Good riddance to that evil autocrat Mango Mussolini.

in the northeast. Mid-50s, and 60s the next two days. I'll be heading out to the pond soon, to watch the dog play, and concentrate on how to remove as many republicans from office as possible.

somehow feel they will always be a part of me. Love every one of those guys. Nice to se them smiling and enjoying playing together.

In my case, it's more accurate to say "gotten older" rather than "grown up." Either way, I still listen to the Beatles every day. Their music never gets old.

I LIKE YOUR STYLE!

I find that by quoting smart people and/or posting Beatles' songs, a few people mistake me for intelligent! (grin)

husband and I both dug it!!

Well played!! 🥰

those of us who grew up (or at least got older) with the Beatles remember their being positive. All four of my now-adult children grew up listening to them, too, and still love them today.

Yesterday, my older daughter called me. She lives in Boston, and is a Democratic Party activist. She was going to a friend's birthday party, where most of those attending were self-described "leftists." She said that some of them give her shit about "being part of the system." She is gentle and kind enough to not be rude when I attempted to sing, "If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't going to make it with anyone, anyhow."

I suggested that should anyone give her shit, she ask them what they have accomplished recently. Most likely, it will be that they attended a rally or two, including against Israel. Now, I have no problem with those wanting the violence in Israel and Gaza to stop. But last Friday, the state's secretary of education read an op-ed my daughter wrote. (Her male supervisor had wanted to replace her name with his, though he had no role in writing it. I'm glad she said no, that would not happen.) The secretary of education was impressed with her thoughts on after school programs for "at risk" kids, including immigrants. He had an aide reach out to her, saying they want to meet with her.

My daughter used to work for a law firm on immigration. Then she taught at the college, then for the current state attorney general. Now she travels the eastern US, setting up programs for "at risk" youth. I suggested she mention these things, and to note she also attends rallies when time permits. But that she is busy instituting change in human beings' lives.

I should add she is a talented musician, who plays a lot of Beatles' songs.

so much of substance here. I can relate on so many levels, including my own adult daughter!

Peace, man!

I am a huge Beatles fan and everytime I hear this song I sing the lyrics by John...

At the beginning of the recording Lennon says,

"'I Dig a Pygmy', by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf Aids... Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats!"

The joke was mixed in by Phil Spector for the Let It Be album and also appeared in the Let It Be film, both released in 1970. "I Dig a Pygmy" is an obvious reference to Lennon's song "Dig a Pony" that follows in the album's track order. "The deaf aids" – a British term for hearing aids at the time – was also the nickname given to the Beatles' Vox amplifiers.

I always liked that LP. I have the CD in my vehicle, along with "Let It Be (Naked)" and some of the 50 year Abbey Road anniversary collection, which contains some from "Let It Be."

I remember watching the movie in college. I'd see it again a few times. But I really love the "Get Back" documentary. I'll assume you've seen that. Nothing quite like it!

between the two parties have never been sharper wider and clear. You wanted Biden again GOP, you want to put Dictatorship or Democracy on the ballot, alrighty then. Let's see what happens.

Democracy or a dictatorship. I say let's crush the opposition!

RRec

Good music keeps me in a good mood!

I'm happy either way!

I needed that boost today, feeling overwhelmed by bad news from everywhere.

That SOTU was fabulous, first to last. Got to keep our eyes on the prize.

I've always loved that saying. And it holds true today.

I loved it. There's a book on it, too.

that means no $ for any down ballot Rethuglicans. Their entire traitorous party needs to fuck off into the dustbin of history.

It appears that a number of republicans are not happy about that. The defendant is a ball & chain on their party. And that is a good thing.

As you say, there's going to be little to no money for down ticket candidates or GOTV for Repubs from now on. That will, of course, swing many expected close votes to our side. After getting their asses handed to them in November and after the Trump purge of the party, there will be very few Repubs left, probably less than 20% of the electorate. That will be the end of Repub office holders in Washington.

