Moving Ever Onward!

First — from Saturday, on Real Raw News:

“JAG Convicts Katie Hobbs of Treason, Conspiracy to Commit Murder

The U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps on Wednesday convicted and sentenced to death former Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, finding her guilty of treason, defrauding the nation, and conspiracy to commit murder. […]

[…] Vice Admiral Darse E. Crandall explained to the panel that JAG had the video forensically analyzed by both military and independent experts, all of whom agreed that the footage, though grainy and soundless, was irrefutably Hobbs interacting with poll counters and handling ballots—illegal and unethical. […]

[…] He scheduled her execution for December 22.

[full article here]

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And the in depth look at the story of Joseph from the Hebrew Bible continues–

Ross K. Nichols — Miketz [Pentateuch: A New Look] (1 hr 22 mins):

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And then perhaps watch this, if you feel like it!

JOSEPH and the AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT- (Donny Osmond) (1 hr 21 mins):

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And, to be honest, that’s all I found that was of interest for today.

In other news–

Today is Keith Richards’ 80th birthday!!!

And also his 40th wedding anniversary to Patti Hansen!!

From Keith’s Instagram page today:

Other than that —

I’m sort of in a sad mood today. I was not able to go see my dad yesterday. I was getting ready to leave the house and I called him, as I always do when I’m ready to get into my car and go.

He didn’t answer, so I texted him. He didn’t reply, so I called again…this went on for an hour and a half. and I was TOTALLY freaking out.

Meanwhile, my stepsister has a key and she went over and discovered that my dad was just deeply asleep, but still alive. So that news got me down off the ceiling. But by the time my dad woke up and called me, it was too late for me to make the trip down there.

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Today, I am heading into town with one of my houseguests so that he can go get lost among the grocery aisles and get whatever he needs for Christmas dinner, and I will peruse the dairy aisle and get everything I need for making the cheesecake.

And then drop in at the liquor store and see if there is any way on Earth I can afford a bottle of Courvoisier this year…. (I don’t really drink anymore but I am providing most of the spirits for my houseguests, since they are kind enough to cook the entire Christmas dinner. A few bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau 23, Courvoisier, and of course eggnog and espresso. And then it’s Bring Your Own Weed and Cigarettes, because I definitely don’t smoke but the rest of them do… and hopefully everyone will have a Merry Christmas.)

I’m trying to get back into the Christmas spirit, but for right now, I’m just still a little wiped out from yesterday morning.

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Okay.

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Okay. That’s it!!

Enjoy Keith’s 80th birthday, wherever you are in the world!!

And just as a personal aside — THIS INTERVIEW changed my life when I was 11 years old. It truly did, gang. I was never the same after that. I find it sort of incredible that I was able to absorb all this stuff at the age of 11. Well, I was almost 12:

“[…] Certainly. Mayor Daley’s a good target. And there’s a million Mayor Daleys in America. Why have a go at one? Sure he’s cunt, you know, everyone knows he’s a cunt. But there’s a million hiding behind. Last time I was in L.A. I met the old lady that owns most of those head shops in the Strip, man. She’s got a little home in Beverly Hills, she’s rolling, you know. She’s made a packet, man, and she gets those little hippies to work in there. And it’s a front, man. It’s all a fucking front. There’s another Mayor Daley.

I mean, who knows where they are? How many times can you use those words – justice, freedom. It’s like margarine, man. You can package it and you can sell that too. In America they have a great talent for doing that.

And so, as I was saying, just because it’s on a record doesn’t mean that you have to take it for what it is. The cat could be lying, you know, at the end of the record, you know, maybe they cut the tape off and he said, “Oh, I’m sorry, I’m lying. You know, I’m just fooling you.” But they just happened to edit the tape there, you know. “I’m putting you on.”

Maybe Dylan said at the end of “Visions of Johanna” – oh, I don’t know, which is a very personal thing – but maybe he said it at the end of some of his earlier stuff: “But I don’t give a fuck.” at the end of “Blowin’ in the Wind” or “That’s up to you,” maybe said that.[…]

Anyway, thanks to Rolling Stone for having that incredible interview archived online.