RIP Harper Lee - you know the movie (and more importantly, the book it's based on)…
…and kudos to Media Matters and Brian Stelter of CNN for busting the Foxies on still more propaganda, this time on the Black Lives Matter movement (here)…
...and God, did I miss John Oliver (LOVE the Wisconsin poem I can't repeat, and this Joel Kleefisch nematode and Debbie Riddle can cry me a goddamn river…and believe it or not, this wasn’t even the best segment; check out the bit at the end with New Zealand and MP Stephen Joyce – have to see it to believe it)...
...and Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao is talking out of both sides of his mushy face again, as usual, on Obama and Supreme Court nominations here (as stated many, MANY times before, we can thank idiot Southern voters for continuing to send this clown back to Washington every six years...in the clip, though, McConnell is actually correct for the last ten seconds, but not in the way he thinks)...
…and I give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (again, more or less) from 2/18/09, in which Mike Papantonio discusses the lack of GOP leadership, which of course would be filled by the Teahadists – still, though, I think this clip is timely in light of this (sooo, their “leader” now is this guy, Trump I mean? And isn't THIS just precious, by the way? Leave it to a "Catholic" like Bill Donahue to "give to Caesar what is Caesar's" at it were, and I'm not talking about a pizza - I think Donahue is the only one who is "confused" here, or pretending to be that)…
…and Cenk and John of The Young Turks tell us about that Repug presidential candidates’ debate, such as it was, on Wednesday night (here – Anderson Cooper should be utterly ashamed...NSFW)…
…and Thom Hartmann brings us Economic and Labor News for the week (the way the U.S. House Repugs treated Obama’s final budget was scandalous even for them)…
...and here's kind of an apropos Friday tune.
Friday, February 19, 2016
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Thursday Stuff
OMFG, IT'S ZOMBIE REAGAN!!! And do you want to know what's scariest of all? HE REALLY IS A DEMOCRAT!!! (here)...
...and Jimmy Kimmel redid Dubya's ad for his "little brother" in S.C. here (heh)...
...and turning to something serious with a bit more substance, I'd like to think that we'd do the same thing as the Aussies profiled in this AJAM story, but Number 44 has been a bit of a disappointment lately when it comes to immigration enforcement (again, without a law crafted by those numbskulls on Capitol Hill), and don't even get me started on what the standard bearer for the Repugs would do (here..."it's hard to square that circle" indeed)...
...and hey, did you hear the one about Iraq admitting that it lost radioactive material, probably to ISIS? Unfortunately, it's no joke - terrific...
..and cash-only pot dispensaries are creating a problem for banks, and subsequently, the IRS; we need to get serious about this stuff and treat it like we treat any other business enterprise (convert $$ to other security types)...
...and "Good Vibrations" by Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys (and The Wrecking Crew, let's not forget) was recorded 50 years ago yesterday (the instrumental of the first version of the song...don't read a connection into this tune and the prior item, by the way).
...and Jimmy Kimmel redid Dubya's ad for his "little brother" in S.C. here (heh)...
...and turning to something serious with a bit more substance, I'd like to think that we'd do the same thing as the Aussies profiled in this AJAM story, but Number 44 has been a bit of a disappointment lately when it comes to immigration enforcement (again, without a law crafted by those numbskulls on Capitol Hill), and don't even get me started on what the standard bearer for the Repugs would do (here..."it's hard to square that circle" indeed)...
...and hey, did you hear the one about Iraq admitting that it lost radioactive material, probably to ISIS? Unfortunately, it's no joke - terrific...
..and cash-only pot dispensaries are creating a problem for banks, and subsequently, the IRS; we need to get serious about this stuff and treat it like we treat any other business enterprise (convert $$ to other security types)...
...and "Good Vibrations" by Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys (and The Wrecking Crew, let's not forget) was recorded 50 years ago yesterday (the instrumental of the first version of the song...don't read a connection into this tune and the prior item, by the way).
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Wednesday Stuff
RIP Vanity – “Action Jackson” is definitely a guilty pleasure movie for yours truly, full of tongue-in-cheek moments kind of like the one in the clip…NSFW (on somewhat of a similar note, I recently saw “Deadpool” with Ryan Reynolds, which is full of that sort of thing – I give it a thumbs up, as it were, though it’s definitely rated R for a reason)…
…and Rachel Maddow and Dahlia Lithwick talk about the impact on Supreme Court cases now with Scalia gone; they acted like it was kind of funny/strange, but both of them are too smart to NOT know that we're in what could be dangerous legal waters here...
