Sunday Revue: Get’cher Mazzy Runnin’, Return Of The Freakazoids; And Kursk AGAIN?

Morning, 24/680 People – and those tuning in from beyond the limits of our intended broadcast – here we are again. Another Sunday is upon us. Time for omelettes and coffee and a review of the week past.

Great seeing some of our local cities mentioned on an international stage as the Olympics played on in Paris and some local athletes made it to the podium – with one returning with a cherished gold souvenir. Fun to see and all the participating athletes made so many people more than just their mum and dad so, so proud. Hurry back for the laurel leaf reception you’ve earned.

Back on this side of the Seine, things were a bit tougher as the local Thunder Runners showed no sign of giving up, high-speed chases lighting up our namesake freeways this week – often with law enforcement helicopters overhead.

Speedy little excursion along the 24/680 last night ended up in Orinda as a dude in a Maserati put some CHP cruisers to the test at 135mph before bringing it in for a pit stop on the Saint Stephens offramp and, we think, dashing away on foot. A Thunder Run the night before ended up in Lafayette and folks in LafOrinda are starting to feel a little left out unless a chase ends up in their backyards these nights.

Many of you know we have an alert system we rely on more and more and that sucker just lights up whenever one of these things kicks off so, if you want to know what’s going on – and get that latest from your neighbors – sign up and get The Flash.

And while we risk being pilloried for mentioning the national political scene we must acknowledge the return of an attached national fervor for candidates blue and red. There has been an associated uptick in the number of “Freakazoid” (our name for those with extremist views) contacts in recent weeks and though we’ve carefully avoided any mention of either candidate there are still people out there hell-bent on drawing us into the fray. We know they are actual flesh and blood because they are calling us and don’t appear to have been created by a Russian bot farm.

Fine, all fine. We’re thinking all this nuttiness will dry up and blow away come November but we must say it has been instructive to say the least. We’re still looking for the execrable sample of fermented landfill waste who sent us their version of our mother’s funeral prayer card and, yep, you made yourself an enemy for life with that one, pal.

And while we’re ranging farther afield than we usually dare allow us to say we never thought in a thousand years that we’d be mentioning Kursk again in the same breath as “salient” and “tank battle.” As students of history we know that it tends to repeat itself and that Santayana nailed it when he said: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

Here’s hoping we’ve learned our lessons, and won’t make the bad decisions again. We can’t afford to.