Thursday Stuff

Every time I think they can’t go lower (here…why in God’s name Harry Reid won’t pursue filibuster reform for real after this is something I cannot possibly imagine)…



…and in case anyone thought the Repugs would have learned not to play stupid voting tricks after last November, think again (if anything, it has only encouraged them)…

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…and with all the other stuff going on, I hope the issue of raising the minimum wage doesn’t get ground into the dust…



…and Happy Valentine’s Day, people.

Wednesday Stuff

Happy 90th birthday to a real American hero…



…and once again, Chris Matthews speaks the truth – God only knows (literally) if Rome is listening…



…and I don’t know what has gotten into Matthews exactly, but as far as I’m concerned, he’s a “man on fire” for this too…



…and why can’t Deadeye Dick Cheney just go crawl into his undisclosed location somewhere and let nature take its inevitable course (here – God, is Charlie Rose a tool)…



…and surely as flatulence follows indigestion…well, didn’t you just know where “Wall Street Scott” Brown would end up (here)…



...and happy 71st birthday to Peter Tork of The Monkees, sharing vocals here with Micky Dolenz.

Tuesday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

You go, Gabby…



…and to get an idea of how big the obstacle is that we face on this issue, please watch this…



…and aside from getting the word out, another way we can fight back is to support Democratic U.S. House candidates like Robin Kelly (here)…



…and Dem Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio talks to Rachel Maddow about what he’s like to see in President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight…

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…and I actually think Moon Unit Bachmann is right at about a minute or so here concerning changes in American politics, but not the way she realizes of course (excerpts from Repug responses to the SOTU over the last four years - I think all Marco Rubio has to do is show up to top these jokers, he being the supposed Repug savior and all...absolutely love K.O.’s snickering under his breath as Jindal walked up to the podium)…



Update 1: And isn't it funny, in an unfunny way I'll admit, that the supposed future of the GOP in the Senate opposed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (here).

Update 2: And concerning Rubio, I think this and this are worthy of a (just about) "spit take."

Update 3: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss (here).

…and I selected this video for the expert level of musicianship and the subtlety of the lyrics – yeah, sure I did.

Monday Stuff

Professor Krugman had, as usual, some interesting words related to this today (here…and Grayson makes a good point in particular about the Repugs and the primaries – love to see a Teahadist go after Mikey the Beloved next year - more here)…



…and I’m including this video partly because it depicts actual sunny weather; it’s also a neat tune.

Saturday Stuff

As of August 1, 2013, the Post Office will stop Saturday mail delivery – Sam Seder gives us the sordid history as to why (like just about all bad things in government, think Bushco…more here)…



…and here is a good Saturday night bar song (I think this loops into a playlist, just so you know).

Friday Stuff

I don’t know how many other people besides your humble narrator were aware of this, but last Wednesday would have been the 102nd birthday of The Sainted Ronnie R.

How many other people, I mean, besides PA’s Governor Tom (“Space Cadet”) Corbett, who was one of 40 Repug governors signing a declaration here proclaiming February 6th as “Ronald Reagan Day.”

Which made me recall this speech that Number 40 once gave in PA, in which he said the following…

Our tax cuts in 1981 lifted our economy out of—you've heard the word back then-"malaise" and into an almost 2 1/2 years of growth. If those tax cuts could take a sick economy suffering from runaway inflation, skyrocketing interest rates, declining investments, sinking morale, and slumping initiative and turn it into the strongest, most dynamic and innovative economy in the world, think what America's tax plan can do today. We can build success on top of success. We can ignite the second stage of our booster rockets and blast this economy to new heights of achievement. We can do it, and we will do it.

Utterly (and typically) ridiculous hyperbole aside (also on display from Reagan here), the following should be recalled about President Jimmy Carter’s “malaise” speech from here (basically, after he gave it, his approval rating rose 11 points – and of course, he never even actually said the word “malaise” in the speech).

Also, Reagan typically talked about how supposedly great his tax cuts were. Well, he gave the speech from which I provided the excerpt in May 1985. And as noted here, by then, he had raised taxes in 1982, 1983 and 1984, and would do so again in 1986 and 1987.