It will be interesting to see the effect of the collapse of the national Repubs will have on state Repubs. I think it's quite likely that the party splits or just outright dies.

I agree 100%.

You make a huge point that I don't think all of our friends here recognize. The pressures on the republican party will continue to increase in the months to come. Internal and external pressures that cause fractures. Just as a lot of divorces involve finances, the money issues will play a big role.

If we were not going to be si busy up to Election Day, and then partying after our massive victories, we might plan a bake sale to help them. Not!

I wasn't a fan of the "breaking news" that President Biden is old, that the media was trying to saturate the public with. Being old myself, I have no problem in identifying others of my generation. It bugged me to hear other Democrats saying that, as if President Biden and his administration have any problems other than republicans opposed to everything he has done.

I should add that every morning I wake up above soil, I'm excited to experience another day of the miracle of life on this living planet, in the eternal Now.

a story that I hope puts the issue of age in perspective for young people. Years ago, I took my daughters to visit my aunt and uncle. When I pulled in the driveway, I saw him splitting wood in a field across the road, to wheel up one load at a time. I asked if he needed help?

"No, this is hard work," was his response. He was 91 at the time, and as he liked to point out, weighed exactly what he did when he volunteered to fight in WW2. I trust that you can guess that my daughters have not allowed me to forget this.

I've know more tan a few people in their 90s who are still strong and fully alert.

The negative news has not gotten to me. I knew there would be a bounce back. We may have more ups and downs, but nothing to sink the ship.

Trump is looking bad and it will get worse. The more people see him, the less they like him.
Just the opposite with Joe, IMO.

I'm not taking anything for granted. We still need to do the work - no slacking or coasting.

Enjoyed your post very much!

There’s so much dire predicting, based, near as I can tell, on anxious interpretation of things that we’re being fed. I guess people fear the effect on others, but that’s fear, not reality. And that’s our job. To point out the reality, again and again. Joe is a smart, experienced, principled man who isn’t perfect, but who is good and capable and had damned well better have our support. And we need to celebrate that!
Thanks again.

It makes me happy every time I see your "name" and get to read your contributions on this forum. And that is what this community should serve as -- is it not? A place where we are positive and encouraging.

One of the factors we need to be aware of, more elsewhere on the internet, is that the Russian military intelligence's ifluence on the 2016 election is still with us today. The names and faces have changed, but their intent is still the same. Indeed, they have found recruits -- such as Steve Bannon -- to do their work for them. And as repulsive of a human shit stain as he is, he has plenty of volunteers helping him.

I mean, is there really anyone here who wouldn't prefer to be with President Biden & the Democratic Party than with the defendant & his maga cult? And happy that history is calling upon us to crush the opposition?

Why wouldn’t they? As to those like Bannon I am more shocked that he’s allowed to exist than that he does. Singular pathology I get, but people being complicit in his pathological ambitions amazes me.

Technology is proving to be every bit as amazing and horrifying as all those old sci-fi writers thought. Whoof.

One of the things I find important is that those known as tweens and teens experience "melt downs" if their parents give them a "time out" from cell phone access -- on a level that psychiatrists and psychologists say that has never been experienced before. More, young girls in particular often have high levels of anxiety and depression that is related to cell phone/internet use.

I've never had or used one. Not that I am opposed to cell phones, for I recognize they have good uses. But there is a negative there, too. And that holds true for many other advances in technology.

The secret sauce of any winning candidate.

Thank you.

I’m with you.

We are on the right side in this struggle. History is calling on us to crush the threat they pose.

grinning from ear to ear while his supporters go wild!!!!

from working with Onondaga Chief Paul Waterman was to respect the Power of Ideas.

have a tradition known as the Power of the Good Mind. That includes as individuals, but is equally a group project. I think it is a concept that holds promise if the DU community invested in it. It's free, of course. It means invest positive energy.

can't apply to this physical reality, so that leaves a paranormal reality where thoughts exist. Experiments into affecting the physical by one's thoughts have also shown that thinking can affect the physical. What a shame that more people don't really appreciate how beneficial positive thinking can be and how detrimental negativity can be!

to both Buddha and Fandhi is that what you think, you become.

