Friday Stuff

(Gonna try to rev this up again a bit - I also posted over here.)

Yeah, that foreign policy “genius” Gramps McCain is shouting “get off my lawn” again (here – just sad at this point)…



…and I guess Stephen Colbert’s commentary is “What Is And What Should Never Be” (here - yeah I know, it’s old)…

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…and RIP Ruby Dee…



…and as long as we’re talking about Spirit (re: the Colbert piece), I should note that they wrote some eco-friendly songs including this one, but as far as I’m concerned, the line “the world’s a can for your fresh garbage” fits McCain to a “T” (returning to the "hippy, dippy" '60s here).

Wednesday Stuff

Downtime will probably take place starting tomorrow for real – not sure how long yet.

In the meantime, I give Rachel Maddow credit for overturning the dreaded corporate media conventional narrative on that sleazy weasel Eric Cantor’s primary loss last night – maybe the voters out there aren’t as enamored with congressional Repugs overall as the news organizations with initials for names keep telling us…



…and here is Part One of Jon Stewart’s take down of Fix Noise in particular over the Bowe Bergdahl stuff (more here)…

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…and here is Part Two…

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…and we experienced a very positive life event with the teenaged one tonight; congrats to him and all grads in his class – I’ve had this song in mind all day concerning his now-happily-departed educational institution.

Tuesday Stuff

(I got a bit of a reprieve, so here are some more videos.)

And what a stroke of luck, because I can put up this video in response to this - HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!



...and yes, the silly season is truly upon us (and let’s not forget this about most of the people complaining – and it sounds like Alex Wagner is trying to stir the pot over the latest faux scandal also…please)…



Update 6/12/14: And let's not forget that this was going on while Number 42 inhabited An Oval Office - the legal costs would have been enough to drown, so to speak, most people once and for all.

...meanwhile, for a story that actually matters, I give you this...



…and I gotta tell ya’ that I really like the sound of this band.

Monday Stuff

This took place 60 years ago today – let’s never forget how important a moment this truly was…



…and former Reaganite Bruce Bartlett is my hero for this, and I love his matter-of-fact delivery (and that “I” word is so, SOOO important – of course, the Repugs are only talking about it now because most of them are running for re-election – if you mention it to them this time next year, you’ll only hear the sound of crickets)…



…and even though this is definitely NSFW (though the naughty words are bleeped), I still think this is genius stuff from John Oliver; almost busted a gut during the last two minutes (and he must have been successful – somehow I missed this until yesterday)…



…and happy belated 70th birthday to Boz Scaggs.



(Shutting down for a bit due to technical upgrades…)

Saturday Stuff

Here’s a fun little game – instead of Number 44, imagine that we’re talking about Former President Numbskull, and instead of John McCain and Saxby Chambliss (a man who once linked multiple Vietnam war amputee Max Cleland to bin Laden, let’s not forget), let’s imagine that we’re talking about Dick Durbin and John Kerry.

Now tell me the universe in which something like this would actually take place with the latter combination...



...and once again, when it’s time for spot-on analysis of a news issue, it’s time for a comedian (one of the most apt gun commentaries I’ve ever heard)...



...and Bill Maher made his point with humor, but Chris Hayes makes his point with serious reporting and commentary (and I sincerely hope neither Jim Howell nor his family or friends will fall victim to gun violence in his state, but if that happens, he will have only himself to blame - and before we "blue staters" get too smug on the whole GOP "preemption" thing when it comes to guns in particular, keep in mind that that's what our beloved commonwealth of PA practices concerning the city of Philadelphia)...



...and yeah, they sure are.

Friday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

Once again, when it's time for hard-hitting commentary on a current news issue of great import, then it's time for Jon Stewart (here)...



...and how anyone can actually vote for any of the life forms in this video in light of these utterly ridiculous remarks (including Jeb Bush, the supposed "adult" in the room blaming liberal arrogance, or something, for the deterioration of this planet) is something I will NEVER know...



…and I give you the following remembrance in light of today’s 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion during World War II…



...and here's a tune from that era (time for a bit of a change of pace).

Wednesday Stuff (update)

Yeah, I think the Bowe Bergdahl stuff is the last bloody straw for yours truly, for the reasons Rachel Maddow points out here (and leave it to corporate media harlot Diane Sawyer to criticize Pfc. Jessica Lynch for telling the truth and basically giving away the foul, fetid Bushco game)…



Update 6/10/14: And I would call this an interesting history lesson (Conservative Forgetting 101 indeed).

…and since I just featured a video with Coulter, I am legally required to put up the following NSFW clip with Henry Rollins…



…and yes, this needs to be repeated as long as the other side keeps braying loudly, and wrongly, in consideration of the latest proposed EPA regulations…



…and I know I’m a little late with this, but better than never I guess…



…and “there’s no such thing as a dissident (in China), only law breakers,” huh?