…and speaking of the latest Supreme Court vacancy, I give you more great stuff from Samantha Bee here (again NSFW)…
...and this is one of the best Motown homage tunes that I've ever heard.
…and Rachel Maddow and Dahlia Lithwick talk about the impact on Supreme Court cases now with Scalia gone; they acted like it was kind of funny/strange, but both of them are too smart to NOT know that we're in what could be dangerous legal waters here...
…and speaking of the latest Supreme Court vacancy, I give you more great stuff from Samantha Bee here (again NSFW)…
...and this is one of the best Motown homage tunes that I've ever heard.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Tuesday Stuff
I thought this was a good report by Rachel Maddow on South Carolina politics in general (what a bunch of rubes) and Ted Cruz's wacko endorsements in particular (including clips about Dubya doubling down with typical arrogance about his Bob Jones University speech in '00), but along with all the nutsiness in this video, Maddow was too polite to point out that Dubya won the South Carolina primary mainly because of this...
…and this is a little late but still worthy of mention – it looks like Governor Bully haz a sad over dropping out of the Repug presidential primary (awwwwww)…
…and normally I get fed up with Bill Maher over his “liberals should do this, liberals should do that” act, but on this subject he’s absolutely right, and way to light up with Killer Mike and Margaret Cho to make a point (here)…
…and congrats to Linda Ronstadt for winning a lifetime achievement award at the Grammys last night.
…and this is a little late but still worthy of mention – it looks like Governor Bully haz a sad over dropping out of the Repug presidential primary (awwwwww)…
…and normally I get fed up with Bill Maher over his “liberals should do this, liberals should do that” act, but on this subject he’s absolutely right, and way to light up with Killer Mike and Margaret Cho to make a point (here)…
…and congrats to Linda Ronstadt for winning a lifetime achievement award at the Grammys last night.
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Saturday Stuff
With his every utterance (either in print or spoken word), gesture and physical act of any kind whatsoever, Antonin Scalia did all he could to antagonize anyone who did not share his political orientation, which is all the more reprehensible because he was permanently ensconced in an institution which is NOT supposed to be political. This post gives but a small sampling of how Scalia looked at our government overall and how that was manifest in his odious rulings (sorry I didn’t do a better job on confirming the sources; of course, it doesn’t help that the CNN link is expired – more is here and here).
It’s not possible to cover in a single post the legal destruction caused by Scalia’s utterly wrong-headed judicial rulings (let’s see, how about Bush v. Gore, Heller – which codified by law the NRA’s propagandistic misinterpretation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution – and dismantling the Voting Rights Act for starters, as well as Citizens United), but this retrospective of sorts from yours truly represents a bit of a sampling.
Thom Hartmann puts Scalia in the proper context IMHO (and to consider Scalia a Catholic is probably the most wrong-headed possible way to categorize him; he never represented any religion I was ever taught or encouraged to practice)…
…and I think Cenk and The Young Turks have done a great job of cataloging Scalia’s insanity (and yes, I think it’s safe to call it that) here; I give you a sampling below…
Update 2/16/16: I also thought this was a typically thorough analysis from Ian Millhiser (here).
…turning to other matters, best wishes for a Happy Valentine’s Day…
…and here is an opposing point of view :-) – might have to crank the volume.
Friday, February 12, 2016
Friday Stuff
Kudos to these Carrier employees for not holding back on their awful management (here) – I don’t know if I’ll ever need a Carrier product, but if I do, I guarantee that I’ll look somewhere else; I’ve heard a variation of this shit myself, something like “we’ll save $2 million a year by sending your jobs to Mumbai”…
...and I think that's a good intro of sorts to this week's Economic and Labor News from Thom Hartmann...
...and I thought this was a good report by AJAM on the importance of Wisconsin in the fall elections – of course, I don't think it was too swift on the part of DWS (interviewed here) to let the Repugs host their phony-baloney "debates" first, but there you are...
…and to me, this was the biggest non-reported story of the week – yeah, ol’ Hangin’ Judge JR sure has delivered the goods time and time again for conservatives, hasn’t he, as Burt Neuborne says?...
