Monday Stuff

By the way, I should note that I didn’t see the testimony of the 3 Ivy League presidents before Congress about antisemitism (the one where Elise Stefanik apparently got her shorts all knotted up). As far as I can tell, all the umbrage had to do with calls for violence against Israel and/or Jews. And that’s bad of course; nobody should be issuing calls for violence against anybody or any group. However, aside from grabbing some headlines and trying to own the news cycle, I cannot possibly understand why this story is a big deal.

And yes, I know Penn president Liz Magill resigned as a result of the fallout. And I think that was the point from these U.S. House idiots – to manufacture someone as a boogeyman and deflect away from the ongoing nonsense from the ruling clowns in that governmental body.

So let’s play a little game of “what if” here, OK? Suppose one of those universities had tried to prosecute a student for objectionable speech. Do you honestly believe that a student attending these schools WOULDN’T have the financial means (likely through their parents) to file suit, and likely win on free speech grounds? And yes, I realize that not every Ivy league-school student is rich, but I would guess that most of them are. And if a university president knows that, how much sense does it make for them to file a lawsuit in response to objectionable speech that they would likely lose?

As noted here, this congress is on a pace to be the least productive of any (in terms of legislation put forward and bills passed) since the Great Depression. And while that’s partially the fault of the Senate also I know, it is OVERWHELMINGLY the fault of the House. But sure, go ahead and stage some ridiculous hearing about antisemitism instead of securing women’s health care, trying to pass common-sense gun reform, ensuring college affordability or doing relatively nothing while our planet continues to melt.

What a bunch of goddamn idiots! And more from Will Bunch on this is here.

Update 12/13/23: Works for me (good point also here).

To begin the videos...Jesse Dollemore tells us about some of the likely cabinet picks in the terrible event that, somehow, a certain Treasonous Orange Pestilence were to return to An Oval Office in ‘25 (“a menagerie of dum dums” indeed, though I don’t mean to trivialize the importance of this matter by noting that...and I share Jesse’s concerns about “Tuckums” as a VP candidate – I share concerns about ALL OF THEM, actually, but particularly The Swanson TV Dinner Heir, and yes, this is an “all hands on deck” moment to get anyone registered to vote that we possibly can to prevent all of this...slightly NSFW/H)...



...and Thom Hartmann has a pretty direct related message here for the “party of Lincoln,” namely, that you’ll never rid yourself of the stink from the Gropenfuhrer (here)...



...and Sam and Emma of The Majority Report discuss Ryan Grim pushing back on pro-Israeli “disinformation” with Erin Burnett of CNN (trying to get Grim to pile onto Pramila Jayapal also based on that Dana Bash interview...and AIPAC and their pals spent $40 to $50 million purging critics of Israel from the Democrats, huh? I think that’s a typically disgusting amount of money that definitely could have been put to use in myriad other, better ways...and NOW they’re going to spend $100 million in this upcoming cycle? Once again, thank the High Court of Hangin’ Judge JR for Citizens United...and I think Sam in particular is exactly right here on CNN trying to create some kind of schism within “the squad,” and I think Sam is also right in saying that that effort will not succeed...discussion ends at about 13:52 before they go to a news wrapup)...



...and this video from More Perfect Union informs us of how the NFL is choosing concerts over player safety, and it’s ending careers...former player J.C. Tretter is interviewed on the impact of playing on grass vs. artificial turf...and I can’t think of a word to describe how disgusting it is that NFL owners won’t commit to grass, let alone the fact that Jerry Jones and his pals will go to grass for the World Cup but then go back to turf for the NFL, and at taxpayer expense to boot...apparently, Met Life Stadium in the Meadowlands must be the worst place of this sorry lot...and yes, I’m completely aware of the fact that the Birds did not have a good game yesterday...



...and like it or not, it's time for more seasonal selections.