As far as I’m concerned, it is an eternal shame that the United States, in its greed and dunderheaded stupidity, rewarded a regime responsible for the Tiananmen Square massacre by basically offshoring much of its computer hardware industry to that location (to say nothing of screwing over workers in this country and adding to the deficit, of course)…



…and I’ve had the following tune in my head all day in response to the above-noted story – have to dig deep into the archives for this one.

Tuesday Stuff

I'll be buying my Harvey Milk stamps the first chance I get (and isn't this precious? Typical, though - audio in clip sounds freaky, computer-generated I guess)...



...and "start spreading the news," if you will, about the new EPA regs - Rachel Maddow explains...



...and I know she lobbed a softball or two here to William Reilly of Poppy Bush's EPA, and Reilly downplayes his own party's nutsiness, but I still thought this was a good interview...



...and happy 75th birthday (yikes!) to Ian Hunter.

Monday Stuff

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And now, time for "This Week In Utter Barbarism," courtesy of Not Your Father's Republican Party...



...and I give you the state of North Carolina trying to outlaw “imminent disturbance” here (wouldn't be a bit surprised to see this one end up in the High Court of Hangin' Judge JR, where anything can happen I realize)...



…and here is my response to the latest idiocy from columnist Jack (Iraq War “All But Won” in February ’05) Kelly here...and by the way…



…and congrats to Melissa Etheridge and partner Linda Wallem here – all the best.

Friday Stuff

Rachel Maddow leads off with a collection of truly awful political ads before she turns to covering Teahadist victories this week in Texas; figures that the only way one of them could lose a primary election is to an energy industry executive (and speaking of MSNBC, I’ll remember this every time I go to their site and the first thing I see is that natural gas ad with that woman with her eyebrows who apparently doesn’t care whether or not her kids are ingesting fracking chemicals)…



…and yes, my fellow prisoners, Judge Rudolph Randa really is that bad (I have to admit, though, that I’m losing patience with Chris Hayes; he continually goes out of his way to give a forum for conservatives – the problem isn’t that these people have a contrary opinion, the problem is that they are demonstrably and provably wrong)…



...that being said, I noted on Wednesday that I was wringing my hands on the food issue in this country, so I think it’s important to put up this video for more information...



...and it’s Friday – time to dance.

Thursday Stuff

As you watch this, consider the “success” of cable TV deregulation – the bigger fish gobbled up the smaller fish, and that was that (here)…



…and yes, I apologize for involving myself or anyone else into the 2016 stuff already, but when it comes to the future of the planet, I think that topic tops all others (as well as taking a well-deserved shot or two at Lex Luthor Scott)…



…and even though I thought “Cold, Dead Hand” was great, Jim Carrey remains pretty much an acquired taste for yours truly – I heard his recent commencement address was awesome, though, including this excerpt (I’ll have to go find the whole thing and watch it later)…



…and this guy made it to Philly last month – sorry I missed the show and didn’t put up the vid earlier.

Wednesday Stuff

Statistically, I’m sure we’ll be down this road again, as we wring our hands and do nothing while another lunatic lurks in the shadows – love to be wrong, of course (here)…



…and oh yeah, remember the Afghan War Number 44 inherited from Former President Nutball?…



…and aside from the latest income inequality news, which is terrible, please believe that I support the first lady’s food initiative, but if kids are going to just waste healthy food (monumentally stupid, and I would consider it a sin also), then maybe the schools do need the flexibility to manage their food budgets appropriately; yes, those criticizing Michelle Obama are mainly doing it because she’s a “D,” but maybe we need a meeting of the minds versus the mindless on this subject…still wrestling with this as you can tell…



...and I have to admit that, in a good way, this is an infectious little tune (can't tell you what's up with the huge pink slurpee, though).

Tuesday Stuff

“Drop that vibrator, lady, and come out with your hands up!” (here).

How about a policy of “no vibrators, no guns,” then? You want to know how fast the High Court of Hangin’ Judge JR would overturn that one?...



…and I take no pride whatsoever in holding up Michael Kinsley to ridicule, but his comments about “the government” being able to decide what should be reported on above all else earns him scorn, which is truly sad…



Update 5/28/14: And as noted here, Kinsley has a lot of company (h/t Atrios).

…and just remember that neither Sen. Richard Burr nor “Dr.” Ben Carson have ever served our country (and almost just as galling is to see Nia Malika Henderson try to pivot this mess away from Burr to the Democrats – typical corporate media narrative; more false equivalency...the bill Henderson refers to "went down" in the Senate because it was killed by Senate Republicans, noted here)…



…and happy birthday to BRUUUUCE Cockburn.

Memorial Day Stuff

Happy Memorial Day – this man in Rockland, MA definitely has the right idea…



…and here is a tune for the occasion.

