Friday Stuff

Lawrence O’Donnell informs us that federal prosecutors are trying to get Mango Mussolini to not charge former FBI Director James Comey...I have to admit that I’m torn a bit on this; yes, Comey deserves what he gets as far as I’m concerned for sabotaging the Hillary Clinton campaign for president in 2016 (though the Dem candidate had some issues as a campaigner IMO), but I get a little squeamish I’ll admit every time Cantaloupe Capone railroads someone like this because I think it creates a dangerous precedent (a completely predictable update is here...given all of the would-be indictments from the Trump DOJ that get tossed, I have to say that I like Comey's chances)...we also hear about the statue on the mall in DC of #47 and his former best bud Jeffrey Epstein holding hands (would love to know who was behind that so I can buy them a beer)...also, congrats to Adelita Grijalva on winning the special election in Arizona to hold the seat of her late father, Raul Grijalva...also, I can’t believe that Repug U.S. House Rep Thomas Massie is standing tall on the Epstein stuff – I’m sure it’s for crass political reasons, but I have to give him credit...also, kudos to the Daily Mirror for giving it to Pumpkin Pol Pot over that mess of a UN speech (I’ve often said that we think our politics are rough and tumble in this country, but we’ve got nothing on the Brits as far as I’m concerned)...and that nematode Jesse Watters says the teleprompter and escalator nonsense are an “insurrection”?

No, you utterly worthless corporate media lickspittle (who probably couldn’t hold down a job any other way). THIS is an insurrection...

And oh yeah, Pumpkin Pol Pot screeched on Truth Septic that Dems want “transgender operations for everybody”...

(You know, at a certain point, I just have to admit that pointing out the despicable lack of character, integrity, or intelligence of any kind from Bronzer Beelzebub is kind of a fool’s errand, since that plainly won’t “move the needle” on his part and could only get yours truly unduly exercised for no good reason).

Here’s the O’Donnell clip...



Update: Well said...

...and Texas Paul from the Meidas Touch Network opines on Trump's UN speech...wonder how many people out there think Biden's debate performance was worse than this train wreck? And yeah, I know there are plenty of zealots who think Don The Con can say or do no wrong...

This gentleman is right. Trump's United Nations speech was the worst speech of any US president in the history of the United Nations. Trump is an international embarrassment. 😳👇 pic.twitter.com/TNReQnARfI

— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) September 24, 2025

...and Brian Tyler Cohen tells us that Matt Stone and Trey Parker had some fun at the expense of Trump FCC head Brendan Carr recently...definitely a terrific job by Cohen of “bringing the receipts” from the bunch that laughably claimed to be “free speech warriors” along with documenting the push-back they’re getting all over the place (and that tweet when he was FCC head under Biden shows that Carr has no core principles at all, which I guess isn’t surprising...NSFW/H)...

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...oh, and did you hear that about 1,200 prisoners are missing from Alligator Alcatraz (with Flori-DUUH blaming ICE and vice versa)? I wonder if anyone will print any T-shirts to commemorate that or come up with some catchy social media gifs or something – and yes, I know the answer...and I also know the Jimmy Kimmel stuff here is behind the news cycle a bit...and by the way, Vance Boelter, the suspect in the murder of Melissa Hortman and her husband, was an evangelical opposed to abortion rights as noted here, so “Doofus Donnie Jr.” is talking out of his butt again...and yeah, those “trannies” are just so deadly, aren’t they (SMDH)...video is a bit of a rehash of other Trumpist madness, but I think it matters to keep calling this out (Thom Hartmann tells us about it)...



...and Stephen Colbert gives us an update on the latest bedlam from our ruling cabal of grifters and lowlifes...we also hear about the Trump-Epstein statue that was removed as you might expect, no doubt on the orders of our incredibly thin-skinned *preznit...oh, and I guess now we also have “escalator-gate” to deal with per spokes-liar Karoline Leavitt (echoing O'Donnell I know)? And “fired and investigated immediately”? I would ask if Trumpette Leavitt had that backwards, but no – I think she had that right, for them anyway...and yeah, the Gropenfuhrer wants the Nobel Prize, which is an obscenity of course, and that’s only because Obama got one and #47 didn’t...oh, and we also get more crackpot history on resolving the Cambodia/Armenia war, and I’m sure that location for his “library” in Miami will end up housing a bunch of explicit memorabilia of Russian hookers and splattered packets of ketchup (and oh yeah, also a Qatari luxury jet, a hotel, and about $31 million?? And all for the “library”...sure it is)...



