lost highway

^ I loved reading this thank you. I agree on so many of your points here. As for the earlier years, as a young punk I used to foolishly write off everything pre-Revolver as enjoyable but mediocre standard faire (we all start out a bit ignorant). I slowly moved the boundaries of "great period" Beatles, first rediscovering Rubber Soul as genius. Now I'm starting to think while mostly light hearted, Help is both a transitional album and the peak of their straight rock and roll days. Even the silly "Act Naturally" is a pure blast of fun Ringo camp. Great record and I assume has much tighter

Okay, I've been meaning to lay all this out somewhere to look at it, and it's a rainy day so I'll put this here: As a Beatles fan at birth I've overthought just about everything in their career. No issue has sustained my fascination more than the real/mythologized partnership/competition between Lennon and McCartney as songwriters. For my understanding as of Rubber Soul they were pretty much coming up with their own tunes, and offering each other some feedback, or the occasional middle 8. By Pepper (with the obvious exception of 'A Day in the Life') they were penning their own tunes alone,

I got psyched about this until I saw the tracklist. It's basically an old favorites rerecorded solo deal. I'll probably check it out, but maybe not the lost gem I'd imagined.

Right, like the Russians don't know how to read/watch U.S. news. "Trump says he never revealed it was Israeli intelligence in a revealing interview where he reveals his intelligence sources"

So Trump's arms deal seems like a potential PR bonus for Trump, but it's interesting how little attention is paid to the crimes of the Saudis, especially by islamophobes.

Is he the "senior official close to Trump" the NY Times mentioned? That would make perfect sense seeing as he's met with the Russians multiple times. This is not a new question, but I think we're all going to keep asking it as there hasn't been a satisfying answer: When did the party of Reagan become cool with Ruskis?

All of this seems plausible to me with the exception of Pence 2020. He would need to exceed all of our expectations (dems, repubs and independents) for that to happen. I think we'll be ripe for a Dem president in 2020 unless some brilliant GOP congressperson is teeing up some bi-partisan legislation and leading the charge against Trump's sins.

Is this the first piece of an obstruction of justice case?

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The tweeted threat of having a tape of Comey is too much. It's like he's re-reading the Nixon history and trying to duplicate it.

I dig the Hyphenated Man record a lot too.

All the analysis I've read describes Trump's firing of Comey to be a grave misstep for advancing his overt and covert agendas. I may be in an echobox though.

This seems prudent to me.

I wonder what legal channels are available to keep the investigation on track. It would be awesome if Comey just published everything damning he had on his way out the door.

I can tell that, sorry I was kind of kidding at the end of my post and it probably came off as passive-aggressive. See how well I moderate a good debate?

I don't think either side of this argument should be all that hard to fathom. 1. Wall Street is one of the most powerful, and at times predatory entities in American business and politics. They have lobbyists, and have stuffed the pockets of so many politicians to serve their interests and not those of the citizens/economic health. Having a dignified figure such as Obama take large sums of money from them is disappointing. 2. Most former presidents embark on lucrative speaking engagements, including speaking for Wall Street. Why shouldn't Obama cash in? His speech now doesn't change any of

Savvy analysis.

I need to read up. This new health care push came fast. I don't really know what's in it, or if it has any better chance of passing than the last pile.

I'd ask you to explain the joke but Jeff would cry.

Yeah, it's pretty much the same 'supply side economics' approach we've academically and empirically proven to be terrible several times in the last few decades.

I'm going to jump on board for another season of Silicon Valley.

I might have to put Stop Making Sense on this evening to commemorate.

What do you think?