RIP, Shane

I am so saddened to hear that Shane MacGowan died today. If you don’t know who he was, he became famous in the early 1980s, with his amazing band, The Pogues, but even in years of ill health, he continued to be really creative.

What an amazing amount of joy he brought me when his music first came into my life, back in that little hellhole apartment on E.12th Street in NYC, gang. Wow. I will never forget it.

His wife, Victoria Clarke, posted a very dear and heartbreaking farewell to Shane on Instagram this morning:

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I don’t have much other news today.

I found this interesting. An update on Australia, among other topics —

Charlie Ward and Riccardo Bosi – THE WORLD WIDE FIGHT ACROSS THE GLOBE (1 hr):

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Phil will be live today at 5PM eastern. He was not able to do the livestream yesterday.

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I found this interesting —

From UKR LEAKS:

Russia has won this war, and there is no way we can change this outcome

This was stated by former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter. According to him, Western countries already recognize this and actively call for negotiations.

This means that everything the EU and NATO said about this conflict turned out to be a lie — an outright lie,” he says.”

[Oh, and PS: I’ve been trying to tell them that for, what, 2 years already??]

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Okay, that’s it for now. I’m heading back to the train station for the next few nights, as the Christmas season officially begins.

Have a good Thursday, wherever you are in the world, gang.

Thanks for visiting. I love you guys. See ya!

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“Sally MacLennane”

Well Jimmy played harmonica in the pub where I was born
He played it from the night time to the peaceful early morn
He soothed the souls of psychos and the men who had the horn
And they all looked very happy in the morning

Now Jimmy didn’t like his place in this world of ours
Where the elephant man broke strong men’s necks
When he’d had too many Powers
So sad to see the grieving of the people that he’s leaving
And he took the road for God knows in the morning

We walked him to the station in the rain
We kissed him as we put him on the train
And we sang him a song of times long gone
Though we knew that we’d be seeing him again
(Far away) sad to say I must be on my way
So buy me beer and whiskey ’cause I’m going far away (far away)
I’d like to think of me returning when I can
To the greatest little boozer and to Sally MacLennane

The years passed by the times had changed I grew to be a man
I learned to love the virtues of sweet Sally MacLennane
I took the jeers and drank the beers and crawled back home at dawn
And ended up a barman in the morning

I played the pump and took the hump and watered whiskey down
I talked of whores and horses to the men who drank the brown
I heard them say that Jimmy’s making money far away
And some people left for heaven without warning

We walked him to the station in the rain
We kissed him as we put him on the train
And we sang him a song of times long gone
Though we knew that we’d be seeing him again
(Far away) sad to say I must be on my way
So buy me beer and whiskey ’cause I’m going far away (far away)
I’d like to think of me returning when I can
To the greatest little boozer and to Sally MacLennane

When Jimmy came back home he was surprised that they were gone
He asked me all the details of the train that they went on
Some people they are scared to croak but Jimmy drank until he choked
And he took the road for heaven in the morning

We walked him to the station in the rain
We kissed him as we put him on the train
And we sang him a song of times long gone
Though we knew that we’d be seeing him again
(Far away) sad to say I must be on my way
So buy me beer and whiskey ’cause I’m going far away (far away)
I’d like to think of me returning when I can
To the greatest little boozer and to Sally MacLennane

c – 1985 Shane Patrick Lysaght Macgowan

Good news, we hope!

You probably already saw this everywhere, so why not here, too??

From Real Raw News:

JAG Arrests Stephen Colbert

JAG’s new detainment center on Guam will soon have its first detainee: Trump-hating, vaccine-loving, liberal talk show host Stephen Colbert, host of CBS’s Late Night with Stephen Colbert. […]

Colbert, whose eponymous show is seen by 3.9m viewers nightly, is widely viewed as the second most liberal talk show host in the country—Jimmy Kimmel takes top honors. Colbert’s chumminess with top Democrats is legendary. In June 2021, he stoked what Joe Rogan called “mass psychosis” for a skit that featured a dance troupe dressed as vaccine syringes and, in October 2022, joined a Fauci body double (the real Fauci was hanged in April 2022) at a Walgreens for fresh booster shots on live television. Since the plandemic’s inception, Colbert dedicated over 1,750 show hours advocating for clot shots he had never received. […]

[full article here]

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And if you have a strong stomach, please watch THIS. It will make you sick, but at least you’ll understand why everyone in the Q movement is excited about Colbert’s alleged arrest…

From Nick at Goodliontv (link includes a free 31-minute episode of Pervywood)–

“The movie I made in response to him making fun of me on his show.