...and speaking of climate, with the winter weather going on in these parts, I have a feeling that you’re going to hear something like this sooner or later…
…and with that in mind, it’s time for today’s regional weather forecast; I don’t know if this will be the coldest night of the year or not, but I have a feeling it will come close.
...and I think that's a good intro of sorts to this week's Economic and Labor News from Thom Hartmann...
...and I thought this was a good report by AJAM on the importance of Wisconsin in the fall elections – of course, I don't think it was too swift on the part of DWS (interviewed here) to let the Repugs host their phony-baloney "debates" first, but there you are...
…and to me, this was the biggest non-reported story of the week – yeah, ol’ Hangin’ Judge JR sure has delivered the goods time and time again for conservatives, hasn’t he, as Burt Neuborne says?...
...and speaking of climate, with the winter weather going on in these parts, I have a feeling that you’re going to hear something like this sooner or later…
…and with that in mind, it’s time for today’s regional weather forecast; I don’t know if this will be the coldest night of the year or not, but I have a feeling it will come close.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Thursday Stuff
Do you find yourself wondering how “The Donald” got so “yuge”? I think this is the answer…
…and kudos to Rachel Maddow for continuing to beat the proverbial drum on the Flint water crisis (oh, and by the way, this tells us how you can give that idiot Rick Snyder the treatment he deserves)…
…and the more I hear about stuff like this, the more I believe that Bernie Sanders is on the right track (and way to go, hard-haired middle aged white guy with no clue about “socialism”...the last three minutes of this clip with Cenk are great, by the way)…
…and happy 54th birthday to Sheryl Crow.
…and kudos to Rachel Maddow for continuing to beat the proverbial drum on the Flint water crisis (oh, and by the way, this tells us how you can give that idiot Rick Snyder the treatment he deserves)…
…and the more I hear about stuff like this, the more I believe that Bernie Sanders is on the right track (and way to go, hard-haired middle aged white guy with no clue about “socialism”...the last three minutes of this clip with Cenk are great, by the way)…
…and happy 54th birthday to Sheryl Crow.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Wednesday Stuff
I thought this was some pretty intelligent political analysis on the win in New Hampshire by “The Donald” not just on the part of Rachel Maddow, but Lawrence O’Donnell also (here)…
…and turning to Michael Brooks of “The Majority Report,” I thought this was some thoughtful commentary on the appeal of Bernie Sanders; to paraphrase a slogan from another era, IT’S THE MILLENNIALS, STUPID!...
…and kudos to Samantha Bee for this awesome monologue on the candidates of the “party of Lincoln” (here) - NSFW...
…and it’s a damn shame that Al Jazeera America is going to call it quits, because, again, I don’t see this type of reporting anywhere else; the sorry state depicted in this video is overwhelmingly the fault of those numbskulls on Capitol Hill for punting on common sense immigration reform, but Number 44 gets some of the blame here too for stepping up deportation…
…and hey look, Governor Bully decided to give up his hopeless run for the White House (here), though I guess calling it a “run” is a stretch…heh; brings to mind this tune…
…and we saw RT put on another great show last night at the McCarter Theater in Princeton (promoting this), including this number referring to a certain individual in the spotlight at the moment…wonder who it could be?
…and turning to Michael Brooks of “The Majority Report,” I thought this was some thoughtful commentary on the appeal of Bernie Sanders; to paraphrase a slogan from another era, IT’S THE MILLENNIALS, STUPID!...
…and kudos to Samantha Bee for this awesome monologue on the candidates of the “party of Lincoln” (here) - NSFW...
…and it’s a damn shame that Al Jazeera America is going to call it quits, because, again, I don’t see this type of reporting anywhere else; the sorry state depicted in this video is overwhelmingly the fault of those numbskulls on Capitol Hill for punting on common sense immigration reform, but Number 44 gets some of the blame here too for stepping up deportation…
…and hey look, Governor Bully decided to give up his hopeless run for the White House (here), though I guess calling it a “run” is a stretch…heh; brings to mind this tune…
…and we saw RT put on another great show last night at the McCarter Theater in Princeton (promoting this), including this number referring to a certain individual in the spotlight at the moment…wonder who it could be?
Tuesday, February 09, 2016
Tuesday Stuff
(By the way, I don’t have anything particularly brilliant to say about the New Hampshire primary, except that maybe the Clintons would do well to discard this strategy of what amounts to trolling women supporters of Bernie Sanders, as noted here).