Sunday Stuff

This report from Rachel Maddow tells us more about LBJ’s “Great Society,” for which we recently observed the 50th anniversary, before it takes a right turn and discusses Eric Cantor’s Teahadist primary challenger in Virginia (for Cantor to lecture anyone on earth about “decency” is enough to make me gag, though those life forms booing him are actually beneath contempt in their own way too)…



…and yeah, as far as Cantor and his pals are concerned, it is indeed “how we operate.”

Saturday Stuff

"When will this insanity stop," indeed (here) - absolutely no rest from the threat of these lethal weapons of death in the hands of lunatics...

Friday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

Happy 50th birthday to “The Great Society” of President Lyndon Johnson, derided (usually inaccurately) by wingnuts everywhere (here); the following clip comes from January 1965 (yes, lofty goals and picturesque rhetoric I know, but Johnson was a hard, cold realist too – there’s a lot more to learn about it, but this clip gives a taste of what it was all about)…



...and here is a timely item from Jon Stewart in two parts; the first appears below (I know he's joking of course, but as far as I’m concerned, Bill Orally will never be a “hero”)…

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...and here is Part Two...

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…and 80 years ago today, legendary bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were gunned down by Texas Ranger Frank Hamer and his cohorts; of course, they were the subject of Arthur Penn’s equally legendary 1967 flick here (returning to the LBJ era again) starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, and other fine actors; here is a tune for the occasion (spawned from the movie a year later of course) that I don’t think you would ever hear except for right now.

Thursday Stuff

I guess this is how Colorado Republicans intend to reach out to “ornamental” women voters – Judas H. Priest on a pogo stick…



…and this tells us what their “minority outreach” efforts are all about also (“roach legislation” – good one...and by the way, I thought this was a good post from Jed Lewison of Daily Kos about last Tuesday's primaries)…



...and I was once a wage slave to the “golden arches,” and hopefully won’t ever be again – I could probably eat a Big Mac again at gunpoint, but that’s the only way I would do it...



...and here's some damn skippy funk, people.

Wednesday Stuff

Well, I got one right anyway – congratulations to Kevin Strouse, and thanks to both Allyson Schwartz and Shaughnessy Naughton for their class in pledging their support to their party’s respective nominees (not quite sure how good Tom Wolf is at slinging back the mud that surely will come his way from Corbett and his pals, but we're about to find out).

Now, Strouse goes on to fight Mikey the Beloved in the fall (and please, for God’s sake, dispense with campaign ads like this one...sorry, but "happy touchy feely" doesn't work for yours truly)…



...actually, this is MUCH better - sorry I didn't show it sooner...



…and drat that tree-hugging Obama and his Bureau of Land Management (the same bunch trying to enforce the rule of law against wingnut welfare recipient Cliven Bundy) for trying to protect our environment and create jobs (removing my tongue from my cheek)…



…and here is an update to Robert Greenwald’s fine documentary “Koch Brothers Exposed” (Keith Olbermann's Special Comment about Citizens United looks more and more prophetic, unfortunately)…



…and I would have liked to see Alan Grayson, Pete DeFazio (a veteran) and Joe Crowley named to the BENGHAZI!!! circus instead (here), but I think these are good choices, particularly Rep. Cummings (part of me wants to see the Dems sit this out, but unfortunately, the cable news channels have a bigger squawk box than just about any other blogger out there, and for the Dems not to provide some kind of push back could be fatal from an electoral perspective)…



Update 5/22/14: And if this is true, than Steny Hoyer is more pathetic than I ever imagined.

…and happy belated 70th birthday to Joe Cocker (among other things, probably the greatest Ray Charles-cover artist of all time...yeah, isn't it great when a divey little bar magically turns into a high-gloss '80s music video?).

Monday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

God, this is simply precious...



...and yes, my fellow prisoners, “hope and change” is for real...



...and I give you career ambassador Thomas Pickering on BENGHAZI!!! here (time for a grown-up perspective)...



...and the following two items are NSFW - first, Bill Maher reads conservative porn (guess I'd better put on my bathrobe and my Michael Bolton CD)...



...and except for his remarks about Baptism, which I didn't appreciate actually, I thought Maher was on the money again here...



...and happy 65th birthday to Dusty Hill of Z.Z. Top.

Friday Stuff

Oh yeah, enough is enough all right (here, and I LOVE this idea)...



…and speaking of overwrought, delusional conservative self-entitlement, I give you this (along with this update; a good post by Jed Lewison made even better by some of the hilarious comments)…



...and no, I'm not worried - I think they're both lost causes anyway (here)...

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...and it's Friday night - you know the rest.

Thursday Stuff

Nail. Hammer. Head. (here)...



...and happy 60th birthday, Brown v. Board of Education (in two days anyway)...



…and I’m not sure what I could possibly add that would do justice to this, except maybe to wonder why Number 43 didn’t even bother to show up (oh, right - a "scheduling conflict"...uh huh)…



...and on an unrelated note, Ol' Blue Eyes left us 16 years ago yesterday.

