It wasn't powerful, but it was beautiful nonetheless.  She certainly got treated better than her peers for reasons that weren't very good, but she more than justified herself in her singing.

I recently came to the conclusion  that Ain't No Mountain High Enough, as recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrel, is the greatest pop recording of all time.  There is literally nothing wrong with it: it has all of the highlights of the greatness of the Motown sound, with none of the annoying little tics that date a…

I recently came to the conclusion  that Ain't No Mountain High Enough, as recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrel, is the greatest pop recording of all time.  There is literally nothing wrong with it: it has all of the highlights of the greatness of the Motown sound, with none of the annoying little tics that date a…

Very good, but that doesn't strike me as a stridently anti-free speech position as much as a hypocritical resentment toward his political enemies.  The restriction of the first amendment to the Federal Government was, as @avclub-da496e2db2e50a068b4ae5549d4ae1b0:disqus  pointed out, the mainstream view of the time, and…

Very good, but that doesn't strike me as a stridently anti-free speech position as much as a hypocritical resentment toward his political enemies.  The restriction of the first amendment to the Federal Government was, as @avclub-da496e2db2e50a068b4ae5549d4ae1b0:disqus  pointed out, the mainstream view of the time, and…

No one's asking you to get on a soap box and get strident all up in the internets.  Just that you not dismiss it out of hand because you're unfamiliar with the context.

No one's asking you to get on a soap box and get strident all up in the internets.  Just that you not dismiss it out of hand because you're unfamiliar with the context.

Something something STOP CONGRESS CREATED DUSTBOWL or STOP DEMOCRATIC CREATED DUSTBOWL, often with Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer called out by name.  I think the anti-Democratic ones are new this year, but anti-Pelosi ones are an old staple.

Something something STOP CONGRESS CREATED DUSTBOWL or STOP DEMOCRATIC CREATED DUSTBOWL, often with Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer called out by name.  I think the anti-Democratic ones are new this year, but anti-Pelosi ones are an old staple.

Not really contrived; hasn't borderline insanity always been one of Farnsworth's defining traits?

Not really contrived; hasn't borderline insanity always been one of Farnsworth's defining traits?

Having driven through central California several times in the last four or so years, I can tell you that farmers along I-5 are convinced that Democrats in Congress are responsible for California's water crisis.  And not, you know, the exploding population of people who insist on living in a desert.

Having driven through central California several times in the last four or so years, I can tell you that farmers along I-5 are convinced that Democrats in Congress are responsible for California's water crisis.  And not, you know, the exploding population of people who insist on living in a desert.

I'm going to have to ask for evidence.  Got some?

I'm going to have to ask for evidence.  Got some?

Is the implication that Paul McCartney lip syncs?  Because I think the answer is no on that.

Is the implication that Paul McCartney lip syncs?  Because I think the answer is no on that.

Only when the phrase immediately precedes a word that begins with a vowel sound.

Only when the phrase immediately precedes a word that begins with a vowel sound.

But it's also qualitatively different from doing nothing.