Meanwhile, I think it’s good once in a while for us to get a reality check in terms of how the rest of the world looks at us, so here is something on that…
…and speaking of world stuff, kudos to our neighbor to the north for doing what they can (including this Hamilton, Ontario man in particular) to help those suffering from the horrors inflicted by the regime of Rick Snyder on the people of Flint, Michigan…
…and Kyle Kulinski tells us of 18 cities and towns in our beloved commonwealth of PA with what is actually WORSE drinking water than that inflicted on Flint, believe it or not (remember this the next time you hear about how wonderful natural gas supposedly is – NSFW)…
…and this is a pretty basic, primitive kind of tune actually, but I think it works, so here it is.
Meanwhile, I think it’s good once in a while for us to get a reality check in terms of how the rest of the world looks at us, so here is something on that…
…and speaking of world stuff, kudos to our neighbor to the north for doing what they can (including this Hamilton, Ontario man in particular) to help those suffering from the horrors inflicted by the regime of Rick Snyder on the people of Flint, Michigan…
…and Kyle Kulinski tells us of 18 cities and towns in our beloved commonwealth of PA with what is actually WORSE drinking water than that inflicted on Flint, believe it or not (remember this the next time you hear about how wonderful natural gas supposedly is – NSFW)…
…and this is a pretty basic, primitive kind of tune actually, but I think it works, so here it is.
Monday, February 08, 2016
Monday Stuff
ROFLMAO (here) – makes up a bit for the fact that Bill Maher gave more free air time to that “glibertarian” fool P.J. O’Rourke…
…and Larry Wilmore brings us up to speed on the latest developments with the GOP clown car of presidential candidates here (and what can I say about Jeb! but GENIUS! And after watching this clip, I think I liked “Rubio The Robot” better than the one in the “Nightly Show” clip)…
...and "Too Big To Fail" is still very much alive, according to Bloomberg News (terrific – and shockingly, Jeb! is actually right about making the banks raise their capital requirements)…
…and happy birthday to drummer Fito De La Parra of Canned Heat.
…and Larry Wilmore brings us up to speed on the latest developments with the GOP clown car of presidential candidates here (and what can I say about Jeb! but GENIUS! And after watching this clip, I think I liked “Rubio The Robot” better than the one in the “Nightly Show” clip)…
...and "Too Big To Fail" is still very much alive, according to Bloomberg News (terrific – and shockingly, Jeb! is actually right about making the banks raise their capital requirements)…
…and happy birthday to drummer Fito De La Parra of Canned Heat.
Friday, February 05, 2016
Friday Stuff
Sorry, I couldn’t resist based on this (h/t Atrios – NSFW of course)…
...and how much do you want to lay odds that one of the books the kids WON’T be getting is “Fast Food Nation”? Still though, the “Golden Arches” does something right for a change…
…and this brings me up to speed on the Economic and Labor News from Thom Hartmann…
…and I’m going to sneak in an extra special installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” here from five years ago; see, tomorrow is the 105th birthday of The Sainted Ronnie R, and with that in mind, I give you the following video featuring one of the very few times when he was properly called to account by a politician, Walter Mondale in this case, though Reagan of course ended up cruising to re-election that year (more here)…
...and yeah, Cenk provides the proof in the following video that they all lied, every stinkin' one of them - they should all be in orange jump suits with ball peen hammers pounding away at a concrete slab...
...and RIP Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire.
...and how much do you want to lay odds that one of the books the kids WON’T be getting is “Fast Food Nation”? Still though, the “Golden Arches” does something right for a change…
…and this brings me up to speed on the Economic and Labor News from Thom Hartmann…
…and I’m going to sneak in an extra special installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” here from five years ago; see, tomorrow is the 105th birthday of The Sainted Ronnie R, and with that in mind, I give you the following video featuring one of the very few times when he was properly called to account by a politician, Walter Mondale in this case, though Reagan of course ended up cruising to re-election that year (more here)…
...and yeah, Cenk provides the proof in the following video that they all lied, every stinkin' one of them - they should all be in orange jump suits with ball peen hammers pounding away at a concrete slab...
...and RIP Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire.
Thursday, February 04, 2016
Thursday Stuff
By the way, good for Dem U.S. House Rep Elijah Cummings concerning the horror show in Flint – under the circumstances, that’s exactly how a Dem is supposed to act (could probably have conducted this interview for a little while longer, but it’s good for what it is)…
...and this story is so appalling that it's hard to find the words to truly communicate my disgust...
