The Cubs In The Series

Somewhere up there, the late great Steve Goodman is smiling.

[Late-night update]

If you’re interested in late 70s/80s folk, just let the Youtube roll. You’ll hear a young Steve Goodman sing his song “City of New Orleans,” the way he wrote it, not the better-known Arlo Guthrie cover, as well as some great duos with John Prine. I’d also note that while he wasn’t showing off in the Cubbies song, he was a greatly underrated guitarist.

Interstates

I’ve driven large sections of almost all of these over the decades, but none of them end to end. Closest I’ve come is I-10, but I broke off to head south on the turnpike before I got to Jacksonville. Have to say I’m surprised that they’ve never bypassed Breezewood (which I remember from the turnpike as a kid driving from Michigan to New York in the sixties). I guess tunneling the mountain would be too much of a PITA and disruptive to residents.

Steven DenBeste

Rest in peace.

He was one of the greats of early blogging, and a brilliant man in many fields. I have to confess that I feel partially responsible (though I’m sure I was far from alone) in chasing him away from blogging with an ill-thought email. I think I later apologized, but if I didn’t, Steven, if you can read this, please accept my deepest apologies.

[Tuesday-morning update]

More thoughts from Jim Geraghty.

The Clinton Campaign

No, it didn’t deny being complicit in violence at Trump rallies. As Stephen notes:

A lie is the default response from the Clinton Camp, and if pressed they will admit to only as much truth as they absolutely must.

This has been the Clinton’s SOP for more than 30 years, and the Democrat-operatives-with-bylines are usually all-too-happy to play along.

It’s worth noting in this context that Bill Clinton has never denied raping Juanita Broaddrick. But of course, no one will ask him about it.

[Update a while later]

The incestuous Left and those who provide cover for them:

Extensive evidence from Wikileaks, FOIA responses, and “human sources” of the incestuous and improper coordination between the media and the Democrats have been detailed by Sharyl Attkisson…

Wikileaks promises to unleash even more insider accounts of the Clinton campaign and DNC shenanigans this coming week and has said it has even more current information — material respecting serious wrongdoing by the DNC head Donna Brazile and Clinton’s vice-presidential running mate Timothy Kaine coming up next. James O’Keefe of Project Veritas says that on Monday he is releasing a video of Robert Creamer, shown as a vote fixer in previous videos, coordinating with Clinton and Brazile. “Anything happens to me, there’s a deadman’s switch on Part III, which will be released Monday. @HillaryClinton and @donnabrazile implicated.”

The video is up now.

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