Yesterday was National Gun Violence Awareness Day (more here…and yes, wingnuts, I know about this story – once in a while what is desired actually happens instead of something unplanned and usually tragic)…
…and just as a reminder, this is what happens when a Democrat is elected president (like to see stuff like this from HRC – hopefully I will…and what I saw of Number 44’s Elkhart speech on Wednesday was pretty good)…
…and from the nearly sublime to ridiculous we go; “The Donald” wants an apology from The Onion – uh huh (and as much as I hate to admit it, Coulter predicted Trump would be the Republican presidential nominee on “Real Time”)…
…and all I have to say in response to this is estás pero si bien pendejo, “Donald Drumpf”…
…and Thom Hartmann brings us economic and labor news for the week (the oil story is particularly important, IMHO)…
…and happy belated 75th birthday to Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones.
Friday, June 03, 2016
Thursday, June 02, 2016
Thursday Stuff
Here is some analysis on “The Donald” from our friends up north; nope, nothing snarky or no historical footage included…just presenting “Fergus Laing” warts and all (and please spare me all of the “omigod, he did it this time – his campaign is surely doomed now” stuff…we’ve seen what we thought were moments like that over and over, and none have materialized so far).
I honestly don’t care that much if he beats up the press. A lot of presidents have done that; that’s not the issue.
The issue is that Trump was, is, and always will be, dangerously unqualified for the most important job in the world. And he’s up against a presumptive Democratic nominee whose negatives are almost as high, which is scary.
I’m going to make yet another appeal to Hillary Clinton to actually campaign and start trying to make it crystal clear what she wants to do as president and how that will benefit this country as opposed to what Trump claims he wants to do and how that would likely wreck everything this country has stood for since its founding – PLEEEAAAASE!! (sorry, Bernie - more here, and she took a step forward on that here)...
...and in response to this (including MSNBC, which looks more and more pathetic with each passing day), I have only to ask the following: Gee, ya' think??!!
...and speaking of The Comcast Network, I think Lawrence O’Donnell makes a great point here about how screwed up our election cycle is in this country given that Iowa and New Hampshire get so much debate and candidate attention relative to California, and of course Robert Kennedy’s words have become even more prescient with the passage of time, but Heaven forbid that the cretins responsible for this fail to get in a Trump mention…
…and I’ve fallen behind on the science and green news from Thom Hartmann, so I’ll try again to catch up…
...and here is what I consider to be an appropriate tune for this little item.
I honestly don’t care that much if he beats up the press. A lot of presidents have done that; that’s not the issue.
The issue is that Trump was, is, and always will be, dangerously unqualified for the most important job in the world. And he’s up against a presumptive Democratic nominee whose negatives are almost as high, which is scary.
I’m going to make yet another appeal to Hillary Clinton to actually campaign and start trying to make it crystal clear what she wants to do as president and how that will benefit this country as opposed to what Trump claims he wants to do and how that would likely wreck everything this country has stood for since its founding – PLEEEAAAASE!! (sorry, Bernie - more here, and she took a step forward on that here)...
...and in response to this (including MSNBC, which looks more and more pathetic with each passing day), I have only to ask the following: Gee, ya' think??!!
...and speaking of The Comcast Network, I think Lawrence O’Donnell makes a great point here about how screwed up our election cycle is in this country given that Iowa and New Hampshire get so much debate and candidate attention relative to California, and of course Robert Kennedy’s words have become even more prescient with the passage of time, but Heaven forbid that the cretins responsible for this fail to get in a Trump mention…
…and I’ve fallen behind on the science and green news from Thom Hartmann, so I’ll try again to catch up…
...and here is what I consider to be an appropriate tune for this little item.
Wednesday, June 01, 2016
Wednesday Stuff
Gosh, Ken Starr goes down over a sex scandal (here) – can you say KARMA??!! (good point about why HRC would keep a personal server, to keep all of the crap out of public view that have nothing to do with how to do your job)...
…and it looks like the Verizon workers actually won in their walkout – kudos; in case anybody out there still wonders whether or not it matters if a Democrat wins the White House in November (not sure how that could be true, but you never know), they should pay attention to this story…
…and if Verizon had had its way without the workforce standing up, then they likely would have pulled the same nonsense that KKR pulled here, as Lewis Black tells us from 6/2/2008; yep, time once more for “This Day In Doomsy History” (I don’t think the URL at the end of the video is active any more, though)…
...and I can't resist having the reaction to the first video that's the same title as this tune.
