Charles S. Freeman, without a pithy quote
@cspencef.bsky.social
PC(USA) interim pastor in the Quad Cities, ex-musicologist. Highly intolerant of BS and willful ignorance. Music, sports, religion, attempted humor, whatevs. AI is unethical at its root. h/h/h hymnsbycharlesfreeman.blogspot.com
He F’ed A and F’ed O
MAGA Adult Male assaults Texas High School students protesting ICE
February 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
He F’ed A and F’ed O
It’s completely weird to me that this is a thing.
February 3, 2026 at 2:53 PM
It’s completely weird to me that this is a thing.
Probably true, yes. www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/...
Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for February 3, 2026 | GoComics
Read Non Sequitur—a comic strip by creator Wiley Miller—for today, February 3, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!
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February 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Probably true, yes. www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/...
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Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
www.propublica.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Vive la France…
Paris prosecutors raid the French offices of Elon Musk’s X as part of an investigation into spreading child pornography and deepfakes.
Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of an investigation into child porn, deepfakes and more
French prosecutors have launched a search at the offices of Elon Musk's social media platform X. This is part of an investigation into alleged offenses, including spreading child pornography and deepfakes.
bit.ly
February 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Vive la France…
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By far the weirdest weather stat I've seen so far this winter...
Salt Lake City Has Been Outsnowed By Florida. Really. | Weather.com
Only a month into 2026, this is, by far, the weirdest snow stat we've seen in a region that typically isn't lacking for snow.
weather.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:02 PM
By far the weirdest weather stat I've seen so far this winter...
“You are the salt of God's earth,
to flavor and preserve.
But if the salt is tasteless,
what purpose does it serve?”
hymnsbycharlesfreeman.blogspot.com/2026/02/you-...
to flavor and preserve.
But if the salt is tasteless,
what purpose does it serve?”
hymnsbycharlesfreeman.blogspot.com/2026/02/you-...
You are the salt
You are the salt of God's earth, to flavor and preserve. But if the salt is tasteless, what purpose does it serve? You are the light of ...
hymnsbycharlesfreeman.blogspot.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:56 AM
“You are the salt of God's earth,
to flavor and preserve.
But if the salt is tasteless,
what purpose does it serve?”
hymnsbycharlesfreeman.blogspot.com/2026/02/you-...
to flavor and preserve.
But if the salt is tasteless,
what purpose does it serve?”
hymnsbycharlesfreeman.blogspot.com/2026/02/you-...
Which is more gross, him expressing his wrongness or some @$$h01€ at Decider thinking it was important to publicize it?
February 3, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Which is more gross, him expressing his wrongness or some @$$h01€ at Decider thinking it was important to publicize it?
I’m pretty sure none of these Grammy winners give a flying flip what this never-was windbag thinks of their speeches.
Ricky Gervais calls out Grammy winners for making political acceptance speeches: "You're in no position to lecture the public about anything"
Ricky Gervais calls out Grammy winners for making political acceptance speeches: "You're in no position to lecture the public about anything"
Gervais cited his own 2020 Golden Globes monologue, in which he urged winners not to use their acceptance speeches "as a platform to make a political speech."
decider.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:57 AM
I’m pretty sure none of these Grammy winners give a flying flip what this never-was windbag thinks of their speeches.
So Bugs Bunny had one foe he couldn’t beat: Cecil Turtle. If anything the Turtle was the one character who was able to out-Bugs Bugs, right down to the big wet smooch when the race was won.
February 3, 2026 at 3:45 AM
So Bugs Bunny had one foe he couldn’t beat: Cecil Turtle. If anything the Turtle was the one character who was able to out-Bugs Bugs, right down to the big wet smooch when the race was won.
“Well, what did you expect from an opera? A happy ending?”
February 3, 2026 at 1:27 AM
“Well, what did you expect from an opera? A happy ending?”
“Oh, Bwunhilde, you so wuvewy…”
“Yes, I know it, I can’t help it…”
“Yes, I know it, I can’t help it…”
February 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
“Oh, Bwunhilde, you so wuvewy…”
“Yes, I know it, I can’t help it…”
“Yes, I know it, I can’t help it…”
Q.: How did you find out about this obscure composer?
A.: It’s in the Groove.
A.: It’s in the Groove.
February 2, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Q.: How did you find out about this obscure composer?
A.: It’s in the Groove.
A.: It’s in the Groove.
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CNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
CNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."
“Sanctity”? This has to be a typo, right? Surely this cut-rate Lurch didn’t really say that these thugs are somehow doing something sacred?
Kustoff: "That is a reason they have to wear masks because they have been doxxed & their families have been threatened. So to me that is a nonstarter & I think to most Republicans that is a nonstarter and I'd like to think most Democrats would realize we need to protect the sanctity of these agents"
February 2, 2026 at 8:31 PM
“Sanctity”? This has to be a typo, right? Surely this cut-rate Lurch didn’t really say that these thugs are somehow doing something sacred?
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
February 2, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
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ICYMI: The US is currently holding three times as many people in immigrant detention as were detained in the Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939 — six years into the Third Reich, and just before the start of World War II.
February 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
ICYMI: The US is currently holding three times as many people in immigrant detention as were detained in the Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939 — six years into the Third Reich, and just before the start of World War II.
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Since a lot of the coverage is omitting this detail: The Kennedy Center HAD a $250 million renovation and expansion just a few years ago, in 2019.
February 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Since a lot of the coverage is omitting this detail: The Kennedy Center HAD a $250 million renovation and expansion just a few years ago, in 2019.
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"You tell me that Hitler is a mighty bad man. I guess he took lessons from the Ku Klux Klan. You tell me Mussolini's got an evil heart. Well, it mus-a been in Beaumont that he had his start-- Cause everything that Hitler and Mussolini do, Negroes get the same Treatment from you." --Langston Hughes
February 2, 2026 at 12:43 PM
"You tell me that Hitler is a mighty bad man. I guess he took lessons from the Ku Klux Klan. You tell me Mussolini's got an evil heart. Well, it mus-a been in Beaumont that he had his start-- Cause everything that Hitler and Mussolini do, Negroes get the same Treatment from you." --Langston Hughes
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“About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments.” www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...
'Reminds me of Anne Frank': Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.
www.jta.org
February 1, 2026 at 11:04 PM
“About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments.” www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...
In need of a moment of lightness, I’m sure I looked ridiculous twitching around the supermarket to “She Blinded Me With Science.” But I couldn’t help myself. It was almost as if she…well, you know…
February 1, 2026 at 11:29 PM
In need of a moment of lightness, I’m sure I looked ridiculous twitching around the supermarket to “She Blinded Me With Science.” But I couldn’t help myself. It was almost as if she…well, you know…
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I want to scream “this cannot be real!!!” but I know that the moment I do it will come out that not only is it real but also it’s far from the stupidest thing from them.
From the Epstein documents: The FBI having to Google where Wisconsin is???
February 1, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I want to scream “this cannot be real!!!” but I know that the moment I do it will come out that not only is it real but also it’s far from the stupidest thing from them.
For Langston Hughes’s birthday… youtu.be/50fRXqhwjow?...
Songs of Comfort | WHEN THE DOVE ENTERS IN
YouTube video by Opera Rocks | Andrew Richards
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February 1, 2026 at 8:28 PM
For Langston Hughes’s birthday… youtu.be/50fRXqhwjow?...