Update 10/3/25: The statue returns! (here).

...and I have to tell you that I went back and forth on including this tune given the “insurrection” stuff, but I ended up caving (I can’t believe this song was a hit, but after all, it was the '80s...and yes I know, RIP Robert Hazard – I think the guys are wearing more lipstick than the women 😊).

Thursday Stuff

Jesse Dollemore lets us know about the return of Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday, with Combover Caligula having done his best to draw more viewers to the ABC host’s show...great point by Kimmel that his show is actually secondary to the overall principle of adhering to free speech as enshrined in the Constitution...I’d neglected to mention the restrictions that “I’ll Drink To That” Hegseth is putting into place on what journalists can and cannot report under Trump’s DoD (here)...and “It could only good happen” - ???...I wonder if Fix Noise is going to play that in an endless loop as they did every time Biden stammered (and yes, I know that answer, but I’m inclined to ask anyway)...



...and as a bit of a follow-up, Thom Hartmann explains how the death of comedy can be a pretext to the death of democracy (I can take or leave the jokes except the “running out of bullets” one, but the resistance is the point I know)...”dictators can’t take a joke” indeed...interesting (and disturbing) history on Goebbels For Real going after comedians in 1939 for criticizing Der Fuehrer, and I don’t think it’s hyperbole at all to say that the FCC’s Brendan Carr has taken a page out of that execrable playbook...and yeah, banners of Yambo’s surly mug all over the place is another indicator of our slide into authoritarianism that we need to keep fighting...



...and Dan Lieberman of More Perfect Union tells us that it looks like some folks in New Carlisle, Indiana are going through a process with the Orwellian name of “de-watering” in order to cool the computer chips at Amazon’s data center...boy, I must have missed the spirited public debate that took place (I’m sure) over building yet another of these monstrosities (#sarcasm)...and the news isn’t any better in Michigan City in that same state, where some secret “end user” would get some big tax break...and God almighty, possibly 40 of these data centers in that state? Ugh...and yep people, you can just trace all of this to Repug supermajorities in state government...and this Genco sounds like a corporate behemoth in the making that likely will not be accountable to anybody except the shareholders of course (wasn’t that the name of the “front” olive oil company in “The Godfather” movies?)...and I’m sure that 7-2 vote in favor of the data center was probably prearranged before that public meeting even took place...

...and I now give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 9/23/14...yes, we know what an unbelievable embarrassment Bronzer Beelzebub gave us at the UN the other day with his typical cavalcade of ridiculous lies (including ending 7 wars, which I think this sociopath truly believes), but let’s not forget that, once again, he ridiculed moving towards a clean energy economy...with that in mind, I give you the following (more info is here)...



...and it’s been a few days since I checked in with Mr. Newberger, but I’m glad to see he hasn’t lost his touch...



...and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin died on this day in 1980.

Wednesday Stuff

Sam and Emma of The Majority Report tell us about Don The Con going on Fix and Fiends and indirectly trying to incite violence among all the knuckle draggers who somehow still support him...gee, didn’t we just have a ceremony full of hosannas to Charlie Kirk where the “party of Lincoln” called for nothing but peace and love and all that (#sarcasm of course – this is more along the lines of what they actually have in mind)...I realize there are so many outrages with our *preznit that it’s hard to keep up with all of them, but he does need to be held to account as much as possible of course (and we need to keep using the word "alleged" concerning Tyler Robinson; don't want to take the slightest risk of anything to prejudice his trial)...

...and Robert Reich gives us a recap of Combover Caligula using government to wage war on free speech...video does a good job of reviewing all of the corporate media infamies of sucking up to Dear Orange Leader, as well as #47’s typically petty lawsuits aimed at news orgs that don’t fawn over him...I would argue that the rotten seeds of all of this were sown by lapdog corporate media compliance to wingnut propaganda over lo these past 20-30 years, all in the name of “balance”...



...and Belle tells us that it looks like "President Pedo" has given the makers of Tylenol a big-time excuse for a lawsuit...one hell of an eye roll from Belle in response to #47’s “biggest announcement in medical history” claim – how many more times does it need to be pointed out that Our Ochre Abomination is a treasonous, narcissistic sociopath?...sounds like Pumpkin Pol Pot heard something from “Bobby Brainworms” on this and it definitely got lost in translation...



