The ignored fact is that whoever robbed that payroll didn't hurt the Slater-Morrill Shoe Company, it hurt the employees of the Slater-Morrill Shoe Company. The company didn't replace the payroll that was robbed. The employees took the loss. As the judge I clerked for, whose dad worked there, put it, "that week, we starved." This has nothing to do with Sacco and Vanzetti's individual involvement in the case. But if they were not the perpetrators, then the police did nothing to apprehend people who took food out of the mouths of families. To say nothing of what kind of employer puts the risk of the payroll being robbed on the employees.
They were so well known they were referenced in the Chad Mitchell Trio son, "Barry's Boys".
My bro and I (in our weekly "just checking to let you know that we're alive" calls) would sing that song together and Draft Dodger blues. We were saddened of course that our next generation would have to have so many people (Barry, Everett, Charlie) explained to them that it would ruin the timing of the humor.
And when people ask me who were the best poets of the 20th century, and I ask them to read anything Dos Passos ever wrote, they just kind of shrug. Because, to be fair, nobody reads Dos Passos, and nobody takes my recommendations as anything other than an old man's literary blatherings.
But, here's to the spirits of Sacco and Vanzetti, wherever anarchist spirits dwell;
I think it's just outside Cincinnati, but nowhere close to hell.
The only rule is 'don't be leftist'. Any white, authoritarian right leaning group gets a free pass from the authorities.
I read people claiming that the Nazis 'disarmed Germany' then took over. That was BS. There were openly armed militias - Freikorps - with military weapons ready to use force at the behest of the State. They even invaded some Baltic states in a sort of bizarre LARP, considering that the nation was officially without an army.
Whenever you spot a LEO fist-bumping some open carry asshole with fascist insignias on him you get to see what really happened.
"Sacco's name will live in the hearts of the people and in their gratitude when Katzmann's and yours bones will be dispersed by time, when your name, his name, your laws, institutions, and your false god are but a deem rememoring of a cursed past in which man was wolf to the man. . . ." https://famous-trials.com/saccovanzetti/769-speeches
It's not just a fucking oval. Also, it's clockwise, which is rare in the USA. It fools people. Think of Indy or Laguna - both counterclockwise. Sonoma is clockwise as well.
I'm gonna run there one day, and I hope my friends in the area will come. Come ride in the car. It's free.
I've done a big oval once and it scared hell out of me. You are SO close to the walls at stupid speed. Doesn't feel like the skill you need for curvy tracks - not bad, just different. Not what I'm used to doing.
Anyway, I'll let you know when we're gonna run Portland and we can have a party afterwards.
I know very little about racing but I admit when my eyes traveled around the track they were going counter clockwise and then I realized the numbers made no sense. I was programmed to go that direction without even trying!
Is there possibly any way I could WATCH you do it? Like, will it be taped, etc., anywhere?You really don't want my vomit all over you when you take the first corner....
My little sister got to almost finish an extra Coke at the diner in Umatilla until mom and dad realized they were short one tax deduction and turned around and went back after her.
Remember giant station wagons?! Where you could literally have kids climbing all over the back? Or just big sedans, with that ledge next to the rear window?
I took my Shelby out on the superspeedway at Vegas. I gained a bit of respect for NASCAR drivers. Not as easy as it looks. You have to maintain a ridiculously high minimum speed to prevent sliding down the high banks onto the apron at the bottom.
Shelby Daytona coupes won their class at LeMans twice. Mine was a modern Shelby Mustang, and it was a real corner carver. I never got to drive a “real” one from the 60s, but the modern ones are superior in every way other than classic aesthetics.
We went to the Daytona 500 for @ ten years back in the day, and actually saw Earnhardt finally WIN!!!!!! Holy SHIT, what a party that whole place was THAT day!
My issue was aero. If I let off *at all* the car is going to pivot and I'm going backwards into the top wall then bits of car are going everywhere and I'm just hoping that the crash cage is as good as it is supposed to be.
So you have to keep your foot in and you feel the car slip to the outside on exit.
I was explaining to my friend T who is coming with us to Thunderhill next month that I don't like having a big lunch, because it's not the weight, it's the way your body and brain chemistry changes to digestion mode and I want to be as fast as possible. She was gobsmacked. Between that and the crazy hydration levels you need. Give me water and bananas.
