The Morning After...

The stars above in heaven are looking kindly down, upon the grave of old John Brown...

We were very online yesterday, way too much. It was a trainwreck, wasn't it? Those screaming, feminist harpies really didn't let us down. Feminists are the witches the fairytales warned us about. We here at Stroock's Books are abolitionists. Most Americans are not. We understand and respect that. All abolitionists should. 

But we'd much rather go into an election arguing that abortion is wrong than arguing abortion is great, like those Moloch worshipping feminazis and their male enablers. These people are out of their minds and have completely misread the room. 

Speaking of...our boy JD Vance won the Ohio Senate primary last night. Congrats! Also, yet another poll shows Georgia governor Brian Kemp winning the GOP governor primary. Good. Kemp won his last election. Interestingly, we saw a poll that had Sonny Purdue beating Stacey Abrams too. Hmmm....

It's May the 4th, Star Wars Day, and we couldn't care less. Youngest daughter asked if we have a Star Wars shirt she could wear. We don't. We'll say this, the Original Trilogy seems so quaint now. 

Returning to our exploration of Euphoria, here's Def Leppard's Back in Your Face:

Sounds a lot like Gary Glitter, no? Which makes sense as Def Leppard was heavily influenced by 70's British era glam rock, and Gary Glitter made a comeback in the 90s. Back in Your Face is heavily derivative, which is fine. 'I'm back...Hey!...Hey!..Hey!' It works. 

So, What's Everyone Talking About This Morning?

John Brown's body lies a mold'ring in the grave...

But his soul is marching on...

Glory, glory halleluiah...

Here's some stats from the CDC about abortion. The abortion regime in this country is in decline. The Roe vs. Wade regime is going to die faster than people think. Don't be polite about it. 'What's so goddamn important that you think a baby has to die?' We'll probably have more to say, but not now. For the record, we can think of circumstances when an abortion is necessary and moral. But not many. 

Getting back to Def Leppard week...here's Demolition Man, the lead track off Def Leppard's Euphoria:

A lot of the album sounds like this. Euphoria is a throwback to the 80s but also shows a lot of the band's 70's influence, especially Sweet.* It's an interesting sound. Most of their modern stuff sounds like they're recycling, but Euphoria sounds like they're still playing around with some ideas. 

Reports out of Ukraine indicate that the Russian advance in the eastern sector is slow with various prongs unable to act together. We've seen too many reports from sources we trust to doubt the narrative. We remain amazed at Russian incompetence. Amazing. Clearly, Putin is no threat to Europe. The Jugolavianaization of the Ukraine War continues apace, and Putin is going the full Milosevich. 

*We would have thought this was totally gay in 1988.