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<150 electoral college incoming
"we can push Biden left because he's the leader of a democracy not a fascist!"
Can I ask where he said this?
And Biden did pause weapon shipments to Israel over concern that they would be used on civilians:
President Biden paused an arms shipment to Israel last week to prevent the U.S.-made weapons from being used in a long-threatened assault on the city Rafah, administration officials said on Tuesday night, a sign of the growing rift between Washington and Jerusalem over the conduct of the war.
Despite the pause, the Israeli military has enough weapons supplied by the U.S. and other partners to conduct the Rafah operation if it chooses to cast aside U.S. objections, the first official said.
Halting a single weapon shipment deal to save face after already spending 7 months providing Israel an endless supply of weapons to commit a genocide is not laudable. For nearly six months after an American bomb was used to do this:
The Biden administration continued to eagerly supply Israel with weapons, unabated and with no red lines. All the while IDF units were using American ordinance to systematically destroy Gazan civilian infrastructure.
As for the source on the comment from Biden, it's from this cheery speech he gave:
Q Mr. President, have the protests forced you to reconsider any of the policies with regard to the region?
THE PRESIDENT: No.
It lowkey pisses me off that people who probably first heard the Bangles when they came out (in the mid-'80s) have lived their entire lives not knowing that the Bangles could sound like this because god forbid anyone think of the Bangles as a LEGITIMATE ROCK BAND. (If you mention their brilliant cover of "Hazy Shade of Winter" I will say - touché, except that they didn't write that song. THIS SONG was written BY Susanna Hoffs and Vicki Peterson, and is sung by Vicki. Who knows that? Who cares? Most don't, I suspect, which is why I made this post.)
I haven't read this entire review yet, so I can't say how much of it I agree with so far, but the way this writer talks about "Watching the Sky" alone is FANTASTIC.
Sleater-Kinney The Hot Rock era, Start Together Photobook Pt. 4
Pictures from Carrie’s tour diary in Magnet Magazine 2003.
Oslo, Norway, August 9
Touring is all about moving, about momentum, despite the fact your body wants to stay still. Stillness is the enemy of the tour. It allows time for wanting, and there’s no wanting on tour, because there’s very little you can have. Or rather, what you’re allowed to want is what’s right in front of you: sounds and sights and tastes and smells—a good meal, a great show, a firm bed. But you can’t want something back at home, or back in the last city you were in, because it’s either not there or it’s already gone. A camera that was left in a mess of sheets, a book that you forgot in a café. What you have is right in front of you.
We play the Oya Festival. The stage overlooks the river and the city. Bright and clean. We’re plagued by technical problems again. I lose my composure, and a water bottle goes flying. I don’t feel punk rock. I feel like a big baby. I think about all the water and beer that’s been thrown over the years, the guitars that have been smashed, the blood that has been drawn and spilled. All the temper tantrums. All the babies playing rock ‘n’ roll.
♉ May 13th: Musical Virtuoso, Stevie Wonder.
Actually I did find this!! The story behind it is really interesting, too.
Joni Mitchell and Odetta performing together at the Bread and Roses Festival of Music, September 3, 1978.
Today In History
Stevie Wonder (original name Stevland Hardaway Judkins, also called Stevland Hardaway Morris), was born in Saginaw, Michigan, on this date May 13, 1950.
A child prodigy who developed into one of the most creative musical figures of the late 20th century.
“Mon Cherie Amour,” “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours,” “Isn’t She Lovely,” “Superstition,” “As,” “All I Do,” “Sir Duke,” “Lately,” “These Three Words,” “If It’s Magic,” “Overjoyed,” “Boogie On Reggae Woman,” “Living For The City,” “Part-Time Lover,” “Love’s In Need Of Love Today,” and “I Just Called to Say I Love You” are some of his huge hits.
In addition to his acclaimed artistry, Wonder has routinely tackled social issues through his music and appearances.
He successfully spearhead a movement to create a national holiday recognizing the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a celebration he sang about in the track “Happy Birthday” from Hotter Than July. (“Happy Birthday” became a major U.K. hit as well, reaching No. 2.
Wonder had dedicated his Oscar win to anti-apartheid activist/future president Nelson Mandela and had performed on the No. 1 charity singles “We Are the World,” to raise money for famine relief in Africa, and “That’s What Friends Are For,” with Dionne Warwick, Elton John and Gladys Knight, benefiting the American Foundation for AIDS Research.
CARTER™️ Magazine
Me, many months ago, screaming in a draft: 'THIS VERSE COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE ABOUT THE DEBATE IN PSYCHOLOGY OF NATURE VS. NURTURE. THIS IS A ROCK SONG. WHAT THE FUCK.'
Me writing my more definitive and objective analysis recently: By god, he really did make it about nature vs. nurture. *respectfully* What the fuck.
*thinking to myself* Maybe I'll write more smut while I'm on the bus for four hours today. Who knows? Not the people sitting behind me - that's for sure.
You’re just an empty cage girl If you kill the bird
I’ve been looking for a savior in these dirty streets Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets I’ve been raising up my hands Drive another nail in Got enough guilt to start My own religion
O.P.P. - Naught By Nature
Odetta, circa 1970; photo credited to Michael Ochs Archives
Oh my GOD. OKAY.
I-
OKAY, THEN.
