Venezuela

What is happening in Venezuela doesn't get a lot of attention up here. Don’t ask me to hypothesize why; you wouldn’t like my answer, and I cannot offer a constructive solution, anyway. Let me just say that terrorists come in many colors.

For Gaviria (and some corporate “press freedom” organizations), the libertinism of a paid press takes priority over the liberty of free speech by all the people. Nothing is more frightening to them -- nor more important for Authentic Democracy -- than a scenario in which the masses confront this era[base ']s hijacking of the public airwaves by an elite minority.

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Foreign powers and billionaire economic interests tried to fix the game by installing their own referee, Cesar Gaviria, in Caracas. But he’s not an umpire or referee. He’s a player for the team that has now lost the contest, an advocate for destabilization and repression, and it is time for Gaviria to get the hell out of the stadium.

The only possible “mediator” of this dispute cannot be the commercial media nor foreign interests: It is, and will be, the Venezuelan people who now make the calls. [NarcoNews editorial]

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Trombone in the Afternoon

The dog doesn't like it when the boy gets out his trombone. That's not surprising, since the boy likes to blat on it from time to time as he experiments with the sounds he can make, and since he often likes to blat in the general direction of the dog, sending him scurrying for cover or the nearest protective lap.

They have a young band director at the middle school, and he specializes in lower brass. I bet Mr. Edwards plays some great stuff when he gets out his horn.

Just now, between the snippets of "Twinkle, Twinkle" and Brahms' 1st Symphony, with the dog safely stashed behind a closed door, the boy pulled out his mouthpiece and started buzzing with it.

And there's no doubt about it, he was playing the Peter Gunn theme. I know that's not in his lesson book.

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