Wednesday Stuff

I give you another “miracle” of Repug fiscal governance, this time in the Garden State under “Governor Bully” (yep, no shortage of people to blame besides himself – typical for an egomaniac like him)…



…and I now give you the latest in South Carolina’s request for a state fossil, courtesy of 8-year-old Olivia McConnell (no relation to Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao I’m sure) in a triumph of science over creationism (“Fossil,” huh? You mean Huckleberry Graham doesn’t qualify :-)…



…and Jon Stewart is dead-on about these Boko Haram life forms, but he’s also right about Flush Limbore (here)…

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...all of which puts me in the mood to hear this tune, unfortunately.

Tuesday Stuff

Happy Birthday to Stephen Colbert – once more, here is a particularly funny bit that is, alas, still topical…



...and yeah, I apologize for getting all into the “2014 horse race” BS with this, but if nothing else, this report from Joy Reid and her guests is some push-back based on data to the whole “OMIGOD THE CONGRESSIONAL DEMS ARE DOOMED!” narrative, as well as “BENGHAZI!!!” of course…



…and the stuff that matters in this clip is between about :40 and 1:35 (wonder if this Brian Sullivan guy got a serious response – and leave it to that toad Mark Halperin of our Beltway courtier media to defend Dubya the first chance he gets…there are actually journalists in the world risking their lives to do their jobs; given that, it turns my stomach to consider Halperin, and those like him, as members of the “fourth estate”)…



…and I had this song on my mind all day as I contemplated this awful anniversary.

Monday Stuff

If we lived in PA-13, I guarantee that this guy would get my vote in the upcoming Dem primary (at a minimum)…



…and once against, when it’s time to speak truth to stoo-pid, it looks like it’s time for a comedian (here - NSFW)…



…and between President Obama and Repug Governors McCrory, Brownback and Christie, someone has mastered basic math and the other three haven’t – Rachel Maddow makes it painfully clear who’s who…



...and yeah, time for another empowering tune, I guess - why not.

Saturday Stuff

Kudos to the moms who staged the protest here in favor of sensible federal gun laws about a year ago – it fell short besides their best efforts, of course; that doesn’t mean that that’s the end, though…if you support a Republican, that’s a vote for the status quo…Dems are hardly perfect themselves on this score either – many have to be scared into being reminded that they’re the party of common-sense gun reforms…



...and a happy Mother's Day tomorrow to all moms.

Friday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

Looks like that Georgia peanut farmer ended up with the last laugh over The Sainted Ronnie R, though it isn’t funny at all to think about how far behind we are on solar in particular because of Number 40; this has to be driving the Koch Brothers out of their bloody minds (here)…



…and yes, my fellow prisoners, Stuart Varney really is that big of a toad…

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...and I don't know if I'll be able to track down videos for all 7 of the Repug members of the U.S. House BENGHAZI!!! clown show or not (here), but this introduces one member anyway, Martha Roby...



…and I say let’s get this weekend started, and with a “message” tune to boot.

Thursday Stuff

Great commentary by Jonathan Capehart here, though, in addition to African Americans, Dems everywhere will need younger voters, other minorities, single-women heads of households, etc. – everybody (and wouldn’t it be nice to turn the dreaded Beltway “CW” right on its pointed little head?)…



…and yeah, “lady junk” and Eric Bolling – that equivalence works for yours truly (here)…

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Update 5/12/14: I think sometimes it's best to stand back and let teh stoo-pid speak for itself (here - h/t Atrios).

…and the humor to me falls a little flat in this video – speaking of Stephen Colbert, I think he and Jon Stewart have kind of cornered the market on topical droll irony – but I also think the points about why the Internet should be free and open are well made (video is about 29 minutes)…



...and now, time for a folky interlude (we absolutely love Squibnocket, by the way).

Wednesday Stuff

Yeah yeah I know, more “boomer” nostalgia and popular (for the ‘60s anyway) mythology – God, gag me (had this in mind when I heard about this)…



...and I could care less about Monica Whatsername or BENGHAZI!! BENGHAZI!! BENGHAZI!! BENGHAZI!! (or Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!) – here is some reality we need to be dealing with instead…



…oh, what the #@!!, here is John Fugelsang on you-know-what, probably the only person who actually knows what they’re talking about on this – don’t know who the white-haired guy is, but don’t laugh too hard…funny how the comedians seem to be the only ones making sense any more…



...and once again, "freedom" of religion for me, but not for thee - what a joke (and kudos to Bob Casey for this)...



...and this is easily the most important video of the bunch, for now and quite probably above all others (more here)...



...which kind of puts me in the mood for this tune, including the title in particular (also reminds me that I have yard work to do).

