David W. Barber

Again with the fucking baseball cap. What was it Hannah Arendt said about the banality of evil?

This is *nothing* dignified about wearing a cheap baseball cap that promotes yourself to the otherwise solemn ceremony to receive the bodies of the troops you had killed to distract from your bad economy and rampant pedophilia.

The #Trump confederacy of dunces.

Enjoying this new @amazonprime.bsky.social series. Some typical Guy Ritchie excesses and not a patch on Cumberbatch. But fun nonetheless.
#Sherlock

This story still isn’t going away.

b 1964 – Bret Easton Ellis, American author, screenwriter
d 1913 – Pauline Johnson, Canadian poet, author (b 1861)
d 1967 – Alice B Toklas, American writer (b 1877)

March 7 otd
b 1875 – Maurice Ravel, French pianist, composer, conductor (d 1937)
b 1957 – Robert Harris, English journalist, author
b 1963 – E. L. James (Erika Mitchell), English author of the Fifty Shades books.
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*FYI*

This is who our President is...

d 1973 – Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b 1892)
d 1982 – Ayn Rand, Russian-born American tedious novelist, hypocrite, pretentious failed pseudo-philosopher (b 1905)

March 6 otd
b 1619 – Cyrano de Bergerac, French author, playwright (d 1655)
b 1806 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English-Italian poet, translator (d 1861)
b 1885 – Ring Lardner, American journalist, author (d 1933)
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An SATB setting of Eisenhower's poignant and timely A Chance for Peace speech ("Every gun that is made...")
www.sheetmusicdirect.com/se/ID_No/195...

Former editor here: "Imminent" means "likely to occur at any moment." There's no such thing as 47 years of imminent.

It’s not enough.

I know it's a small thing in the grand scheme, but it would be nice if CBC reporters, anchors and others would learn how to properly pronounce "Iran." Or at the very least, decide on a consistent style and stick with it. (Not to mention all the other networks too.)
#Iran

BREAKING: Babe, wake up. New war just dropped. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

d 1963 – William Carlos Williams, American poet, short story writer, essayist (b 1883)
d 1986 – Elizabeth Smart, Canadian poet, author (b 1913)
d 2016 – Pat Conroy, American author (b 1945)

March 4 otd
b 1678 – Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist, composer (d 1741)
b 1937 – William Deverell, Canadian lawyer, author, activist
b 1937 – Richard B Wright, Canadian journalist, author (d 2017)
b 1947 – Jan Garbarek, Norwegian saxophonist, composer
b 1948 – James Ellroy, American author
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Maybe it’s a bad idea to put people in charge of government who are eager for the rapture.

d 1983 – Hergé, Belgian author, illustrator (b 1907)
d 1987 – Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, dancer (b 1911)
d 1993 – Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist, composer (b 1903)
d 2023 – Kenzaburō Ōe, Japanese novelist, 1994 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (b 1935)

March 3 otd
1845 – Florida admitted as 27th U.S. state. Proves to have been a huge mistake.
1873 – U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any “obscene literature and articles of immoral use” through the mail.
1923 – U.S. magazine Time publishes its first issue
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Once again, a single cartoon tells more truth that the entire US Congress.

Thanks to Rick McKee for making our current situation easy to understand.

#Trump #STD #syphilis #dementia

CNN: Three US fighter jets accidentally shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses, military says By Haley Britzky , Helen Regan Helen Regan , Eyad Kourdi , Isaac Yee , Teele Rebane , Lucas Lilieholm Updated 13 hr ago

Reuters: Fire at US embassy complex in Riyadh after blast heard, sources say By Reuters March 2, 20266:23 PM CSTUpdated 13 mins ago

New York Times: U.S. military death toll rises to 6

CNN: State Dept urges US citizens to "DEPART NOW" from countries throughout Middle East

Two days into the war:

- three F-15s shot down

- U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia in flames

- six U.S. service members confirmed dead; more wounded

- State Department tells Americans to flee the entire Middle East

#SendBarronToWar