Tag: Chuck Miller

April rambling: tolerance of evil

prediction markets

Does not our ongoing, epic failure to obstruct immorality confirm America as an immoral nation? What morally deficient country tolerates blatant wickedness without rising up to avert the next outrage? His re-election was bad enough; tolerance of evil is worse.

How FOTUS Took the U.S. to War with Iran. In a series of Situation Room meetings, he weighed his instincts against the deep concerns of his vice president and a pessimistic intelligence assessment.FOTUS  declares victory after making Iran more powerful than ever

From Popular Information: In an unprecedented move, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it had filed lawsuits against several states to block their efforts to rein in prediction markets. Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois have variously sought to prevent Kalshi, Polymarket, Crypto.com, and Robinhood from running what they claim are “unlicensed gambling sites that circumvent state laws.” Several of these companies are business partners of FOTUS and his family members.

The regime’s attack on diversity, equity and inclusion has rolled back decades of progress for women, who now face a widening gender pay gap and narrowing employment protections.

Top Pentagon Official Confronted Vatican Ambassador With Menacing ‘Lecture’. Pope Leo XIV chronicler Christopher Hale says he has confirmed that Trump’s Pentagon threatened to declare war on the Vatican.

2.5 Million Poor Americans Have Lost Food Aid Since GOP’s Big Ugly Bill Signed Into Law

Scientists invented a fake disease. Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?

Undervalued

‘Product of USA’ becomes a real standard enforced by USDA

Process knowledge,the most undervalued part of our society. We also serve who stand and wash.

How the Tougaloo Nine Helped Push for Desegregation in Jim Crow Mississippi

You aren’t genetically related to all your ancestors.

See the Awe-Inspiring New Photos of the Moon and Earth Sent Back From the Artemis 2 Mission

Teenager Invents a Water Filter That Eliminates Most Microplastics

Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died at 97

The Danish Warship “Dannebroge” Exploded in Battle 225 Years Ago. Now, Archaeologists Are Racing to Recover Its Artifacts

How? Minor League team scores 10 runs on 1 hit — 8 before the hit! — in one inning. No defensive errors.

5 New Words That Should Exist. Especially bibliothekpanik, though I prefer büchersehnsuchtangst. Words of the Day: Apostrophize and alliterate.

The Bizarre History of The Waffle Iron – Cornelius Swartwout’s invention, patented more than 150 years ago, helped feed America’s passion for waffles.

Now I Know: Why The Irish Did Not See Casablanca and How a Lost Donkey Became Wild Again

MUSIC

The Things That Dreams Are Made Of – The Human League

Two Little Fishes, Five Loaves of Bread – Sister Rosetta Tharpe

The Promise -When In Rome

Dry Bones – The Delta Rhythm Boys

COEXIST (I Will Bless The Lord At All Times?)-U2

Matza Mia – Six13

Love Theme (from Havana) and River Quay– Peter Sprague

Love Is A Stranger – Eurythmics

The Jolly Robbers by Franz von Suppe

Sleepyhead – Young & Sick

K-Chuck Radio: The Evolution of a Groovy Situation

Smalltown Boy – Bronski Beat

Rock Me Amadeus -Falco. Dr. Zaius from Planet of the Apes: The Musical | The Simpsons

Coverville 1575: The Lady Gaga Cover Story II and 1576: The Al Green Cover Story II, Plus More!

Smile – Matt Forbes

if Stephen Sondheim had written Greased Lightning from the musical, Grease? – Jared Goldsmith

September – Third Space

I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow – The Soggy Bottom Boys, feat.· Dan Tyminski

Midnight Train To Georgia – Gladys Knight and the Pips

Enola Gay – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark –

One Of Our Submarines – Thomas Dolby

September – Jared Halley

The incredibly complicated legacy of Afrika Mambaataa

March rambling: Clean up the faux king mess on aisle 47

272-867-5309

Just a couple of the many signs seen at the No Kings rally on Saturday, March 28, at the New York State Capitol in Albany: “Clean up the faux king mess on aisle 47.” “So many wrongs – so little cardboard.”

 

War Becomes Spectacle in His Horrific Propaganda Promoting War in Iran

Volume in stock and oil futures surged minutes before his market-turning post. (If you can access Substack, read Paul Krugman’s Treason in the futures market.) 