Tuesday Stuff

Yep, I give Carmelo Cintrón Vivas points for consistency here too, he of the coalition to keep Our Gal Condi Rice from speaking at Rutgers, which achieved the desired result…



…and as far as I’m concerned, this report demonstrates yet again why we will NEVER be able to work with the wingnuts on “smart” gun technology as it evolves (I wish for once the “Tiffany Network” and their corporate brethren would have the guts to air a report like this along with some actual analysis on the price of gun violence in this country – yes, I know, If we lived with sunshine, lollipops and rainbows every day)…



…and yep, climate is playing a role in this too – oh, and speaking of which, Antarctica is disappearing…um, we should do something…



…and once in awhile, I need a bit of a life-affirming tune, so here goes.

Monday Stuff

To be fair, the job numbers don’t indicate those who have dropped off the radar, but there’s definitely a positive record for Democrats to run on, if only they’d figure out what the hell their messaging is on this topic (and ignore people like James Carville, who act like we aren’t supposed to talk about the economy as we get closer to the elections– please...and good point to include the decline in public sector jobs as a contributing factor)…



…and I thought this was a good clip from E.J. Dionne about what you might call left-wing Christianity (to combat some more idiocy on display here from the High Court of Hangin’ Judge JR)…



…and here is a truly memorable (and timely, and most definitely NSFW) rant from Cenk Uygur – as I’ve said, the other side can make an intelligent case in opposition to Number 44; they could, but of course they won’t…



…and it looks like “Man Tan” Boehner is going to try his best to keep BENGHAZI!!! alive as long as he possibly can (and God Almighty, am I waiting for the damn Democrats to take advantage of this…hey, how about a 30-second video, or a minute, pointing out how all the money spent on BENGHAZI!!! could be spent more productively on behalf of real, actual people just trying to survive?).

Meanwhile, here’s a tune about four other dead Americans – wonder if Boehner or his same-party pals will ever care (and yes, I know the answer to this hypothetical – more here).

Friday Stuff

Geez oh man, it looks like it’s all BENGHAZI BENGHAZI BENGHAZI BENGHAZI anymore among our Beltway media political industrial complex, as noted here – easier to focus on that I guess instead of “dumb” stuff like, y’know, the deterioration of our environment, decreased opportunities for our kids graduating from colleges and the overall collapse of the middle class while we descend into an utter plutocracy.

With that in mind, I think this is a timely clip once more (and this is about as much of Charles Cooke as I can tolerate, by the way – always worth it to hear Glenn Greenwald, though)…



…and the contest for the next mayor of Newark, NJ is something that is barely on my radar, as it were, but I still think that it’s important to give a bit of a push to Ras Baraka, if for no other reason than the fact that his opponent is a pal of “Governor Bully,” as noted in the ad (here)…



…and I don’t want to let the week end without nothing these recent laudable words from retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens (and bravo to Cenk for this)…



...and from the “disillusioned words like bullets bark” file (here), I give you this.

Thursday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

After watching this video, I think it’s safe to say that Heartland CEO Joe Bast’s pulmonologist must have obtained his medical degree from inside a box of Cracker Jacks (great work from Lee Fang, practicing actual journalism – shocking! – as opposed to this idiocy…more here)…



…and once again, paging the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops – zzzzzzzz…



…and after watching this, I cannot possible imagine how anyone can defend capital punishment…



…though somehow I guess Paul Ryan and Mary Fallin (and the ridiculously misnamed Mike "Christian") manage to sleep at night – one of life’s mysteries as far as I’m concerned.

Wednesday Stuff

Kudos to the Rutgers students protesting Our Gal Condi’s commencement speech there next month (here) – yep, we know what it probably will amount to in the end, but the protest matters…



Update 5/3/14: Geez, I was wrong (it happens) - score one for our side (here - yeah, Rice is a "distraction"...yeah, that's it).

…and by the way, I’ll "see" the wingnuts the Leland Yee stuff and "raise" them this, in terms of stories supposedly not covered by our national media, which I think would present Not Your Father’s Republican Party in yet another unfavorable light, and richly deserved too (commentary is a bit snarky and NSFW also, but I think it’s fundamentally right)…



…and I don’t know what happened to the clip in the beginning of President Obama – kind of broke up a bit – but the rest of the video is well done; kudos to Mayor Reed, who is quite correct to emphasize what needs to be done to the congressional Republicans who continue, in their dunderheaded stupidity, to block a federal increase in the minimum wage…



…and is anyone in the mood for kind of a perversely dreamy tune loosely inspired by a “spaghetti western” or two from days gone by? Well, tough – here it is anyway.

Tuesday Stuff

Herman Cain, where art thou – how quickly they forget, and rightly so (and by the way, I thought this was a nice article about TV’s real “pizza man” and his pals)...



…and gosh, whaddaya know? It’s not just filthy, unkempt liberal blogger types such as yours truly arguing this stuff (and this definitely helps too)…



…and Ed Schultz gives us the latest on the TPP, which (God willing) isn’t going to go anywhere…



...and can’t everybody just LEAVE PAUL SIMON AND EDIE BRICKELL ALOOOONE??!! (here, and yes, I’m kidding).

