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Globastardization in action. Why do you hate me so, my love? is, after all, one of the great universals (see Green, Cee-Lo). Blame it on commentor Comrade Mary (who also provided the background).
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Open Thread: Early XMas Morning
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One of the joys of the child-free livestyle is that the definition of “early morning” is not set by shrieking proto-consumerists hyped up on sugar, anticipation, and an extended period of greed-based “good behavior”. Enjoy ’em if you got ’em, and if not, enjoy the peacefulness…
Song of the week
I’ll be driving all day tomorrow, so here’s song of the week a day early, courtesy of JPK from Can’t Explain…
John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir, “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” (1971)
I’ve got an inner hippie trying to break out through my chest walls with a message: “War is over! If you want it.” (Or: “What’s so funny ’bout peace, love, and understanding?”) This is one of my favorite Christmas songs, even though it always makes me a little sad, reminding me of Lennon’s murder, Reagan’s ascendance, and Reagan’s calculated indifference to Lennon’s murder, in approximately that order. But I still love to hear it at this time of year and I hope you do too. I’m glad to be part of the Balloon Juice snarling mass of jackals and to all my fellow whiners I say: Happy holidays and best wishes for the new year! You know we’ve got our work cut out for us with that other snarling mass of jackals.