…and kudos to Sabah Muktar for this – all the best…
...and here's a neat little tune I've had much on my mind lately.
Wednesday, February 03, 2016
Wednesday Stuff
Sacrilegious? Maybe, but I call it turnabout fair play given the motley field in the GOP clown car (here)…
…that being said, I have to tell you that I’m concerned about this; NO EXCUSE for an “enthusiasm gap” on our side, if that’s what’s going on…
…and we learn here that Former four-star Gen. David Petraeus is basically going to skate for his “kiss and tell” antics with biographer and former shagging companion Paula Broadwell (more here)…
...and like it or not, it’s time once more for another installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” from 2/2/11 (close enough), in which now-retiring Dem U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland calls out the Repugs trying to repeal the Affordable Care Law (timely in light of the latest idiocy form the “party of Lincoln” here…definitely will miss Mikulski)…
…and yeah, I guess there is something in it this time of year, isn’t there?
…that being said, I have to tell you that I’m concerned about this; NO EXCUSE for an “enthusiasm gap” on our side, if that’s what’s going on…
…and we learn here that Former four-star Gen. David Petraeus is basically going to skate for his “kiss and tell” antics with biographer and former shagging companion Paula Broadwell (more here)…
...and like it or not, it’s time once more for another installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” from 2/2/11 (close enough), in which now-retiring Dem U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland calls out the Repugs trying to repeal the Affordable Care Law (timely in light of the latest idiocy form the “party of Lincoln” here…definitely will miss Mikulski)…
…and yeah, I guess there is something in it this time of year, isn’t there?
Tuesday, February 02, 2016
Tuesday Stuff
(Not to suck up or anything, but so far, I would say this is the post of the year.)
Turning once more to the Flint disaster, I thought Ed Schultz had a really good interview with Dem U.S. House Rep Dan Kildee of Michigan about the entirely-made-by-Rick-Snyder water crisis, including the fact that Snyder is turning to “dark money” to fund a PR campaign in response (typical Repug reaction to think that branding and marketing can fix everything – and let’s not forget this)…
...and in a related story, the next time you hear anybody bitch about how rotten unions supposedly are, remember this...
...and I think it's appropriate to revisit this item in light of this (yeah, I know that field is generally awful, but "Calgary" Cruz? Really?? And with that utterly lame "Princess Bride" shtick too? And kudos to Mandy Patinkin - leave it to Cruz to take first place in an Iowa three-way...heh)...
…and do you want to know why Bernie Sanders made such a strong showing in Iowa? Maybe this has something to do with it (and this)…
...and happy 50th birthday to Robert DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots, with the Teletubbies tripping on acid (or something)...
…and Gene Kelly died 20 years ago today (among other things, a truly great Democrat from an era full of those kinds of folks).
Turning once more to the Flint disaster, I thought Ed Schultz had a really good interview with Dem U.S. House Rep Dan Kildee of Michigan about the entirely-made-by-Rick-Snyder water crisis, including the fact that Snyder is turning to “dark money” to fund a PR campaign in response (typical Repug reaction to think that branding and marketing can fix everything – and let’s not forget this)…
...and in a related story, the next time you hear anybody bitch about how rotten unions supposedly are, remember this...
...and I think it's appropriate to revisit this item in light of this (yeah, I know that field is generally awful, but "Calgary" Cruz? Really?? And with that utterly lame "Princess Bride" shtick too? And kudos to Mandy Patinkin - leave it to Cruz to take first place in an Iowa three-way...heh)...
…and do you want to know why Bernie Sanders made such a strong showing in Iowa? Maybe this has something to do with it (and this)…
...and happy 50th birthday to Robert DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots, with the Teletubbies tripping on acid (or something)...
…and Gene Kelly died 20 years ago today (among other things, a truly great Democrat from an era full of those kinds of folks).
Monday, February 01, 2016
Monday Stuff
If Bill Maher wants to blame the Internet for the decline in our political discourse, I guess he has the right to do that; I would also blame right-wing talk radio, cable news, etc., along with “reporters” who think “access” is more important than telling the truth (I would also blame Maher for allowing the wingnuts to spew their garbage on his show, which he is prone to do on occasion...NSFW)...
