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"Those are my principles. And if you don't like them..well, I have others." Also: fascists can bite my cigar (the burning end, preferably).

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GottaLaff, to ethelcain
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’s GOP-controlled House voted Thursday to give doctors who provide in-vitro fertilization civil and criminal immunity for any death or damage to embryos.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/29/alabama-house-passes-bill-to-protect-ivf-00144161

chuck88,
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@GottaLaff Frozen embryos are always babies except when they aren't. And, trust me, these people will believe that both of those things are true. Because doublethink.

chuck88, to classicalmusic
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Pianist is wrapping up her complete Mozart sonata recordings this month. We talked about it on in an interview recorded the day before Mozart's birthday. It didn't go live right away because of some copyright issues which have now been resolved. Check it out: https://youtu.be/DyPy0isTERo?si=KyOaluDpS-jabpzN @classicalmusic @vromans

GottaLaff, to random
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I just got a $9 residual from my little tiny role on "The Love Boat" 1000 years ago. Yes, I'm over 1000 years old.

I've decided to buy a car with it. Who wouldn't? It's an enormous amount, so why waste it?

chuck88,
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@GottaLaff I still get residuals from an episode of "Unsolved Mysteries" that I did somewhere in the early 1980s. Or whenever it was. I forget. 🙂 It's usually enough to pay for a delivery from Mission Taco Joint.

chuck88, to classicalmusic
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This Saturday and Sunday, January 27 and 28, returns to conduct the at the in a most unusual program of works by Albert Roussel, Francis Poulenc, and Sergei Prokofiev—all done in ways their composers never dreamed of. Our own is the guest soloist along with illustrator and animator . Here's my preview for https://kdhx.org/articles/classical/3334-symphony-preview-reanimated @classicalmusic @vromans

chuck88, to classicalmusic
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Sunday, Jan 21 conducted the in the last of his three-concert series exploring the intersection of jazz/pop and classical. Kudos to and his trio for their performance in "Zodiac Suite". The concert will be broadcast on St. Louis Public Radio & Classic 107.3 Sunday, 1/28 01:30 GMTand will be on the SLSO web site for a while after that. @classicalmusic @vromans https://kdhx.org/articles/classical/3333-symphony-review-mary-lou-willims-s-zodiac-suite-stars-in-a-jazzy-afternoon-with-the-slso

Bam, to random
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Anyone remember Nixon saying, “It’s not a crime if the President does it?”

Well, here we are again.

chuck88,
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@Bam Baby Huey misspelled "emperor", I see.

chuck88, to classicalmusic
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This Saturday, January 13, conducts the in the second of three programs concentrating on the intersection of classical and popular music. Scott Andrews is the soloist for Stravisnki's "Ebony Concerto" in a program that includes music by Milhaud, Weill, and Gershwin. Here's my preview for Live broadcast on Sunday 14 January, 01:30 GMT @WConcertHall @classicalmusic @vromans

chuck88, to classicalmusic
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Guest conductor and vocalist cooked up a tasty surprise for fans at the New Year's Eve Celebration concert last Sunday. Here's my review for @classicalmusic @vromans https://kdhx.org/articles/classical/3314-symphony-review-multiple-surprises-brighten-the-slso-s-new-year-s-eve-celebration

chuck88, to classicalmusic
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The second half of my two-part interview with Conductor Laureate for . This one concentrates on his many other activities (including his radio show on ) @classicalmusic
@vromans https://youtu.be/Y1x8HCh9iV4?si=nK6bsSGKFxNPS6nf

chuck88, to classicalmusic
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New on part 1 of a two-part chat with Conductor Laureate . This first one is all about the special series of concerts he's conducting in January. More information at https://slso.org @classicalmusic
@vromans https://youtu.be/Tjm3RJApcys?si=SB8GK5bizu2hvDvx

chuck88, to classicalmusic
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A little (OK, a LOT) of seasonal mostly-classical music for your winter holiday of choice. OK, most of it is but you'll have to agree it's an eclectic mix https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1QbKWjWTgoKewSssaqAqfW?si=b7c19e86d6f84235 @classicalmusic @vromans

chuck88, to classicalmusic
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New on on @YouTube Executive and Artistic Director on the organization's return to its home in the @classicalmusic @vromans https://youtu.be/iTKDBQ2YSh8?si=G2Y43C9Th-t3KoKv

chuck88, to classicalmusic
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This Friday, December 1, conducts the and SLSO Principal Oboe Jelena Dirks in music by Vaughan Williams, and Beethoven. Check out my preview of the music at The concert will also be broadcast Saturday, December 3, at 01:30 GMT on and and will be available for streaming for a limited time at the SLSO web site. @classicalmusic https://kdhx.org/articles/classical/3287-symphony-preview-string-theories

GottaLaff, to comics
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: “If people want to die for their politics, who am I to stop them?”

