Oh, my. Not sure what to say but Dave is back. He was asked to discuss Asian and South Pacific Islanders Month, but knowing Dave I can’t promise he will follow instructions. In fact I can almost guarantee what ever was planned was filed in the round file and he is off on some crazy rant. Enjoy.
Forty one years ago today, Mt. St. Helen’s erupted. Fifty seven people died and the landscape was devastated. I live in the Pacific Northwest and it was a shocking event. DSM
Dave Shadrick is back. He wants to talk about Liz Cheney and the disintegrating Republican Party. Join Dave every Sunday for his slightly twisted view of the world. Sometimes painful, sometimes funny, sometimes hair raising, and then sometimes it is, Just Dave. Enjoy!
Dave came into the office and suggested Calamity Politics Juke Box Choice of The Day in honor of Liz Cheney. So here we go friends, Dave’s Juke Box Choice of the Day, The Allman Bros. Band doing “Whipping Post.” Lyrics below.
By Gregg Allman
It’s Sunday and Dave Shadrick is back for another video cast. This week I think the rant is about blue-eyed blonde haired children. Anyway, whatever the discussion, Dave has plenty to say. Enjoy.
Calamity chose this 2014 tune by writer performer Meghan Trainor for today’s Calamity Politics Jukebox Choice of the Day. She was mumbling something about politicians need to understand their base. I don’t think that’s what Meghan had in mind, but, whatever the clown says I’m with her. So here we go, Meghan Trainor singing “All About The Bass.” Lyrics below.
Everything is going online, the so-called “Digital Revolution” generally considered to be as significant as the Industrial Revolution. For good or ill, more things are moving online from correspondence to media. The terms “old media” and “new media” going from cultural terms to more significant distinctions.
One of the positive impacts of the shift to New Media, and the general reduction in production costs, is the opening up of popular media to traditionally marginalized groups. People are more able to make their own media, free of the censorship, stigma and traditionalist bullshit still rife in the studio system. The sort of attitudes that would have female nominees banned from the red carpet for not wearing high heels.
Calamity decided on today’s Calamity News and Politics Jukebox Choice. It is none other than, Supertramp performing the “The Logical Song,” from 1979. From the first time I heard this song I EMBRACED it. It is my story. It was my story. Enjoy! Lyrics below. DSM.
Supertramp
“Don’t like gay marriage? Don’t get one.
Don’t like cigarettes? Don’t smoke one.
Don’t like abortions? Don’t get one.
Don’t like sex? Don’t indulge.
Don’t like drugs? Don’t do them.
Don’t like porn? Don’t watch it.
Don’t like alcohol? Don’t drink it.
Don’t like guns? Don’t buy one.
Don’t like your rights taken away? Then don’t take away someone else’s.” (Unknown)
Short and sweet for a sunny Monday. I’ve seen this statement shared and I think the statement sums it up. Stop yelling about the actions of others and adjust your behavior and attitude. It is none of your business who I sleep with. It is none of your business if I can’t break the cigarette habit. It is none of your business if I want an abortion. Frigid ? Don’t like sex, well again, just because you don’t like it, doesn’t mean the rest of us have to abstain. Drugs, again, not good for you, but none of your business. When we get to porn, well, here we go again, if you don’t like it, don’t watch it. Don’t like alcohol? Easy; stay away from it. Don’t like guns, don’t buy one. But, most of all my rights are guaranteed by the constitution not your opinion.
“Marble House is a Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. Designed as a summer cottage for Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt by the society architect Richard Morris Hunt, it was unparalleled in opulence for an American house when it was completed in 1892.” Wikipedia
"If puppies and kittens don't make you smile, you might consider therapy." D. S. Mitchell 2015.
Self-isolating has forced us to turn even more to telecommunication and social media.
The Major Cause Of Sex Trafficking Is Poverty
Many great charities, here are a couple that I support: Sierra Club, World Wildlife Fund, ACLU, and Planned Parenthood.