…and it looks like the Verizon workers actually won in their walkout – kudos; in case anybody out there still wonders whether or not it matters if a Democrat wins the White House in November (not sure how that could be true, but you never know), they should pay attention to this story…
…and if Verizon had had its way without the workforce standing up, then they likely would have pulled the same nonsense that KKR pulled here, as Lewis Black tells us from 6/2/2008; yep, time once more for “This Day In Doomsy History” (I don’t think the URL at the end of the video is active any more, though)…
...and I can't resist having the reaction to the first video that's the same title as this tune.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Tuesday Stuff
RIP Rick MacLeish of the Flyers – wouldn’t have won those Cups without him, particularly the first one as shown below (Tom Lysiak too)…
…and regarding Memorial Day, I’m not totally sure that I buy Sebastian Junger’s thesis on community support by itself necessarily lowering instances of PTSD, but I know he backs up his claims with data, which is more than a lot of other people do…
…and yeah, let’s hear it for the “good old days,” huh (not current, but still timely)…
…and Dem U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren is my new hero for this, standing up to idiot Gail Heriot of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; more Heriot ignorance/bigotry is here, and you guessed it, by the way – Heriot is a Bushco holdover...
...and the stupidest man in the universe strikes again ("GAYS IN SPAAAACE," with Louie Gohmert - NSFW)...
…and I guess I’m a little late with this tune given that the Indy 500 was yesterday, but better than never I suppose (and man, is that one hard-working drummer or what?).
…and regarding Memorial Day, I’m not totally sure that I buy Sebastian Junger’s thesis on community support by itself necessarily lowering instances of PTSD, but I know he backs up his claims with data, which is more than a lot of other people do…
…and yeah, let’s hear it for the “good old days,” huh (not current, but still timely)…
…and Dem U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren is my new hero for this, standing up to idiot Gail Heriot of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; more Heriot ignorance/bigotry is here, and you guessed it, by the way – Heriot is a Bushco holdover...
...and the stupidest man in the universe strikes again ("GAYS IN SPAAAACE," with Louie Gohmert - NSFW)...
…and I guess I’m a little late with this tune given that the Indy 500 was yesterday, but better than never I suppose (and man, is that one hard-working drummer or what?).
Monday, May 30, 2016
Monday Stuff
Happy Memorial Day (and in a related item, I have to admit that I was intrigued by this - what guts on the part of Rod Serling, and I guess one lesson was to never fly in a plane with Gene Roddenberry)...
…and I often forget to include this song for Memorial Day, even though you could consider it a curio of sorts from the bad Bushco era, but I think it’s still timely unfortunately when you realize that we still have members of our military in harm’s way (here).
Update: Actually, this isn't a bad selection either.
Update 5/31/16: Offered without further comment (here)...
…and I often forget to include this song for Memorial Day, even though you could consider it a curio of sorts from the bad Bushco era, but I think it’s still timely unfortunately when you realize that we still have members of our military in harm’s way (here).
Update: Actually, this isn't a bad selection either.
Update 5/31/16: Offered without further comment (here)...
Friday, May 27, 2016
Friday Stuff
God, these comments about the border between us and Mexico from Sean Moran (sp?) are thoroughly sad (and Moran represents a UNION!).
How many damn times do you have to be hit over the head by Republicans before you realize that all they care about are wedge issues? Especially “The Donald” – do you HONESTLY BELIEVE that he cares about solving this issue in an adult manner? You know – by doing the hard work of trying to craft legislation on immigration reform in Congress between the two parties (actually, when was the first or last time you ever heard about Trump doing “hard work” about ANYTHING??!!).
Oh, and by the way, memo to HRC - it might be nice to actually take a stand on the DREAM Act (haven't heard her on this - love to be wrong)…
…and Cenk tells us about two hedge fund managers who, of course, give primarily to Repugs, but also gave to “Democrat” Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago, as well as HRC – see, Rahm closed about 50 public schools to give these two pit vipers tax breaks, but that wasn’t enough to suit them; hopefully, a spit in hell each await Griffin and Simons, especially Griffin (and by the way, Jackson Pollock died in 1956)…
…and leave it to John Oliver once more to utterly skewer our primary and caucus system of electing political candidates (here)…
…and Thom Hartmann brings us economic and labor news for the week (the stories about the COOL law and worldwide unemployment are particularly noteworthy IMHO)…
…and somehow with all the Dylan stuff going on, I failed to note what would have been the 90th birthday of Miles Davis yesterday (still don’t feature as much jazz as I should, I know)…
…and happy 71st birthday to BRUUUUCCEE!! (the other one, that is - “Languid mandala of the ceiling fan” – killer lyrics and spoken verse for the mid-90s).
How many damn times do you have to be hit over the head by Republicans before you realize that all they care about are wedge issues? Especially “The Donald” – do you HONESTLY BELIEVE that he cares about solving this issue in an adult manner? You know – by doing the hard work of trying to craft legislation on immigration reform in Congress between the two parties (actually, when was the first or last time you ever heard about Trump doing “hard work” about ANYTHING??!!).
