The Polack MSgt
The Polack MSgt's JournalWe need a red trucker hat
Because if it's on a red trucker hat, it has to be true.
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I woke up to the news this morning and I...
Had a bit of a moment, crying for a stranger I had only seen on stage 4 times.
He was criminally unknown in the USA but he was a national hero in his native country just to our north. Gordon Downie had passed away.
I'm tearing up now just typing this...
I 1st heard the Hip in 1989 while stationed northeast of Buffalo NY.
Still remember the track that came over my beater Nova's radio, Highway Girl on k-rock 95, the Toronto station that crushed the crap corporate rock stations in Rochester and Buffalo.
For the next 3 years the classics singles kept coming one after another.
38 Years Old, Blow At High Dough, New Orleans is Sinking, Little Bones, 3 Pistols, Fiddler's Green, Locked in the Trunk of a Car.
While I lived on the shore of Lake Ontario between 1989 and 1992 The Tragically Hip released 3 of the best hard rock albums ever produced and they came came like clock work -Boom Boom Boom.
Up to Here
Road Apples
Fully Completely
After I left NY, the band drifted away from the blues rock growl and snarl mixed with the occasional ballad formula and began to let the band - and especially their front-man singer and lyricist Gord Downie have more room to explore.
Melodically more adventurous and lyrically challenging albums followed and The Hip became established as the Canadian band of record.
I have to point out that no matter how experimental the albums became, the band always played tight and skilled arrangements and never once failed to include at least 1 bad ass rocker that sounds best played loud in a speeding car.
They kept this up for over 30 years releasing albums and touring North America and Europe practically non-stop until Gordie was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer last year.
Upon getting this news, they released an album and went on tour.
Because the Road was Gordie's home as much as Kingston Ontario was.
At the conclusion of their national tour - which became an event that culminated in the final live show from Toronto broadcast on the CBC. An event that led to the Toronto PD to Tweet (only half jokingly) "Dear World, please be advised that Canada will be closed tonight beginning tonight at 8:30 ET"
Gordie then released "The Secret Path" a book and Album sharing the story of an indigenous Canadian boy who died trying to escape from a reeducation camp in the 60s.
Then he went silent, underwent treatment and lived at home with his wife and kids.
Until today.
RIP Mr. Downie.
You know why, we know why. Let me say it plain out...
I was listening to the local sports radio station on the way to work this morning. Typical sports talk FM station with a local columnist doing the 7-10 slot.
Here is something you gotta know about where I live; if you take a 10 minute drive from the city in any direction you are in the prairie and it is corn, soybeans and white folks as far as the eye can see.
So, the announcer/morning show host decides to do a hot take on the NFL protests. So topical!
Fresh thoughts from a middle aged guy the same color and consistency as a tube of Pillsbury biscuit dough! And guess what? You will be shocked to learn that this doughy creature feels that the protests are… Wait for it… MISGUIDED! What are these guys trying to achieve? Why are they doing this in such a divisive way?
After all the NFL has ALLOWED THESE MEN TO ACHIEVE A LIFESTYLE THEY PROBABLY NEVER DREAMED OF.
They are protesting, and this is a direct fucking quote “Which I suppose is their right to do, but” (there is always a fucking BUT and we all know what lays behind a BUT – A pile of shit) “they are slowly killing the golden goose”.
Yep he put out a 20 minute segment that can be summarized as "Shut up - you're getting a paycheck"
Now I wrote that little anecdote as an introduction to laying out this little pearl of knowledge – Which we all know, but seldom just state out loud and in plain English -The reason white people are offended by the protests has nothing to do with the Flag, the Military or any other smoke screen tossed out in the media.
They are pissed off because they completely support brown people being brutalized and treated as second class (at best) citizens by the American Justice System. They would also like you all to kindly shut up about it.
They are not bothered in the least by a 12 year old boy being killed without repercussions.
Or a man choked to death for selling cigs.
Or a man shot dead while buying a BB gun in Walmart.
Or any other event that leaves a high melanin citizen bleeding or dead.
