Friday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

(And by the way, I know about this – aside from saying that Flush Limbore is a babbling, OxyContin-addicted blowhard with the common sense and intellectual curiosity of a flea, I have no further comment, except to say that there are times, Flush, when we are ashamed of you…too many to count, actually.)

Turning to the videos, Rachel Maddow brings us a whole bunch of stuff, including the antics of Teahadist Texas Senator Ted Cruz (a bit of a spawn of Limbore, I suppose); we used to refer to Joseph McCarthy as more or less of an abstraction in our politics given the passage of time. But now, we’re talking literally again – pathetic (I actually would have liked to see a bit harder of an edge here...after all, people's careers were ruined over this stuff...hell, people died over this stuff)…

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…and thanks to a U.S. Congress with a whole bunch of Teahadist nematodes like Cruz, we have to deal with this…



…turning to a decidedly more upbeat topic, this tells us of the latest entrants to the Songwriters Hall of Fame; nothing against Aerosmith or Foreigner, but those guys still get tons of airplay – allow me the opportunity to salute fellow entrant Tony Hatch, who brought us many great tunes particularly with Petula Clark, including this one (a bit timely for the weekend – yeah, I know, real “Carnaby Street”)…



…and RIP Magic Slim (and I’m sure Fred and Ginger wouldn’t mind a bit).