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Hump Night Bard Blogging

Because birthdays are always a happy occasion.

---Baron V

Late Night Music Blogging

Because they have always hated us for our freedoms.

---Baron V

Bigots, Sexists and Homophobes

They deserve to be publicly shamed and humiliated, and when appropriate, boycotted.

Enough with all the "reverse racist" and "religious liberty" false equivalencies. The only way the Republic will ever be able to liberate itself from the belligerent racist perverts who drive our public policy discussions is to push back and remind them that there's a price to pay for the courage of their convictions because freedom isn't free for anyone. Just ask the Dixie Chicks and Phil Donahue.

---Baron V

Friday Night Music Blogging

Because we must have MOOOOOAR WARRRRRR with the perennially Evil Empire.

---Baron V

Late Night Music Blogging

Because sometimes you wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep.

---Baron V

Question of The Day

Is it just me, or are the Academy Awards the most boring three hours of TV you will ever see each year? It's funny because when I was young, I wouldn't have missed the show for anything. I mean, we hung on every "And the winner is . . . " with bated breath! Even for the people who won for sound editing and costume design and short subjects that we'd never see! Nowadays, however, I couldn't give a shit about the program. Part of my apathy/revulsion, I am guessing, is due in part to getting beyond a "winner/loser" mentality in my own life (I've been both, multiple times), and in part because of the inescapable corruptions of adulthood, i.e., learning how industry really works and how thoroughly markets are rigged after 30-plus years of toiling in the private sector. Hey, I actually used to think that Oscar winners were chosen solely on merit! The innocence of youth comes at a price after all.

---Baron V

Good on Her

Credit where due, and all that.

I doubt that principle played much part in this. Most likely, she could read the tea leaves quite clearly, and they told her that billions of dollars and thousands of jobs were about to flee her state, so she did the only reasonable thing. Guess this means she's officially a RINO now?

---Baron V

Bad Ideas

Like herpes, they never really go away. They just lie dormant for awhile before they reappear.

Personally, I'd love to see them build a downtown baseball park for the Dodgers, enclose Dodger Stadium and use that venue for NFL football. (Gigantic stadium parking lot = perfect for pregame tailgating.) Of course, this isn't going to happen because neither the money nor the consumer demand are present, but it makes more sense than building an enormous facility from scratch that will only see use for eight to ten days each year, not counting the occasional bowl game or monster-truck race.

---Baron V

Hump Night TV Blogging II

Because this is one of the most awesome things you will see on the Interwebs this year.

---Baron V

Dear Dixie

If you love our Republic, do it a favor and secede already:

"Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson's controversial remarks over homosexuals haven't hurt him at home in Louisiana: The reality TV mainstay would top sitting Democratic senator Mary Landrieu in a hypothetical match-up, according to a new poll.

Robertson would beat Landrieu 46 percent to 42 percent, according to Public Policy Polling, if he ran for office. His overall favorability in the state would be enviable for most politicians: 45 percent favorable, and 19 percent unfavorable. Landrieu's job approval sits at 37 percent approval and 52 percent disapproval.

I wonder what kind of traumatic event needs to befall the nation before we finally reach Peak Insanity---because it's painfully obvious that we haven't reached it yet.

---Baron V

Today's Worst Person

Herm Edwards.

If he were the exception to the rule, I suppose we could write him off as being a cranky-but-harmless bigot. Unfortunately, he's the product of a deeply conflicted bigot culture that tolerates butt-slapping on the sidelines, crotch-grabbing on the field, and towel-snapping in the locker room while simultaneously cringing at the thought of overt homoeroticism. It's never made any sense to me, either.

---Baron V

Boycott Time

I've grown less and less interested in the Olympic Games as I've grown older---to me they're a relic of 19th-Century nationalism, and a colossal waste of money---but I will admit that some of their component events, like the luge and downhill skiing, are tremendous fun to watch. That said, I don't see how any conscientious person in this country would consider watching or attending the Games this year because they were entrusted to some of our planet's most truly horrible persons, who have done predictably horrible things in order to stage them. Trashing the planet doesn't deserve reward.

---Baron V

Return of the Son of Light Blogging Day

Because family stuff is much more fun than blog stuff. So go have some fun!

---Baron V

New Year's Eve Music Blogging

Because 2013 was no great shakes. Maybe next year will be better . . . yeah, right.

---Baron V

Monday Night Music Blogging

Because fake recoveries are fake recoveries, but their consequences are not!

---Baron V

Light Blogging Day

Because I'm out for the afternoon doing stuff, so go crack some nuts or something.

---Baron V

Tuesday Night Jesus Blogging

.daed eht fo lli kaeps ot etilop ton s'ti esuaceB

---Baron V

Another Light Blogging Day

Again, for obvious reasons. And no, I didn't go out to the mall. Am busy instead cooking homemade turkey stock, from which we'll make turkey chili later. Be kind too your leftovers today.

---Baron V

Tuesday Night Music Blogging

Because calling racists "racist" will only hurt their feelings. But we should do it anyway.

---Baron V

All of a Piece

This humble blog has long observed---somewhat snarkfully---that our politics have drifted so far to the right in our lifetimes that our options on Election Day have been narrowed to choosing between the Party of Ronald Reagan and the Party of Francisco Franco. That may be oversimplifying our competing ideologies---but then again, perhaps not:

Remarkably, the Obama administration has backtracked from the position taken by the Reagan administration. It now argues that even explicitly sectarian prayers are permissible. Congress and state legislatures have prayers, but they are supposed to be and usually are nondenominational, and they are delivered to legislators rather than a captive audience of the broader citizenry assembled to do business before the board.

On the other hand, considering all of the other unconstitutional activities the administration has countenanced, maybe it was utterly predictable. Guess they're consistent!

---Baron V