Ever find yourself watching regime officials and thinking, “What’s wrong with these people?” Three writers offer their answers. “The transition to pathocracy begins when a disordered individual emerges as a leader figure. While some members of the ruling class are appalled by the brutality and irresponsibility of the leader and his acolytes, his disordered personality appeals to some psychologically normal individuals. They find him charismatic. His impulsiveness is mistaken for decisiveness; his narcissism for confidence; his recklessness for fearlessness.” – Steve Taylor, “The Problem of Pathocracy“

Robert Mueller: The former Marine overhauled – and, supporters say, helped save – the FBI after the 9/11 attacks. Then he took on FOTUS in the probe of a lifetime.

Sen. Whitehouse to uncover connections between FOTUS, Russia, and Epstein. (48:10)

What to do with the new FOTUS-signed paper currency

J.D. Vance and Police Stings: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Also

“Humanity has just endured the 11 hottest years on record,” said the secretary-general of the United Nations after the release of the new UN climate report. “When history repeats itself 11 times, it is no longer a coincidence. It is a call to act.”

An investigation by The New York Times found extensive evidence that
Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers co-founder and a civil rights icon, groomed and sexually abused girls who worked in the movement for years.

Understaffing as a form of ensh!ttification

Valerie Perrine, Oscar Nominee and Superman Actress, Dies at 82. I saw her in Superman I and II, The Electric Horseman, and Lenny.

Chuck Norris, Black-Belt Action Star of Movies and Television, Dies at 86. I never saw a Norris movie; it wasn’t my thing.

The global nonprofit organization Cancer Support Community (CSC) is taking over one of music’s most unforgettable phone numbers. Anyone impacted by cancer can call CSC-867-5309 (272-867-5309) to receive immediate support, trusted information, and personalized guidance from trained specialists.

What’s the hardest MLB outfield to play in?

‘I’m Dead. Don’t Send Me Any More Mail.’ My relationship with my landlord was among the most reliable of my life. I miss her.
Dick Van Dyke – A Century On Screen

The Conspiracy That Led to the End of the World and The Day It Rained Blobs of Goo and The Man Who Made the Front Page Twice and When an Olive Garden Review Became Internet Famous and How Ignoring Orders Gave Us an Idiom and Because Not Everyone Can Be a Burger King

MUSIC
Heavy Foot – Mon Rovîa
Perspective – human/puppet duo of Sammy J and Randy Feltface
Days We Left Behind – Paul McCartney
Bein’ Alive – Melissa Etheridge
Irish Rhapsodies by Charles Villiers Stanford. 4: The Fishermen of Lough Neagh

Louella  – Marcia Ball

Tales: A Folklore Symphony  by Carlos Simon, “a four-movement piece for orchestra that explores African American folklore as well as Afrofuturist stories.”

Company (Broadway show) Tiny Desk Concert

I Believe – Andrew Rannells and the Broadway Company of The Book of Mormon (LIVE on The Late Show)
Little Green  – Joni Mitchell
Coverville 1573: The 2026 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees and 1574: The Wilson Pickett Cover Story II
Green Onions -Booker T. & The MGs
Comedy Tonight from  A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Jason Alexander
The Albums of My Life: The WHEN HARRY MET SALLY Soundtrack, which I had never heard until now
I Got Rhythm from the musical Crazy for You
 Green River – Creedence Clearwater Revival
K-Chuck Radio: Many Rainy Nights in Soho
These Dreams – Heart
September again and again
True Love – Tobias Jesso Jr.
Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas
Sondheim/Webber medley – Will Anderson and Rachael Joyce
Rick Beato reacts to the experimental math rock band from Quebec: Angine de Poitrine
Loving You – Minnie Riperton
Start a Band, Even if You’re Terrible

March rambling: your AI slop

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

by Catbird c 2026

No one wants to read your AI slop

The $5.6 billion opening salvo: inside the staggering cost of his war on Iran
The Black Anti-Fascist Tradition Recognized That Fascism Didn’t Begin in Europe
Blowtorching the frog
USAID: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
These Women Exposed Prison Sexual Abuse. Now ICE Wants to Deport Them.

Florida Has Deemed All Existing Intro to Sociology Textbooks Illegal

Should charity CEOs get a percentage of revenue raised?  (NO!)