Oh, and by the way, memo to HRC - it might be nice to actually take a stand on the DREAM Act (haven't heard her on this - love to be wrong)…
…and Cenk tells us about two hedge fund managers who, of course, give primarily to Repugs, but also gave to “Democrat” Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago, as well as HRC – see, Rahm closed about 50 public schools to give these two pit vipers tax breaks, but that wasn’t enough to suit them; hopefully, a spit in hell each await Griffin and Simons, especially Griffin (and by the way, Jackson Pollock died in 1956)…
…and leave it to John Oliver once more to utterly skewer our primary and caucus system of electing political candidates (here)…
…and Thom Hartmann brings us economic and labor news for the week (the stories about the COOL law and worldwide unemployment are particularly noteworthy IMHO)…
…and somehow with all the Dylan stuff going on, I failed to note what would have been the 90th birthday of Miles Davis yesterday (still don’t feature as much jazz as I should, I know)…
…and happy 71st birthday to BRUUUUCCEE!! (the other one, that is - “Languid mandala of the ceiling fan” – killer lyrics and spoken verse for the mid-90s).
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Thursday Stuff
RIP Burt Kwouk (who?)…
…and hey, all you Teahadists out there (who I’m sure aren’t reading this)…all you self-proclaimed Constitutional experts who don’t want to spend a dime on anything except STUFF YOU LIKE and claim to hate “big gumint” with an undying passion…do you know what happens when you oppose ANY TAX INCREASE AT ALL? Stuff like this, as Rachel Maddow tells us; nuclear codes for ICBMs stored on 8” floppy disks – technology that went out with odd/even rationing days, platform boots, and reruns of “Flatbush.”
U-S-A! U-S-A!
(And yeah, I know the Hillary Clinton Email thing is so done by now, but I still think this was interesting)…
…and I’ll be honest; I was tempted to put up another video showing “The Donald” as the boorish lout that he is, but instead, I’m going to add this from Amy Goodman and Noam Chomsky that gives some much-needed context instead (the real takeaway is in the last minute)…
…and here is today’s class warfare update (I still don’t know her name; she’s right, but she doesn’t have to be so damn giddy about it)…
…and whaddya say I give you two more Bob Dylan tunes – this is his most recent, which I’ve kind of gone back and forth on a bit…
…and this is from Before The Flood – what is, for my money, one of the finest live recordings of all time.
…and hey, all you Teahadists out there (who I’m sure aren’t reading this)…all you self-proclaimed Constitutional experts who don’t want to spend a dime on anything except STUFF YOU LIKE and claim to hate “big gumint” with an undying passion…do you know what happens when you oppose ANY TAX INCREASE AT ALL? Stuff like this, as Rachel Maddow tells us; nuclear codes for ICBMs stored on 8” floppy disks – technology that went out with odd/even rationing days, platform boots, and reruns of “Flatbush.”
U-S-A! U-S-A!
(And yeah, I know the Hillary Clinton Email thing is so done by now, but I still think this was interesting)…
…and I’ll be honest; I was tempted to put up another video showing “The Donald” as the boorish lout that he is, but instead, I’m going to add this from Amy Goodman and Noam Chomsky that gives some much-needed context instead (the real takeaway is in the last minute)…
…and here is today’s class warfare update (I still don’t know her name; she’s right, but she doesn’t have to be so damn giddy about it)…
…and whaddya say I give you two more Bob Dylan tunes – this is his most recent, which I’ve kind of gone back and forth on a bit…
…and this is from Before The Flood – what is, for my money, one of the finest live recordings of all time.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Wednesday Stuff
It sounds like Elizabeth Warren quite rightly gave it to “Donald Drumpf” again - it’s getting harder and harder to catalog all of the ways that this guy is nothing but an utter parasite; the life forms who support him, as far as I’m concerned, are some of the sickest people on this planet…
…and leave it to our corporate media to give “The Donald” a pass on this also...well, mostly anyway, except for David Cay Johnston, fortunately…
…and just to show that the Dems aren’t immune from criticism either as far as I’m concerned, I give you this (NSFW)…
…and here are some more tunes to celebrate Bob Dylan’s birthday…
…and as has been said before, pop culture imitation is the sincerest form of flattery (funny NSFW stuff by Christopher Guest in particular, and if your cable provider offers Showtime, I should tell you again that this is great…as we learn, putting the magazine out of business was one of the early so-called accomplishments of the so-called “Christian Coalition,” but by then, most of the talent had gone to Saturday Night Live, Second City TV, or they were on their own at that point anyway).
…and leave it to our corporate media to give “The Donald” a pass on this also...well, mostly anyway, except for David Cay Johnston, fortunately…
…and just to show that the Dems aren’t immune from criticism either as far as I’m concerned, I give you this (NSFW)…
…and here are some more tunes to celebrate Bob Dylan’s birthday…
…and as has been said before, pop culture imitation is the sincerest form of flattery (funny NSFW stuff by Christopher Guest in particular, and if your cable provider offers Showtime, I should tell you again that this is great…as we learn, putting the magazine out of business was one of the early so-called accomplishments of the so-called “Christian Coalition,” but by then, most of the talent had gone to Saturday Night Live, Second City TV, or they were on their own at that point anyway).
