Friday Stuff

God, is Willard Mitt Romney just a bit of a self-entitled prick, or what (here)…



…and I hope his comments at that Boca Raton fundraiser haunt him until the day he dies (here – which hopefully won’t be for a long time, I wish to emphasize)…



…also, I give Lawrence O’Donnell (and Jim Webb too, of course) credit for continuing to push the issue of Romney’s advocating of someone else fighting in Vietnam besides him while he frolicked in France instead (here)…

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...and I’m probably about a month early for this, but what the hell (I’ve been kind of mellow with the videos this week – so much for that).

Thursday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

I couldn’t have put it better myself (bad word alert here)…



…and if anyone needed motivation to go out and get this done, here is some…



…and here is more (variation on the above ad, I'll admit)…



…and I think Mike Love is a real dick for this – this song came immediately to mind (not hard to see who is who concerning this story).

Wednesday Stuff

The next time you hear someone say that Islam is nothing but a “gutter religion” or whatever – well, ask them to watch this video (here)…



…and by the way, how hilarious is this? TPM put together a reel of clips showing Repugs telling Todd Akin to GET THE HELL OUT of the Missouri Senate race, but apparently based on this, all is forgiven (and God, how pathetic is Dennis Miller anymore?)…



…and I give you yet another Repug acting just a bit too candid in front of a camera and a microphone here (and to help Tammy Baldwin, click here)…



…and happy birthday to Bryan Ferry, formerly of Roxy Music.

Tuesday Stuff

I really hadn’t planned to say anything about what apparently was the blown call in the Green Bay Packers/Seattle Seahawks football game last night, but I thought this was an interesting piece of “world” news from Yahoo.

In addition to the fact that the replacement refs are scabs, the games shouldn’t be watched because the NFL is thus marketing an inferior product.

The only things Roger Goodell and the owners understand are asses in the seats at the home games and eyeballs watching the TV screens. Until that changes, nothing else will.

Now, to switch subjects – this is a quick video, but a meaningful one...



...and enigmatic Canadian pianist Glenn Gould would have been 80 today (time for a bit of culture).

Monday Stuff

I guess you can call this a bit of humor echoing a serious message (here)…

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…and I know I gave it to Kathy Boockvar yesterday for her wishy-washy sort-of endorsement of the Affordable Care Law, but apparently, she gave an interview recently with the oh-so-august-in-their-imaginations editorial board of the Bucks County Courier Times, and she said things that were a lot more in line with what a Dem is supposed to think and feel and believe, IMHO (no oil company subsidies; get our military out of Afghanistan – depending on what the brass has to say...conditional, I know, but pragmatic; and raising the top-tier tax rate to 39 percent – here, and to help Boockvar, click here).

And of course, since we’re talking about Gary Weckselblatt and Mikey the Beloved’s PR factory, they pointed out moments when they asked her questions and she didn’t know the answers (honestly can’t recall our Longtime Bucks Resident Good Catholic Father And Former Eagle Scout PA-08 rep getting that kind of treatment). They also pointed out how many times Boockvar has run for office and lost.

Now why does that sound familiar...



…and here is a message to Willard Mitt from one of the “47 percent” (here)…

…and what the hell is wrong with that man anyway (here – h/t to Jed Lewison for the pic).

Sunday Stuff

Yes, I know we’ve beaten the “Mitt Romney screwing the proverbial pooch at the Boca Raton fundraiser” thing to death, but I still thought Chris Hayes had some interesting comments about it here (probably the best argument for the moment for public financing only of campaigns)…



…and happy 60th birthday to Richard Nixon’s “Checkers” speech, probably the first bit of political theater for the TV age…keep in mind that it worked…



…and I don’t know about you, but I need a laugh (though Tricky Dick was kind of humorous in that speech…hat tips to Time and Buzzfeed), so…



…and happy 63rd birthday to Bruce Springsteen (and I give you one of the best expressions of populist rage set to music I’ve ever heard).