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Presumably the oil companies weren’t tapping those wells before the huge spike in prices and were greedy prior to 14 months ago, no?

Lots of people think Old Joe did that but lots of people don't understand how the economy works too. Or gas prices for that matter. No president, left or right, controls them. Dubya, Obama, Trump, Biden...doesn't matter. We're not pretending that energy policy doesn't have a massive impact on supply, are we? It probably does to some extent but has that changed in the last 36 hours to cause gasoline prices to literally go up 45 cents or more in some places? You’re adding that 45 cents to gas prices that are already significantly higher since changing administrations and energy policies. Also saying you’re doing everything to bring down the price of gas doesn’t necessarily mean you’re doing everything. Yep. Intentionally rolling back domestic production and creating a reliance on importing energy from bad actors will (and has) steadily raise fuel prices over time in the best of conditions and, as we see in the immediate situation, create a potential for catastrophic spikes due to weather events, international skirmishes, etc. Seems foolish to me. Couple that with announcing that you will no longer purchase from Russia (rightfully, IMHO, but also way too late) and it’s safe to say prices will continue to increase in the short term.

No Jar of Flies…no thank you! Fun Fact: Don’t Follow was the first song I learned to play on the guitar.

It’s a great album for a greatest hits swing through the synth era with a little more balls than the original releases. I really like this album, though I haven’t listened to it all the way through for some time.

I won’t deny there is a lot of assholery in Clapton’s life, but you might want to examine whether he actually stole Harrison’s wife. From Wikipedia: In March 1970, a month before the Beatles' break-up, Boyd moved with Harrison to Friar Park, a Victorianneo-Gothic mansion in Henley-on-Thames.[92] By this point, Harrison's devotion to Indian spirituality, particularly the Hare Krishna movement, had begun to divide the couple.[78][93] They were also unsuccessful in starting a family, and Harrison would not consider adoption.[94][nb 8] Boyd resumed her modelling career in May 1971, in defiance of Harrison's spiritual convictions.[96][97] In 1973, she had an affair with Facesguitarist Ronnie Wood[98] while Harrison romanced Wood's wife Krissie.[99] Boyd said her decision to leave Harrison, in July 1974, was based largely on his repeated infidelities, culminating in his affair with [Ringo] Starr's wife Maureen, which Boyd called "the final straw". No question that George bears plenty of the blame for the dissolution of his marriage himself, as is usually true. But, without checking the sources, that certainly reads like it came from Boyd or people sympathetic to her. Clapton didn't break up their marriage, but Clapton definitely made his feelings for her known for a long time before their marriage ended (George once famously asked Patti at a party if she was coming home or going home with Clapton), and in the end, he did end up marrying her. Speaking for myself, if I were single, I would NEVER date a good friend's ex-wife. Great music. Indeed. FTFY

I won’t deny there is a lot of assholery in Clapton’s life, but you might want to examine whether he actually stole Harrison’s wife. From Wikipedia: In March 1970, a month before the Beatles' break-up, Boyd moved with Harrison to Friar Park, a Victorianneo-Gothic mansion in Henley-on-Thames.[92] By this point, Harrison's devotion to Indian spirituality, particularly the Hare Krishna movement, had begun to divide the couple.[78][93] They were also unsuccessful in starting a family, and Harrison would not consider adoption.[94][nb 8] Boyd resumed her modelling career in May 1971, in defiance of Harrison's spiritual convictions.[96][97] In 1973, she had an affair with Facesguitarist Ronnie Wood[98] while Harrison romanced Wood's wife Krissie.[99] Boyd said her decision to leave Harrison, in July 1974, was based largely on his repeated infidelities, culminating in his affair with [Ringo] Starr's wife Maureen, which Boyd called "the final straw". No question that George bears plenty of the blame for the dissolution of his marriage himself, as is usually true. But, without checking the sources, that certainly reads like it came from Boyd or people sympathetic to her. Clapton didn't break up their marriage, but Clapton definitely made his feelings for her known for a long time before their marriage ended (George once famously asked Patti at a party if she was coming home or going home with Clapton), and in the end, he did end up marrying her. Speaking for myself, if I were single, I would NEVER date a good friend's ex-wife. Excuse me, but I don’t want to live in a world where Derek and the Dominos and Wonderful Tonight don’t exist. I think it’s a bit more fair to say that all these people were cheating scumbags, like a majority of the people in their line of work. Rush might be the exception that proves the rule, but even Alex was a bit of an asshole in his youth, as that documentary he was in confirms.

