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Thanks! Maybe we can open up a stack connecting Surrey to Compton https://archive.ph/2025.01.07-011400/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/08/donald

Thanks! Maybe we can open up a stack connecting Surrey to Compton https://archive.ph/2025.01.07-011400/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/08/donald-trump-win-electoral-map-00187135#:~:text=Heavily%20Democratic%20Wayne%20County%20saw%20an%20even%20steeper%20drop%2Doff%2C%20reflecting%20Muslim%20and%20Arab%20American%20anger%20toward%20the%20Biden%20administration%E2%80%99s%20continued%20support%20for%20Israel%E2%80%99s%20military%20offensive%20in%20Gaza%20and%20Lebanon. https://archive.ph/2025.01.07-011400/https://www.politico.co... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41499951 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41499951 Lagniappe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37433030 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37433030 (& I'd thought it was a weird IP encoding)

defrost 9mo ago
Glad you enjoyed the music! Zombie & ICE are back - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46850346 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46850346
- gsf_emergency_6 9mo ago
  Ah trolling gone very wrong (albeit effective) (I couldn't find a link to anecdata of inspired women shouting "Zombie!" at Nigerian soldiers)
  - aebtebeten 9mo ago
    Ah trolling gone right (at least as long as I'm an HN orator instead of laborator?) I'd originally heard it as "M— Ä— Heu?", which sounds even less like the source language, but invites the pedantically accurate reply that no one mows hay: one mows grass. "Beg to report, sir," said Schweik innocently, "I can't be called upon to zombie properly to-day, as they were all out of B R A I N S in the K.u.K. canteen this morning." (It's somewhat interesting reading a heavily bowdlerised translation of Hasek after having read Zweig; for instance, I know enough about the sorts of young women who provided —for a modest fee— photos to their fans to make an educated guess as to the suitability of Lt Lukash' album for mixed company)
- aebtebeten 9mo ago
  > (he had big ensembles) Just tangentially, I wonder to what degree big ensembles help/hurt with getting touring visas? For instance, it's my understanding that the Red Army Choir didn't have much trouble getting US visas, but Billy Bragg did.
  - defrost 9mo ago
    Hmm, I've seen both here in Australia. The Red Army Choir (insert extensively meandering full name) were cheerful, swapped gifts, and sang our national anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_roE45-AIU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_roE45-AIU Billy Bragg, bless his soles, gave me a look of loathing when I handed off guitars to him and sound checked, and stomped off stage after his set loudly cursing "fucking yuppies". To his credit and defence, it was Perth in the 1980s. Boom years for unprincipled scumbags with hovercraft money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFOfd1QTW54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFOfd1QTW54 ... Kiss My Art indeed.
    - gsf_emergency_6 9mo ago
      (tangential, but not really :) Best explanations from a room of reasonable people https://old.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/1ha0q7c/a_cool_guide_how_different_countries_handle/m155s2d/ https://old.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/1ha0q7c/a_cool_...
      - defrost 9mo ago
        C'mon, that makes us sound like we're incapable of subtlety and nuanced levelled response when in reality https://open.spotify.com/track/2bRgvNyVsN2IDeuQVpjCYP https://open.spotify.com/track/2bRgvNyVsN2IDeuQVpjCYP
        aebtebeten 9mo ago
        Oh, that national anthem; I'd been expecting a rousing choral rendition of "Ya na perekure; idi na khuy" Maybe Mr. Bragg just holds that anyone who believes in checking the sound for a gent, must surely be embedded deep in the establishment? lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntuOEEh4BwU#t=196 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntuOEEh4BwU#t=196

defrost 9mo ago

Glad you enjoyed the music! Zombie & ICE are back - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46850346 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46850346

gsf_emergency_6 9mo ago
Ah trolling gone very wrong (albeit effective) (I couldn't find a link to anecdata of inspired women shouting "Zombie!" at Nigerian soldiers)
- aebtebeten 9mo ago
  Ah trolling gone right (at least as long as I'm an HN orator instead of laborator?) I'd originally heard it as "M— Ä— Heu?", which sounds even less like the source language, but invites the pedantically accurate reply that no one mows hay: one mows grass. "Beg to report, sir," said Schweik innocently, "I can't be called upon to zombie properly to-day, as they were all out of B R A I N S in the K.u.K. canteen this morning." (It's somewhat interesting reading a heavily bowdlerised translation of Hasek after having read Zweig; for instance, I know enough about the sorts of young women who provided —for a modest fee— photos to their fans to make an educated guess as to the suitability of Lt Lukash' album for mixed company)
aebtebeten 9mo ago
> (he had big ensembles) Just tangentially, I wonder to what degree big ensembles help/hurt with getting touring visas? For instance, it's my understanding that the Red Army Choir didn't have much trouble getting US visas, but Billy Bragg did.
- defrost 9mo ago
  Hmm, I've seen both here in Australia. The Red Army Choir (insert extensively meandering full name) were cheerful, swapped gifts, and sang our national anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_roE45-AIU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_roE45-AIU Billy Bragg, bless his soles, gave me a look of loathing when I handed off guitars to him and sound checked, and stomped off stage after his set loudly cursing "fucking yuppies". To his credit and defence, it was Perth in the 1980s. Boom years for unprincipled scumbags with hovercraft money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFOfd1QTW54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFOfd1QTW54 ... Kiss My Art indeed.
  - gsf_emergency_6 9mo ago
    (tangential, but not really :) Best explanations from a room of reasonable people https://old.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/1ha0q7c/a_cool_guide_how_different_countries_handle/m155s2d/ https://old.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/1ha0q7c/a_cool_...
    - defrost 9mo ago
      C'mon, that makes us sound like we're incapable of subtlety and nuanced levelled response when in reality https://open.spotify.com/track/2bRgvNyVsN2IDeuQVpjCYP https://open.spotify.com/track/2bRgvNyVsN2IDeuQVpjCYP
      - aebtebeten 9mo ago
        Oh, that national anthem; I'd been expecting a rousing choral rendition of "Ya na perekure; idi na khuy" Maybe Mr. Bragg just holds that anyone who believes in checking the sound for a gent, must surely be embedded deep in the establishment? lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntuOEEh4BwU#t=196 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntuOEEh4BwU#t=196