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Drinking Liberally Hampton Meets Tomorrow 0
The inaugural meeting of Drinking Liberally Hampton is Saturday. I plan to be there. Do you?
When: Saturday, February 20, 8:00 p. m.
Where:
The Point
30 E Mellen St.
Hampton, Virginia (map)
You can learn more at the DL Virginia Beach Meetup Page or Facebook Group.
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Off to drink liberally.
Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Tomorrow 0
Fun and fellowship for liberals. Join us and talk about anything in a relaxed atmosphere.
When: Thursday, February 11, 6 p.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
More here.
Forget the Race; Look at the Racers 0
Chauncey Devega argues that far too much attention is paid to the differences amongst the Republican candidates for the presidential nomination. He find their similarities to be much more important–and troubling. Here’s a bit from his typically long and tightly-reasoned post:
1. That the United States should bomb and kill many thousands of innocent people in the Middle East and elsewhere in order to supposedly stop the spread of ISIS and other terrorist organizations.
2. Torturing suspected terrorists—even though such acts are both immoral and ineffective in retrieving actionable intelligence information—is acceptable.
3. “God’s law” should supersede the United States Constitution.
4. They are anti-science and do not believe that global warming is a real, scientifically proven, empirical fact.
(Follow the link for the rest of the list)
The contemporary Republican Party is a radical political organization that has betrayed the core tenet of “conservatism,” what is a belief in stability in the face of radical change. To that end, movement conservatism seeks to undo the consensus politics of the World War II and post-World War II era because it views the great successes of the New Deal, the Great Society and the civil rights movement(s) as a threat to the excesses of unrestrained capitalism and white male power.
All the News that Fits 0
Noz looks for the on-line version of a New York Times article he read in print and can’t quite find it.
Light Bloggery 0
Family matters.
And Now for Something Completely Different 0
Afterthought:
Second Son performed in a community theatre production of this show when he was a young ‘un. It’s quite a nice musical; it was Rogers and Hammerstein, for Pete’s sake. You can find the whole show–not the one he was in, the one that was on the telly vision–somewhere on that YouTube thingee.
Live theatre has its own magic. No two performances are alike.
One of the most curious things about the community theatre experience was watching teenagers do absolutely magically transcendent things on stage, things that made you forget that they were teenagers, then turn right back into teenagers when they returned to the green room . . . .
Still Afloat 0
The ship’s conservancy group issued a statement saying it has an option agreement with a redevelopment partner. No further details will be released until a news conference Feb. 4 at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal in New York, according to conservancy spokesman Tom Basile.
The nature of the “rebirth” was not announced.
Words Have Meanings 0
There seems to be a little dustup involving the OED.
Light Bloggery 0
Break time.
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Off to drink liberally.