...and David Shuster of Rebel HQ brings us the story of mush mouth "border czar" Tom Homan BUSTED for taking a $50K bribe stuffed in a grocery bag...Dem U.S. House Rep Robert Garcia is absolutely correct in saying that Homan should be nowhere near a government position, at a minimum...at a maximum, Homan should be prosecuted, and don’t give me this BS that, well, Homan wasn’t technically a government worker yet...and an “improper” investigation? Oh, riiight, because it involved a Trumper...see how this works? And kudos to the Brits for standing tall once again...



...and Brian Tyler Cohen tells us about Our Treasonous Orange Pestilence at the UN...yep, this is about what you can expect from this delusional, narcissistic man-baby, complaining about a teleprompter and an elevator...and by the way, isn’t this the guy who complained about Biden using a teleprompter? And these antics from this clueless orange meat sack probably won’t bother about 30-40 percent of this country, just to let you know...it’s only been barely eight months, people; can you imagine an entire presidential term of this? Can I take the gas pipe now?...



...well, I can at least try to be a little upbeat with this musical selection, right?

Tuesday Stuff

Tennesse Brando gives us his take on the Charlie Kirk Bund rally...and oh yeah, “Bobby Brainworms” compared Kirk to Jesus because of course...Lord knows I’ve heard Cantaloupe Capone say much worse stuff than what is in this clip, but Brando is right; it definitely puts the lie to this insane delusion that Charlie Kirk was all peace and love and let’s sing kumbaya along with every other wingnut...naaah, it’s all about VIOLENCE AGAINST THE LIBS!!!...and Brando is about 150 percent right about those alleged “Democrats” in the U.S. House who voted in favor of a day of remembrance for Kirk; more on that shortly...and oh yeah, “Pee Wee German” apparently tried to translate Mein Kampf again in front of the crowd of methane dispensers, who roared with approval naturally...great job by Brando to turn around that typically vile quote at the end from Cheetoh Hitler (slightly NSFW/H)...



...and Jesse Dollemore tells us about 95 alleged U.S. House Democrats who signed onto a House resolution honoring Kirk (here)...I read a quote from someone online (John Oliver maybe?) saying more or less that the actions of EVERYONE are going to be remembered at this dangerous moment, and that goes for Hakeem Jeffries (already called out by Brando) and the other frauds on that list of 95...and whatever the AP came up with in the way of a headline for this, it was going to look like House Dems stepped on another rake again, you might say...and “the deepening political divide?” And who again is responsible for that, AP? Why don’t you try doing your f*cking jobs and ACTUALLY REPORT ON WHAT’S GOING ON, NOTABLY, WHICH POLITICAL PARTY IS CALLING FOR VIOLENCE!!!...and I have to admit that I definitely didn’t read the resolution honoring Kirk, but now that I’m hearing it, I think I need to take a med to control an oncoming fit of nausea...and yeah, I’m sure you can guess that Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Jared Golden are smack dab in the middle of this mess; that disgusting, utterly saccharine statement from the Washington state rep is at least as vile at the actual resolution honoring a propagandistic lickspittle like Kirk (“MAGA Mike” Johnson and his pals probably laughed their asses off when they read what Perez wrote...and once again, I give you this in response)...



...and Brian Tyler Cohen gives us background on what lead to the reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel; namely, a torrential flood of content creators protesting, but more importantly, about $3 billion in cancellations to the Disney Plus and Hulu streaming services...oh yes, I’m sure ABC had “fruitful talks” with Kimmel, or whatever nonsense that explanation was...uh huh...and apparently, Sinclair and Nexstar are going to keep Kimmel off their stations; I don't think there is a Sinclair station in the Philly area, but if you're inclined to boycott any of their other stations, a list is here (NSFW/H)...



...and I’ve been meaning to get to this for awhile, so I guess I’d better do it now...Robert Reich tells us the secret behind high gas prices, namely, that we’re getting charged twice: first, for the price at the pump, and second, to pay for subsidies and tax breaks for these dirty energy bastards, including the extra $18 billion they got from the Big Beautiful Clusterf*ck...yeah, what does Exxon-Mobil, Chevron or BP care about our melting planet as long as that green paper keeps flowing their way, right?...

