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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

They've turned down an invitation to play at the Freedom 250 Concert, too . . . www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lkl...

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The Hooterville Volunteer Fire Department Band

YouTube video by John Carpenter

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

This just in: these groups will not appear at the Crockwork Orange's Freedom 250 Concert . . .

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Observation: If Stephen Miller and Steven Cheung ever put their heads together, they'd make an ass of themselves.

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

That was then: The Bicentennial Flotilla. This will be now: The Bicentennial Plus Fifty Cage Match.

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

RIP Sonny Rollins, saxophonist extraordinaire and composer of one of the greatest film soundtracks ever . . . www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6BA...

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Alfie's Theme (From "Alfie" Score)

YouTube video by Sonny Rollins - Topic

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Au revoir, my big gentle friend Casey . . . may your journey across the Rainbow Bridge have been gentle and peaceful, and may you reunite with Lola and Blue warmly (as they introduce you to Spot), until we meet again . . .

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

"When I make a mistake, it's a beaut."---New York City mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia. If I had a dollar for every time I could say La Guardia's statement was true of me, I could retire tonight AND live a complete second lifetime.

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This administration and its leader make Watergate resemble an "Animal House" fraternity prank.

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

"If this sort of looting of the public coffers at the president’s behest and for his personal gain and that of his allies isn’t an impeachable offense, then the term has truly lost all meaning." www.thebulwark.com/p/youre-gett...

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You’re Getting Robbed. By Trump. In Broad Daylight.

But don’t worry, it’s going to a good cause: a slush fund for January 6ers.

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Happy heavenly birthday, saxophonist extraordinare Joe Henderson . . . www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUxv...

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Blue Bossa (Remastered)

YouTube video by Joe Henderson - Topic

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The only shock about this is that anyone should be shocked . . .

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Happy heavenly birthday Lionel Hampton . . . www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjlp...

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Mostly Blues

YouTube video by Lionel Hampton - Topic

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

"The fact is that Trump is far more reckless, unstable, and detached from reality than Richard Nixon was in 1974, when some of his senior aides also acted to protect the nation from his worst impulses . . . " t.co/TfVapKcOgV

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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-not-paying-attention-to-his-own-war-iran-oil-hormuz-peace-talks-negotiations-gas-prices-impeach?utm_campaign=email-post&r=2l868&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=ema...

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

"Trump, an icon of the Greed Is Good era . . . appears to be blaming greedy corporations for high prices and prescribing antitrust-related remedies. So let’s consider whether there are merits to this logic . . ." www.thebulwark.com/p/when-all-e...

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When All Else Fails, Just Blame Corporate Greed

Horseshoe theory FTW.

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Do you get tempted to tell the Crockwork Orange, "Put up or shut up?"

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

RIP Garret Anderson, one of the classiest men ever to wear the Angels uniform . . . www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbuW...

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2002 WS Gm7: Anderson rips a three-run double

YouTube video by MLB

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I don't want to brag, but in my childhood: * My social media were party lines or passing notes in class. * My Google was the Dewey Decimal System. * My Wikipedia was the Encyclopædia Britannica. * Fast food was the Automat. * And, I got to play with the world's largest electric train set:

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

"We don’t know how Magyar will govern. But his first steps clearly represent a pivot back to liberalism—not in the left-wing sense, but in the sense which includes the “conservative liberalism” of a Ronald Reagan or a Margaret Thatcher . . . " www.thebulwark.com/p/nationalis...

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The Nationalist Right Isn’t Taking Orbán’s Loss Well

Mourning one of their own.

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

"[F]or now we can at least express gratitude to the people of Hungary who have inflicted such a notable defeat not just on Viktor Orbán but on Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. Let us see to it that it is not the last." www.thebulwark.com/p/orban-was-...

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Orbán Was First. Trump Is Next.

Can America have its own liberal patriotic renaissance?

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

"More likely [RFK Jr.'s] fortunes will continue to fall, and the negative consequences of replacing science and medicine with quackery and fraud will become even more apparent . . . " www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-lif...

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RFK Jr.’s Lifelong Lapse of Judgment

A new book shines light, if any were needed, on the man’s manifest unfitness.

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

He posted it. Came the backlash. He deleted it post haste. Don't let him forget it. Not even the worst or most self-possessed of prior presidents ever went this far . . .

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

"[C]onveniently timed allegations can obviously be true as well. No one should be sad to see Swalwell's gubernatorial bid implode . . . " If only the GOP was so diligent about its side . . . reason.com/2026/04/13/s...

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See ya, Swalwell

Plus: Iranian negotiations fail, the U.S. blockades Iranian ports, the president picks a fight with the pope, and more...

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

"Today, we won because Hungarians didn’t ask what their homeland could do for them — they asked what they could do for their homeland."--Péter Magyar.

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Boy, do I empathise. I still can't get over one forum participant expressing fealty to Trump with, "You can't make omelettes without breaking eggs." Who'd have thought someone purportedly on the right would deploy Stalin's man at the New York Times as if irony referred to a household appliance?

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

"In truth, Vance knows little or nothing about the country he is visiting, and in this sense he resembles Trump. Like Trump, Vance is using American foreign policy for personal self-promotion." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social anneapplebaum.substack.com/p/the-strang...

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The Strangest Week

From Hormuz to Budapest to DC, nothing makes sense

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Jeff Kallman @jeffkallman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Welcome home, Artemis II! (Screen capture . . . )

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