Saturday Nite Bluegrass ........ div

Tony Rice, alone, playing Clarence White's old Martin ...... just enjoy the sound ... and the talent.

Ignorance div (graphics subsection)

For those having trouble with how the process works:

                                           (h/t  Huffington Post)

Heap Big Stoopid ...... div

Well, now they've done it !!! Whoda thunk ???
Wonder just how much "disrespect by association" these idiots can come up with ???
The possibilities are endless and stretch back to the dawn of recorded history, but, no matter
IOKIYAR reigns supreme.
Discuss among yourselves ..............

Seventy Years Ago ....... div

Seventy years ago, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 1st Marine Division engaged the Japanese at Alligator Creek (often referred to as the Battle of the Tenaru River).

I guess I'm lucky to be here today, My Dad was there.

My Dad was a Corporal with the Regimental Intelligence Section. He and three others were sent out to establish observation posts. The first was on the Lunga River, and then they were sent to the west bank of the Tenaru River.

#As he told a local newspaper a few years ago: "We put a seat up in a coconut tree and were able to see all the way across the sound with a spotoscope. I saw one of our B17s bomb the fantail of a Jap destroyer and I could see the Japs running around in their skivvies," XXXXXXXXl said.

#He was on duty in the tree early in the morning of Aug. 21 and heard gunfire.

#"I had a cheap tommygun. I climbed down and saw a bunch of Japs coming across the sand and started shooting. After eight shots the gun jammed, so I found a dugout where another Marine had an extra gun, but when his buddy came back, he wanted his gun back. I had grenades. I crawled back to where there were dead Japanese and picked up a sword and made my way to our guns."

#XXXXXXXXXX said he helped get the guns turned from the ocean to where the enemy was crossing the river and helped fire a 37 mm cannon. He and two of his team were wounded.

#"I was not a hero. I just did what came naturally. We use the word hero too much today," he said.

Dad always said that the war was a "great adventure" and that he was lucky to make it to twenty-six. When he was carried off the riverbank, " ... my dungarees were shredded below my knees." 

 He carried much of that Japanese metal until he died.

SEMPER FI

Ignorance ....... div

I'm sorry !! Ever since I was first instructed by the school nurse in the 6th grade (no, I'm not going to say how long ago that was) I knew about that 'lil wiggly thing battlin' all the other 'lil wiggly things to break into that there ovum thingee (and how he got there, .... snicker). As I grew older, I learned just how difficult it was to even get "him" into the competition ( so many obstacles). Later, I learned of the various ways to keep "him" from his goal (and no, I didn't have a latex allergy). I did know, however, when to stop trying. Maybe from respect (which grew over the years) or maybe just from frustration.

Just WTF does this GOP asshole know (even though he sits on a committee for Science)???? What kind of doctors has he been talking to ??????

Jesus H. Christ with a turkey baster !!!!!!   Where do these idiots come from  - -  and this is a Congressman ???  This is a guy who deigns to sit in a deliberative body envisioned by the likes of Jefferson, Madison, and Adams  ?????  Several worthwhile people have come out of Missouri. Harry Truman and Doug Dillard to name a couple ..... this jerk ain't in the same league.

(and WTF stake does he have to say anything on the subject ???....... does he have a vagina ??????)

Sorry, ignorance offends ............
Bear

Saturday Nite Bluegrass ...... div

"Tennessee Twister"
Psychograss  - - -
David Grier -guitar;  Darol Anger - fiddle;  Mike Marshall - mandolin and Tony Trischka -  banjo

Enjoy !!

Crooks .... div (Update subsection)

Well, in the course of a week, the initial indignation has managed to morph into '...well, we really didn't do anything wrong, but we accept your generous offer.'

The really telling statement from the offending party that "well over 99.9 percent" of the questioned transactions with Iran complied with all regulations and the few transactions that didn't amounted to $ 14 million.
This brings to mind Schopenhauer's Law of Entropy:
                "If you put a spoonful of wine in a barrel full of sewage, you get sewage.
                If you put a spoonful of sewage in a barrel full of wine, you get sewage."
These guys are criminals. They not only broke the law, they engaged in a criminal conspiracy to circumvent the laws (and actively instructed their employees in the method)  and they're getting off Scot free  ...........  What a system !!

            

Irony .......... div

Interesting that the name of the Salt Lake County official prosecuting this GOP dirtbag is named .......
(Wait for it) ................... Joe Hill.

Crime and Punishment ....... div

In this case, maybe they're one in the same.
I remember when things were a whole lot saner in Boulder.
Ya  gotta wonder why the witnessing security guard failed to capture the perp, eh ???
Unconfirmed (and unattributed) accounts state that police reported,  "... the eye-witness descriptions were crappy, but once we caught the scent, we were able to flush him out."
Phew !!!

Saturday Nite Bluegrass ...... div

One of the really great session musicians on the Bluegrass scene.

Enjoy !!