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Easy to say when you are a billionaire.

Getting a full dose of Schoenberg's music today, from David Atherton's superb 1974 recordings with London Sinfonietta. Some of the works sound almost quaint these days, and their influence was enormous. It just took a long time.

Hegseth is a war criminal.

Netherlands, Iceland Join Genocide Case Against Israel at International Court of Justice | Common Dreams With the intervention of two more nations, 18 have now joined in support of the case, initially brought by South Africa.

Netherlands, Iceland Join Genocide Case Against Israel at International Court of Justice www.commondreams.org/news/netherl... While the United States and Israel are attacking Iran, the world has turned away from the genocide in Gaza.

'War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.' George Orwell.

@revalsharpton.bsky.social By a quirk of fate and happy coincidence, I found out that I was born on the same day, and the same year, as the late Jesse Jackson, October 8, 1941. Thank you for all you do.

Opinion | It’s Trump’s War. We’re Stuck With the Bill.

It’s Trump’s War. We’re Stuck With the Bill. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/o... Mr. Trump has never cared much about spending other people's money, i.e., the citizens of the this country. As money is added to the national debt, we will be paying for decades to clear up the mess.

This man is a criminal and war monger. He has no business being Secretary of Defense.

@maddow.bsky.social Whenever I see photographs of proposed detention centers in the U.S., built or in the planning stages, these terrible images come to mind. We cannot allow this to happen here.

The prisoners' barracks at Dachau, May 5th, 1945.

Yes, let's move on to Cuba and other countries.

When you have tired of listening to the "Rite of Spring," these small scale works have always had an appeal for me. The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra does a splendid job with all of them here, especially the "Octet," and "Scherzo à la Russe." They are all interesting pieces.

The Senate must do our job and ensure there is public debate and accountability for this war.

Everyone who has a brain has known this for years.

Maurice Ravel, born on this day, 1875, in Ciboure, France.

Recently read, a story of French women in the infamous Ravensbrück concentration camp, and their lives afterwards. What is not well known is the fact that Jacqueline Bouvier, later Jackie Kennedy, spent part of her junior year in Paris at the home of Germaine de Renty, a survivor of the camp.

'Up There With My Lai': Investigations Find US Was Likely Behind Iranian School Massacre | Common Dreams "If a US role were to be confirmed, the strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of US conflicts in the Middle East."

'Up There With My Lai': Investigations Find US Was Likely Behind Iranian School Massacre www.commondreams.org/news/us-bomb... Terrible if true.

Look Inside Richard Hell’s East Village Tenement Apartment (Gift Article) The punk-rock icon and writer has spent more than 50 years in his East Village tenement apartment.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... There is a long history here, the wild days in New York.

You're the savage.

This man is an idiot in a suit. What's more, he is dangerous.

Pete Hegseth on a good day.

After Classified Iran Briefing, Dems More Convinced Trump Wants Ground Invasion and Forever War | Common Dreams "I am more fearful than ever, after this briefing, that we may be putting boots on the ground," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal.

After Classified Iran Briefing, Dems More Convinced Trump Wants Ground Invasion and Forever War www.commondreams.org/news/iran-cl... Hegseth is a war monger. He envisions this conflict as another Christian Crusade against the infidels. This is the 21st century, you moron!

US Commanders Want to Make War With Iran as ‘Bloody’ as Possible to Bring About Biblical End Times, Officers Report | Common Dreams One noncommissioned officer said he was directed to tell his troops that Trump was "anointed by Jesus" and that war with Iran was "all part of God’s divine plan" to bring about armageddon.

US Commanders Want to Make War With Iran as ‘Bloody’ as Possible to Bring About Biblical End Times, Officers Report www.commondreams.org/news/iran-ar... Insanity reigns.

Hegseth Calling Rules of Engagement ‘Stupid,’ Critics Warn, Opens Door to War Crimes in Iran | Common Dreams "We are a rogue murder state now, and positively proud of it," said one historian.

Hegseth Calling Rules of Engagement ‘Stupid,’ Critics Warn, Opens Door to War Crimes in Iran www.commondreams.org/news/hegseth... This man is a war criminal. He has obviously never heard of the Geneva Convention, Crimes Against Humanity, and Genocide. He would be welcome in any group of thugs.

If this isn't a war, what the fuck is it?

The Trump doctrine in Iran: kill as many Iranians as possible, destroy as many bases as possible, destroy as many missile sites as possible, and then hope for the best. Right, good plan.

On another subject, this recording of the Kurt Weill symphonies is, to my mind, superior to other more recent offerings. Includes the suite from 'Zaubernacht,' 1923.

My favorite recording of these works by Frank Martin, Ernest Ansermet and the Suisse Romande. Superb engineering.

Thanks, I'll look for it. I've always been very fond of his 'Concerto For Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion, and Strings.' The piece was played here in Portland, ME., by members of the Portland Symphony a few years ago. Cheers

The piece of shit president.

Thanks. Cheers