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Overnight Open Thread (10/20/2025)

It's easy to second-guess our politicians, particularly when they insert themselves into complex and seemingly intractable geopolitical issues.

President Donald Trump has done something in the Middle East that Eisenhower couldn't do, Nixon couldn't do, Reagan couldn't do, the Bushes certainly couldn't do, and we won't even mention Obama and Biden.

He has forged a consensus and ended, at least temporarily, an ugly event in a region that is famous for ugliness. Will Hamas honor the ceasefire? Maybe. Will they return the remaining bodies? Maybe. Will they reconstitute and once again threaten Israel with destruction? Maybe.

But the odds are better now than they have been for the entirety of Israel's existence as a modern nation, and that is a very impressive accomplishment, especially when much of the West is at best ambivalent about President Trump!

There will be time to pick the agreement apart, and I am not holding my breath for a lasting peace, but still, it is far, far better than it has ever been!

It was a stunning achievement in most respects, and the fact that the world isn't clamoring with adulation for President Trump is a sad commentary on the rest of the world, not on President Trump.

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County Reinstates Mask Mandate, Vaccine Guidance Over Supposed COVID Risk

Of course it is California. Why bother asking?

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Neil Young to Pull His Music off Amazon Because 'Bezos Supports This Government'

I really liked Neil Young for a few years when I was young and stupid. I saw him live at The Greek Theater in Berkeley about 100 years ago, and it was a good show, but after that? Eh...nothing new, just recycled crap from his heyday.

But now he looks and sounds like the drug-addled lunatic on the corner of a seedy part of a shitty blue city. He seems not to have noticed that most people don't know who he is, or even worse, don't care.

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6 Issues to Address With Your Prostate Specialist
#1. Why are both of your hands on my shoulders?
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Walk Softly In Five Inch Heels While Carrying A Big Stick
Don't Mess with Melania Trump

Have we ever had her combination of intelligence, quiet self-confidence, and a ferocious attitude toward her detractors?

And in case you haven't noticed, she is a total smoke-show!

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This is who Springsteen wanted to be, but he just wasn't honest enough and good enough.

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Creedence Clearwater Revival is great. It's easy to minimize them because they were in the same era as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Beach Boys, etc., but they are the equal of those bands. That they are less-well-known is a function of their longevity, or lack thereof!

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Does that Spotify embed work for everyone? If not, try this!

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