So that makes him at the very least “The Great Obfuscator” based on the excerpt (you could also argue that that makes him a goddamned liar, but I’ll leave that judgment to history).

Anyway, here is my point (at last)…as bad as Reagan was, he looks like FDR in comparison to the yokels in his party now, including Rand Paul in the U.S. Senate, who apparently has no trouble with our economy defaulting based on this.

Well, Reagan, for his myriad faults, actually had some words of wisdom on that subject…



…and I pointed out yesterday that Karl Rove is pitching a fit over the prospect of Steve King running for the Iowa U.S. Senate seat that will be vacated by Dem Tom Harkin.

Well, while you’re trying to wrap your head around that as they say, try this on for size: Al Franken versus Moon Unit Bachmann in Minnesota (here).

OHPLEASELETITBESOOHPLEASELETITBESOOHPLEASELETITBESOOHPLEASELETITBESO (and I still can't believe, after all these years, that Chrissie Hynde gave that great song to Flush Limbore)…



Update 2/9/13: In a way, this is actually positive - let her be a constant reminder that the U.S. House Repugs and their "leadership" learned absolutely nothing from the 2012 elections.

…and here is a deadly serious message that needs no embellishment from yours truly…



…and I was trying to find a video that mentioned Reagan, so I settled for this (don’t blink or you’ll miss it – a tune that has launched a thousand Google searches I’m sure…masterful and clever from the “Top Gun” era, and with a message).

Thursday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

Kudos to Sen. Bernie Sanders for trying, once again, to fight this country’s ridiculous income inequality…

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…and RIP Donald Byrd.

Wednesday Stuff

If a certain George W. Bush were doing this, we in left Blogistan would be jumping up and down, and well we should be.

But it’s President Hopey Changey instead. And that makes it OK in no way, shape, or form.

Actually, it makes it worse because, as Ray McGovern points out in the clip, Obama should definitely know better (more here...this is a bit of positive news, though)…



…and Martin Bashir tells us that, when it comes to faith, this truly is a center-left country…

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…no matter what kind of rebranding the Repugs attempt, as Jon Stewart notes here…



…and this absolutely has to be a Photoshop special – hope so anyway.

Tuesday Stuff

This happened ten years ago today…



…and here is TMI on the guy Karl Rove is trying to stop for the reasons noted here (should probably have pointed this out last night – oh well)…



…and why oh why is our beloved commonwealth trying over and over and over to play electoral political games (here – and yes, I know the answer…and Smerky represents people “in the middle”? Of what, I wonder…I’ll make it easy on the Repugs; you want to try this crap in all 50 states? Be my guest – love to see you guys start losing Texas and NEVER win it back again)…

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…and RIP Reg Presley (and let’s hold off on the Austin Powers jokes, OK bay-bee??)

Monday Stuff

I don’t know about you, but I think this is pretty darned interesting; made me recall this clip (a bit of culture once more)…



…and this tells us about the eight Republican troglodytes STILL opposing the Violence Against Women Act (the fact that the bill would probably die anyway because of the Teahadists in the House is no excuse, by the way)…

…and how funny is this, by the way (and let’s never forget that, no matter what it is, as far as our corporate media is concerned, it’s always good news for Republicans…I know Admiral Joe is more of a “take the high road” kind of guy, which is admirable, but I wish he’d pointed out that the Repugs made their own Frankenstein monster here and now they’re trying to kill it…weak Dem messaging again - sigh)…

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…and yeah, this is kind of a gimmicky video, but it’s for a good tune.

Sunday Stuff

Out of the mouths of babes, as they say (here)…



…and I wonder if this is the reason why the Sunday morning gab fests don’t feature more economists instead of giving the spotlight over and over again to corporate grifters like Carly Fiorina (here)…



…and I know this is old ground, but I love the commentary about the books in particular from Bill Maher…



…and I hope they went out and got permits before they shot this video, assuming it was filmed in PA (don’t know) – you need ‘em in our beloved commonwealth (for real...being tongue-in-cheek about the fireworks, I should add).

