Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Tuesday Stuff

When it comes to the “sequester,” welcome to the “new normal,” as Rachel Maddow explains…

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…and Martin Bashir talks to Dana Milbank and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter about the upcoming gun votes in D.C.; cute of Milbank to stick in the fact that there are cowardly rural Democrats in the Senate on the gun issue, which is true, but there are a hell of a lot more bought-and-paid-for Republicans – trying not to be too obvious with my disgust over the fact that, as usual, the NRA made sure their toady politicians “let the air out of the ball” and drained the momentum (and by the way, here, at last, is some sanity on this issue)…

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Update 3/1/13: This strikes me as darkly humorous, though I guess it shouldn’t.

I guess David Keene and Wayne LaPierre will now have to create a National Bullet Association; I’m sure their fundraising will be a windfall for “red state” and some “blue state” Repug politicians all over the country. And their motto? “Bullets Don’t Kill, People Do,” of course.

…and Michael Shure, sitting in for Cenk Uygur on “The Young Turks,” marks the 1-year anniversary of the death of Trayvon Martin with Brown University professor Tricia Rose…



…and I thought tonight was a good time to give “mellow” the night off.

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