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Tuesday Stuff
Looks like karma is a bitch, huh Governor Bully (not that I necessarily condone fat-shaming either, though it’s not as if Christie hasn’t been told of what a liability that is also - here)…
…and speaking of “Fergus Laing,” it looks like Marine Alexander McCoy is holding Trump to account – thanks for his service then as now (and how pathetically weak is it for “The Comcast Network” to feature promos for their own shows IN THEIR OWN STINKING VIDEOS??!! Just fast forward to about 2:06 if you can)…
…and I definitely don’t want to make a habit of actually paying attention to that barely animate life form Pat Robertson, but I’ll let Kyle Kulinksi take a shot at him anyway (NSFW – and as far as that quote from FDR goes, I would ask that you read this)…
…and happy 75th birthday to “Mistah Bob”; may feature more Dylan tunes this week also.
…and speaking of “Fergus Laing,” it looks like Marine Alexander McCoy is holding Trump to account – thanks for his service then as now (and how pathetically weak is it for “The Comcast Network” to feature promos for their own shows IN THEIR OWN STINKING VIDEOS??!! Just fast forward to about 2:06 if you can)…
…and I definitely don’t want to make a habit of actually paying attention to that barely animate life form Pat Robertson, but I’ll let Kyle Kulinksi take a shot at him anyway (NSFW – and as far as that quote from FDR goes, I would ask that you read this)…
…and happy 75th birthday to “Mistah Bob”; may feature more Dylan tunes this week also.
Monday, May 23, 2016
Monday Stuff
RIP Alan Young...
…and Ed Schultz interviews Repug Congressman Walter Jones and Dem Rick Nolan on the 28 pages of the 9/11 Report that should be declassified by now (I’m in favor of seeking restitution against individuals, but not governments – as much as I don’t like our “friends” the Saudis, trying to go after an entire regime could definitely boomerang on us)…
...and I thought this was a GREAT commentary from Rachel Maddow on the fact that the U.S. House of Representatives has done zilch in the matter of convicted former Speaker Dennis Hastert (oh, but they took down his picture – give me a break; if he’d been a Dem he’d be getting vilified 24/7, which should be happening regardless)…
…and those idiots in Arkansas who elected this clown must be so proud (NSFW – great response by Jimmy Dore, and Cenk finishes up pretty well too; spot-on about our corporate media)…
…and yep, you know it, you love it…time for another installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” from 5/23/12 on the Repugs and their supposed women’s outreach (“Make America Great Again”…hmm, sounds familiar…of course, at least two of the three people in this video are no longer with The Comcast Network, M H-P and Martin Bashir, and I think Krystle Ball is gone also…great point about Republican women having a harder time winning their primaries than Dem women)...
…and on this day in 1979 as noted here, Tom Petty faced off with Shelter Records as part of a contract dispute which, in addition to garnering more hard-earned dough for himself, lowered the price of the recording, which is a really nice “two-fer” as far as I’m concerned.
…and Ed Schultz interviews Repug Congressman Walter Jones and Dem Rick Nolan on the 28 pages of the 9/11 Report that should be declassified by now (I’m in favor of seeking restitution against individuals, but not governments – as much as I don’t like our “friends” the Saudis, trying to go after an entire regime could definitely boomerang on us)…
...and I thought this was a GREAT commentary from Rachel Maddow on the fact that the U.S. House of Representatives has done zilch in the matter of convicted former Speaker Dennis Hastert (oh, but they took down his picture – give me a break; if he’d been a Dem he’d be getting vilified 24/7, which should be happening regardless)…
…and those idiots in Arkansas who elected this clown must be so proud (NSFW – great response by Jimmy Dore, and Cenk finishes up pretty well too; spot-on about our corporate media)…
…and yep, you know it, you love it…time for another installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” from 5/23/12 on the Repugs and their supposed women’s outreach (“Make America Great Again”…hmm, sounds familiar…of course, at least two of the three people in this video are no longer with The Comcast Network, M H-P and Martin Bashir, and I think Krystle Ball is gone also…great point about Republican women having a harder time winning their primaries than Dem women)...
…and on this day in 1979 as noted here, Tom Petty faced off with Shelter Records as part of a contract dispute which, in addition to garnering more hard-earned dough for himself, lowered the price of the recording, which is a really nice “two-fer” as far as I’m concerned.
Friday, May 20, 2016
Friday Stuff
You know what? I don't know how much of the anti-Sanders stuff out there is media trolling by the Hillary campaign and how much of it is a meltdown from the Sanders campaign, including the Nevada business (and I'll admit that the numbers are in HRC's favor), but let's not forget this, shall we?...