Saturday Stuff

This is the ad that Coke and Pepsi don’t want you to see during the big game tomorrow (gosh, I thought our glorious system of free enterprise in this country “lifted all boats.” Color me shocked!)…



…and I gotta tell ya’, if I was cheesed off at the NRA before, that’s nothing compared to how I feel now – I didn’t even make their enemies list!!! (here, and more from C&L here)…



…and happy 71st birthday to Graham Nash…



…and as long as I’m putting up a video having to do with English graybeards, I might as well include this guy too : -).

Friday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

Here is last night’s Rachel Maddow feature on the exchanges between McCain and Hagel at the latter’s confirmation hearing for defense secretary – I can’t think of a word to describe how pathetic it is for any politician to still be defending the Iraq war at this point, but this is where we still are…

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…and I now give you satire worthy of Stanley Kubrick from Bryan Fischer (here, in response to Louisiana Governor Bobby “Don’t Call Me Piyush” Jindal’s speech about the Republicans being the “stupid” party, which is perfectly accurate…yes, I know that Fischer is pond scum and not particularly amusing; we need to shed light on these miseries, however, to help them eventually shrivel away into dust)…



…and it’s a good thing Stephen Colbert is so damn funny; the problem is that there are some conservatives who take him seriously I’m sure (here)…

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…and happy belated birthday to Phil Collins – I’ve been looking for an excuse for this tune, so I’ll take this (one of my favorite Genesis songs).

Thursday Stuff

Rachel Maddow had a good commentary on this disgusting farce tonight that I hope to have here tomorrow; it’s all because of that Kenyan Muslim Socialist in the White House as far as the Repugs are concerned.

I’m tired of giving John McCain a pass because he was a POW. At this point, he’s a doddering old man who should have a hot toddy, go fall down in a corner somewhere and take a nap…

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…and this should have been the lead story on every newscast in this country the day it took place; kudos to David Wheeler, and I truly grieve for his loss…

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…and RIP the Obama “jobs” council, much ado about not a hell of a lot (here) – not totally his fault, though; Heaven forbid that the “pay no price, bear no burden” bunch have to endure any hardship at all to finance actual jobs legislation…



…and I don’t think there’s such a thing as a bad time to hear this song.

Wednesday Stuff

(I also posted some stuff here.)

And now, some words from an individual who, as far as I’m concerned, holds a doctorate in the courage of which she speaks (here)…



…and from the courageous to the utterly gutless, I give you this (here)…

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…and I was going to put up kind of a funny video, but at the moment I don’t have much of a sense of humor, particularly after looking at this set of pics at The Huffington Post which speaks volumes as far as I’m concerned…

…and I keep hearing this song online, and it’s just too good to ignore, so here it is.

Tuesday Stuff

Ten years ago yesterday, the White House of Former President Highest Disapproval Rating In Gallup Poll History alleged that Saddam Hussein was trying to buy yellowcake from Niger in pursuit of WMD, as I recall; George W. Bush said this during his 2003 State of the Union address, one of the grossest, most sickening displays of wall-to-wall lies ever seen by mankind (and dear God, I hope I never see anything like it again…former ambassador Joe Wilson talks here about the guilty verdict handed down to "Scooter" Libby, who was the bag man in the White House's effort to smear Wilson and Valerie Plame in response to calling out our prior ruling cabal on their BS - this loops into other related videos at about 9:52, by the way)…



…and as far as I’m concerned, this song is more than a bit apropos for former President Nutball.

Monday Stuff

John Fugelsang and Stephanie Miller of Current TV provide probably the best analysis I’ve heard to date on the exchange between Secretary of State John Kerry and Teahadist Ron Johnson during Kerry’s confirmation hearing - yep, the Repugs just love allegedly bogus intel, unless they own it of course, which they usually do…



…and speaking of Kerry, he also schooled that numbskull John Barrasso with the latter’s ridiculously leading question on clean energy (here – these words should be heard by every…person…in…this…nation)…



…and leave it to Martin Bashir to provide some reality-based commentary on the fact that Congress has FINALLY approved relief for Hurricane Sandy (ably assisted by Dem rep Joe Crowley)…

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…and in these parts, we’re mourning the loss of a true boomer icon, and that would be Alleen Mae Beller of Kansas City, Missouri, otherwise known as Sally Starr; your humble narrator spent many joyful mornings in front of the TV watching her and cartoons galore, back when a parent could put a child in front of the idiot box and a surrogate parent of sorts would impart life lessons of a fashion while mom and dad were busy working or tending to household chores, and said parent didn’t have to worry about too many obnoxious promos for toys, movies, other obnoxious shows, etc. – I’m not sure it’s possible to truly measure the happiness she brought to so many lives (sorry if this sounds maudlin, but it’s the truth…what follows is a video with her novelty hit record from way back when).