…and this answers a question I’ve wondered about for a little while – so we can blame that darn peanut farmer for the outsized importance of Iowa (joke…actually, some pretty savvy moves by Carter here if I do say so myself)…
...and after this, I should be just about caught up on Thom Hartmann videos...
...and yesterday marked what would have been the 70th birthday of legendary singer/guitarist Terry Kath of Chicago – he experienced a terrific rise but an awful fall made worse by health problems and drug abuse before he succumbed to an accidental gunshot wound; here is his vocal of a tune appearing on his final album with the band.
…and this answers a question I’ve wondered about for a little while – so we can blame that darn peanut farmer for the outsized importance of Iowa (joke…actually, some pretty savvy moves by Carter here if I do say so myself)…
...and after this, I should be just about caught up on Thom Hartmann videos...
...and yesterday marked what would have been the 70th birthday of legendary singer/guitarist Terry Kath of Chicago – he experienced a terrific rise but an awful fall made worse by health problems and drug abuse before he succumbed to an accidental gunshot wound; here is his vocal of a tune appearing on his final album with the band.
Friday, January 29, 2016
Friday Stuff
Yep, looks like “The Donald” is out to “play” everybody, including our veterans of course – no line he and the other Repugs won’t cross…
…and David Shuster of Al Jazeera tries a bit of fact checking from that candidate farce last night…
…and I’m still a little behind on my Thom Hartmann videos, but I’m trying to catch up…
...and RIP Paul Kantner (and yes, I know it's Marty Balin on the vocals; happy 74th birthday to Balin, by the way).
…and David Shuster of Al Jazeera tries a bit of fact checking from that candidate farce last night…
…and I’m still a little behind on my Thom Hartmann videos, but I’m trying to catch up…
...and RIP Paul Kantner (and yes, I know it's Marty Balin on the vocals; happy 74th birthday to Balin, by the way).
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Thursday Stuff
The Challenger explosion took place 30 years ago today (as far as I'm concerned, that tragedy happened primarily because of the stupefying, idiotic misjudgement of The Sainted Ronnie R as well as the calamitous negligence of Morton Thiokol, as noted here)...
...and hey, lookee here – Ed Schultz is now with RT; here, he talks with Marin Katusa, Fund Manager of the KCR Fund and a New York Times bestselling author, about what’s going on in U.S. energy markets – then, Simone Del Rosario discusses Saudi Arabia's decades-old secret leverage, which is (wait for it...) the amount of debt we stupidly ran up with our "allies" (of course, that's what really matters, not the type of debt our corporate media cares about - I think the scenarios discussed here are a bit dire and some of these are “glass half empty” projections, but Katusa is no slouch on this stuff, so we should all pay attention)...
...and speaking of energy, I don't know if anything is actually rotten in Denmark or not, but if something is, it's not that country's commitment to wind power...
…and I guess this qualifies as a “relationship” song; sorry, no “message music” tonight.
...and hey, lookee here – Ed Schultz is now with RT; here, he talks with Marin Katusa, Fund Manager of the KCR Fund and a New York Times bestselling author, about what’s going on in U.S. energy markets – then, Simone Del Rosario discusses Saudi Arabia's decades-old secret leverage, which is (wait for it...) the amount of debt we stupidly ran up with our "allies" (of course, that's what really matters, not the type of debt our corporate media cares about - I think the scenarios discussed here are a bit dire and some of these are “glass half empty” projections, but Katusa is no slouch on this stuff, so we should all pay attention)...
...and speaking of energy, I don't know if anything is actually rotten in Denmark or not, but if something is, it's not that country's commitment to wind power...
…and I guess this qualifies as a “relationship” song; sorry, no “message music” tonight.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Wednesday Stuff
So it looks like "blue tarp guy" in Oregon bit the dust - cry me a river...
...and Lawrence O’Donnell interviews former U.S. House Rep Patrick Kennedy, JFK’s nephew, in response to some truly insulting idiocy from Ted Cruz on the subject of our 35th president, particularly Cruz’s utterly mean-spirited paraphrasing of the quote from RFK’s eulogy…
Update 2/1/16: Either not enough Iowa voters saw this report, or those that saw didn't care (here).
...and I thought this was a good report by Chris Hayes focusing on the latest antics from "Governor Bully" (what a buffoon - Christie, I mean; LOVE the sidewalk sign with the mop AND the box of donuts)...
