The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

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Lou Brock, the base stealer

In a sport many consider dull, Lou kept it lively, stealing even when way ahead. On a team of superstars, he and Bob Gibson stood out. Also a symbol of back when St Louis was great, when Midwest companies and sports teams could compete with the coasts, playing in that new stadium with the optimistic view of the Arch - before Ferguson and urban rot set in. I can still remember his baseball card - perhaps 3-4 memorable out of a huge box. Also a reminder how many decades go by after a sports star means something, how filling the time productively post-career is essential.

Electric Warlock: Glam icon Marc Bolan remembered

Was highly stirring and fruit for imagination to a young lad in the South - tuning in on King Biscuit Flower Hour late every Sunday night beamed from London? Choice. Oddly these Glam dudes were firing back with "All the Way to Memphis" - you talking to me? Get it on, bang a gong... I'll be that Jeepster too.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/04/marc-bolan-perfect-pop-sta...

Trump/Barr/WH/DoJ Corruption IX

Belarus continues

Protesters unveil new technique

HR Puffer Stuffer relocated

George Conway Believes thread

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