Thursday Stuff

Richard Ojeda of Rebel HQ tells us that nobody’s buying Trump’s BS on the economy, despite the “happy talk” spin at Fix Noise over Hamburger Helper (the epitome of processed food – no wonder there’s a diabetes epidemic in this country I say to myself), which is typical...more here on our cattle ranchers getting it in the neck from Pumpkin Pol Pot and his “buy Argentinian beef” move...”the stupidity doesn’t discriminate between party lines” indeed...one of Ojeda’s great points is that this supposedly great beef deal with Argentina is going to do nothing but give us what amounts to the entrails; the prime cuts will likely end up on the plate of the one percent as per usual (and speaking of Fix Noise stoo-pidity, there is also this)...



...and Kyle Kulinski echoes this somewhat as he presents Combover Caligula’s poll numbers which are crumbling to abysmal new lows...and I’m sorry, but I don’t have much of a positive opinion about Hispanic voters as a bloc based on what happened last year; yes, the Dems did a typically awful job of outreach, but that still doesn’t absolve those voters IMO...looks like #47 went from even last year to 25-65 down now with those voters, echoing similar numbers with other groups...this is eminently predictable given the ICE Gestapo raids and the militarization of our cities to go after immigrants, and those stinking tariffs aren’t helping one bit either of course...a 20-point lead among Independent voters is good, but we’re a looong way from November ’26 (and as a commenter on YouTube pointed out, anybody in that 32 percent favorable range based on the polling must meet the clinical definition of insanity)...and 25-67 when it comes to Gen Z voters, huh? Yeah, I’d consider building a ridiculously ostentation ballroom to try and hide from voters also with numbers like that...more here (NSFW/H)...



...and Jon Stewart of The Daily Show (of course) brings us up to date on the ballroom fandango and a whole bunch of other Trumpist garbage, including that idiotic dance (again) in Kuala Lumpur (somewhere along the line, it looks like Mango Mussolini ditched the red tie, albeit briefly...and believe me when I tell you that I would LOVE to see Our Treasonous Orange Yam try to hold down a job in news media...all he would do it trip over his metaphorical d*ck and it would be truly hilarious)...

...and as we know, every once in a while, a story comes along which stops you pretty much dead in your tracks, and yesterday’s news of the passing of longtime WMMR disc jockey Pierre Robert definitely falls into that category...to say Robert was a radio institution in these parts doesn’t even begin to describe his positive impact for over 40 years...definitely a joyful presence who tried his very best to share his love of music (and Philly overall, really) with all of us...I can’t imagine filling the musical and cultural void created by his loss, assuming that’s even possible, but I guess the best tribute we could pay to him would be to remain positive and reach out to others as he would and try to imitate his example...



...and if there was one band Pierre loved above all others, it was the Grateful Dead, so I’d like to offer this selection as a tribute (I suppose I should include “Alice’s Restaurant” which he would play every Thanksgiving...maybe another time)...



Update: Also, speaking of Philly radio personalities, I used to listed to this guy a lot during the morning drive time (and for Temple Owls football)...RIP as well.

...and here is another seasonal selection.