most Americans want Trump out...

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Yes indeed

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Yes, since Trump washed his hands of him, Pence has acted with integrity and dignity. Just four years too late.

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Another great column

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Lance wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:31 pm
Jean was killed in an auto accident in Renfrew, Ontario on January 20th, 1972 while concertizing.

Sorry to point this out Lance, but he shouldn't have been playing the piano while driving.

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Thank you gentlemen. It's definitely on the agenda!

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2024: Ivanka the Republican candidate for president, with running mate Donald jr. Various other family members in key roles such as Secretary of State.

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It's only a few centuries since traitors in Britain were hung, drawn and quartered. Given Americans' respect for tradition, they might like to revisit this for the Republican traitors. Whoa there, pardner! Most all the folks named in that news story are white ladies. Women for America First. Moms f...

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I tried looking for it Len. Not available in Australia.

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Identitarianism . The word itself is an insult, both to the ear and to the mother tongue. I long for the days when writers on the Right knew how to write. What this inelegant term is commonly understood to mean betrays just how little its users know about American history and culture. American poli...

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Yes Brian. Tonight my wife and I watched the first part of a documentary on the KKK on the History Channel. It was too appalling, and we decided to wait to watch the second half. It didn't have much I didn't know, but the old photos and film are deeply disturbing. People are endlessly inventive when...

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Fine piece, not that I needed any persuading. But you have to be pretty appalling to end up lower than the likes of Buchanan or Nixon.

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That 1964 Tosca is justly famous. Not only Callas but Tito Gobbi's Scarpia. It is true she had passed her peak, but she is still magnificent. There aren't many singers I can recognise after one or two notes, but Callas is certainly one, along with Pavarotti, Wunderlich, Fischer-Dieskau and Sutherlan...

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barney and jserraglio, I am glad you are being sarcastic, but it doesn't sound that way to me. Where do you get that I do not mind the 'secessionists', js? Nothing distorted in my statement. They are of the same cloth as the many pop figures who claimed they would leave the USA if Trump won. Hot ai...

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Rach3 wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:15 pm

Belle wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:58 pm
As I've said, EPIC HYPOCRISY.

Trump heard you:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/18/politics ... index.html

Belle, do you want to amend your claim that your sons are paying more than 50c in the dollar income tax?

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That will surely be relevant at the Senate trial.

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It's only a few centuries since traitors in Britain were hung, drawn and quartered. Given Americans' respect for tradition, they might like to revisit this for the Republican traitors.

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Again, you beat me to posting this Brian. I found it very interesting speculation, and I think Ross is likely right that this is McConnell's best chance. If so, McConnell will certainly recognise it. But he would pay a heavy price - anything up to assassination - for leading 17 Republicans to convi...

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Brian, that is a lovely story about the homeless LP vendor, and his eventual triumph. Really enjoyed that.
Alas, the outer fringe of Melbourne is nothing like as cultured as New York, and I doubt I could even give them away as you did.

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1. "A smaller rate of tax"? Two of my sons pay MORE THAN 50% of their income to our government, plus indirect consumption taxes. PAYE taxpayers are totally ripped off in Australia and carry the vast majority of our taxation . (Sooner or later the discussion had to get around to money, though. All t...

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It goes without saying that the MAGAgoths are going to be antisemitic. They wear their antisemitism on their sweatshirts. But even being Protestant is not safe from them. You have to be the right kind of Protestant, and eventually you'll have to be the right kind of right kind of Protestant. And th...

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they gotta get trump for this! In the matter of Donald Trump, I’ve come around to Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s view. Trump should have been censured, not impeached. The thing is, as the Lord of Misrule, he should have been required to stand stark naked in the well of the House while the censure resolution...

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Surely, some of you are NOT serious! We fought a war over secession and decided the UNITED states is the way to be. Over 600,000 of us died in that conflict. No reason to do it again. I'm not grumping at just those who actually hold the view, but more at us here who 'cheer it on'. I'm being sarcast...

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1. "A smaller rate of tax"? Two of my sons pay MORE THAN 50% of their income to our government, plus indirect consumption taxes. PAYE taxpayers are totally ripped off in Australia and carry the vast majority of our taxation . (Sooner or later the discussion had to get around to money, though. All t...