Pervywood: Stephen Colbert

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Really creepy updates coming out of Dublin, Ireland.

Tucker and Steve Bannon — STEVE BANNON EXPLAINS: EP. 41 DUBLIN IN FLAMES. WHAT’S HAPPENING IN IRELAND WILL HAPPEN HERE (23 mins):

And from Yellowvest Ireland — Conor McGregor had some really intense things to say about the stabbings and riots, including that the little 5-year-old girl who was stabbed & in the hospital, is actually already dead, and only “surviving” on a ventilator. — (video in link)–

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Another good telegram channel that seems to be worth following:

sputnik_africa

From today:

“🇸🇱 A “failed coup attempt” took place in Sierra Leone, authorities say

The aim of the clashes that occurred 2 days ago was to “overthrow a democratically elected government”, said the Sierra Leonean Minister of Information.

Here is what happened:

🔺 The violence took place early in the morning on November 26. Attackers attempted to break into the military armory of a barracks near Freetown. The attacks were repelled.

🔺 On the same day, the central prison, another penitentiary establishment and two police stations were stormed, around 2,000 prisoners escaped.

🔺 Following this, the curfew was declared. Currently, it is in effect from 9 pm to 6 am nationwide.

🔺 More than 20 people lost their lives, according to the authorities. The attackers are currently being sought.”

And also this:

🇷🇺🇿🇦 Russia-South Africa trade increases by 30% in 10 months, Russia’s deputy agriculture minister says

[…] Deputy Minister Levin highlighted that an impressive 72% of trade between South Africa and Russia is attributed to South Africa’s food supplies. Additionally, he noted a remarkable 15% increase in Russia’s imports of agricultural products from South Africa this year.”

[Can anyone say BRICS ??]

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Phil will be live tonight at 8PM eastern time.

There were some interesting financial posts on his channel yesterday, but we can no longer copy & paste anything from his channel, so you have to just visit the link and then scroll.

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James Tabor — Bible Prophecy # 24: The Origin of Preterism–Was All Bible Prophecy Fulfilled in 70 AD? (45 mins):

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Okay, you gotta see this!!!

When I first moved to NYC in 1980, the guitar I brought with me was a Harmony acoustic. I played that in the clubs for a few years, until the musicians who played onstage with me said: “Please! You gotta get a better guitar, Marilyn!” And so I did.

Meanwhile. Here’s a photo of Keith from a long time ago!!!! It’s an electric guitar, but check out the brand:

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And I think that’s it for today.

Enjoy your Wednesday, wherever you are in the world!

Thanks for visiting. I love you guys. See ya!

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I leave you with this!!

I play this song a lot, gang and the older I get, the more I fucking LOVE it. Enjoy!! (PS: check out the real Paul; his profile speaks volumes…)

Another Terrific Tuesday!

Yes, it’s 20 degrees Fahrenheit out there and beginning to snow!! And, yes, Kon Tiki of the Great Outdoors refuses to stay inside for more than an hour at a time…

HER: “Can I come in?”

HER: “Okay, I want to go back out now.”

HER: “Can I come in again?”

HER: “Okay, I want to go back out now.”

And on and on and on.

Anyway.

My trip to my dad’s went very, very well. When I arrived, my stepsister was there to greet me. My dad had asked her to stop by, in order to assure me that she had about 6 years’ worth of food supplies on her farm, and also tons of seeds to continue growing her own food, along with plenty of guns, and gasoline, and solar panels, and a generator, and everything else imaginable. And that if she needed to get to my dad and for some reason wouldn’t be allowed to drive, she would either walk or ride her horse, and that she’s only a few miles away….

So. I guess I don’t have to worry that my dad will go hungry anytime soon. Wow.

I thought that was really nice of her to drop what she was doing and come over and tell me that yesterday.

Oh, and also–

5 (FIVE!!) military vehicles on the freeway yesterday!! Which is a lot for around here.