Monday Stuff

I thought this was about as even-handed a commentary on Not Your Father’s Republican Party and the Dems as you can expect from Bill Maher (yes, I know he needs to present the “other side,” but I’ll never understand why he chooses to confer legitimacy on Charles Murray by letting him appear on the show...and yes, NSFW)…



…and Joy Reid brings a little historical perspective to the mess with Donald Sterling, apparently bigoted owner of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team (and kudos to the players for this, as Reid notes)…



…and even though the climate crisis is most definitely not a game, I thought this was a well done-presentation (hat tip to C&L)…



…and happy belated birthdays to Jim James and Patrick Hallahan of My Morning Jacket.

Friday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

It would actually be unintentionally funny if it weren’t so pathetic, and so much wasn’t at stake (more here) – when all is said and done, “Orange Man” will go down as one of the very worst U.S. House speakers this country has ever seen…



…and it looks like we have more fun with Repug U.S. House Rep Michael Grimm (here)…



…and what a shame that we can’t replace the typical right-wing loudmouths with some artificial intelligence; the robotic creations would automatically be smarter…



...and a belated happy 55th birthday to Robert Smith of The Cure.

Thursday Stuff

(I remembered the day today - face palm...).

Yep, Repugs, looks like you’re all headed for that “death spiral” over “Obamacare” – time to order up more slime, I guess (hopefully it won’t work)…



…and I would say that Cliven Bundy is at about fourteen and a half minutes here (and the only reason why Sean Inanity turned on Bundy is because he’s getting pilloried by Jon Stewart over it)…



...and as far as I'm concerned, the "peach state" is "the pits" for this (lock and load, wingnuts - meanwhile, the beat goes on)...



...and yeah, I'd say that Bundy and the Georgia asshats have been presented in "bad self-portraits" here too.

Wednesday Stuff

Happy 60th birthday to filmmaker Michael Moore – I think this clip from Rachel Maddow communicates just how far out on a limb he went on Iraq, and I know he’s become sort of a pop-culture punchline in a way since then, unjustly I believe (finally saw “Team America” recently from Trey Parker and Matt Stone, about 8 years or so late I guess, and that’s the treatment Moore gets…yes, he’s been guilty of excess at times and he hasn’t always been 100 percent correct, but as far as I’m concerned, he’s gotten closer to that target as a documentary filmmaker than anyone else)…



…and I think this is one of the better “Debunktion Junction” features – sticking with R. Maddow…



…and the segment with the wrongly-terminated Police Chief Moore in the prior clip is probably a good segue to this - the end of Jon Stewart’s typically great commentary here is definitely NSFW, but God, is he right…



…and to commemorate the 450th birthday of The Bard, I give you an unusual tribute.

Tuesday Stuff

I thought this was a good interview conducted by Alex Wagner with Nevada journalist Jon Ralston over the whole Cliven Bundy idiocy - more food for thought is here (and yeah, maybe Harry Reid shouldn’t have referred to Bundy’s supporters as terrorists, but it’s hard to see them as anything but that at this point)…



...and I have to admit that I was on the fence a bit between Tom Wolf and Allyson Schwartz as to who should be the Democratic Party nominee to take on Tom “Space Cadet” Corbett in the PA Gubernatorial contest this fall, but this ad cinches it for me on the Allyson Schwartz side – this is exactly how a Democrat is supposed to run (to help, click here)…



…and I thought this was an interesting Rachel Maddow feature on presidential pardons, and why Number 44 has a bit of catching up to do on this (not surprised that there's a Bushco "back door slam," if you will, here)…



…and by the way, Happy Earth Day.

Monday Stuff

Hey Democrats – want to know how to run on the successes of the Affordable Care Law? By highlighting stories like the ones touched on here...



...and it looks like BoBo is up to more antics here - Sam Seder brings to us other recent Brooks idiocy (along with Beltway mouthpiece Ruth Marcus)...



...and note to corporate media stenographer Marcus and her pals - do you want to know about something that is really revolting? Check this out (but just the fact that Jeb is Dubya's brother wouldn't automatically disqualify him - still have to make the case)...



...and I only have a few days left for this one, so here it is.

Happy Easter 2014

May you all have a happy and blessed Easter. If you don't observe anything, may you have a happy and blessed long weekend.

Friday Stuff

Kudos to Chris Hayes for connecting a whole bunch of dots here, and for turning Billo the Clown’s noxious words against him…



…and I REALLY missed the boat on this one, but hey, at least I got there – uh huh…and no, I haven’t forgotten that this is Good Friday…



…and hey, all of you amateur artists out there, don’t “misunderestimate” yourself (and no, I don’t suppose anything having to do with Former President Nutball will ever actually be funny either)…



…and going from one “boy George” to another (even though I guess I’m a bit late on this also)…enjoy.