…and this tells us about a celebration for Joan Baez’s 75th birthday, which apparently took place earlier this month – probably an understatement to call her a liberal icon; here is a tune for the occasion.
Update 11/18/16: And typically fighting the good fight as noted here...
...and Lawrence O’Donnell interviews former U.S. House Rep Patrick Kennedy, JFK’s nephew, in response to some truly insulting idiocy from Ted Cruz on the subject of our 35th president, particularly Cruz’s utterly mean-spirited paraphrasing of the quote from RFK’s eulogy…
Update 2/1/16: Either not enough Iowa voters saw this report, or those that saw didn't care (here).
...and I thought this was a good report by Chris Hayes focusing on the latest antics from "Governor Bully" (what a buffoon - Christie, I mean; LOVE the sidewalk sign with the mop AND the box of donuts)...
…and this tells us about a celebration for Joan Baez’s 75th birthday, which apparently took place earlier this month – probably an understatement to call her a liberal icon; here is a tune for the occasion.
Update 11/18/16: And typically fighting the good fight as noted here...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Tuesday Stuff
Yeah, about 1:08 of this nonsense is all I can tolerate also; just think for a second that this idiocy actually WORKS for a significant share of our electorate (not even going to try to debunk the nonsense...well, except for this...not a fan of Common Core, but don't blame Obama, blame the governors, including this guy)...
...and this is the best news I've heard in a long time (more here) - of course, don't expect to hear an apology from any of the Repugs or their acolytes for their monumental, prejudicial misjudgment on behalf of those two idiots (more here...and let's not forget this too)...
…and I don’t care if John Cox is a Republican or not – I still think this is a hell of an idea…
…and I never thought that I’d be giving credit to Cher for anything except “Moonstruck,” but kudos to her, Pearl Jam, Eminem and everyone else here stepping up to help the residents of Flint with their water crisis that is utterly man-made, at the hands of their governor whose conduct here is almost too unspeakable for words (and this loser isn't much better)…Snyder truly deserves to be prosecuted as far as I’m concerned (had to reach way back into the archives for this one).
...and this is the best news I've heard in a long time (more here) - of course, don't expect to hear an apology from any of the Repugs or their acolytes for their monumental, prejudicial misjudgment on behalf of those two idiots (more here...and let's not forget this too)...
…and I don’t care if John Cox is a Republican or not – I still think this is a hell of an idea…
…and I never thought that I’d be giving credit to Cher for anything except “Moonstruck,” but kudos to her, Pearl Jam, Eminem and everyone else here stepping up to help the residents of Flint with their water crisis that is utterly man-made, at the hands of their governor whose conduct here is almost too unspeakable for words (and this loser isn't much better)…Snyder truly deserves to be prosecuted as far as I’m concerned (had to reach way back into the archives for this one).
Monday, January 25, 2016
Monday Stuff
Gee, where are the Repugs and all of those stupid “Support Our Troops” yellow ribbon stickers NOW; more on that scumwaffle Hegseth is here (first bullet), and more on Repugs versus vets and the VA is here...
...also, I think this Vice News report on homelessness is timely once more in light of this, particularly since the two participants were decided yesterday (and I think Robert Marbut deserves the very fate he attempts to stigmatize)…
…and I know we just observed MLK day a week ago, but I think this latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 1/21/08 featuring Bill Moyers is still instructive because it shows yet another media overreaction, this time on the incredibly obvious observation by presidential candidate Hillary Clinton that it take a president to sign legislation into law (or unless the president’s veto is overridden, as in this case), in regards to the Civil Rights Act in this example…and I think we all should ask ourselves if anyone from the “party of Lincoln,” particularly this guy, would support such a law if it needed to be passed now…
…and whaddaya say to a little Monday funk?
...also, I think this Vice News report on homelessness is timely once more in light of this, particularly since the two participants were decided yesterday (and I think Robert Marbut deserves the very fate he attempts to stigmatize)…
…and I know we just observed MLK day a week ago, but I think this latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 1/21/08 featuring Bill Moyers is still instructive because it shows yet another media overreaction, this time on the incredibly obvious observation by presidential candidate Hillary Clinton that it take a president to sign legislation into law (or unless the president’s veto is overridden, as in this case), in regards to the Civil Rights Act in this example…and I think we all should ask ourselves if anyone from the “party of Lincoln,” particularly this guy, would support such a law if it needed to be passed now…
…and whaddaya say to a little Monday funk?
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