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So, I saw this on Monday morning . I’ve seen similar posts over the last couple of days, and I’m wondering if it’s part of that “Putin declaring war on Israel” before the year is out (?).

From Intel Slava Z yesterday:

“🇵🇸🇷🇺 Hamas announces the release of a Russian citizen held hostage since October 7.

Hamas said it released the hostage at the request of Russian President Vladimir Putin in appreciation of his position on the Palestinian issue.”

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Here’s another Putin post from the other day, along with more on the vigilante justice situation at GITMO.

From Real Raw News:

Putin Bombs Big Pharma in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered the destruction of a Kyiv pharmaceutical laboratory suspected of manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines that reached the arms of Russian citizens.

The Farmak plant was flattened Wednesday night by hypersonic cruise missiles launched from a Russian frigate in the Black Sea, Real Raw News has learned. The blast and ensuing fireball killed approximately 150 employees, Russian intelligence sources told RRN. […]

[…]  Dr. Balabinov is the FSB employee and immunologist who correlated the vaccines to a sudden surge of HIV among Russian citizens, prompting President Putin to shut down pharma plants in Russia, destroy vaccine stockpiles, and summarily execute medical professionals that defied his edict outlawing COVID-19 vaccines in the Russian Federation. […]”

[full article here]

Also–

GITMO Guards Who Murdered Erik Hooks Take Plea Deal

The Guantanamo Bay guards who beat detainee Erik Hooks to death have accepted a deal instead of a court martial that could have seen them hang and tainted JAG’s stellar reputation, a JAG source told Real Raw News. […]

[…] According to bodycam footage, the guards, who are Black, called Hooks a “Deep State disgrace to your race” as they shattered his jaw, and said, “This is for everyone in Maui” while clubbing him. […]

[full article here]

After the FEMA field day in Lahaina, Maui

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From Phil — he is thinking of doing a livestream either tonight or tomorrow night. No time announced yet. Check here to confirm.

He also re-posted from ZeroHedge that 64 US branches (of Bank of America?) filed to shut down in a single week.

(So far, my little community bank here in the Hinterlands is doing business as usual.) (And at warp speed, with their new digital platform.)

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Also, a Q repost from GoodLiontv just now:

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Okay.

In other news!!

If you’re into vinyl (meaning, “if you’re not old enough to remember what a colossal pain in the fucking ass it is to move crates and crates and crates of record albums around every time to have to re-locate somewhere”….)–

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, live at the Sydney Opera House, Australian Carnage, is out on vinyl this coming Friday, December 1st. Pre-order or stream it HERE.

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I believe that is it for now.

Have a terrific Tuesday, wherever you are in the world!

Thanks for visiting. I love you guys! See ya!

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Mike Campbell (of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) – Extended Interview (from the MOJO Documentary Directed by Sam Jones) (15 mins):

My favorite song from an amazing album —

“Let Yourself Go” from Mojo, 2010. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. Enjoy.

“Let Yourself Go”

Rain on the river, I’m soaking wet
Waiting on a friend who ain’t come yet
And he might not get here for three or four days
Got to make a little bit go a long way

I’ve got a blond-headed woman who likes to come around
Cute little hippy girl lives in town
Brings a bag of records and she plays ’em ’til dawn
Give me little loving then she got to go home

When times are hard
When you start feeling low
Let yourself go
When the river’s rising
And the world feels cold
Let yourself go
Let yourself go

I got a 442 sitting in the sun
Well it’d been ten years since she used to run
Man, she was a beauty in ’69
But there ain’t no more coming down the line

When times are hard
And you start feeling low
Let yourself go
When the river’s rising
And your world feels cold
Let yourself go
Honey, let yourself go
Let yourself go

c – 2010 Tom Petty

Road Trip!

Okay, gang. I really, really rested yesterday. And I slept 8 straight hours last night without coughing once!

So, assuming my dad is reasonably all right this morning, I am heading down to see him in just a few minutes.

There is not much I want to post about, except a couple of items on Putin, I will do that tomorrow.

Meanwhile, have a terrific Tuesday, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting. I love you guys. See ya!

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From the traveling playlist for today! Remember summer???? I sure do! Enjoy🥰

Be Prepared, Please!