(For example, Cenk Uygur, who I respect, said that he hasn’t seen video of a chair being thrown during the Nevada stuff – neither have I, but isn’t that missing the larger point?)...
…also, I didn’t give much of a thought to the recent passing of former Utah Repug Senator Bob Bennett (I had issues with the guy, but he was pretty normal compared to the rest of that bunch, including the utter lowlife who ended up getting his job), but I thought this was pretty touching, to say nothing of completely called for at a minimum…
…and speaking of Cenk, I also thought he and Ana gave a good analysis here of the dustup over Facebook and so-called preferred right-wing content (funny that you never hear about liberals and progressives being allowed to vet the “news” content of The Daily Tucker, Clownhall.com, The Weakly Standard, and of course Fix Noise)…
…and kudos to the striking Verizon workers – all the best…
…and just keep telling yourself that “The Handmaid’s Tale” is fiction when you watch this (by the way, I’ve been watching a great documentary on Showtime called “Drunk, Stoned, Brilliant, Dead” about National Lampoon – would really like to know what people like Doug Kenney, Henry Beard and John Hughes before he went commercial would do with something like this story)…
Update: Wow, here is a sentence I thought I’d never write – kudos to Repug governor Mary Fallin for this (yeah, I'm sure she has an ulterior motive, but nice job to do the right thing).
…and Thom Hartmann brings us economic and labor news for the week (“B. Barry Bamz” ought to pay attention to the first item in particular – one of the more depressing segments I realize, and I’m not sure what we can do about it except work for change, all of us)…
…and I’ll be honest; I go back and forth on these guys, but I like this new tune in particular.
…also, I didn’t give much of a thought to the recent passing of former Utah Repug Senator Bob Bennett (I had issues with the guy, but he was pretty normal compared to the rest of that bunch, including the utter lowlife who ended up getting his job), but I thought this was pretty touching, to say nothing of completely called for at a minimum…
…and speaking of Cenk, I also thought he and Ana gave a good analysis here of the dustup over Facebook and so-called preferred right-wing content (funny that you never hear about liberals and progressives being allowed to vet the “news” content of The Daily Tucker, Clownhall.com, The Weakly Standard, and of course Fix Noise)…
…and kudos to the striking Verizon workers – all the best…
…and just keep telling yourself that “The Handmaid’s Tale” is fiction when you watch this (by the way, I’ve been watching a great documentary on Showtime called “Drunk, Stoned, Brilliant, Dead” about National Lampoon – would really like to know what people like Doug Kenney, Henry Beard and John Hughes before he went commercial would do with something like this story)…
Update: Wow, here is a sentence I thought I’d never write – kudos to Repug governor Mary Fallin for this (yeah, I'm sure she has an ulterior motive, but nice job to do the right thing).
…and Thom Hartmann brings us economic and labor news for the week (“B. Barry Bamz” ought to pay attention to the first item in particular – one of the more depressing segments I realize, and I’m not sure what we can do about it except work for change, all of us)…
…and I’ll be honest; I go back and forth on these guys, but I like this new tune in particular.
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Thursday Stuff
RIP Morley Safer (jeez, didn’t they just give him a retirement party the other day?)…I thought most of his features were pretty good – he actually had a segment with The Muppets years ago that I thought was pretty funny, and he had a really hard time keeping a straight face, which I certainly don’t hold against him…he made his name, though, doing some truly balls-out reporting during the Vietnam War, including this segment…
...and OMFG (here – and by the way, you didn’t hear any of these numbskulls prattling on about a refugee crisis during the…oh, let me think – now what was that little dustup again?? And I don’t necessarily like the TSA either, but how exactly do they constitute a “security problem”?).
TEH STUPID!! IT BURNS US!!!!…
…and yeah, there’s some humor in this, but for the eleventy billionth time, this makes it loud and clear to me that Hillary Clinton needs to make the case for herself – we’ll see…
…and I give you Example Part The Infinity, as Charles Pierce might say, of how conservatives have no sense of humor whatsoever (apropos in particular in light of the prior clip)…
...and Thom Hartmann brings us science and green news for the week (For the last time? Gee, I hope not.)...
…and I guess I’m overdue for a “relationship” song, so here you go.
...and OMFG (here – and by the way, you didn’t hear any of these numbskulls prattling on about a refugee crisis during the…oh, let me think – now what was that little dustup again?? And I don’t necessarily like the TSA either, but how exactly do they constitute a “security problem”?).
TEH STUPID!! IT BURNS US!!!!…
…and yeah, there’s some humor in this, but for the eleventy billionth time, this makes it loud and clear to me that Hillary Clinton needs to make the case for herself – we’ll see…
…and I give you Example Part The Infinity, as Charles Pierce might say, of how conservatives have no sense of humor whatsoever (apropos in particular in light of the prior clip)…
...and Thom Hartmann brings us science and green news for the week (For the last time? Gee, I hope not.)...