I won’t deny there is a lot of assholery in Clapton’s life, but you might want to examine whether he actually stole Harrison’s wife. From Wikipedia: In March 1970, a month before the Beatles' break-up, Boyd moved with Harrison to Friar Park, a Victorian neo-Gothic mansion in Henley-on-Thames.[92] By this point, Harrison's devotion to Indian spirituality, particularly the Hare Krishna movement, had begun to divide the couple.[78][93] They were also unsuccessful in starting a family, and Harrison would not consider adoption.[94][nb 8] Boyd resumed her modelling career in May 1971, in defiance of Harrison's spiritual convictions.[96][97] In 1973, she had an affair with Facesguitarist Ronnie Wood[98] while Harrison romanced Wood's wife Krissie.[99] Boyd said her decision to leave Harrison, in July 1974, was based largely on his repeated infidelities, culminating in his affair with [Ringo] Starr's wife Maureen, which Boyd called "the final straw".

The issue isn't really about whether the artist gets paid for the show that was recorded. The issue is payment for the commercial use of a song he or she or they wrote. Billy Squier is one of the most financially successful recording artists ever, not because of record sales or concert receipts, but because one of his songs was so widely used in sampling by rap artists. If you watch the excellent Go-Gos documentary, Jane Wiedlin talks about how important it was that their relatively inexperienced manager knew enough to hold onto their publishing rights to We Got the Beat. Don't get me wrong, I love bootlegs myself, but I can see why artists don't. I'm not a guitarist myself, and I don't get the Clapton love, but EVH worshipped him (even though Clapton was a jerk to Eddie). I always just assume that there's something about his playing that I just don't see. He married George's ex-wife, which was a scumbag move IMO. As far as his politics may go, there are a lot of artists I love whose opinions on politics I don't share. I never let that influence my feelings about their music. But in the cases of both Billy Squire and the Go-Go's those are recordings they made themselves that got sampled and used in commercials. Not bootlegs someone took of the artists at a live show. I don't think it's really comparable. Sure you may have written the song, but someone's going to play it for someone else who hasn't heard it at some point, and that person's not going to go and buy tickets to see your show or their own copy if you slap a lawsuit on them. I understand music copyright law is tricky though, but it also just seems way simpler to let the bootleggers be. They aren't causing any real harm. Not like Spotify is. Of course it's the same, just not on the same scale as Spotify or Apple Music. But the concept is exactly the same. The woman is selling Clapton's songs, which is what the buyer is paying for, without receiving licensing permission from him. If I write a song, and copyright it, you can't use it for any commercial purpose unless you get my permission. If the bootleggers want to share the music, that's one thing. If they want to sell it, that's another. Well even if it is the same (which I disagree with, but I guess that's a personal opinion), going after bootleggers still seems pointless to me. And mean. I agree that it's punching down. What he did is obviously legal (he did, after all, win a lawsuit) but that's not the same as "right." Clapton could have simply had the eBay listing removed and merely threatened her with legal action should he find her listing it again. That would have gotten the message across. Also, you have to figure she didn't know that it's bad form to sell concert bootlegs. Yes - this would have solved the problem without being a total c=nt. As Goose pointed out, Clapton’s lawyers did this and the woman decided that she would ignore the legal demands to desist and she wanted to go to court so that she could sell an illegal bootleg and earn about $10. She could have ended this at any time without any consequence to her, but she wanted a fight and got one. I don't think that overrides the point that Clapton and his legal team could have decided it wasn't worth the trouble, and instead decided to call the woman's bluff. It's a jerk move no matter who motivated the lawsuit. Reading more it seems that Clapton's reps have executed dozens if not 100s of these suits over the years. German law, for various reasons, is such that it is favorable to artists to do so. Not sure why this is getting so much press. It’s getting press as now that Clapton has taken an anti-vax mandate and an anti-lockdown stance, the left wants to make him out to be as big a monster as possible. For a similar example, see Elon Musk and Warren.