If you don’t follow Phil’s channel, please be prepared for extreme banking issues in Europe and the US, beginning this weekend, and perhaps getting progressively worse as the week goes on. Ending with election-fraud news perhaps hitting the Internet by Friday.

The banking issues intensified yesterday, in Spain, Switzerland, and here in the US and also here.

Meanwhile, gold & silver are climbing. I decided to buy more silver this morning, leaving only enough in my bank account to pay my bills.

I don’t have a lot of money, gang, not by any stretch of the imagination, but even I can invest in fractional silver and silver Eagles. (7Kmetals.com) So please consider it ASAP, if you aren’t already doing it.

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Well, Monday is the day I go down to see my dad for “Thanksgiving”. I am planning to not cough the entire time I’m there! But of course, now I want to try to get him to the grocery store while I’m down there (see Phil’s post), just to make sure my 93-year-old, terminally ill dad has non-perishables on hand.

In the place where he lives, there is a dining hall that feeds everybody. But I am panicking a little, and I said, “But, Dad, what if the kitchen workers can’t get to work for several days, or what if food becomes a little scarce and they can’t feed all of you?”

Yes! My dad started panicking, too! “What are you talking about? Why would something like that happen?”

“Because Trump really won the election in 2020.”

“I know he did, but why does that mean I won’t have any food?”

“Because there might be some form of Martial Law, keeping everyone at home for a few days.”

“Martial Law??!! But this is the United States of America! We’ve never had Martial Law. You’re scaring me!”

Yes! Being related to me has many, many joyful moments. (That wasn’t one of them, but there was one, back in the summer of 1972…)

So, anyway. Yes, I upset my dad but I didn’t mean to. But I still want to make sure he has non-perishables in his room. So I’m going to try to get him to Aldi’s on Monday, wheelchair and all.

I’m not feeling 100% hopeful, but we’ll see.

Anyway, gang. Please make sure you are stocked up with groceries this week, just in case any bank runs collide with your local food supply.

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From UKR Leaks this morning — includes short video interview:

The leader of the Servant of the People faction, David Arakhamia, gave an interesting interview the day before

He confirmed that the conflict in Ukraine could have ended last spring. They just had to choose neutrality.

Russia’s goal was to put pressure on us so that we would accept neutrality. This was the main thing for them: they were ready to end the war if we accepted neutrality, like Finland once did. And we would give an obligation that we would not join NATO. This was the main thing,’ – he admitted.

But then British Prime Minister Boris Johnson came to Kiev and forbade signing an agreement with Russia. He said ‘let’s just fight.'”

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This was interesting, too. Posted on Goodliontv — more cool old film footage from beyond the ice walls (1 minute video):

“They want us to think the earth is limited… when in fact it’s boundless.”

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Okay, I think that’s it for now.

Have a good Saturday, wherever you are in the world. Stay safe!

Thanks for visiting. I love you guys. See ya!

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I know it seems hard to believe, but this was my driving-to-town-listening music (on repeat for 25 miles) from yesterday!! Yes, play it LOUD and drive about 95 mph on the deserted freeway in the middle of nowhere because you’re running late! Enjoy!

At Long Last!

Yes, I finally stopped coughing. It happened during the night.

Yes, just in time to head back to the train station tonight… (God forbid I should have felt good when I had 5 fucking days to myself!)

Anyway. We are moving forward.

And, btw — if you want to try the goldenseal protocol for a bad cold or other viral infection or bacterial infection:

I use goldenseal root tincture (this brand):

One milliliter of goldenseal root in a small amount of water. Drink that every 2 hours for the first 8 hours, then switch to every 3 hours for a total of 3 days. And then drink plenty of water throughout. (FYI, the dropper that’s included does not have milliliter markings. I use a separate dropper that has the markings.)

I also take 1500 milligrams of chewable alfalfa tablets (500 mgs, 3 times a day).

Refrain from any probiotics or prebiotics during those 3 days, but then load up on them afterward. (You don’t need to buy those crazy-expensive supplements — I drink 2 ounces of organic apple cider vinegar daily (with the ‘mother’), as a prebiotic. And then 1 cup of organic plain Greek yogurt daily, as a probiotic. Be sure it contains active cultures and NO sugar.)