…and I guess I’m overdue for a “relationship” song, so here you go.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Wednesday Stuff
Once again, Elizabeth Warren speaks and we listen, this time on Zika (here).
And by the way, I have a message for the supposed Democratic Party “leadership”; before we lose another congressional election, why don’t we actually make the case (including putting up some videos) highlighting the stuff that Warren is talking about? You know, how absolutely horrible congressional Republicans are when it comes to infrastructure, the economy overall, funding government to do its job properly (including the Zika nonsense Warren is talking about), and trying to pass anti-trans or anti-Planned Parenthood and abortion laws every other week, as well as other stuff? You know, actually DO THE HARD WORK OF EXPLAINING TO VOTERS HOW DEMOCRATS ACTUALLY GOVERN LIKE ADULTS AS OPPOSED TO THE OTHER SIDE!
For the most part, Republicans are corporatist greedhead monsters and Democrats are compromised cowards, with at least one notable exception. Please go out there and prove me wrong about the “D” team, OK?...
…and sorry again to be such a downer; I can’t believe that this story actually took place in this country, but it did (see above for not doing anything about it)…
…and kudos to Samantha Bee again for this (definitely NSFW, but for a good reason, in response that is - nice)…
…and RIP Guy Clark – I’m pretty sure Tom Rush covered this tune.
And by the way, I have a message for the supposed Democratic Party “leadership”; before we lose another congressional election, why don’t we actually make the case (including putting up some videos) highlighting the stuff that Warren is talking about? You know, how absolutely horrible congressional Republicans are when it comes to infrastructure, the economy overall, funding government to do its job properly (including the Zika nonsense Warren is talking about), and trying to pass anti-trans or anti-Planned Parenthood and abortion laws every other week, as well as other stuff? You know, actually DO THE HARD WORK OF EXPLAINING TO VOTERS HOW DEMOCRATS ACTUALLY GOVERN LIKE ADULTS AS OPPOSED TO THE OTHER SIDE!
For the most part, Republicans are corporatist greedhead monsters and Democrats are compromised cowards, with at least one notable exception. Please go out there and prove me wrong about the “D” team, OK?...
…and sorry again to be such a downer; I can’t believe that this story actually took place in this country, but it did (see above for not doing anything about it)…
…and kudos to Samantha Bee again for this (definitely NSFW, but for a good reason, in response that is - nice)…
…and RIP Guy Clark – I’m pretty sure Tom Rush covered this tune.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Tuesday Stuff
Yeah, I think this about says it (Update 5/20/16: "30 pieces of silver" indeed, and no, I don't think that's an inapt way to put it)...
…and Samantha Bee does it again, giving the “jump for Jesus” crowd exactly what they deserve (here)…
…and just say “oops” and get out, Jon Keyser and Colorado Republicans (gee whiz, sounds like one or more people were caught committing voter fraud for real – from the party that screams about it the loudest, it should be noted – which, last I checked, was a felony; more related stuff is here...more on Michael Bennet is here)…
…and I don’t know about you, but I think we all need to hear something like this from time to time.
…and Samantha Bee does it again, giving the “jump for Jesus” crowd exactly what they deserve (here)…
…and just say “oops” and get out, Jon Keyser and Colorado Republicans (gee whiz, sounds like one or more people were caught committing voter fraud for real – from the party that screams about it the loudest, it should be noted – which, last I checked, was a felony; more related stuff is here...more on Michael Bennet is here)…
…and I don’t know about you, but I think we all need to hear something like this from time to time.
Monday, May 16, 2016
Monday Stuff
With the never-ending corporate media bloviating about "The Donald" (including this latest idiocy), I think a little more of a taste of reality is in order...
...and speaking of corporate media bloviating, kudos to Bill Maher for this (most recent show was great; even glibertarian Jack Hunter made sense - I have a feeling HBO won't allow this to stay up for long)...
...and once more, it's time for another installment of "This Day In Doomsy History" from 5/14/10 (and yes, Number 44 was spot-on, but as we know, the Repugs took over the House in 2010 in no small part because Dem voters didn't show up in November, and they took the Senate in 2014 for much the same reason - it's up to all of us to erase that mistake; I may show this video a few more times before Election Day)...
…and it looks like Russ Feingold struck back against that turd Ron Johnson in this ad, from here – more of the latter’s disgusting stupidity is here…not that Johnson would actually do this of course, but he should click here to learn about some of the people he insulted – to help Russ, click here)…
…and this tells us about Guido Menzio, an associate professor in the economics department at the University of Pennsylvania, who committed the apparently unpardonable sin of performing – wait for it! – MATH ON AN AIRPLANE! JUDAS H. PRIEST ON A POGO STICK!!!...