I grew up in Braintree MA, and heard about those two often, simply because it was still a big deal 30 years after they were executed. Thayer Academy, Thayer Public Library, etc, It was a kind of Catechism back then...
The ignored fact is that whoever robbed that payroll didn't hurt the Slater-Morrill Shoe Company, it hurt the employees of the Slater-Morrill Shoe Company. The company didn't replace the payroll that was robbed. The employees took the loss. As the judge I clerked for, whose dad worked there, put it, "that week, we starved." This has nothing to do with Sacco and Vanzetti's individual involvement in the case. But if they were not the perpetrators, then the police did nothing to apprehend people who took food out of the mouths of families. To say nothing of what kind of employer puts the risk of the payroll being robbed on the employees.
Sounds like the United States I know.
Pity the bomb didn't get the cunt of a 'judge.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sXsHsKJD0M
The Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti
They were so well known they were referenced in the Chad Mitchell Trio son, "Barry's Boys".
My bro and I (in our weekly "just checking to let you know that we're alive" calls) would sing that song together and Draft Dodger blues. We were saddened of course that our next generation would have to have so many people (Barry, Everett, Charlie) explained to them that it would ruin the timing of the humor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNGfP1X4Uks
And when people ask me who were the best poets of the 20th century, and I ask them to read anything Dos Passos ever wrote, they just kind of shrug. Because, to be fair, nobody reads Dos Passos, and nobody takes my recommendations as anything other than an old man's literary blatherings.
But, here's to the spirits of Sacco and Vanzetti, wherever anarchist spirits dwell;
I think it's just outside Cincinnati, but nowhere close to hell.
My model railroad is set in 1925, so there's quite a bit of "Free Sacco and Venzetti" graffiti around
The only rule is 'don't be leftist'. Any white, authoritarian right leaning group gets a free pass from the authorities.
I read people claiming that the Nazis 'disarmed Germany' then took over. That was BS. There were openly armed militias - Freikorps - with military weapons ready to use force at the behest of the State. They even invaded some Baltic states in a sort of bizarre LARP, considering that the nation was officially without an army.
Whenever you spot a LEO fist-bumping some open carry asshole with fascist insignias on him you get to see what really happened.
the portland police bureau & the patriots pride piece.
For Caturday, Vanessa gives Teddy a spa day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDM-zIk6CMI
When random violence is your game, recruiting lone wolves as random actors is how you play. It's as true now as it was then.
"Sacco's name will live in the hearts of the people and in their gratitude when Katzmann's and yours bones will be dispersed by time, when your name, his name, your laws, institutions, and your false god are but a deem rememoring of a cursed past in which man was wolf to the man. . . ." https://famous-trials.com/saccovanzetti/769-speeches
What is America Capitalism afraid of?
sharing
Losing welfare.
almost everything.
Truth and Justice. That "American Way" stuff is well in hand already.
The concept of fairness
The Invisible Hand-job of the Market
“Can you feel it”
— New Order
Portland International Raceway: https://portlandraceway.com/_image/page/track_map/13/200220093905/1080h.jpg
It's not just a fucking oval. Also, it's clockwise, which is rare in the USA. It fools people. Think of Indy or Laguna - both counterclockwise. Sonoma is clockwise as well.
I'm gonna run there one day, and I hope my friends in the area will come. Come ride in the car. It's free.
I've done a big oval once and it scared hell out of me. You are SO close to the walls at stupid speed. Doesn't feel like the skill you need for curvy tracks - not bad, just different. Not what I'm used to doing.
Anyway, I'll let you know when we're gonna run Portland and we can have a party afterwards.
I seriously thought that said "Poland International Raceway"...I was like "wait....wut??"
Bring back the rhomboid track!
I know very little about racing but I admit when my eyes traveled around the track they were going counter clockwise and then I realized the numbers made no sense. I was programmed to go that direction without even trying!
I've been hearing the NTT-Grand Prix all day. Wonderful noise.
You come, I'll ride my bike right over. Then I'll show you where to get a damn good bloody mary. https://overeasy.bar
Bloody Mary - I love those!
I am so in!
Is there possibly any way I could WATCH you do it? Like, will it be taped, etc., anywhere?You really don't want my vomit all over you when you take the first corner....
I'm with you on this - I don't do this shit well.
Are you kidding? We have live cam
Here's Mr S, the codriver (who is better than me) doing 1:58 around Thunderhill.
https://youtu.be/xBOlvTRA8Kw?t=613
8000 RPM ... jeez.
My eyes were closed that whole time.