I only resort to goldenseal when it feels like the regular route is not enough (elderberry, echinacea, oil of oregano, etc.). Goldenseal is intense.

Anyway. So now I am finally fine.

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I thought this was interesting. Nothing we haven’t heard Pascal talk about before, but he goes into more detail about the WEF, and the Constitution of Switzerland, which I found very informative. It’s in 2 parts, but the WEF background stuff is primarily in the first part:

CHARLIE WARD SPEAKS WITH PASCAL NAJADI – PART 1 (30 mins):

CHARLIE INTERVIEWS PASCAL NAJADI PART 2 (18 mins):

And if you don’t know the website Pascal is talking about, with all the Executive Orders, it’s Derek Johnson’s “1776 Nation” website — HERE.

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This was interesting. (If you’re keeping track, Argentina and now the Netherlands are having some interesting election results that seem to NOT (?) be rigged.)

Sanity4Sweden – NETHERLANDS EARTHQUAKE ELECTION (7 mins):

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And this is a new channel I’m following on telegram. It’s not new, just new to me. It has some very interesting posts regarding Ukraine–

UKR LEAKS investigation centre of the Ukrainian special services’ former officer Vasily Prozorov

Join it here in English.

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General Flynn posted this, from YouTube. We’re suddenly starting to see a lot of this, gang — how terrified (allegedly) the left is of Trump being back in office:

Brace Yourself For What’s Coming in 2024 – Victor Davis Hanson (10 mins):

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Some intense stuff has been on Real Raw News again and I refrained from posting it, but today there was another interesting item, so I’ll go ahead and post a couple of them today.

This one really disturbed me– not that I necessarily oppose vigilante justice (I’m not referring to all-out mob “justice”), but the details of this were kind of gruesome:

FEMA Official Beaten to Death at GITMO

A former FEMA official whom U.S. Marines arrested in August was beaten to death at Guantanamo Bay, a JAG source told Real Raw News.

[…] On September 13, a Camp Delta guard began clubbing Hooks with a baton after escorting him to the shower stalls, which have no security cameras. Hooks, handcuffed as the beating started, was struck twice on each kneecap before collapsing in a puddle of water. The unnamed guard then bludgeoned Hooks’ torso and face, as Hooks entreated the guard for mercy. Approximately two minutes later, with the guard mercilessly pounding Hooks, a second guard entered the stall and joined in the assault, kicking a prone and defenseless Hooks in the teeth. The guards’ unswerving desire to end Hooks’ life lasted several minutes, at which point one guard felt for a pulse and said, “Yeah, he’s gone.”

The guard who initiated the walloping immediately radioed the Master-at-arms, saying, “We need to surrender. We just killed detainee Erik Hooks. We did it for Maui.” […]

[full article here]

Also this — curious, indeed.

JAG Opens New Jail for MSM

Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz in Guam has finished building a 200-cell penitentiary that will soon house “media personalities” who deceived Americans into believing that Joseph R. Biden legitimately won the 2020 presidential election, Real Raw News has learned. […]

A JAG official stationed in Guam told RRN that construction began after White Hats seized the 4,000-acre installation in January and staffed it with 2,700 patriotic Marines and sailors who denounced the Biden regime and swore to defend the Constitution of the United States. He called the prison “crude” and “basic,” saying the cement façade and steel bars are more akin to Riker’s Island than Blaz’s primary, ultramodern supermax. […]

[…] And asked when JAG plans to start populating the prison, he said, “I’m not pinning down dates, but don’t be surprised if Christmas comes early this year.” […]

[full article here]

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James Tabor and Myth Vision — Do We Find Messianic Suffering in the Dead Sea Scrolls? (31 mins):

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And I think that is it for now.

Enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend if you live State-side! (Don’t spend even one moment of it thinking about how sad it is that I have to work….)

If you live everywhere else in the world, have a great Friday.

I leave you with this, because it’s beautiful!

Nick Cave, a million or so years ago:

Thanks for visiting!

I love you guys. See ya!

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I leave you with another one of my favorite albums that I’ve been revisiting lately — Catholic Boy, by the Jim Carroll Band. I love the whole album, but this particular song has a real deep place in my heart — “Day and Night”, 1980.