The issue isn't really about whether the artist gets paid for the show that was recorded. The issue is payment for the commercial use of a song he or she or they wrote. Billy Squier is one of the most financially successful recording artists ever, not because of record sales or concert receipts, but because one of his songs was so widely used in sampling by rap artists. If you watch the excellent Go-Gos documentary, Jane Wiedlin talks about how important it was that their relatively inexperienced manager knew enough to hold onto their publishing rights to We Got the Beat. Don't get me wrong, I love bootlegs myself, but I can see why artists don't. I'm not a guitarist myself, and I don't get the Clapton love, but EVH worshipped him (even though Clapton was a jerk to Eddie). I always just assume that there's something about his playing that I just don't see. He married George's ex-wife, which was a scumbag move IMO. As far as his politics may go, there are a lot of artists I love whose opinions on politics I don't share. I never let that influence my feelings about their music. But in the cases of both Billy Squire and the Go-Go's those are recordings they made themselves that got sampled and used in commercials. Not bootlegs someone took of the artists at a live show. I don't think it's really comparable. Sure you may have written the song, but someone's going to play it for someone else who hasn't heard it at some point, and that person's not going to go and buy tickets to see your show or their own copy if you slap a lawsuit on them. I understand music copyright law is tricky though, but it also just seems way simpler to let the bootleggers be. They aren't causing any real harm. Not like Spotify is. Of course it's the same, just not on the same scale as Spotify or Apple Music. But the concept is exactly the same. The woman is selling Clapton's songs, which is what the buyer is paying for, without receiving licensing permission from him. If I write a song, and copyright it, you can't use it for any commercial purpose unless you get my permission. If the bootleggers want to share the music, that's one thing. If they want to sell it, that's another. Well even if it is the same (which I disagree with, but I guess that's a personal opinion), going after bootleggers still seems pointless to me. And mean. I agree that it's punching down. What he did is obviously legal (he did, after all, win a lawsuit) but that's not the same as "right." Clapton could have simply had the eBay listing removed and merely threatened her with legal action should he find her listing it again. That would have gotten the message across. Also, you have to figure she didn't know that it's bad form to sell concert bootlegs. Yes - this would have solved the problem without being a total c=nt. As Goose pointed out, Clapton’s lawyers did this and the woman decided that she would ignore the legal demands to desist and she wanted to go to court so that she could sell an illegal bootleg and earn about $10. She could have ended this at any time without any consequence to her, but she wanted a fight and got one.

I happen to have some experience with seeing Judges doing their work and this guy was a joke from the get go. No attempt to be impartial at all and whining about having cameras in the court. Guess he didn't want to have everyone see how he works, not the first time he has been called out for inappropriate actions in his courtroom. The fix was in from the start, no way was he going to be charged. They used the same jury consultant that helped pick jurors in the OJ trial. Rittenhouse is being called a hero and offered jobs by idiot Representatives who are too stupid to get out of the rain. The sad thing is this just fuels the perception that vigilante actions are ok. Just like shooting someone who is running down the street because you think you have the right to do so. If Rittenhouse had been a person of color and he ran towards those officers with an assault weapon, he wouldn't be here. No wonder our country is in such a mess, hard to believe in justice when it seems to be a privilege for a certain group of people. :finbar: That’s certainly a take. Being a lawyer and not crazy, I have a bit of a different one. First off, Schroeder was a democrat appointee…I know that you might not have known that because the media virtually only reports on what party appointed a judge when they don’t like a decision AND s/he was appointed by a republican. Schroeder has a very good reputation (or at least he did before the leftists and the media defamed him as you are doing). Also, Rittenhouse was charged, even though he very clearly should not have been. Schroeder would have been well within his authority to: 1. Dismiss the case after the State rested; 2. Order a mistrial for repeated violations by the prosecutors; 3. Enter a directed verdict as no jury could reasonably find Rittenhouse guilty. He gave a ton of leeway to the prosecution for evidence that should not have been admitted like the AI enhanced video which even the software creator even said should not be used as key evidence. I have not heard any non-leftist lawyer say that Schroeder was biased or that his decisions weren’t reasonable…even the liberal ones were largely in favor of how he handled the trial. I suspect that you’ve let emotion and media lies and misreporting cloud your judgment into a determination that is supposed to be made impartially upon facts.