Let me be clear. They support the status quo and are pissed about ANY protest against it. The actual mechanics of the protest are unimportant. Whatever action a protester takes, in their eyes it will be disrespectful, un-American and treasonous.
Here is the bottom line.
Beatings and killings and unwarranted searches are fine. The majority of white people will always support these policies.
Because brown people are semi-human and violent - threats to “Law & Order”.
Buttressing this belief is why racist shitheads bring up “black on black” crime. This belief is the dog that the “what about Chicago” question is whistling for.
This white supremacist core value is why at the end of the day, we have Donald Fucking Trump as POTUS, and all this dancing around the edge of addressing it will not do a fucking thing to change it.
Rick Danko, Levon Helm, David Crosby, Neil Young
Perhaps one of the best "just for this 1 record" line ups in history.
Rick Danko's bass shines on this cut, and Neil's biting vocal sneer is in top form.
Greg Popovich served as an Intelligence Officer in the USAF...
Retiring early as a Major during a Reduction In Force (RIF) program.
He's had a solid career since as a basketball coach. You've probably heard of him even if you don't follow the NBA.
He's also black on fucks regarding the "President"
This is as brutal a statement from a man who served I have ever heard. Most former officers keep things low key. Not Pop.
"This man in the Oval Office is a soulless coward who thinks that he can only become large by belittling others. This has of course been a common practice of his, but to do it in this manner–and to lie about how previous Presidents responded to the deaths of soldiers–is as low as it gets. We have a pathological liar in the White House: unfit intellectually, emotionally, and psychologically to hold this office and the whole world knows it, especially those around him every day. The people who work with this President should be ashamed because they know it better than anyone just how unfit he is, and yet they choose to do nothing about it. This is their shame most of all."
You speak for us all Coach.
Greg Popovich served as an Intelligence Officer in the USAF...
Retiring early as a Major during a Reduction In Force (RIF) program.
He's had a solid career since as a basketball coach. You've probably heard of him even if you don't follow the NBA.
He's also black on fucks regarding the "President"
This is as brutal a statement from a man who served I have ever heard. Most former officers keep things low key. Not Pop.
"This man in the Oval Office is a soulless coward who thinks that he can only become large by belittling others. This has of course been a common practice of his, but to do it in this manner–and to lie about how previous Presidents responded to the deaths of soldiers–is as low as it gets. We have a pathological liar in the White House: unfit intellectually, emotionally, and psychologically to hold this office and the whole world knows it, especially those around him every day. The people who work with this President should be ashamed because they know it better than anyone just how unfit he is, and yet they choose to do nothing about it. This is their shame most of all."
You speak for us all Coach.
My friend Alan Howe is running for PA 11. (Wlkes-Barre area), he posted this last night
I spent last night in Lehighton with friends who live just barely outside the 11th District. My former Air Force colleague and I went fly fishing last evening. It has been months since I chased trout with a fly, and I only caught one fourteen-inch brown trout, but it was the only one the two of us caught. (Note: Fishing is not a competition...unless you are leading!) This morning we shot several rounds through his Uberti open-top 45 Colt revolver, as much a piece of art as it is a handgun. Then I drove up through the beautiful Lehigh Valley to have lunch with supporters in Hazleton.
On the drive, I was struck again by the magnificent natural beauty of Pennsylvania. Whether you hunt or fish or hike or backpack or just enjoy driving past deep woods and tall mountains, we are fortunate to have this legacy left to us.
This is not merely a natural condition. We long ago reached a population large enough to eradicate the natural world around us. Indeed, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mountains like those I drove through had been denuded of all trees, local streams were devoid of fish, and game species were hunted to the brink of extinction. When I was a boy, rivers in our land were so polluted they caught fire. What we have today is the outcome of many, many people putting in countless hours to protect, preserve, and restore our natural world.
We enjoy the fruits of our predecessors' labor. And, we owe the same legacy to our children and our grandchildren. Only we can pass along to them a natural world that they can enjoy, a natural world that protects them from harm. We are smart enough to combine economic growth with a protected natural environment. We can grow and still provide to everyone the clean water and clean air they need. We can preserve opportunities to hunt and fish and hike and backpack. We can leave behind beautiful drives like the one I enjoyed this morning.