This album came out the year I finally moved to NYC (Nov. 15th 1980). I remember reading an incredible interview with Jim in Andy Warhol’s magazine, Interview, right before I moved to NYC, never dreaming how influential Jim Carroll would wind up being for me as a writer. I also remember my best friend at the time (still in Ohio), telling me she’d just heard an amazing song on the radio, all about a bunch of people who died… And not too long after that, I was living in NYC, seeing Jim in concert, and singing along to every single word of that song (“People Who Died”).

Anyway. “Day and Night.” Enjoy.

Day and Night

Day and night . . . the shadows move too slowly
From dark to light she promised she could know me
Remember when . . . I watched her on the stairway
She was drinkin’ wine . . . and she told me what the
Stars
Say .

Some destinies, they should not be delivered .
But in her eyes I saw a thousand reasons

Day and night

I feel her skin . . . it’s thin and white as pressed milk
I closed my eyes and she vanished just like burnt silk
And what remains was like some fallen thunder
And my lips were chained; they were filled with empty wonder

But the stars tell lies, it blinds the only warning
And when darkness dies, there’s nothing left but morning .

Just day and night

Day and night . . . the shadows start to scatter
When touched by light . . . each promise made is shattered
And even when the questions find the answer
But even then, they’re something like a dancer
But even then, they’re something like a dancer
Like day and night . . . dark to light
I move from day to night

c- 1980 Jim Carroll

Happy Thanksgiving, Gang!!

Well, I am home alone today for Thanksgiving. Primarily, because I coughed all night and got no sleep and I continue to be exhausted. But, as fate would have it, my dad is in really bad shape this morning with a blocked catheter, and would not have wanted me to come. The nurse is there with him now.

I feel bad for my stepsister and her family — they drove 9 hours from Alabama yesterday. But they will be there for a few days. Hopefully my dad will get a little better as the day progresses.

Anyway. Happy Thanksgiving, gang, however you spend it or honor it. I have some amazing Thanksgiving memories from my wee bonny girlhood in Cleveland, so that will have to suffice for me today.

If you missed Phil’s livestream last night, it was a very nice one. Mostly , it was really enjoyable to just have him back. The intel he had last night is already unfolding this morning. So check his channel, and also watch the replay if you missed it last night (1 hr 20 mins):

General Flynn had a nice Thanksgiving letter. You can read it in full here, but I particularly liked this part:

“[…] President Abraham Lincoln, after the victorious but very difficult Battle of Gettysburg displayed the cost of war along with apparent insurmountable odds, who proclaimed the last Thursday of November to be set aside as a day to reflect on the sacrifices of Gettysburg, and of all previous wars, as a “day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father.” President Lincoln wanted Americans to reflect on the tender care we must offer to those who have gone before us and to those who suffer because of the consequences of war. Thanksgiving is a  reminder, despite the challenges we now face, there is a fruitful bounty in our lives that we must all reflect upon while we enjoy each other’s company and offer thanks for this still plentiful nation that remains the freest, most abundant on earth […]”

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Simon Parkes had a nice video of Putin walking down a flight of airplane stairs in a blizzard (30 seconds). (The meaning, of course, is that Biden is always falling down…)

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I hate to spring a pop quiz on you when it’s a holiday, however….

How do we know this gorgeous creature is really Johnny Depp? (Select only one answer please):

A. Because he is smoking

B. Because he is smoking

(Good luck, everyone!!)

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Okay, so Black Friday sales are bombarding us all over the place, aren’t they???

I saved a fortune on supplements yesterday at various online outlets, so that was nice.

I also purchased a couple things from the Manhattan Repertory Theater — a new eBook, The 10 Principles of Playwrighting by Ken Wolf ($7 Amazon Kindle) — because I am still tweaking my play, Tell My Bones: The Helen LaFrance Story.

And I also purchased a script consultation (on sale right now, can also use it for screenwriting!).

I have 5 months to use the consultation, so that gives me a nice deadline to tweak the play.

I did NOT get the Tom Petty Christmas coffee mug because shipping charges were off-the-charts insane.