...and I think this man is spot-on; when it comes to our way of life, it is indeed for "all of us to share" IMO (NSFW)...

Love this gentleman's message. 🙌🙏👇 pic.twitter.com/VuPLz69N2r

— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) September 22, 2025

...and RIP Tom Shipley, one half of a one-hit-wonder duo (this tune in particular) from back in the day.

Monday Stuff

This clip via Tony Hinderman of Really American tells us about Stephen Colbert responding to Jimmy Kimmel getting taken off the air– AWESOME job on the “Beauty and the Beast” parody (and how about this, my fellow prisoners?)...I didn’t know that FCC hack Brendan Carr wrote that bit about Section 230 of the Communications Act and how that relates to Project 2025, but that’s typical of the utterly disgusting subterfuge of our ruling cabal and all of their whiny BS grievance (“oh, we’re oppressed wingnuts – help us!!”)...I can take or leave Joy Behar, to be honest, along with the rest of that show, but they should be immune from FCC interference just like any other program unless they’re doing the equivalent of yelling “fire” in a crowded movie theater (NSFW/H)...



...and Brian Tyler Cohen informs us that, apparently, Kimmel’s firing was a bridge too far even for the wingnuts (some anyway), including this Kennedy person and The Swanson TV Dinner Heir...this clip does a pretty thorough job of documenting all of the ways that every Republican/conservative is an utterly shameless liar in defense of Mango Mussolini (and as usual, Jon Stewart rises to the moment at the very end)...slightly NSFW/H...



...and Jesse Dollemore lets us know that, after Brian Kilmeade says that the homeless should get lethal injection (and Kilmeade’s wishy-washy apology), three guesses what came next and the first two don’t count...yep, homeless people are being shot and lynched, including an attack at a homeless camp in Minneapolis...and by the way, I don’t give a damn that Minneapolis, MN mayor Jacob Frey is a Democrat; you’re either going to get serious about some kind of transitional housing for indigent people or you aren’t...I mean, if you’re more concerned about elderly boomer suburbanites brainwashed by Fix Noise, then say so, even though those folks likely won’t even come to your city anyway, it being a baaad urban environment and all that...”poverty is a policy choice” indeed...



...and Seth Meyers gives us “A Closer Look” on Yambo’s UK visit and...well, that other story I just alluded to involving late night hosts...looks like our friends “across the pond” indeed laid out the red carpet for Bronzer Beelzebub, but it was an appropriate push back IMO to broadcast the Trump/Epstein clip on the side of Windsor Castle...yep, we know what kind of an insecure, whining man-baby our *preznit truly is to go after comedians, and I honestly don’t know what else there is to say about it (I think Meyers was pretty spot-on, particularly near the end)...



Update: OK, so this is good news, which begs the question; why the hell was Kimmel kicked off the air to begin with?

...and I have to admit that, growing up in the Philly metro area, you can’t help but be inundated with sports history, especially when you’re fortunate enough to have teams in the four most popular professional sports leagues (not trying to demean the WNBA, soccer, etc.), and I realize that there are other cities that can make the same claim (including Detroit, Chicago, LA and NYC of course)...there was a time when all four Philly teams were “poor step children,” if you will, but I can recall that the first team that broke that mold was the Flyers, which was remarkable really since they had been a team of castoffs that were beaten pretty regularly by better teams...there are a few names in Philly that are legendary for the Flyers’ ascendancy (notably Bob Clarke), but no one more so than goaltender Bernie Parent (and yes, I know we’re talking about the pre-disco era, but the history matters)...Parent was truly a fearsome competitor on the ice for the reasons noted in the clip, but MUCH more than that, he was an inspirational figure for people coming back from addiction...my interests have moved on a bit and I now spend probably too much time as an idiot news/politics blogger, but I do remember where I came from...I know there’s that quote that you can tell when a mighty oak has fallen by the absence you feel, or something like that, and that is true big time in Parent’s case...this video captures a bit of why he was so important, though his impact goes way beyond that of course (kind of freaky that the NHL has lost some truly terrific goaltenders recently, also including Ken Dryden and Ed Giacomin)...RIP...



...and once more, I know I’m overdue for a newer tune, so I settled on this one; I have a feeling Bernie would approve of this selection.