Musical Dispatch from the Front – Not Funny – January 2026

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Frank Baarda

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Jan 22, 2026, 2:31:43 AMJan 22
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Hiya amici

 

When Henry Kissinger was granted the Nobel Peace Prize, the brilliant Tom Lehrer proclaimed that to be the death of satire.

 

The antics of Agent Orange gave us aficionados of the bizarre and irony much joy or more like schadenfreude

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLG9g7BcjKs

President Trump: How & Why... (Jonathan Pie)

 

In Australia we sleep walked into four years of Scott Morrison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX-YTIsj4Iw&t=7s

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJIhxKFH9gI

Trump Exclusive Interview Jonathan Swan (Full Interview) AXIOS HBO

 

Sadly, it is no longer a laughing matter.

 

I’ve been searching for something lately funny and failed. So here is some brilliant music instead:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqsJ-g59MLI&t=1s

♫ ♫ ♫ Jimmy Yancey & Mama Yancey - How Long Blues (1951 recording, instrumental version and the song)

 

How long will this insanity last?

 

Cheers,

Frank

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