I didn’t get the Keith Richards tee shirt, either. I’m holding out for a better photo on the shirt. I tell you, gang, I had the BEST Keith Richards tee shirt in the 1980s, and none of the newer ones hold a candle to that one. So I’m waiting…

(It was not this photo, but it was from this photo shoot, and the shirt was in black, white and yellow. And I had cut the sleeves off, because back then, for some reason, we cut the sleeves off of our tee shirts — you can see that with Keith’s shirt in the photo below. And the tee shirt I had looked incredible with black Levis.)

(I remember one spring day in 1985, wearing the tee shirt and a pair of black Levis and black cowboy boots; walking along St. Mark’s Place with the punk-rock bassist now known as Blare N. Bitch, who was the love of my life at that point. She and I were both smoking our cigarettes, both had our de rigueur crazy 1980s hair. I was good-naturedly asking her not to leave me, not to go back to her sig o, and to just let me be the most important thing in her world for at least an afternoon, and she was chuckling and some guy came up to me on the street and said, “I love your tee shirt”…. That’s the kind of Keith Richards tee shirt I want to own again.)

(BELOW: The bassist now known as Blare N. Bitch in my room at about 3AM in 1985. Note these things: Many photos of Keith taped to my wall, along with other people. The ashtray on the bed — you always want to do that, gang, because beds are super flammable. The Lou Reed cassette tape for New Sensations. I LOVED that album!!)

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Okay!

Nick Cave sent out another very interesting Red Hand File this morning!! Wherein, he encourages us to embrace yet another much-needed “cultural irritant.”

Personally, I have more cultural irritants than I can handle. So I’m gonna pass on this one. But I loved what he had to say about his own Christianity.

The defining characteristic of my belief, and which I consider to be a fundamental imperative in my life, is uncertainty. This questioning impulse is the essence of freedom and the creative catalyst that keeps the wheels rotating irrevocably toward God….”

You can read it in full here.

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And I think that’s it for now, gang.

Enjoy your Thursday, wherever you are in the world. If you are State-side — Happy Thanksgiving!! Good things are coming, even as I type!!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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From Lou Reed’s New Sensations, 1984. “Doin’ the Things We Want To”.

60 Years Today

I sure hope I live long enough to see the whole truth come out, publicly. We can only hope, gang.

If you’ve never seen Phil’s videos about the alleged JFK assassination, they are on his rumble channel. I think it’s a 3- part series.

One thing that we know for certain is that on this day, 60 years ago, horrible things were set in motion and nothing was the same.

Not coincidentally, Phil is planning to do a livestream tonight, probably at 7pm Eastern time. Check his channel later to confirm.

https://t.me/phil_godlewskii

In my part of the world…

Yesterday afternoon, I finally resorted to the goldenseal protocol because the cough simply wasn’t going away. I’m now taking goldenseal every 2 hours and it’s working. I barely have any cough or congestion left. So on we go.

Have a great holiday everybody, if you live State-side!!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya.

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Beautiful, beautiful song.

Listen Carefully

From yesterday, in Canada. Listen carefully, gang.

Top officials convicted of killing native activists, assaulting Kevin Annett – Arrest warrant issued (5 mins):

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James Tabor – Is Christianity’s Most Holy Site the Wrong Location–And Does it Matter? (47 mins):

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Yes, btw, I’m STILL SICK! I don’t feel bad, really, it’s just the cough that won’t totally go away. I don’t think I’m contagious anymore, so I can probably still go see my dad, but still… it would be nice to feel 100%.

Okay!

Another photo I forgot to post!

Two of my very favorite Guitar Heroes of all time!! Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. They will be going on tour together in 2024!! I love this photo. It is from about 35 years ago.

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And here is another Christmas gift I hope to buy for myself!! Because 17 Christmas mugs in my house are just not enough!! (Tom Petty’s only Christmas song — “It’s Christmas All Over Again”)

Also — The Stones announced that they are going to tour the US in 2024. Oddly enough, they will be in Cleveland on June 15th.

I first saw them in Cleveland on June 14th, 1975. Can you please do the math??!! (When I do it, it comes out to 49 (!!!) years. Clearly, that can’t be right!!)

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Okay, that’s it, gang. I’m going to get back to trying not to do anything…

Have a terrific Tuesday, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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Late night, falling asleep by tea-candle-light, listening- music! Enjoy!