...…and I set out to highlight more recent tunes, but this cover is about 8-9 years old of a tune from way back, but I still think it’s pretty good.
...and speaking of corporate media bloviating, kudos to Bill Maher for this (most recent show was great; even glibertarian Jack Hunter made sense - I have a feeling HBO won't allow this to stay up for long)...
...and once more, it's time for another installment of "This Day In Doomsy History" from 5/14/10 (and yes, Number 44 was spot-on, but as we know, the Repugs took over the House in 2010 in no small part because Dem voters didn't show up in November, and they took the Senate in 2014 for much the same reason - it's up to all of us to erase that mistake; I may show this video a few more times before Election Day)...
…and it looks like Russ Feingold struck back against that turd Ron Johnson in this ad, from here – more of the latter’s disgusting stupidity is here…not that Johnson would actually do this of course, but he should click here to learn about some of the people he insulted – to help Russ, click here)…
…and this tells us about Guido Menzio, an associate professor in the economics department at the University of Pennsylvania, who committed the apparently unpardonable sin of performing – wait for it! – MATH ON AN AIRPLANE! JUDAS H. PRIEST ON A POGO STICK!!!...
...…and I set out to highlight more recent tunes, but this cover is about 8-9 years old of a tune from way back, but I still think it’s pretty good.
Friday, May 13, 2016
Friday Stuff
As Karoli says, I guess this is called Harry Reid having no more sh*ts to give...
…and kudos to those zany Canadians for this idea, trying to generate some love from the utter horror of a Donald Trump presidency (and stop saying it can’t happen, because it could – we have to get out and work to prevent that!)…
Update 5/14/16: This post is basically about Trump, but it could be about so many other categories also – Nail. Hammer. Head.
…and while we’re on the topic of world stuff, I should note that, for a brief period last Sunday, Germany very nearly generated all of the power it needed from renewable sources…
…and Steve ended up having to spend a lot to defeat Shaughnessy Naughton, someone who truly gives Democrats a bad name, and that goes for everyone associated with her – if you can spare some coin (or for any other reason), please click here; he’s going to need a lot of help against “Mikey Pt. 2”…
…and Thom Hartmann brings us economic and labor news for the week (GREAT item about banking in North Dakota)…
…and happy birthday to Stevie Wonder; here’s a tune that’s apropos for today’s date on the calendar (seriously thinking about a week with only new or recent stuff because of my backlog – may make that happen soon).
…and kudos to those zany Canadians for this idea, trying to generate some love from the utter horror of a Donald Trump presidency (and stop saying it can’t happen, because it could – we have to get out and work to prevent that!)…
Update 5/14/16: This post is basically about Trump, but it could be about so many other categories also – Nail. Hammer. Head.
…and while we’re on the topic of world stuff, I should note that, for a brief period last Sunday, Germany very nearly generated all of the power it needed from renewable sources…
…and Steve ended up having to spend a lot to defeat Shaughnessy Naughton, someone who truly gives Democrats a bad name, and that goes for everyone associated with her – if you can spare some coin (or for any other reason), please click here; he’s going to need a lot of help against “Mikey Pt. 2”…
…and Thom Hartmann brings us economic and labor news for the week (GREAT item about banking in North Dakota)…
…and happy birthday to Stevie Wonder; here’s a tune that’s apropos for today’s date on the calendar (seriously thinking about a week with only new or recent stuff because of my backlog – may make that happen soon).
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Thursday Stuff
RIP Michael Ratner – so many important lessons in this clip, as well as acknowledgement of the battles that still remain to be fought…
…and the answer to the question is yes – Rosemary Collyer is a Dubya appointee from 2002 (more here)…
…and Michael Brooks of “The Majority Report” tells us that Israel’s so-called “justice” minister considers ANY criticism of Israel to be “anti-Semitic” (please – more here…)…
…and a lot of times, I put up tunes here that are tied to a milestone or a news story of some type, or it’s something new that I really like – well, neither of those circumstances apply; I heard part of this on the radio this morning during my travels (too busy to hear the whole thing), and it brought back some happy memories, so I thought I’d put up all of it here; hard to believe Kenny Loggins was once this mellow before he became an ‘80s pop/rock icon (pics are from the John Muir Woods and Big Basin, CA).
…and the answer to the question is yes – Rosemary Collyer is a Dubya appointee from 2002 (more here)…
…and Michael Brooks of “The Majority Report” tells us that Israel’s so-called “justice” minister considers ANY criticism of Israel to be “anti-Semitic” (please – more here…)…
…and a lot of times, I put up tunes here that are tied to a milestone or a news story of some type, or it’s something new that I really like – well, neither of those circumstances apply; I heard part of this on the radio this morning during my travels (too busy to hear the whole thing), and it brought back some happy memories, so I thought I’d put up all of it here; hard to believe Kenny Loggins was once this mellow before he became an ‘80s pop/rock icon (pics are from the John Muir Woods and Big Basin, CA).
