Plan B Forum

My plan is to move back into Philly and go car free within the next two years. My feelings about driving run from indifference to active dislike, and I'd rather walk or take mass transit wherever I need to go. I used to say about living in NYC that you could find anything within a five-block radius ...

BoSoxGal wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 19, 2025 7:21 pm

Your posts are a caricature of MAGA, liberty.

To be fair, he has never been one to let reality stand in the way of his beliefs, and really, isn't that what MAGA is all about?

Joe Guy wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 18, 2025 11:14 pm

Maybe they thought he was a truck.

Rhymes with, at least.

Burning Petard wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 17, 2025 1:17 pm

Today I am gonna go plant a tree.

One begins to understand life and its purpose when he plants a tree in whose shade he will never sit.

Also, Iris DeMent is a national treasure. "Our Town" will probably always be my favorite of her songs, and is probably one of the best songs ever written.

With an apology for raising the nazis, I see the same thing here with the worship of the rich and an open tolerance of excesses and crackdowns. This is probably the wrong thread to pursue this (maybe better in the Tense Sandwich Situation thread over in Politics), but federal prosecutors have been ...

Dunn was apprehended and later admitted to the incident while being processed at the police station, Boy, that crackdown is really catching the criminals! Hey, CBP/MPD/NatGuard/FBI/ICE/etc. in D.C.: I know where there's a multiple-conviction felon and sexual assualter who has yet to serve any sente...

Donald has always been clueless... Not just clueless. He's been a racist asshole forever. Remember, he took out a full-page ad in the New York Times demanding the execution of "roving bands of wild criminals" after 5 black and Latino teenagers were arrested in the "Central Park Jogger" case (and co...

Are you saying that police don’t get away with the unnecessary killing of white people? Did I say that? Where exactly did I say that? I didn't. Police get away with killing people all the time, but it's black and brown people getting killed at a far, far higher rate: When examining the rate of poli...

BoSoxGal wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 08, 2025 8:16 pm

Oh yeah how about this one?

I gotta say, I love that guy. Latter-day Woody Guthrie.

I see he's coming to NYC in November (closest venue to me). If I'm downtown that day I will definitely make an effort to see him.

If someone creates a misimpression, aren't they expected to correct it? "Expected" by whom? Have you met capitalism, American culture generally and Madison Avenue in particular? The national news media has given the impression that Black people are always the victims, and white people are always th...

BoSoxGal wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 08, 2025 3:25 am

Woke AF.

Lately I've been watching/listening to performances of the Prokofiev Violin Concerto 2 and came across this video of Sayaka Shoji playing with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. The first movement is quite good, the third is a tremendous show of force, but her playing in the second movement literally ...

I haven't even thought about the existence of Christmas/Hannukah but now we're all set for Valentine's Day. Got tickets for Hilary Hahn playing Prokofiev 2 with the Phabulous Philadelphians. How far in advance will we have to book a restaurant for dinner before the show?

That was very funny, but now I can't cross the street.

I got mine for the Saturday night performance; it looks like the Sunday matinee is already all but sold out. Tickets only went on sale last week, so I guess this is a pretty hot show for those in the know. I've been to Princeton for various concerts (although not the Princeton Symphony), but they've...

If Hamas survives as an organization, they will continue to kill Jews. In response, the Israelis will continue to try to destroy Hamas. Hamas, in turn, will continue to use the people of Gaza as human shields and starve babies for propaganda. They said the same about Fatah and the PLO, and now they...

I would have posted the NYT story the other day, but paywall and also NYT. IDF Officials Say No Evidence Hamas Systematically Stole UN Aid in Gaza, NYT Reports 'For months, we and other organizations were dragged through the mud,' said a former UN official, after Israeli military sources told the Ne...

October 25 and 26.

https://princetonsymphony.org/calendar

He also doubled down after being called out by the memorial museum, posting a message that said his “German ancestors smile upon him” and thanked the organization for a “shoutout.” Langford’s comments came as he aims to secure a spot as one of the two candidates to fight for the California governor...

Not me, either. Have you been calling your congressional rep, Senators and the White House to demand they put a stop to it? "Stop funding Israel's genocide in Gaza. Put all available pressure on Netanyahu to end his immoral and obscene war." Call them every goddam day. (Call, don't email.) It litera...