The Kyle Anzalone Show, 10/18/26
Source: Libertarian Institute
“Connor Echols: Trump Turns on Zelensky as Iran War Threat Grows.” (10/18/26)
Seventy Years of Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”
Source: The Dispatch
by Henry Begler
“What are we to make of Allen Ginsberg, and of Howl, on the 70th anniversary of its publication? The poem seems to belong more to popular culture than high culture, closer to Elvis or Easy Rider or ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ than Elizabeth Bishop or John Berryman. … Ginsberg’s magnum opus is brash, insistent, and unsubtle. It has never attracted the kind of critical scrutiny that other 20th-century poetry has …. Changing sexual mores have done to the Beats in this century what sniffy articles in National Review and Partisan Review failed to do in the last one: made them uncool, cringey, Bad Boyfriend Literature. … But Howl endures, and part of what keeps it alive these seven decades on is its pure musical quality. … it is perhaps the best-sounding American poem of the century.” (10/19/26)
https://thedispatch.com/article/allen-ginsberg-howl-counterculture/
A Message From Canada About Immigration
Source: Town Hall
by Mark Lewis
“A Canadian friend of mine, who is currently teaching in China, recently sent me an interesting video. It recorded a dark-skinned man who spoke perfect English, telling how he and his family, in 1996, immigrated to Canada. They ‘went through the process’, legally, to become Canadian citizens, working hard, earning what they got, and honoring the country. That kind of immigrant most countries don’t mind having. But, he said, ‘it was a whole lot different back then’. The man on the video was very respectful and said, several times, in his two-minute video, ‘I say this very respectfully’. But his message was, ‘When you come to Canada, please stop doing s**t; it makes the rest of us look bad’.” (10/19/26)
Obama blasts federal probe of congresswoman Ilhan Omar as “so appalling”
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Barack Obama has said congresswoman Ilhan Omar is under federal criminal investigation simply because she’s an outspoken critic of the President Donald Trump. ‘The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president,’ the former US president wrote on X, calling the probe ‘so appalling’. The White House defended the inquiry, saying the justice department was ‘focused on restoring law and order’. Last week, homeland security agents searched the Minnesota Democrat’s Washington DC home as part of an investigation into her immigration status. Born in Somalia, Omar moved to the US with her family as a child. US media outlets have reported that the probe is tied to her American citizenship and whether she lied about her age when she arrived in the US in 1995.” (10/19/26)
The Permanent Questions, 10/18/26
Source: The Atlantic
“Are We Too Political?” (10/18/26)
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/10/are-we-too-political/689011/
Quantum Vibe, 10/19/26
Source: Big Head Press
by Scott Bieser
Cartoon. (10/19/26)
Musk pledges one SpaceX share for every child in America
Source: Axios
“Elon Musk said Monday he’d give one of his shares in SpaceX to every ‘kid’ in America next year. … Per the Census Bureau, there are just over 72 million people under 18 in the U.S. If each got one SpaceX share, at Friday’s closing price of $146.03, that’d be a market value of a little over $10.5 billion. …Musk’s announcement comes one day after Anthropic said it was setting up a new public benefit fund with 5% of the company’s equity, an entity potentially worth $100 billion or more. Musk responded to Anthropic’s news by saying ‘I recommend giving the shares directly to the public,’ later adding ‘This is what I will be doing.'” (10/19/26)
Free Talk Live, 10/18/26
Source: Free Talk Live
“Elon Musk debuts ‘flying car’ :: ‘Irregular’: the company behind the rouge AI attacks :: Sarah in NM calls about the poor, unsalaried state reps 🙁 :: Tim in FL calls about the Jehovah’s Witnesses buying a data center :: Skeeter calls and makes false claims :: DST debate :: Houthis use Claude AI to develop missile guidance :: Tom in NH :: three reptilian beings allegedly killed near area 51 :: black market delivery for In-N-Out burger :: 2026-10-18 :: Hosts: Stu, Riley O’Bill, Rich E. Rich.” (10/18/26)
Thanks to Trump’s war, Dems successfully co-opt “America First”
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Jack Hunter
“In battleground races across the country, Republicans have lost access to one of the president’s most salient — and longstanding — campaign slogans.” (10/19/26)
NV: Canadian man who took bird from Flamingo casino could face prison if convicted
Source: SFGate
“A visitor from Canada maliciously harmed a flamingo at an iconic Las Vegas hotel by removing the bird from its enclosure and taking it to his room earlier this year, prosecutors said Monday at the man’s trial. His attorney said it was a drunken act and no harm was intended. Mitchell Fairbarn of Ontario is charged with two counts of felony animal cruelty in Nevada district court. Authorities allege that on March 3, he entered the flamingo habitat at the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino and took a bird named Peachy. Video played at the trial showed Fairbarn holding the flamingo in an elevator and carrying it down a hotel hallway. Fairbarn faces up to five years in prison on each count if convicted of felony animal cruelty.” (10/19/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/canadian-man-who-took-a-bird-from-las-vegas-22484337.php