Love the ability to laugh about it at the end! You fucking rule
NICE
WOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!! That's GREAT!!!!!!!! Thanks for this, Fukui--I've gotta show this to Himself!
We are faster than Ferraris and Lamborghinis.
They get angry because our car was not expensive.
It's hard as fuck to drive but that's why we love it.
😄😄
Those turns at those speeds are ludicrous.
Edit: Even after the dirt-trip, I would not do anything even resembling that!
WTF is wrong with you people?!
It takes so long to get used to aero and suspension balance. You run at the corners and think "I am so fucked" but it'll do it.
That would definitely be worth the eight or so hours on the road it will take me to get to Portland.
I thought y'all were in Spokane. Google maps says a bit over 5 hours...
Every trip from Spokane to Portland requires at least a 3 hour stopover in Ellensburg (aka Sin City).
It's the Windy City, and you know it!
All I know for sure is that the men's swim team at CWU was a wretched hive of scum and villainy ...back in the day.
I have no reference for any of this, but you sold me. I might even buy a vacuum cleaner from you!
With the potty stops and meal stops necessary when you have five kids it takes damned near eight hours.
Trust me.
Actually that DID happen once.
My little sister got to almost finish an extra Coke at the diner in Umatilla until mom and dad realized they were short one tax deduction and turned around and went back after her.
Stories become lore. Lore becomes legend. This is why we've told stories since the dawn of time.
Dude, I love you so much.
Remember giant station wagons?! Where you could literally have kids climbing all over the back? Or just big sedans, with that ledge next to the rear window?
Totally safe. How are any of us alive?
After doing the math?
Hah! And adorable
I took my Shelby out on the superspeedway at Vegas. I gained a bit of respect for NASCAR drivers. Not as easy as it looks. You have to maintain a ridiculously high minimum speed to prevent sliding down the high banks onto the apron at the bottom.
I'm no expert, but Shelbys were famous for nor turning, yes? Just straight away speed?
Shelby Daytona coupes won their class at LeMans twice. Mine was a modern Shelby Mustang, and it was a real corner carver. I never got to drive a “real” one from the 60s, but the modern ones are superior in every way other than classic aesthetics.
Nice, thank you.
We went to the Daytona 500 for @ ten years back in the day, and actually saw Earnhardt finally WIN!!!!!! Holy SHIT, what a party that whole place was THAT day!
My issue was aero. If I let off *at all* the car is going to pivot and I'm going backwards into the top wall then bits of car are going everywhere and I'm just hoping that the crash cage is as good as it is supposed to be.
So you have to keep your foot in and you feel the car slip to the outside on exit.
It is fucking terrifying.
It certainly IS that!
You motorsports people are dedicated, I will concede that!
I was explaining to my friend T who is coming with us to Thunderhill next month that I don't like having a big lunch, because it's not the weight, it's the way your body and brain chemistry changes to digestion mode and I want to be as fast as possible. She was gobsmacked. Between that and the crazy hydration levels you need. Give me water and bananas.
I am not sure if I should envy you or not. This has been my thought since I first "met" you.
"Damn nature, You scary!"
I know where that quote is from.
I'm not scary. I did go to Oxford. I do drive a race car. I do have a technical oscar. I do things with American healthcare.
So fucking what.
I'm a nice guy. We'd get on.
Do EEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!
I'll come and watch!
Are you hearing the race too?
I grew up in Braintree MA, and heard about those two often, simply because it was still a big deal 30 years after they were executed. Thayer Academy, Thayer Public Library, etc, It was a kind of Catechism back then...
I'm lazy. What's the movie tonight?
https://www.vigilhome.com/wonkcentral/index.php?page=movie
Sorry that WonkMovie.com didn't auto-renew. It should be fixed now.
Thank you. I know nothing about this movie.
This lady is a boss. She gave birth in Cape Cod traffic and met the ambulance at the Dunkin' Donuts:
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/08/19/brewster-woman-reportedly-gives-birth-in-cape-cod-traffic-dad-cuts-umbilical-cord-at-dunkin/
Yet another invigorating example of the strength of WOMAN.
I bet she was more normal than JV Vance.
Ratsnakes are more normal than JD Vance. They have a good use in life.
Waited for the cop at a Dunkies. Damn ...