11/13 TGIF – Every Picture Tells a Story – Open Thread
TGIF from Benny’s Bar…Theme for Tonight: Songs and Images that Tell Us a Quick Moment or Story

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(2nd drink is for @wi62, whom we celebrate in getting out of the COVID club this week)
Here’s a picture that has started a story…and with our help and words, craft more of our stories to bring to Capitol Hill, for economic, racial, and environmental justice.
I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over … No poor, rural, weak, or black person should ever have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of the opportunity of an education, a job or simple justice.
—James Earl Carter, new governor of GA in 1970.
I sent the organization a snack. Well done!
Another image, courtesy of the Atlanta Constitution-Journal:
Biden cleared the 300 EV mark. Congrats to his campaign. (I won’t congratulate the DNC though.)
And the chanson? Rod Stewart on the Video Jukebox:
https://youtu.be/lfkUg5OuxTM
Post your fav images, photos, videos appropriate for our place! News, tweets — keep them coming. Drinks are on the Nest! This serves as an evening open thread.
Tip jar for the usual bar and budtenders…
Thank you Benny! Always great to see you behind the bar ❤️ 🍷
Thx for the beverage Benny, i feel so very fortunate to check out of the Covid hotel and wish my best to anyone thats battling this.
It’s great to hear that you’re getting better wi62!
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Labor leaders push for Rep. Andy Levin as Biden’s Labor Secretary
Sanders Expresses Interest in Serving as Biden’s Labor Secretary
I sure do hope that Sanders gets some respect from Biden’s admin, for Bernie’s sake, for my sake, and for the sake of what’s left of the Dem party. I realize that many Dems are feeling triumphant right now, but they need to glance over their shoulders.
Byedone picks Perez, that will prove beyond all doubt that his brain is fried!
Too bad they weren’t supporting Bernie.
I honestly don’t know why union leaders wouldn’t get behind Bernie, he seems the obvious choice to me, but I’m not involved in the sausage-making, so what do I know?
I hate to think that union leadership is as corrupt as so many of our politicians, but I also can’t close my eyes to that possibility.
yes they are. in bed with the corpses.
Bernie is on now..came on about 2-3 min ago.
How’d it go?
I’m watching an interesting C-SPAN program with a Christopher McKnight Nichols (Oregon State U) presentation, illustrating not only what occurred during the 1918 flu crisis, but so many of the parallels with our current situation.
It’s about the same as the other interviews, except at the end, Bernie cautions against resting too long. He said that we have a small reprieve, then we will have to mobilize again to get the help people need by pushing for a stronger stimulus bill and a more progressive agenda.
From his mouth to all of the ears that need to hear that!!
Thank you Benny.
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Part of a convo I had with a young, aggrieved, Trump supporter yesterday involved the voting process, and he asserted that, “Everyone should have to vote in person!”.
Needless to say, I had some responses to that, and I think I did quite well, overall, because he ended up replying, “I agree that voting should be easier…but…but…legally!” (which was an easy concession for me to make, obviously each vote should be legal)
A lot of white people haven’t had to experience massive lines, HOURS in line, they’d be sooooo pissed off!
Probably a celebration over Biden’s win.
or maybe this?
Whoever thought Mussorgsky could be turned into rock and roll?
Epic concert at the The Forum in Montreal, stories…..
Huge Keith Emerson fan (I stupidly bought piano sheet music onec, thinking I could even begin to play it, so many flats!), he was on, and he basically seemed to be having sex with his keyboards..
Carl Palmer was out of control, drum solo was incredible, and Greg Lake was sweet, and provided a chance for my heartbeat to get back to some normalcy 😉
I saw them a year later in my hometown of Lubbock, TX. Good concert. Always loved this tune too:
You would have loved that part of the convert I saw. The stage was Greg Lake’s, the lights came down and it was really nice.
Did you know a family named Hogsteter or Hogstead? Billy or Kalichi Sticks was my age. One of hubby’s friends in Houston, where Jake was born. x-hubby.
Not familiar with those families.
Another classic in my old wrinkle vinyl collection. 🎼😊
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Guilty pleasure! 🤚🏼
November 10 was the 45th anniversary of the shipwreck.
Just a classic, iconic tune! Beautifully written, too!🎼🎼🎼🎼👍
love him. oh my gosh.
Had a 45 with “If You Could Read My Mind” on it.🎼👍
My favorite. I really loved this disco version by Viola Wills too
I love disco, jcb. Believe me, you should see my tunes collection. But, this is a sad blues song, not frivolous.
Well I have to disagree that disco is frivolous 🙂 And songs can be interpreted in different ways ✌️
This was one day ago from Ross Barkan:
Stop Blaming the Left
Might be the shortest coattails in presidential history.
I heard them call Biden a ‘radical leftist’ on Fox, we need to stop caring what right-wing media calls us, they’ll only stop calling us radicals if we agree with them.
they don’t have the Russians this time. progressives are actually worse. lol
Ali Velshi rocks! Via telephone, Cori Bush is on The Rachel Maddow Show, where Velshi is substituting for Ms Maddow.
Velshi is a good replacement for Maddow. I love Cori Bush.
k nite
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