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Another Perfect Day

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 133 Comments › )
Filed under Art, Elections, Elections 2012, Fascism, government, OOT, Open thread, Politics, Progressives, Regulation, Socialism, taxation, Unions at June 5th, 2012 - 11:00 pm


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Sacramento has been out of control for years. Not too long ago, the State of California, were it a separate country, could have boasted having the 8th largest economy world wide. Not so any more.

Goodnight Gray. Goodnight Ahnold. Goodnight Moonbeam.

California is not completely lost… yet. Watch what happens in the regional and local elections – there’s been some redistricting. The results will tell you if California has a ghost of a chance of recovering from gross fiscal mismanagement and fascist socialism.

And we don’t get paid for posting here, let’s talk about the gross fiscal mismanagement of The Overnight Open Thread.

War Torn Afghanistan In Watercolor

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 73 Comments › )
Filed under Afghanistan, Art, History, OOT, Open thread, Taliban at June 4th, 2012 - 11:00 pm


Great watercolor paintings of scenes from war-torn Afghanistan by British illustrator Matthew Cook. Kudos to Nikolay Kotev for posting them, and there are more at his website. (Right click on the images & open them in new tabs to see larger versions.)

Kotev is an interesting guy. I’ve not spoken with him directly, but he’s visited my own blog a few times, and I’ve visited his as well. It’s in Russian, so if you’re curious, read it via Google Translate.

No need to read too much into this post or run it through Google Translate, porque hablamos el lenguaje de The Overnight Open Thread.

 

Strike The Pose & We’ll Feed Ya The OOT

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 50 Comments › )
Filed under Caption This, Humor, OOT, Open thread at June 3rd, 2012 - 11:00 pm


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Somebody’s boyfriend needs some serious rehab, and a shave, and whoa! Is that a laptop or a menuboard? I don’t know, Babs, but I do know this. It’s time for
The Overnight Open Thread.

RIP Doc Watson (1923 – 2012)

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 80 Comments › )
Filed under History, Music, OOT, Open thread at June 2nd, 2012 - 11:00 pm

Doc Watson was one of the most influential guitar pickers of our time, and he passed away 29 May 2012. Struck blind before the age of 1, he overcame his handicap with hard work and earned talent. Here he is with Chet Atkins (d.2001) and a young Leo Kottke. I’m guessing the vid is from the late 70s.

[Personal gripe: Folks who post these vids on the Utoobage should give some detail in the descriptions. Many do, but too many don’t.]

And speaking of personal gripes, it’s time for a big ‘ol honkin’ pickin’ & flickin’ Saturday Night edition of The Overnight Open Thread.