Imagine, if you had spent your last 16 years learning a skill rather than posting here, you’d be able to drive a car in real life, and not just pretend to captain the Enterprise. Happy anniversary!

The reaction to the Rittenhouse trial. The video evidence was enough that a trial should never have been brought, but the statements by the State’s witnesses’ made it even more clear. Still we have media and politicians making basic misstatements about both the facts of the case and the law, we have uneducated idiots bad mouthing the Judge, and we have racist ideologues pushing for more unrest.

My lord, you’re old! Congrats!

Two things: 1: the level of stupid in Principled Man’s post is off the charts; 2: I thought we were going to keep politics in SOCN.

I got the same type from IKEA, but no idea who makes it. On the plus side I didn’t have to put it together and it isn’t a piece of shit, so that’s good. I believe it is 5w charging for the wireless, not sure about the USB port as I’ve moved almost entirely to USB-C and don’t charge much of anything with USB anymore. Here it is: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/hektar-work-lamp-w-charging-led-bulb-dark-gray-20416239/

I got the same type from IKEA, but no idea who makes it. On the plus side I didn’t have to put it together and it isn’t a piece of shit, so that’s good. I believe it is 5w charging for the wireless, not sure about the USB port as I’ve moved almost entirely to USB-C and don’t charge much of anything with USB anymore.

So, in your mind that looks like a coup? Orwellian idiocy indeed. So, in your mind that looks like a coup? Orwellian idiocy indeed. Looks more like he's late for a date in a black sedan to me. You can cherry pick a picture from just about any violent event and claim it wasn't what it actually was. Kind of sad that some have fallen for it. Can you all please stop discussing the January 6th riots outside of SOCN? I thought I posted this before, maybe I didn't. MY SON WORKS IN THE CAPITOL COMPLEX. HIS OFFICE WAS EVACUATED THAT DAY. HIS ROOMMATE IS THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR FOR A MINNESOTA REPRESENTATIVE AND HAD TO FLEE DOWN A HALLWAY OUT OF HIS OFFICE THAT DAY. They are friends with many Capitol policemen, who are essentially their co workers. The lives of those policemen changed forever. At least 81 of them were assaulted. So yes, it was a big thing, yes, it was a coup attempt, yes, people were hollering "Hang Mike Pence" and meant it, and yes, Dinesh D'Souza tweets weird uninformed stuff but why do we have to talk about it here? I hear about it enough with many, many people from Pennsylvania currently being prosecuted for their crimes there that day. I would rather not hear about it outside of SOCN. Thank you in advance. If you don’t want it discussed, it’s probably best just to say that and ask Invisible Airwaves to stop bringing up his ignorant and hypocritical arguments. When you insert all sorts of emotionally charged conspiracy theory garbage in your post, you invite a response. Again, why do I have to read about it outside SOCN? Ask Invisible Airwaves.