See entire strip here:
https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2023/11/26

chuck88,
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@GottaLaff Having read the comments, all I can say is "well, so much for satire, then." Where's Foghorn Leghorn when we need him?

chuck88, to classicalmusic
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This weekend (November 17–19), guest conductor leads the Symphony Orchestra and violinist in a program of works by three very different composers who all hail from towns that are now part of the Czech Republic. Here's my preview for @classicalmusic @vromans https://kdhx.org/articles/classical/3266-symphony-preview-czech-list

GottaLaff, to legal
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's bid to block fraud trial testimony crashes and burns: report - Ivanka Trump has lost her appeal to try to overturn the order forcing her to testify in Trump's civil fraud trial https://www.rawstory.com/ivana-bid-crashes-testimony/

chuck88,
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@GottaLaff "Ivanka has separately asked for a pause in the trial, arguing that compelling her to testify during a "school week" would create "undue hardship" for her." Seriously?

Teri_Kanefield, to random

My very frightening dog has his Halloween clothing on and is ready to protect us.

chuck88,
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@Teri_Kanefield Scary cute. 😃

chuck88, to classicalmusic
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This Friday and Sunday, November 3 and 5, conducts the and pianist in a program that I pretty much guarantee will include at least one of your favorites. Read all about it at . The Friday concert will be broadcast Saturday night at 7:30 pm CDT (01:30 GMT Sunday) on and @vromans
@classicalmusic @WConcertHall @music https://kdhx.org/articles/classical/3264-symphony-preview-these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-things

georgetakei, to random

Oh, so NOW Trump says that Sidney Powell was NEVER his attorney? Funny how he called her that when she was busy spreading election lies, and when he wanted to make her SPECIAL COUNSEL to investigate non-existent election fraud. But now that she’s pleaded guilty? “I BARELY KNEW HER!”

Hahaha!

Trump better think about this, though. If she was never his attorney, then there was NEVER attorney-client privilege either.

chuck88,
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@georgetakei Coming soon: "Ivanka who? Never heard of her. I think she was around Trump Tower sometimes. Name sounds foreign to me. Probably a Marxist."

GottaLaff, to missouri
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Via Kyle Griffin

The has declined to block a judge's ruling that a Republican-backed statute limiting state and local cooperation with the federal government in enforcing gun laws is unconstitutional.

chuck88,
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@GottaLaff Good. As a St. Louis resident, I have been in high dudgeon about this for years. The right wing likes local control except when they don't. And they hate defunding the police except when they do it (PDs that tried to enforce federal gun laws were threatened with defunding, because "law and order").

Of course, the MO leg will ignore this and try to enforce that law anyway because they are part of an outlaw movement.

Teri_Kanefield, to random

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    @Teri_Kanefield Sounds like Wallis is treating this exactly like prosecuting organized crime (which, for all practical purposes, it is): start with the button men and lieutenants and work you way up to the (ahem) Don.

    chuck88, to classicalmusic
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    of joins me on to talk about "Game Changer," MOCM's November 10th trivia fund raiser, and also the 14th season, which kicks off in June, 2024. @classicalmusic @stlouist https://youtu.be/BzHHhCEPF3I?si=lARq2wqxyAkAPfwc

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Jordan's accomplished quite a bit, despite the death threats.

    "Think of as viable late-term Speaker fetus, who’s just about ready to go but can’t manage to be born, at least not yet. That can totally work for him, perhaps indefinitely, if he’s really able to call the shots from the womb." https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-inside-story-of-how-jim-jordan-broke-the-model-didnt-become-speaker-and-decided-that-was-fine

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    @GottaLaff "Principaled conservative" is an oxymoron, especially when applied to Scalise.

    chuck88, to classicalmusic
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    This Friday and Saturday, October 20 and 21, conducts the and pianist in music by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and . The concert will be broadcast on Saturday night at 7:30 on and and will be available for streaming for a limited time at the SLSO web site. Here's my musical preview for KDHX https://kdhx.org/articles/classical/3259-symphony-preview-moon-over-edinburgh @classicalmusic @music @vromans

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    @mattblaze @Teri_Kanefield " Who wins here, exactly?" Enemies of the USA, both foreign and domestic. The latter are heavily represented in the GOP House. The "Freedom" Caucus should more accurately be called the Confederate Caucus. They never stopped fighting the Civil War. Now they believe they can win.

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