Sunday Stuff

I give you the following from the pages of today’s New York Times (here); as you can see, the National Rifle Association is doing its part to make sure we have an ever-widening pool of kids from whom we can expect, with statistical certainty I’m sure, the next Jared Loughner or James Holmes…

…which makes Bill Maher’s final “New Rule” from Friday all the more timely IMHO…



…oh, and by the way, anyone in the mood for a “relationship” song? Well, here it is anyway.

Saturday Stuff

Congratulations, Harry Reid – because you suck at your job, a leading Dem progressive said “screw it” and decided to walk away (here – and no, I don’t know that, but it’s at least a reasonable suspicion).

I see Obama’s second term unraveling already before my eyes because of stuff like this; love to be wrong…



…and the guy who once tried to link disabled Vietnam war hero and former Sen. Max Cleland to al Qaeda is leaving too (here); naaaw, Chambliss wasn't afraid of being primaried...not much he wasn't...



…turning to music, legendary composer Jimmy Van Heusen would have been 100 today; here is one of his legendary standards…



…and here is a video that is actually from this decade for a change, I know.

Friday Stuff

I give you a Foto Funny from the Bucks County Courier Times yesterday; this appeared on the front page (I guess his brain is too heavy also).

Onto the videos…looks like she’ll have plenty of time now to try and see Vladimir Putin from her house, or something, based on this (don’t know if that’s really Palin or Tina Fey, and at this point, I don’t much care)…



…and no, this doesn’t reflect well on Number 44 (I’ll take what hope I can get at this point and wait a little bit longer for change - don't suppose I have much choice)…

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…and in music notes, Warren Zevon would have been 66 yesterday…



…and here is our regional weather forecast; as somebody on TV once said, let’s be careful out there.

Thursday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

Oh trust me, Ed, we are – once again, Harry Reid brings a knife to the proverbial gun fight; what bleeping good does it do to respect the process when the process is broken (interesting speculation on the potential assault weapons vote – dunno; my suspicion is that that fear is a bit overwrought, but maybe not)…

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…apparently it is necessary for me to provide examples to the Senate Majority “Leader” of how a real Democrat is supposed to act, so here is one…



…and here is another…



…and somehow, as I pondered all of this, I ended up thinking about this song (concerning Reid, I mean).

Wednesday Stuff

This five-minute clip tells you all you will ever need to know about the “OMIGOD TEH DEFICIT IS SO AWFUL SO AWFUL SO AWFUL OUR POOR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN!!!!” kabuki going on right now in the Beltway (and elsewhere)…



…and oh yeah, I’m sure this will really help the Repugs win over that “binders full of women” voting bloc (Rand Paul is an idiot, John McCain is now, sadly, a doddering old fool awaiting his next call for one of the Sunday morning gab fests – which will surely come – and Ron Johnson is another Repug grifter bemoaning the ills of “big gumint” while he got a nice loan to start his business, thank you very much…he also fronted for the Green Bay archdiocese while it shielded pedophiles)…



…and let’s return to President Obama’s second inaugural address for this (awww, poor Mr.-Puppy-Dog-Eyes-With-A-Shiv, lemme hurt your fee fees, you jerk)…

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…and yeah, here is another message song.