So, in your mind that looks like a coup? Orwellian idiocy indeed. So, in your mind that looks like a coup? Orwellian idiocy indeed. Looks more like he's late for a date in a black sedan to me. You can cherry pick a picture from just about any violent event and claim it wasn't what it actually was. Kind of sad that some have fallen for it. Can you all please stop discussing the January 6th riots outside of SOCN? I thought I posted this before, maybe I didn't. MY SON WORKS IN THE CAPITOL COMPLEX. HIS OFFICE WAS EVACUATED THAT DAY. HIS ROOMMATE IS THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR FOR A MINNESOTA REPRESENTATIVE AND HAD TO FLEE DOWN A HALLWAY OUT OF HIS OFFICE THAT DAY. They are friends with many Capitol policemen, who are essentially their co workers. The lives of those policemen changed forever. At least 81 of them were assaulted. So yes, it was a big thing, yes, it was a coup attempt, yes, people were hollering "Hang Mike Pence" and meant it, and yes, Dinesh D'Souza tweets weird uninformed stuff but why do we have to talk about it here? I hear about it enough with many, many people from Pennsylvania currently being prosecuted for their crimes there that day. I would rather not hear about it outside of SOCN. Thank you in advance. If you don’t want it discussed, it’s probably best just to say that and ask Invisible Airwaves to stop bringing up his ignorant and hypocritical arguments. When you insert all sorts of emotionally charged conspiracy theory garbage in your post, you invite a response.

Just remember that anything remotely “liberal” or Democrat Party is considered “not holding up to scrutiny” as you say and anything that a right wing member posts is not only righteous but obvious by default. Anyone whose viewpoint cannot be understood or empathised with is considered trolling. If you criticise Christianity (or try to place it in an historical perspective) or libertarians you can only be trolling. Be wary of the keyboard warriors that call you things that they would never say to your face but insist you are a keyboard warrior when you suggest you’d knock them out if they did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boMrTKZuvaQ I didn’t know that anyone other than Zevon recorded this song, though I knew he and Ronstadt had a close working relationship. The Zevon version is much better. I like that version better but I felt this version better exemplified the infantile whinyness of whatever it was that I was responding to. Never heard of this song before now. Zevon's voice always struck me as a "novelty song," voice, whereas Ronstadt is one of the all time greats. Put me down for Linda's. I just watched a documentary about her. Really good. Have you heard anything by him other than Werewolves of London? Lawyers, Guns, and Money is the only other one I've heard. He is a really funny and insightful story teller in his songs. He definitely has his “novelty” songs like “Excitable Boy”, “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner” or “Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead”, but he has much more nuanced stories in Hasten Down the Wind, Mohammed’s Radio, and Carmelita. He’s really great if you don’t mind the voice...I actually like it, but I like Geddy Lee and Bob Dylan, so...

Just remember that anything remotely “liberal” or Democrat Party is considered “not holding up to scrutiny” as you say and anything that a right wing member posts is not only righteous but obvious by default. Anyone whose viewpoint cannot be understood or empathised with is considered trolling. If you criticise Christianity (or try to place it in an historical perspective) or libertarians you can only be trolling. Be wary of the keyboard warriors that call you things that they would never say to your face but insist you are a keyboard warrior when you suggest you’d knock them out if they did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boMrTKZuvaQ I didn’t know that anyone other than Zevon recorded this song, though I knew he and Ronstadt had a close working relationship. The Zevon version is much better.

Are you on a small Asian island where you could have your life ruined if you got caught doing it?

What I like about the epic songs is getting lost in a story where the music tells a significant portion of it. Natural Science rocks out, but it fails in what I enjoy most about epics. I’m usually down on synth-Rush, but I always loved TCE for some reason. It is the easy choice for me.

258 as of yesterday. And at least 808 with pneumonia/flu without covid. Why are schools closed again?* *Just kidding, it’s unscientific fear mongering, sometimes for political or financial benefit.

The officer who killed Babbit was cleared of wrongdoing? I wonder which Dollar Tree and Target stores will suffer for this perceived injustice?

Well, if there is a virus out there which becomes agitated that it can’t infect someone with a vaccination and then grows angry and hungry, leaves the inoculated person and hunts out kids because there isn’t anything else left, the numbers should be growing exponentially for kids.