Monday, February 12, 2024

Monday Stuff


This feature from Chris Wallace titled “Tell Me Why I’m Wrong” has to do with The Swanson TV Dinner Heir’s alleged interview with Vlad The Butcher (I have to admit that I’m shocked to agree with Bretbug, but I do, and his “take” is uncharacteristically commendable...and speaking of “useful idiots,” that applies to Reihan Salam also as far as I’m concerned...nothing against “Really American,” but they need to “jazz up” these clips a bit)...



...and Jesse Dollemore brings us some analysis on this BS report on Biden from wingnut lawyer Robert Hur, who apparently guessed that everyone would zero in on his executive summary and not drill down into the details of what Hur found out, and it seems he was basically right (more here, here and here, and for good measure, there’s this too...Merrick Garland should have his resume updated and on the street for this cluster...NSFW/H...and yeah, way too damn funny to see that nematode Jesse Watters get busted for a verbal screwup when he accuses Biden of the same thing)...



...and Emma V. of The Majority Report gives us some insight on the back-and-forth over funding for Israel (looks like the Senate worked through the weekend on $$ for them and Ukraine)...have to admit that I’m a little squishy on not supporting Bibi if it also means that we don’t send $$$ to Ukraine (and kudos to Rashida Tlaib, and once more, if the Dems had any damn brains, they would listen to her...that being said, we should never stop trying to make Hamas responsible for their horrific acts also, though I’ve heard positive stuff about the proposed three-phase plan on this which Netanyahu dismissed in one word...briefly NSFW/H a couple of times)...



...and David Doel touches on the proposed peace plan between Israel and Hamas in this clip – I’m in agreement on his basic point that John Fetterman should be giving a press conference calling for Netanyahu to support the deal to return the hostages currently on the table...FWIW, I think any such deal should also include full criminal liability for anyone from Hamas who had anything whatsoever to do with the attacks of 10/7 as well as the wholesale destruction of Hamas’s military infrastructure, but for the moment, the hostages should be the priority...and I agree that “there is no equivalence” either, but not in the way Fetterman thinks...



...and turning back to domestic politics, Brian Tyler Cohen speaks with elections lawyer Marc Elias of Democracy Docket concerning a typically beyond ridiculous conservative lawsuit against Louisiana redistricting, in the face of a case that is actually settled in favor of two “black opportunity districts” (I believe that’s the term) that were created in response to gerrymandering in the first freaking place in that state! – “everyone in America has a right to sue – it doesn’t mean you have a right to win,” indeed (NSFW/H also)...



...and RIP Henry Fambrough, the last original member of The Spinners.

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