Wednesday, July 05, 2023

Wednesday Stuff


Rayy Vana, Cenk and Mondale Robinson discuss the latest Trumpist grift, this time from Melania, who was apparently trying to sell some 1776-themed NFTs to still more gullible idiots (timed for the just-concluded holiday weekend)...and the cherry on the icing on this sh*t sundae is her claiming to give whatever $$ she makes to charity, again...



...and it looks like Bud Light has caved to the wingnuts over this Dylan Mulvaney stuff...and their beer sucks too (NSFW/H)...as Mike Figueredo sez, it’s all about virtue signaling when it comes to social justice causes (such as “rainbow capitalism”) as far as corporations are concerned, including “greenwashing” on the environment...



...and John and Sharon Reed of The Damage Report discuss Daniel Penny’s statements on the death of Jordan Neely...yeah, more white guy entitlement...I have to admit that there were times in my life when I rode the “El” (as in “elevated train”) a lot to get to downtown Philly and I saw some goofball behaviors in the process, but there are all kinds of things I did aside from sneaking up behind a person to try and choke them...move to another car on the train, avert your eyes, read a newspaper (or cell phone now), etc. – a lot of times, transit cops also rode the trains, so you could seek out one of them too if need be....



...and I try to pay attention to world stuff at times also on this site, so I now give you this CBC clip on the rioting in Paris, which may be starting to dissipate, fortunately, based on this...



...and Alex Wagner tells us about Texas Repugs playing games while people in their state die of the heat (and whaddaya know? It looks like solar power may end up saving the day for Greg Abbott and his same-party knuckleheads – of course, as Wagner reminds us, Abbott erroneously blamed “green energy” for the failure of his state’s energy grid last winter...Wagner speaks with Dem state rep James Talarico and David Wallace-Wells of the NYT)...



...and with this idiocy in mind, the latest from Second Thought asks Why Is There So Much Right-Wing Media (good question...knew all about the Kochs of course, but not so much about the Wilkses...I honestly didn’t know about the huge audience for The Daily Wire, which is genuinely scary IMO; no wonder so many people out there are genuinely stoo-pid when it comes to news and politics...also didn’t know how much Chucky Koch has funded The Daily Caller, founded by The Swanson TV Dinner Heir of course, but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised...I also didn’t know about this Koch-group FIRE and how The Atlantic had been infiltrated by right-wing BS...and when it comes to groups in the “Kochtopus,” let’s not forget the Commonwealth Foundation in PA, who have heavily bankrolled this character...and I have Ground News downloaded also, and yes, it is invaluable and we should support it as best we can)...



...and in keeping with the theme of garbage wingnut media, I now give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 7/7/09, in which Mike Papantonio describes the rise of right-wing hate radio “getting out of control” (and as bad as it was 14 years ago...well, we don’t have to imagine how bad it is now, because we live with that reality every day...more here)...



...and here is today's regional weather forecast (with the Texas clip in mind also).

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