How selfish are we? An age-old debate about human nature is being energised with new findings on the tightrope of cooperation and competition

Is Freedom Enough? Notes from a Community Conversation

John Green: Risk Is a Privilege
Daryl Hannah: How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This?
WHCL (Hamilton College) is 85 years old

Pete Townshend and Jodie Foster Take The Colbert Questionert

Now I Know: The Man Who Shipped Himself Home and The Underground World Time Forgot and How Mickey Mouse Saved Time and The “Lion” Whose Bark Was Bigger Than Its Bite
Kelly on biscuit
Pants on Fire
From here: For the last year, [FOTUS] has told us that he’s made life safe for democracy, and more affordable and better all around. During his record-long SOTU address on Feb. 24, he told us that our economy was strong, gas prices were $1.85 a gallon, and the stock market was above 50,000 for the first time. “When I came back, our country was dead. Now it’s the hottest country on the planet,” he said in what has become the standard stump speech pickup line.
Three weeks later, the average price of gas is $3.60 a gallon. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down another 739 points Thursday at 46,677, a loss of more than 9% since the State of the Union. On Friday, it was down another 119 points, finishing at 46,558.
MUSIC
My Funny Valentine – Leslie Green (02 20 26)
Neil Sedaka, Singing Craftsman of Memorable Pop Songs, Dies at 86
Country Joe McDonald, Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84
The Clarity of Cold Air by Jonathan Bailey Holland
Cartoon Collection – Medley sinfónico
I Don’t Wanna Know – Human Radio
Buddy Guy: Tiny Desk Concert February 27, 2026
George, Tell It Like It Is -Peter Sprague featuring Sinne Eeg
Umoja (and others) by Valerie Coleman
Objects In Mirror – Josh Ottum
Here We Go Again – MonaLisa Twins
We Can Work It Out -· Stevie Wonder

Hysteria (A Comedy Song) -Riki Lindhome

Kyrie – Mr. Mister

Desi Arnaz short (1946)

How Will I Know – Whitney Houston.

You Did It Your Way – Jimmy Fallon Serenades Stephen Colbert On The Late Show

If Stayin’ Alive Had Been Written in the 16th Century – Tabea Bös and Jonas Wolf

The Fate of Melania – A Randy Rainbow Song Parody

MORE MUSIC
K-Chuck Radio: Were the Carpenters just a great cover band?

Blackbird – Beyoncé

Coverville 1571: Cover Stories for TLC and The J. Geils Band and 1572: The David Gilmour/Pink Floyd Cover Story
Strike Up The Band (Gershwin) – Thilo Wolf Big Band
Hot Stuff and MacArthur Park Suite– Donna Summer
Texas Flood –  Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
The theme song from the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon show – Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine
Hurricane Country – Peter Sprague
Matt Forbes: L-O-V-E and It’s Almost Like Being In Love (Lerner & Loewe tune from the show, Brigadoon) and You’re Nobody’Til Somebody Loves You
Maybe I’m Amazed – Paul McCartney
Got To Get You Into My Life – Earth, Wind & Fire,
Flip Flop and Fly – Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
Ray Bolger dancing — alone and with a couple of past presidents — in April in Paris
Hello My Baby – Joe Howard on the Ed Sullivan Show, 1954
Genre Delve #13: AOR/Classic Rock

February rambling: One of Us

Vote for Rebecca Jade in the San Diego Music Awards!

It Always Could Have Been One of Us— Crises are often invisible until they reach communities insulated from consequence
Fact Check of FOTUS’s SOTU
Prison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of Us
Marine Detained in Minneapolis Says Feds Copied His Phone Without a Warrant
Twitter and ICE & DHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Measles Hits an ICE Facility: What Happens Next.— When infectious disease and incarceration collide, the outcome is predictable
The EPA Just Made Our Air Less Safe to Breathe— Repealing the Endangerment Finding will shape our clinical reality for years to come
In South Korea, ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty of carrying out an insurrection in his country when he declared martial law in 2024 to try to seize control from the opposing political party.
Kremlin officials used the February 23 Defender of the Fatherland Day holiday to set conditions to mitigate any domestic backlash that may result from limited rolling reserve involuntary callups in the future.
Chinese New Year 2026 and the Fire Horse
Obits and more
Jesse Jackson Witnessed Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination. Here’s How He Carried the Torch for the Civil Rights Movement Into the Future. ‘I am somebody.’ The Common Ground speech.
Robert Duvall, a Chameleon of an Actor Onscreen and Onstage, Dies at 95. I saw him in To Kill A Mockingbird, The Godfather, The Conversation, an episode of The Twilight Zone, and a bunch of other projects.
Eric Dane Dead at 53, 10 Months After Announcing ALS Diagnosis. In the final year of his life, the ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and ‘Euphoria’ actor was a leading advocate for ALS research.
What Happened Was… (in memoriam, Tom Noonan)
The Tariff Decision. Gorsuch takes aim at fellow Supreme Court justices in the tariff decision
The Clock May Be Ticking on ‘60 Minutes’ as We Know It
Honoring Lincoln: Character Matters
Stephen Colbert’s interview with one of the Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas, James Talarico. Talarico is a Matthew 25 Christian, which I espouse. 
The Soul in the Creases (photography)
Voice actor Brian Hull wandering around Disneyland, doing Disney voices for the characters he imitates.
Want to Reach Nirvana? Try a Colonoscopy.
“Civilization”
Under Destruction: Munich Security Report 2026
Heather Cox Richardson, February 15, 2026: “At the Munich Security Conference last year…Vice President J.D. Vance announced the U.S. was switching sides in global affairs. Henceforth, it would work to destroy the values of representative democracy and the global systems of trade and security that the U.S. and partners constructed after World War II.