Thursday Stuff

I don’t give a crap about Repug U.S. House Rep Dennis Ross and his paper route or whatever job he had as a kid – the problem is that 90 percent of minimum wage workers are 20 years or older, as noted here (which Ross would understand if he were really listening to that gentleman who works at Arby’s)…of course, this blow-dried bozo doesn’t really care about trying to level the playing field, as it were, for anyone else (oh, and by the way, raising the minimum wage is economically stimulative, which of course would help Obama and the Dems, hence Ross’s opposition)…



…and I’ve been telling Congressional Dems and like-minded candidates to go out and sell the Affordable Care Law for a little while now, and I’m not running for anything – kudos to Rep. Elijah Cummings for pointing that out also…



…and a hat tip to one of my senior correspondents for this (NSFW) – yes, this is satire, Aussie style, but as far as the Koch Brothers are concerned, this no doubt is merely a documentary…



...and there's so much stoo-pid, so little time with this (and the headline is a particular head-scratcher even for the Foxies...my video response follows).

Wednesday Stuff

Number 44 visited our glorious commonwealth today - easy to see who's serious here about "jobs, jobs, jobs" and who isn't...



Update 4/17/14: And this is way too damn funny from The Daily Tucker, and it was a headline at the top of the page (ZOMG, 25 out of 40 plant workers shoved their hands in their pockets instead of applauding every 30 seconds! SCANDAL! IRS LOIS LERNER BENGHAZI IRS LOIS LERNER BENGHAZI IRS LOIS LERNER BENGHAZI IRS LOIS LERNER BENGHAZI!!!),

…and here is more good news on the Affordable Care Law – so how will the Repugs react? CANTHEARYOUNANANANANA (oh, and as far as Tom Cotton goes, I give you this)…



...and I think the question posed by Rachel Maddow at the end of this segment on domestic terrorism is spot-on (and heckuva job, wingnuts, to help to squelch a DHS report on the subject)...



...and it's nice to see this guy hit it big with this little number.

Tuesday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

I apologize a bit for paying attention to the hateful maggot who (allegedly) perpetrated a deadly mass shooting recently in Kansas City; I think, however, that this is a good report that provides some important context…



…and here is the latest on the Repugs and their minority outreach efforts (and for some context on what the Foxies are up to on this, here is more info)…



…and yes, we definitely have tax un-fairness in this country, but please leave the home mortgage interest deduction and local tax deductions ALOOOOOOONE - there’s a bunch of other stuff we can do …



…and we did better this year than last year – hope you did too.

Monday Stuff

Here’s another lesson in reality economics from Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich…



…and I thought this was a good interview with Sen. Al Franken about the proposed Comcast-Time Warner merger…



…and Joy Reid tells us about Charlene Dill of Florida, who wasn’t able to benefit from Medicaid expansion and died as a result – I’ll let you, dear reader, decide whether or not that makes Lex Luthor Scott a murderer or not (and good point about the Dems, who, for the most part, stink at messaging anyway, sad to say)…



...and RIP Jesse Winchester (and, in a related story...).

Friday Stuff

So true - so true, the last one I mean in particular (NSFW)…



…and here’s another round of Jon Stewart too (wonder how many people remember that movie?)…



…and yes, the Repugs really are this nuts, then as now – and I know the Iraq documentary aired already tonight, but I’m sure video is out there somewhere (and here is another casualty to the crazy)…



…and maybe the title of this tune describes how Tom Petri felt – can’t blame him.

Thursday Stuff

Congrats to Stephen Colbert (here) for this (and it looks like Flush Limbore had a meltdown over it – too funny)…

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...and Jon Stewart continues to perform a public service by taking down Sean Inanity and the Foxies once again here (and this confirms what I suspected about Bob Beckel, by the way)...



...and here is another stellar moment from the Roger Ailes BS Factory...



…and to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, I give you this (I think Ed meant “neckties”)…



...and hey, the other side routinely mashes together words and clips quotes to try and make us look bad – how about a little payback on the issue that should dominate all others (here)...



…and even though he lives right around the corner from where the tribute took place, I still thought this was a classy story involving Billy Joel – here is a tune for the occasion (with Cyndi Lauper).

Wednesday Stuff

Now THAT is what I'm talking about, people (kudos to John Aravosis, big time)...



...and given this recent idiocy with The Stupidest Life Form In The Entire Universe (and I'm certainly not talking about Eric Holder), I think it's time for a little "TMI" once more...



…and sticking with Rachel Maddow, why am I not surprised that Ron Johnson is involved in the sordid saga of Wisconsin Repug Bill Kramer (with Johnson being an old pro at helping to shield sexual predators, as noted here)…



…and I give you the latest in my never-ending quest to actually put up videos from this century.