One of my late friend Rubin Carter's favorite quotes is from John 3:15: "Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer."

It can be hard, but I try hard not to hate.

Still a thorn in our side

I would like to place the electoral college in a nice, comfortable retirement home, where it could hang out with Latin mass in the Catholic church and the domino theory. Followed by a proper burial.

Not just because of the SOTU but because he’s just a better choice and people are mostly not stupid and can see what is right in front of them.

The defendant’s mental decline is on display too which helps.

Biden is a good man. He beat the defendant once before and will do it again.

Wish it was Election Day right now.

I could be wrong, but I think the mainstream media has begun to focus a wee bit on the defendant's mental decline. As you know, he is a sociopath, and the pressures he is under are taking a toll. But I think it is fair to say that his age is a factor -- if only because he has an unhealthy lifestyle. And that is not limited to his diet.

I turned 14 exactly 7 weeks later. Does that count as "growing up with" the Beatles? I feel like it does, because I was not yet an adult when I first encountered them, and they changed my life forever!

The Beatles made a huge difference in my teen years, and I don't like to even contemplate what that part of my life would have been like otherwise.

I was watching them that night, too. Life was never the same. It's almost funny to remember people saying, "I can't tell if he's a boy or a girl" when guys had Beatles' haircuts. They would be viewed as short and proper haircuts by a segment of today's population.

There was really no part of growing up that didn't have some influence from their music and message. Of course, for many of us, we heard their records a tad differently in college than we had in junior high school.

This is the perfect note to close out DU and climb into my well heated sauna and cook some juice into my 75 year old bones and make myself able to get up and go to work again tomorrow. I’ll have another parade of people coming into our local independent hardware store with plumbing and other issues that need to be fixed and dealt with. I’ll make sure that everyone of them gets treated with cheerful respect, and I’ll do what I can to send them out the door with a smile and a solution.

Enjoy the sauna!

and the dude never gets his campaign off the ground. This will be the Trump Republican Party's Battle of the Greasy Grass

He lost the popular vote in 2016, when he was at his most popular. And he has been a ball & chain on the republican party in 2018, 2920, and 2022. It strikes me as curious that some think he is stronger in 2024.

complete inability to run a campaign? The rallies were fun, the reality now is....he has to communicate and win over another 30%/.

That ain't happening.

but I don't think I'd be any more successful expecting the media to tell the truth, than I would be in ordering lobster at a McDonald's drive-thru. (On edit: it's just not what they sell.)

I remember all the coverage they started giving him in 2015. That included having his speeches on live. The amount of free air time they gave him was beyond what any politician in any campaign was ever gifted.

The fact that they continue to present him as anything other than a pre-felon is disgusting.

Just might have an all new meaning…..! I like it!

It will be playing today, while I'm outside enjoying the 60+ degree weather in the northeast.

Good on ya!!

and there's nothing I want to see more, before going below ground, than Your Feeling becoming reality.

right on time. Some of our good friends here get upset by the temporary setbacks, which can become magnified in our minds. But at our age, we know that is part & parcel of progress.

at the Oscars, he looks so much like his dad.

https://www.goldradiouk.com/artists/john-lennon/sean-lennon-oscars-yoko-speech/

a great guy. One of my nephews is close friends with Sean.

that's cool. Julian is John's other son, I read that both of them were on the outs, Julian and his dad, but they reunited. I think there was friction between them when he married Yoko.

John was too young and in the middle of Beatlemania when Julian was born. And then met Yoko. As was said back then, John fell in love with Yoko, and out of love for everyone else.

My son did some stone work for Yoko a few years ago. His cousin was showing him pictures from a brownstone house that Sean gave him in NYC, partying with Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock. Sean used to attend public meetings on environmental issues in my home town. He's a good man.