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- 13 May 2023, 10:10am
- Forum: The Dictator
- Topic: Nothing about the war in Ukrain?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5501
Re: Nothing about the war in Ukrain?
https://youtu.be/_nn1RuRduHQ Good stuff, Stefano, thanks for that. The book definitely sounds like it's worth checking out. The author mentioned Stephen F. Cohen—I'd also highly recommend his writings and interviews for insight into how we arrived at the current state of US/Russian relations. Thank...
- 13 May 2023, 3:32am
- Forum: The Dictator
- Topic: Free Julian Assange
- Replies: 180
- Views: 12234
Re: Julian Assange
Besides your rants online, what exactly are you doing to alleviate the world's ills, Howard? When did I ever claim that I'm alleviating the world's ills? I certainly do my best not to add to them. There is plenty of evidence that suggests that Assange is an antisemite. Then show it to me. You made ...
- 13 May 2023, 1:39am
- Forum: The Dictator
- Topic: Free Julian Assange
- Replies: 180
- Views: 12234
Re: Julian Assange
Besides your rants online, what exactly are you doing to alleviate the world's ills, Howard? When did I ever claim that I'm alleviating the world's ills? I certainly do my best not to add to them. There is plenty of evidence that suggests that Assange is an antisemite. Then show it to me. You made ...
- 12 May 2023, 12:01am
- Forum: The Dictator
- Topic: Free Julian Assange
- Replies: 180
- Views: 12234
Re: Julian Assange
The Assange apologists should maybe read this. You can go on and on all you want about your disdain for rape culture, but you are helping to perpetuate it. You're rape apologists. Own it and maybe you can start to do better. https://jezebel.com/far-right-misogyny-proud-boys-1850425597 Also, Howard,...
- 10 May 2023, 10:59pm
- Forum: The Dictator
- Topic: Free Julian Assange
- Replies: 180
- Views: 12234
Re: Julian Assange
I’m just waiting for Hot Take Howard to chime in… OK, but only because you asked so nicely :kiss: My hot take: it's insane that a messageboard of punk fans who are ostensibly on the left are supporting the persecution and slow torturing-to-death of a political prisoner whose case has wider implicat...
- 30 Apr 2023, 2:59am
- Forum: The Dictator
- Topic: Nothing about the war in Ukrain?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5501
Re: Nothing about the war in Ukrain?
Good stuff, Stefano, thanks for that. The book definitely sounds like it's worth checking out. The author mentioned Stephen F. Cohen—I'd also highly recommend his writings and interviews for insight into how we arrived at the current state of US/Russian relations.
- 27 Apr 2023, 11:28pm
- Forum: The Dictator
- Topic: The Dictator observations thread.
- Replies: 2471
- Views: 461923
Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Carlson's a fascist, mate, his being gone from a multi-million dollar mainstream organisation is to be celebrated. His populism and acknowledgement of the state's brutal embedding with capital is integral to his white supremacism. You're missing my point—it's not about Carlson himself, it's about t...
- 26 Apr 2023, 9:43pm
- Forum: The Dictator
- Topic: The Dictator observations thread.
- Replies: 2471
- Views: 461923
Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Carlson's a fascist, mate, his being gone from a multi-million dollar mainstream organisation is to be celebrated. His populism and acknowledgement of the state's brutal embedding with capital is integral to his white supremacism. You're missing my point—it's not about Carlson himself, it's about t...
- 25 Apr 2023, 10:55pm
- Forum: Groovy Times
- Topic: The Kaleb Horton Deceased Latvian Foreign Minister Thread, 2023 Edition
- Replies: 923
- Views: 133733
Re: The Kaleb Horton Deceased Latvian Foreign Minister Thread, 2023 Edition
Just a minor footnote in the story of Belafonte's achievements, but he also featured an extremely early appearance of Bob Dylan on harmonic on the track The Midnight Special before Dylan released anything under his own name. Good eye for talent. Never knew about that connection—good song! :mrgreen:...
- 25 Apr 2023, 9:32pm
- Forum: The Dictator
- Topic: The Dictator observations thread.
- Replies: 2471
- Views: 461923
Re: The Dictator observations thread.
Yeah, Lemon was credibly accused of various sexual harassment stuff. Weird timing, but I think it's basically coincidental. I'll be real curious what Tucker does. I think he crossed the line from cynical charlatan to true believer some time ago, but he's still fundamentally about his own enrichment...
- 25 Apr 2023, 8:49pm
- Forum: Groovy Times
- Topic: The Kaleb Horton Deceased Latvian Foreign Minister Thread, 2023 Edition
- Replies: 923
- Views: 133733
Re: The Kaleb Horton Deceased Latvian Foreign Minister Thread, 2023 Edition
I never knew till today that Calypso was the first album by a solo artist to sell 1 million copies—such a great and influential record. RIP to a musical legend and civil rights icon.
- 23 Dec 2022, 2:41am
- Forum: Shouting Street
- Topic: 20 years today
- Replies: 44
- Views: 21112
Re: 20 years today
I'm a few deep glasses of wine into the evening, so bear with me. Why Joe remains an inspiration to me is that he seems like a lost ideal. He wasn't an ideologue. He played with leftist tropes, most badly. He was a mushy liberal, full of all the contradictions that inevitably leads to. But it's a d...
- 08 Dec 2022, 4:19am
- Forum: Shouting Street
- Topic: Missing BBC Radio Shows?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8233
Re: Missing BBC Radio Shows?
Hello Howard, I am sorry but I don´t remember where I found it, but some years ago I downloaded a .doc file with this information. Interestingly, that appears to be the same source that the post I saw on Snews must've copy/pasted the track listings from, I remember the albums and record labels bein...
- 06 Dec 2022, 4:10am
- Forum: The Dictator
- Topic: Nothing about the war in Ukrain?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5501
Re: Nothing about the war in Ukrain?
I hope a new "Nuremberg trial" for the western criminals, for their shameful support of the nazist ukraine battalions! We're not going to get that, unfortunately. We will, however, get the next best thing—a Nuremberg-style tribunal for the Azov Nazis. http://www.twitter.com/moscowtimes/status/15573...
- 05 Dec 2022, 6:13am
- Forum: Groovy Times
- Topic: The most important Americans of the past 75 years
- Replies: 86
- Views: 152749
Re: The most important Americans of the past 75 years
Since it has been established that "important" here just means "consequential" and not necessarily "good"—I think a strong case could be made for Bill Cosby. His rise as a comic coincided with the shift from vaudevillian joke-telling to the kind of observational riffing on society and everyday life ...