Monday, November 13, 2023

Monday Stuff


Cliff Schecter of Blue Amp Channel discusses Michigan state senator Danya Polehanki, who responded to former Detroit News reporter Charlie LeDuff, who used a vulgar, coded insult towards Attorney General Dana Nessel...gosh, maybe there are jobs some men shouldn’t have because they’re too emotional :-)...and by the way, on the subjects of strong women and journalism, I was sorry to hear about this...



...and David Pakman tells us that “MAGA Mike” Johnson hasn’t disclosed bank accounts in 7 years of tax filings – oh yeah, “modest means” my ass, you lying POS...and isn’t it just too precious to listen to this Fix Noise hairdo act like living “paycheck to paycheck” has only existed under Biden instead of...oh, I don’t know... MAYBE THE LAST 20 FREAKING YEARS AT LEAST, AND LIKELY LONGER THAN THAT!!!...



...and Francesca of The Damage Report talks about the new U.S. House Speaker and this “Covenant Eyes” app that he uses in his house, so basically, he can rat out his son if he watches porn?? And make $20 for doing so – typically weird combination of someone’s twisted notion of morality with a capitalist inclination to make a fast buck or two (clip of Johnson discussing this is from ’20)...



...and pursuant to the prior two clips, I know earlier I said that I was going to give Second Thought a pass, but I’m reconsidering that; I thought this was a pretty well-informed clip on “Christian” nationalism...nice to see that there’s a bit of a split between evangelicals and “Christian” nationalists, but not a lot...disturbing to see how African Americans and even Democrats embrace this stuff...yep, spot-on to call Christian nationalists “fanboys” obsessed with America itself, or their version of it more precisely...interesting that his data shows that those who actually practice their religion are more likely to support immigrants and oppose gun violence, to say nothing of NOT voting for a certain Treasonous Orange Pestilence...I think the stuff with A.J. Shortly (sic?) is interesting, though it does kind of take away the momentum somewhat...I’d forgotten a bit about the importance of Acts:15, sadly; glad to be reminded again here...



...and when it comes to what I guess you could call religious extremism, I would say that this was a rather interesting (shall we say) ad that came from a bunch in Kootenai County in Idaho...no, kids that young aren’t going to be introduced into a book about anal sex...and yes, the SNL skit was amusing, and we can laugh, but alleged adults are actually taking this sh*t seriously, and using a child’s voice in this ad is beyond despicable (Jesse Dollemore and Brittany Page tell us about it)...



...and happy belated 78th birthday to Neil Young.

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