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Me too! I expect to be buried in a concert grand. How's THAT for the love of the piano? Naturally, the strings and cast iron plate would have to be removed - and as long as I don't gain any more weight it should work! :lol: I'm fascinated by the fact that this thread has gotten more than FIVE TIMES...

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Last year I put my classical CDs on ebay. I think I wanted $1 an LP, for about 1000. Not one tickle. A US LP shop wanted to see the list, but made no offer as I was unwilling to split. Before I withdrew the ad I offered to throw in my turntable (selling new at $1200 in Melbourne). Nothing.

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Democracy is doomed when the people who have its advantages stop valuing them. China has a model for society it is eager to export. I wonder how these anti-democracy imbeciles will align that with their emphasis on individual freedoms. The CCP doesn't allow many. Honestly, could anything be more dep...

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Well, Brian, the warnings were for Jan 17 and 20. Jan 17 has passed without any incidents I heard of. Only two days now and Trump is gone.
That chill in the spine starting to ease?

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Again, you beat me to posting this Brian. I found it very interesting speculation, and I think Ross is likely right that this is McConnell's best chance. If so, McConnell will certainly recognise it. But he would pay a heavy price - anything up to assassination - for leading 17 Republicans to convic...

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The liberal Protestant denominations are not the only religious groups that are concerned. Many more liberal Jewish congregations, including Reform and Reconstructionist congregations, have beefed up security for similar reasons. I suspect that mosques are also very concerned about security. Good p...

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From a Roman Catholic (my tradition) perspective . . . NCR (National Catholic Reporter) January 7th Editorial Catholics need to confess their complicity in the failed coup https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/editorial-catholics-need-confess-their-complicity-failed-coup The link was sent to me by...

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Excellent points, but obviously wrong. After all, Belle assures us that the right is NEVER violent, only the left. Unless the despicable left utterly provoke the kind, gentle people of the right by, for example, continuing to breathe.

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jserraglio wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:16 am
I would suggest Texas look into joining the United Mexican States as its 33rd state; it was once part of Mexico before abandoning its Hispanic identity and becoming independent.

Excellent idea, Joseph. And very good indeed for all the white supremacists.

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Yes Brian, I do get your point.

I was motivated in writing that partly by a threa you started ages ago pointing out how disastrous it would be for Texas. That's why we know it's all just posturing; something Texans are really very good at.

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Certainly is, but it won't happen. Again, requires 17 Republican Senators. I know Cruz is universally loathed, so you might get a few, but not that many. Of course, but I still think a motion should be made and a vote should be taken, just to put everyone on the record publicly. It would tar Cruz a...

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Miller has to be up to something here. The man who said he can't wait to leave. But he's as slimy as ever.

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Fascinating inside detail. I'm always in two minds about whether Trump REALLY believes the election was stolen. This article confirms how cynical he was all along, a ploy long planned. But he really seems to believe it when he hectors his followers. I think he's one of those sociopaths who know they...

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If she is truly concerned about the Constitution she should follow through.

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Certainly is, but it won't happen. Again, requires 17 Republican Senators. I know Cruz is universally loathed, so you might get a few, but not that many.

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Interesting - I don't know a lot about Johnson. He's famous here for the fawning support he got from the Conservative Prime Minister of Australia at the time, whose mantra was "all the way with LBJ", but that's before my time. May I say I am sure there are many fine people in Texas. :D I merely feel...

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thanks Brian. I hadn't seen that cartoon. It's rather cutting.

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Something worth remembering - as clearly you have. Do you remember the lady? Yes, I remember Lisa G. And I remember when I picked her up at her parents' apartment, and I told her mother where we were going, her mother gave me a peculiar look and made some comment about what "PDQ" stood for. I guess...

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Well, Dana certainly speaks for me.

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Why only "may" be a need? They were collaborators in treason.

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Rach3 wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 15, 2021 8:23 pm

barney wrote: ↑
Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:55 pm
Steve, where did that men yell at me article come from, and who is the author?
Try: lyz.substack.com

Thanks Steve. Will do.

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