Tuesday Stuff

Yep, it actually sounds reasonable to me too (and by the way, there’s no private security for the Obama daughters at their school, nor should there have to be, hopefully not ever)…

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…and oh yeah, today is the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade – will never forget when the decision was handed down…the Catholic Standard and Times ran with pics of fetuses in jars for six months; definitely made an impression, but probably not the way they wanted - we needs LOTS and LOTS more women politicians (and how sickeningly ironic it is that people who clamor the loudest about “big gumint” support government action that is intrusive in as personal a manner as it could ever be…the last minute or so of this has some hugely important information for the “millennials”)…

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…and there will likely be a few milestones to observe this year mainly as an accident of timing, and here is one; Lyndon Baines Johnson died 40 years ago today (let’s put aside the fact that he helped to escalate the Vietnam War and remember this among other highlights of his term instead, OK?)…



…and speaking of presidents, it was good to see JT at the recent inaugural bash, as noted here (and I’ll bet he didn’t even lip-sync :- ).

Monday Stuff

All the best, Mr. President…



…and oh yeah, about those 23 executive orders to try and bring some sanity on the gun issue…



…and as I noted here, the Bucks County Courier Times in these parts has been in true take-open-palm-and-smack-against-forehead mode lately - whenever they screw up, I put up this video; expect to hear it a lot…



…and I have a feeling this song will be played a couple of more times this year, but it definitely fits for today (from the guy who once had a hit with “Runaround Sue,” let’s not forget).

Legacy Of A Dream, 2013

President Obama issued a proclamation here in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 2011, and this post from 2006 concerning Dr. King is every bit as timely now as it was then.

Also, here is an excerpt from a speech given by Dr. King at the Barratt School in Philadelphia in 1967.

Saturday Stuff

I thought Bill Maher made some good points here in his first “New Rules” segment since returning from hiatus - we all need to take a look in the mirror (don’t blink, or HBO will pull down this video I’m sure like they always do – idiots)…



…and how dare Ezra Klein come up with an informed analysis based on boring stuff like, y’know, actual facts and data (here) – not going to be invited on the Sunday morning gab fests by doing stuff like that (removing my tongue from my cheek)…



…and Stephen Colbert does it again (yeah, I'm sure those third graders are writing their letters to Obama telling him to restructure our debt - what a maroon)…



…and Janis Joplin would have been 70 today.

Friday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

I don’t know if anybody else besides me noticed, but today would have been the 100th birthday of Danny Kaye (a wonderful clip from this pic)...



...and oh yeah, anybody remember our combat veterans in Iraq and Afghanistan – show of hands?...



...and I love the way Jon Stewart starts his commentary by making fun of this – so bizarre as to be utterly beyond any description from yours truly (and I guess “tyrannical overreach” is all in the eye of the beholder)...



...and here’s a little bit of Friday night “message” music.

Thursday Stuff

Want to know what it’s like when Democrats go bad? Check this out.



Return the NRA blood money or become a Repug, Congressman Barrow. It’s your choice…

…and speaking of lousy Democrats, I think it’s time once more to revisit this clip on “Bush Dog” Jim Cooper, given the fact that he was the ONLY DEMOCRAT who voted against relief for victims of Hurricane Sandy (here); here he is opposing the public option about three years ago (and how prophetic was Dr. Dean here about the Democrats losing their gains in Congress if they didn’t get stuff done that most of this country wanted?)…



…oh, and you want to talk to a liberal who owns a gun? Here’s Aisha Tyler on Current (for now) TV…



…and given this story (RIP), I offer the following as a tribute.

Wednesday Stuff

So NRA liar-in-chief David Keene tells Wolf Blitzer that he’d be open to background checks at gun shows.

Really?

As noted here…

National Rifle Association President David Keene suggested to CNN's Candy Crowley that he has little faith in universal background checks, saying they don't work.

And as far as that remark about reporting stolen guns being “problematic” or something, that’s only the case as far as Keene is concerned because, like all common-sense gun measures, he’s fighting that too (here).

The NRA “leadership” is beholden to the gun industry. They’ve long since proved that they don’t give a damn about anyone or anything else, including their own membership…

Update 1/17/13: Uh, yep.



…and Keene also said that terrorists don't buy guns, or something.

Again, really? And please don’t lecture me because the narrator said “fully automatic” – a semi-automatic weapon will kill you just as dead...