 

“In their place, officials in the [regime]  and their media allies have embraced the Great Replacement theory that says Brown and Black migration to Europe and the U.S. is destroying ‘western civilization.’ Such migration must be stopped, they argue, and Brown and Black people purged from the U.S. and Europe. The end of equal rights for migrants will enable white Christian men to dominate society and pass laws that reinforce traditional religious and patriarchal hierarchies…”

“In his speech to the conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was less confrontational than Vance was last year, but the message was the same. He attacked all three of the pillars on which the U.S. has previously stood in foreign affairs. Global trade has ruined the U.S. economy, he said, while international institutions have undermined sovereignty, and ‘a climate cult’ has imposed energy policies that are ‘impoverishing our people.’

Newsweek: “On the surface, the applause for… Rubio’s weekend speech at the Munich Security Conference suggested he had assuaged European concerns. In reality, the speech underlined the immense division between Europe and America. It may have deepened it.”

MUSIC

VOTE for this year’s San Diego Music Awards! Rebecca Jade (the first niece) is up for Best R&B, Funk, or Soul Song –  Not Me No Way, and for Artist of the Year. You may vote once per day.

Montgomery Variations by Margaret Bonds
I Love To Tell The Story – Emmylou Harris, Robert Duvall, from my favorite Duvall movie, The Apostle (1997)
Sarah McLachlan: Tiny Desk Concert – February 12, 2026
Here Comes The Sun – Richie Havens
New York, New York – Tim Waurick four-party harmony
Walking On Sunshine  – Katrina & The Waves
She’s Leaving Home – Peter Sprague
I’m Just A Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)  – The Moody Blues
Blackbird – Dionne Farris
Coverville 1569: The Ed Sheeran Cover Story and 1570: Cover Stories for Otis Blackwell and MGMT
Hey Jude – Wilson Pickett

Genre Delve #12: Funk vs. Soul

And I Love Him – Esther Phillips

Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay – Danny And The Juniors

Michelle – Luther Vandross

K-Chuck Radio: The Romantic Pop of Nino Tempo and April Stevens

Eleanor Rigby –  Wes Montgomery

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown – The Ed Sullivan Show for November 17, 1968

Kate Smith, Irving Berlin, and God Bless America

January rambling: American Hegemony

Rebecca Jade sings the Beatles

Mark Carney Warns “American Hegemony” Is Destroying World Order in Candid Speech

World to exceed 1.5°C heating threshold by 2030

FBI puts the final nail in the coffin of free speech

Philadelphia is suing the regime over the decision to remove an exhibit at Independence National Historical Park depicting the factual history of slavery in the United States.

FOTUS’s  second term delivers massive gains for billionaires as working Americans face cuts and rising costs

Study Reveals Who Is Paying 96% of Regime Tariffs

New CDC guidance could revive childhood meningococcal disease, a rare but deadly disease

Crime Trends in U.S. Cities: Year-End 2025 Update from the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ)

The RootsTech 2026 schedule is live. The world’s largest family discovery event will be taking place March 5-7. Register to hear inspiring speakers, watch exciting keynotes, and get expert help discovering your family story.