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Wednesday Stuff
Here’s another video about “The Donald” acting like the Neanderthal we truly know he is. However, with this in mind, I should point out a concern…
After a point, bashing Trump will start to generate diminished returns, as it were, kind of like the whole boxing “rope-a-dope” thing (though in no way do I mean to point out that Trump is the political equivalent of Muhammad Ali – fortunately, he isn’t).
But if and when we get to that point, it will be up to the presumptive Democratic Party nominee to make her case. Spending from now until November pointing out the obvious about “Donald Drumpf” is not a political strategy that will guarantee success by itself (yes, HRC is definitely a known commodity, but that doesn’t let her off the hook).
OK, with that said…
…and I thought this was some well-done commentary from Brian Stelter on the all-but-named Republican nominee (here)…
…and Cenk, John & Jimmy give us the latest Trump insanity about debt, and it is literally that…NSFW – stuff from about 5:20 is the most important)...
…and I know I have to be careful because giving “Fergus Laing” even bad publicity is still publicity of a sort, but I liked this interview that Rev. Al conducted with Larry Wilmore on the subject (and I thought Wilmore did just fine as the emcee of the “nerd prom” recently)...
…and Lawrence O’Donnell talks to Rich Cohen about “The Donald” using songs by The Rolling Stones without their permission of course at Trump’s rallies; sounds to me like this is a case of “the singer, not the song” which actually is a Stones tune…
…and keeping with music, I should note that Bob Marley died 35 years ago today.
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Tuesday Stuff
Yes, there is other stuff going on besides “The Donald” and the trans-bathroom idiocy, though I'm sure I'll end up returning to at least one of those situations tomorrow – for starters, if I were Number 44, I would keep using this ammunition as long as the other side is dumb enough to give it to me (here)…
…and it looks like Goldman Sachs is trying to help militarize space (oh, peachy – and oh yeah, more money for NSA spying too)…
…and Kyle Kulinski tells us that Colorado is becoming a haven for medical marijuana “refugees” (NSFW – the last 45 seconds in particular is the real “takeaway” IMHO)…
…and sticking with medical stuff, I wanted to find a tune to commemorate National Nurse’s Week, which runs from 5/6 to 5/12, and I first thought of “Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage” (uh, no), but I settled on this instead, which fits I think (lots of songs for doctors but few for nurses, which, when you consider who supposedly does patient care and who does it for real, is oddly appropriate).
…and it looks like Goldman Sachs is trying to help militarize space (oh, peachy – and oh yeah, more money for NSA spying too)…
…and Kyle Kulinski tells us that Colorado is becoming a haven for medical marijuana “refugees” (NSFW – the last 45 seconds in particular is the real “takeaway” IMHO)…
…and sticking with medical stuff, I wanted to find a tune to commemorate National Nurse’s Week, which runs from 5/6 to 5/12, and I first thought of “Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage” (uh, no), but I settled on this instead, which fits I think (lots of songs for doctors but few for nurses, which, when you consider who supposedly does patient care and who does it for real, is oddly appropriate).
Monday, May 09, 2016
Monday Stuff
Lawrence O’Donnell speaks with Richard Clarke on the horrifying thought of actually giving security briefings to Donald Trump, whose comments to Chuck Todd(ler) about Hillary Clinton’s OMIGODJUSTSTOPALREADY Email server are as big a joke as he is…
…by the way, I would ask that you try to wrap your head around the absurdity of the so-called Clinton Email controversy by contemplating what Clarke says here; namely, that she was wrong to use a personal server, but if she used a public one that she was supposed to, the Chinese would have hacked it anyway…
…and we attempt to joke about it because we must (here)…
…and I give you yet another installment of “This Day in Doomsy History” from 5/6/2008 (well, not exactly the day, but there you are); I would ask that, if somehow you have any impulse to consider “Fergus Laing” as a serious candidate for president, you would watch this clip and realize that all of this garbage comes from THE LAST TIME we elected (more or less) a Repug for president…
…and kudos to JT for this.
…by the way, I would ask that you try to wrap your head around the absurdity of the so-called Clinton Email controversy by contemplating what Clarke says here; namely, that she was wrong to use a personal server, but if she used a public one that she was supposed to, the Chinese would have hacked it anyway…
…and we attempt to joke about it because we must (here)…
Bathroom Cop from Funny Or Die
…and I give you yet another installment of “This Day in Doomsy History” from 5/6/2008 (well, not exactly the day, but there you are); I would ask that, if somehow you have any impulse to consider “Fergus Laing” as a serious candidate for president, you would watch this clip and realize that all of this garbage comes from THE LAST TIME we elected (more or less) a Repug for president…
…and kudos to JT for this.
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