Monday Stuff

Oh yes, that baaad Affordable Care Law is such a job-killer – uh huh (and why anybody STILL hasn’t figured out what Mr.-Puppy-Dog-Eyes-With-The-Shiv is really up to my now…stick it to the poors and the “blahs” any way possible, among others of course…is something I cannot possibly imagine – and good point by Melissa Harris-Perry about public sector workers).

(By the way, I would ask that you take a look at about 10:20 or so when President Obama is giving his latest speech on the economy. Pay particular attention to the applauding and smiling faces of younger voters behind him, and then ask yourself if you think that they will EVER vote for a Republican after all of this...)



…and cleaning tile grout from your bathroom is probably more interesting than listening to Harry Reid I’ll admit, but the tone of his voice is a lot less important than his actual words here, which are commendable…



…and happy 75th birthday to Francis Ford Coppola – I know it would be easier to include a “Godfather” clip here, and richly deserved, but I always liked “Tucker: The Man And His Dream,” with a bravura turn by Jeff Bridges – here is the climactic courtroom scene in the movie where the SEC ends up putting him out of business…a shame he didn’t live to see this…



…and what the hell – this all puts me in the mood to hear a tune about a car, so…

Saturday Stuff

Yeah, I realize it’s not Bill Maher’s job to come up with answers, but he sure does manage to articulate the issue here (NSFW)…



…and as long as that idiot Jerry Moran read that Op-Ed from Chuckie Koch on the Senate floor (here), I think Sam Seder and crew are allowed to present their version of it…



…and I can hardly wait to hear that toad John Lott’s attempt at an explanation for this, though I realize that the more important takeaway is Maddow's well-made point about our veterans…



…and Kurt Cobain left us 20 years ago today – sorry if this is impolite, but his suicide was stupid and it points out, among other things, that we need to do a better job of providing mental health services, to say nothing of drug treatment, in this country…doesn’t detract from what I believe was Cobain’s genius, though.

Friday Stuff

I don’t give a damn about this cretinous bastard and his supposedly newfound interest in painting (here)…

…hey, how about giving this a try, then (Max Ginsburg from ’07, I believe...please note the oil wells in the background in particular – all a prelude to Rachel Maddow’s report, including an interview with filmmaker Errol Morris)…



…and kudos to Colonel Jack Jacobs for this – nice to see John Lott get what he deserves for talking in circles as usual, including that line about how supposedly no one is talking about arming everyone on a military base, and in the next moment, Lott proceeds to talk about exactly that (and I can find no record of Lott’s military service, probably because it doesn’t exist)…



…and Jon Stewart is on top of the latest atrocity from the High Court of Hangin’ Judge JR (here)…

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...and I think this works for a Friday night.

Thursday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

For what it’s worth, Marlon Brando would have been 90 today ("Morituri" was a very underrated favorite of yours truly, dealing with admittedly difficult subject matter - not so much WWII, but the fact that just about everyone in the story is morally bankrupt in one way or another)...



…and I think outgoing governor Jan Brewer and some of her fellow Repugs in Arizona are getting a little soft in the head apparently from all that heat – it’s bad enough that it’s happening anyway there, but we have to metaphorically kill this before it spreads any further (I guess, if the Repugs have their way, “public schools” will go the way of the dinosaurs)…



…and Stephen Colbert is at it again here, this time concerning the state of Tennessee – happy days…



…and happy 65th birthday to RT!

Wednesday Stuff

The Supremes took another shot at gutting what’s left of campaign finance law in this country today – bastards…



Update 4/3/14: More here (and kudos to Justice Stephen Breyer for his dissent).

...and yep, it looks like "Obamacare" is still stuck in its "death spiral" - uh huh (NSFW)...



...and somehow I missed this one from Bill Maher dating from his show on 3/21 - NSFW as well...



...and a belated happy 75th birthday to Rudolph Isley of The Isley Brothers.

Tuesday Stuff

Yeah, there’s a “death spiral” going on, Foxies, but not the one you think – tee hee…



...though maybe it isn't all that funny I suppose when you consider the following (hat tip to one of my senior correspondents for the following item)...



…and yeah, check your calendar on this one…



…and speaking of which, it’s time for a pop quiz; this is the theme for a musical based on what movie? Now let’s not always see the same hands…

Oh, all right.

Monday Stuff

Good job by Bill Maher to remind the Dems, in point-blank fashion, what they should be doing (of course, it’s kind of sad that they need to be told – here…and I LOVE the defense of Jimmy Carter)…



…and as usual, “Man Tan” Boehner and that sleazy weasel Eric Cantor are putting it to the economy once again (jumpin’ Jesus on a pogo stick, people, how many times do you have to get whacked over the head by these clowns before you vote them back to permanent minority status??!!)…



…and I thought this was a well-done report by David Martin of CBS Sunday Morning about a stage play featuring Bryan Cranston of “Breaking Bad” (never saw the show, but I heard it was good)…



…and since March is Women’s Month in this country, or something, I guess I’d better hurry up and include this video.