…and Chris Matthews has been making a lot of sense lately, and he does again here (and deep down, he knows the reason why the Repugs have gone completely around the bend, but that’s at least a five-minute commentary by itself)…

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…and when I heard about this, I first felt disgust and revulsion (I also commented on it and other stuff here), but when I heard this tune later today while filling up the Doomsymobile, I thought that the title was perfect to sum up how I feel about it (and concerning the NRA and the Repugs overall I suppose).

Tuesday Stuff

The year is still pretty young, but George Burnett is my asshat of the year for this: 1) Charging liberals more money for your stinking smoothies is lame enough, but 2) …well, just turn off Fix Noise and read this, you numbskull…



…and funny, but I’m not hearing any smartass conservative BS about “cheese eating surrender monkeys” over this…



…and for now – for now – I’m willing to cut Obama and the Dems some slack on the gun thing, especially since Biden hasn’t released the findings of his commission, but I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t think there was already something in the works to call half the proverbial loaf a victory and walk away; love to be wrong…



…and here’s a bit of a sop to what used to be called “Top 40” radio – good tune all the same.

Monday Stuff

Happy birthday to T-Bone Burnett (again, not much country here, so enjoy it while you can)…



…and here are more real-life people outside the Beltway who stand to be hurt badly by the idiocy of the U.S. House Republicans (hey, Mr.-Bucks-County-Moneybags-Who-Apparently-Needs-A-Constructive-Way-To-Spend-His-Dough Gene Epstein, you gonna take out another full page ad in the Courier Times telling us how much you love Mikey the Beloved if he helps to hold our economy hostage again? And memo to Frank Luntz – this is about a hell of a lot more than language)…

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…and it looks like Lex Luthor Scott has won over a hard-to-reach demographic (and what is it with Republicans and dogs anyway?)…

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...and happy birthday also to Allen Toussaint.

Sunday Stuff

Oh, and in case you missed this little item from the prior week, it looks like AIG won’t be joining a shareholder lawsuit filed by former chairman Hank Greenberg and others over the supposedly “onerous” terms of the taxpayer bailout; here is a stroll down memory sewer, as it were, concerning the company’s misbehavior (ends kind of suddenly, but you get the point)…



…and if ever there was a video that called for a cameo by John Cleese, I think this is it (a joke for Python fans).

Saturday Stuff

I don’t know what’s more amazing – the fact that more TV programs don’t slap us so squarely in the mouth, as it were, like “Newsroom” on HBO does here in this clip (and Jeff Daniels acts this so well that I don’t think he’s acting at all), or the fact that what he says sounds like total and utter anathema when it is so obviously true (Daniels’ character failed to mention another category in which this country leads, and that is the most number of citizens in possession of a firearm; nothing to be proud of as far as I’m concerned…and by the way, the most widely spoken language on earth isn’t English, but Mandarin Chinese)…



…and if you want more liberal crazy talk from Lawrence O’Donnell, concerning the upcoming swearing-in of Number 44 once more, here it is (The Daily Tucker ran a screaming headline over this saying that O’Donnell was saying that they shouldn’t have the Bible for the ceremony – too funny)…

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…and speaking of reality checks, here’s another one from Chris Hayes...



…and here’s a song about a desire that I’m sure is being communicated somewhere at this moment (easy there, you crazy kids).

Friday Stuff

It looks like Phil Gingrey made an ass of himself again, as noted here (more Gingrey lowlights are here).

Seriously, are there any adults in the Republican Party who can put an end to this awfulness, at long last (talking about rape, I mean)? Please let me know (by the way, good on Gingrey for this if he really means it)…



…and I would say that Rachel Maddow has turned over a rather interesting rock concerning an Alaskan oil rig set up by Shell and that company’s efforts to move it in really, really bad weather (kudos to Ed Markey of Massachusetts…um, doesn’t Alaska allegedly have a Dem U.S. Senator who could say a thing or two about this also? Paging Mark Begich)…

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…and Jon Stewart does it again, bringing it to Fix Noise big time over their criticism of the Current TV sale to Al Jazeera America (which, dare I hope, could get this guy on the air once more at long last where he belongs)…

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…and I know I’m behind on the indie/contemporary videos, and I’ll get back to them I promise, but for now, happy belated birthday to this guy, who could probably go by his real name now if he wanted to.