The Dangerous Power of Predictive Markets

Also

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Releases 2026 Child Vax Schedule, No Longer Endorses CDC’s Version

Dealing with a sudden death or loss

Bruce Bilson Obituary: Director on The Patty Duke Show, Get Smart, Hogan’s HeroesPlease Don’t Eat the Daisies, The Doris Day Show, The Odd Couple, Love, American Style, B.J. and the Bear, Barney Miller, The Fall Guy, Hotel, Dinosaurs, The Sentinel and Viper, among others

Forty years ago, they slipped the surly bond of earth

Baseball HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2026: Center fielders Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones, and second baseman Jeff Kent.

The Trial of the Century: On the hundredth anniversary of Tennessee v. Scopes.

New York’s Grand Central Terminal Helped Provide the Blueprint for American Cities. It Happened by Accident

Element Ball: Letter Gothic

Now I Know: Why Does Toothpaste Make Orange Juice Taste So Awful? and Why Isn’t This Tennis Ball Bouncing? and The Meal That Makes You See Tiny People? and The Panhandle That Failed and Not The Frisco Kids and The $3 Grocery Bag That Became a Global Status Symbol and Every Rose Has Its … Jalen?

ICE

Video Contradicts DHS Claims About Killing of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Heather Cox Richardson: “Video from the scene shows Pretti directing traffic on a street out of an area with agents around, then trying to help another person get up after she had been pushed to the ground by the agents. The agents then surround Pretti and shoot pepper spray into his face, then pull him to the ground from behind and hit him as he appears to be trying to keep his head off the ground. An agent appears to take a gun out of Pretti’s waistband during the struggle, then turns and leaves with it. A shot then stops Pretti’s movements, appearing to kill him, before nine more shots ring out, apparently as agents continued to fire into his body.It looked like an execution.” 

As William J. Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hargrove noted: “Alex Pretti was killed by people who celebrated his death. They do not need better training. They demand a moral movement to disarm them and reconstruct democracy.”

Legal scholars and political scientists say the regime’s escalating ICE operation, National Guard brinkmanship, and Insurrection Act threats in Minnesota closely resemble conditions identified in civil war simulations, raising alarms about constitutional collapse and violent state-federal conflict. “We don’t need no stinkin’ warrants.”

A photo taken during a protest in south Minneapolis after federal agents killed Alex Pretti encapsulates a story unfolding on America’s streets.

Nurse Alex Pretti’s Death and the Symbolism of the Human Body

Fact Checks

“…when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.” — Audre Lorde

Legal Eagle: Unbelievable ICE Memo Just Leaked

Six steps for researching the corporate enablers of ICE

To Their Shock, Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers

Why FOTUS Is Finally Waving A White Flag In Minnesota

Pete Buttigieg believes The Ground Is Shifting

Three songs:

Streets of Minneapolis – Bruce Springsteen

ICE, F**K You – A Protest Song for Minneapolis – Scared Ketchup

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent
— often attributed to Thomas Jefferson

MUSIC

Got To Get You Into My Life and Roll Over Beethoven -Peter Sprague, featuring Rebecca Jade from the All You Need is Love album, which you can buy individual tracks or the album here

For No One – MonaLisa Twins

Coverville 1564: The New Order Cover Story IV and 1565: The Flaming Lips Cover Story and 1566: The Bob Weir Tribute

From the CBS Sunday Morning archives: The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir

K-Chuck Radio: A moment of Midnight Oil memory (Rob Hirst)

J. Eric Smith on Bob Weir and Rob Hirst

She’s Not Blind – Roberta Flack

It Ain’t Necessarily So – Ella Fitzgerald · Louis Armstrong

Piece of Denmark – Marsh Family parody of “Piece of My Heart” by Erma Franklin re Greenland/FOTUS

John Fogerty: Tiny Desk Concert 16 Jan 2026

Poseidon and Amphirite: An Ocean Fantasy by John Knowles Paine

I Zimbra – Talking Heads
Third movement from Bach’s Partita No. 3 for solo violin
More music
These Are The Days – the cast of All In The Family (1975)
Stand By Me – The Buzztones
Superman  [1978] by John Williams,  Opening Titles/Credits Sequence
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover– Postmodern Jukebox

Da Doo Ron Ron – the Crystals

Jeux d’eau by Maurice Ravel

The Man I’m Supposed To Be – Bill Callahan

Popular – Lemon Squeezy with a song from Wicked

Mercedes Benz – Mari Gazen  (Janis Joplin cover)

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da –  The Police

I Just Might – Bruno Mars

That’s What Friends Are For by Dionne and Friends (Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder)

J. Eric Smith’s Genre Delve #9: Hip-Hop/Rap and #10: Reggae

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