We can do this. We must do this.
My friend Alan Howe is running for PA 11. (Wlkes-Barre area)
He posted this last night:
I spent last night in Lehighton with friends who live just barely outside the 11th District. My former Air Force colleague and I went fly fishing last evening. It has been months since I chased trout with a fly, and I only caught one fourteen-inch brown trout, but it was the only one the two of us caught. (Note: Fishing is not a competition...unless you are leading!) This morning we shot several rounds through his Uberti open-top 45 Colt revolver, as much a piece of art as it is a handgun. Then I drove up through the beautiful Lehigh Valley to have lunch with supporters in Hazleton.
On the drive, I was struck again by the magnificent natural beauty of Pennsylvania. Whether you hunt or fish or hike or backpack or just enjoy driving past deep woods and tall mountains, we are fortunate to have this legacy left to us.
This is not merely a natural condition. We long ago reached a population large enough to eradicate the natural world around us. Indeed, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mountains like those I drove through had been denuded of all trees, local streams were devoid of fish, and game species were hunted to the brink of extinction. When I was a boy, rivers in our land were so polluted they caught fire. What we have today is the outcome of many, many people putting in countless hours to protect, preserve, and restore our natural world.
We enjoy the fruits of our predecessors' labor. And, we owe the same legacy to our children and our grandchildren. Only we can pass along to them a natural world that they can enjoy, a natural world that protects them from harm. We are smart enough to combine economic growth with a protected natural environment. We can grow and still provide to everyone the clean water and clean air they need. We can preserve opportunities to hunt and fish and hike and backpack. We can leave behind beautiful drives like the one I enjoyed this morning.
We can do this. We must do this.
Look I know that I've been annoyingly strident on several threads since Monday
And re-reading some of those posts, I realize that anger and whisky are not the most eloquent co-speakers.
Alright, I have posted a few inarticulate snarls of rage and I should explain myself.
For the last several months, this space has been sour and accusatory in nature.
Although any Sanders supporter could point to several counter examples, the weight of flaming blame, spite and recrimination keeps coming at me and others like me. So I gather that the prevailing wisdom is that Hillary supporting middle age Democrats are the problem.
More than that though, every damn thing that happens is Secretary Clinton's fault. Every issue from crappy grits at Denny's to your cousins leaking roof has happened because Hillary exists.
Hillary is required to wear the hair shirt and accept every accusation as divine truth. She can never abase herself enough to satisfy many of DU's true believers.
And since she never abases herself at all, her "arrogance" is held up as proof that SHE IS THE EVIL WE MUST PURGE.
There are many reasons this debacle happened - Comey, Russia, Gerrymandering, poor strategy/campaign planning, rat fucking fake "liberals", and the almost one in eight Sanders fans who voted for Trump.
Zip it, tuck it back into your pocket, and listen up:
Bernie or Busters were undeniably part of the Trump coalition. If you're here on DU that does not include you, unless you are intentionally breaking the TOS.
Here's the deal tho. I keep hearing about the "Obama-Trump voter" as if that was a major factor. Sanders backers love this demographic - because if Hill couldn't keep Obama fans in the fold it means she alone is at fault - right?
So, there are no other issues, she just sucks too hard to even keep Obama's fans.
Except these people's numbers are insignificant. Not. A. Factor.
But bring up the BoBers who wrote in Sanders, or voted third party or voted FOR TRUMP and the long knives are out.
No dammit no. Not everything is because of Bernie, not everything is Hillary's doing either. We all see that...
But there is a blatant double standard here that sickens me.
Carlos Martinez put it all together last night
Complete game 3 hitter, with 10 strike outs.
His 4 seam was hitting 99 mph and his 2 seam sinker lived at 93 - That's usually enough to get by, but his change and slider were working as well.
Which makes for a long night for hitters as shown by the fact that nobody made it to second all game.
He's 25 and this year it looks like he's figuring out how to pitch and with his stuff, that is scary...
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