Note to My Truckbuddies

In recent weeks, I've noticed that several blog links in my sidebar have stopped updating, although the actual blogs themselves are continuing as usual.  I've tried reloading the links and also clearing my cache, but nothing seems to fix this problem.  So I've made a new heading in the sidebar, "Blogs of Note," where I will post the main links to those blogs, starting with the ever-popular Joe.My.God.

If anyone has a clue how to make the old links work again, please let me know in the comments here.

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James Carville: Pay Attention, Please!

Electoral vote forecast, 10/13/24, from 538/ABC News.
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Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville, who was Bill Clinton's campaign manager, sounds the alarm on Trump's fascist plans for America - including using the military to round up his political enemies.

Trump declined to be interviewed on 60 Minutes last week, and has told friendly interviewers that he does intend to carry out his threats, as Morning Joe reports:

 

This report by Medhi Hassan a year ago is still a chilling forecast of the evils to come if Trump wins re-election: 

 

All these reporters and commentors tell us to believe that Trump will do just what he says he will do. It is worth noting that Hitler also spelled out everything he would do in his screed Mein Kampf, published in 1925, eight years before he came to power in Germany. Perhaps a lot of Germans who read it then just laughed it off. 

But it's no laughing matter. Be afraid, be very afraid.

VOTE BLUE, NO MATTER WHO!

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Sunday Drive: It's My Party

Lovely Lesley Gore, who resembles a favorite cousin of mine, sings her first hit song on the Ed Sullivan Show, October 13, 1963 -- sixty-one years ago today.

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Obama Rips Trump in Pittsburgh Speech

A few highlights: 

 

The full speech: 

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Waitin' for the Weekend

You hungry?

Austin Masters

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Trae Crowder: A Hurricane of Lies

The Liberal Redneck recaps the lastest rightwing lies about weather, money, and politics:

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Welcome Autumn!

Kevin at Cavalcade of Food shows off his newly redecorated show windows for auntumn.  I'm posting this especially for M.P., since it's his favorite season, and he's already started the vibe with an orange tablecloth and orange candles for our Sunday dinner this past weekend.  He'll add more decorations as the weeks go by, culminating with Thanksgiving dinner, his favorite meal of all.

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Sunday Drive: The Glow-Worm

From 1952, one of the Mills Brothers' best-loved hits, and a favorite of your Head Trucker's.

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Waitin' for the Weekend

It's time to wind it up and get unwound.

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Trae Crowder: It's a Wild World

The Liberal Redneck recaps last night's VP debate between Walz and Vance.

CBS provides highlights from the hour-and-a-half debate:

 

Rachel Maddow and other political commentators react:

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Jimmy Carter at 100

 

Former President Carter celebrated his 100th birthday yesterday with a gathering of family and friends at his home in Plains, Georgia. Since leaving the presidency in 1981, Mr. Carter has lived out his Christian faith by engaging in numerous charitable and social projects, most notably through the nonprofit Carter Center in Atlanta, dedicated to advancing human rights and alleviating human suffering around the world. He is a very fine man indeed, and has set a shining example for all who aspire to the White House. God bless him.

And of course, as has often been said, behind every great man is a great woman.  Rosalynn Carter was a stalwart partner to Jimmy who also left her own mark on his White House years.  An excerpt from an interview with the Carters on the occasion of their 75th anniversary in 2021:

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