I don’t know what’s more amazing – the fact that more TV programs don’t slap us so squarely in the mouth, as it were, like “Newsroom” on HBO does here in this clip (and Jeff Daniels acts this so well that I don’t think he’s acting at all), or the fact that what he says sounds like total and utter anathema when it is so obviously true (Daniels’ character failed to mention another category in which this country leads, and that is the most number of citizens in possession of a firearm; nothing to be proud of as far as I’m concerned…and by the way, the most widely spoken language on earth isn’t English, but Mandarin Chinese)…
…and if you want more liberal crazy talk from Lawrence O’Donnell, concerning the upcoming swearing-in of Number 44 once more, here it is (The Daily Tucker ran a screaming headline over this saying that O’Donnell was saying that they shouldn’t have the Bible for the ceremony – too funny)…
It looks like Phil Gingrey made an ass of himself again, as noted here (more Gingrey lowlights are here).
Seriously, are there any adults in the Republican Party who can put an end to this awfulness, at long last (talking about rape, I mean)? Please let me know (by the way, good on Gingrey for this if he really means it)…
…and I would say that Rachel Maddow has turned over a rather interesting rock concerning an Alaskan oil rig set up by Shell and that company’s efforts to move it in really, really bad weather (kudos to Ed Markey of Massachusetts…um, doesn’t Alaska allegedly have a Dem U.S. Senator who could say a thing or two about this also? Paging Mark Begich)…
…and Jon Stewart does it again, bringing it to Fix Noise big time over their criticism of the Current TV sale to Al Jazeera America (which, dare I hope, could get this guy on the air once more at long last where he belongs)…
…and I know I’m behind on the indie/contemporary videos, and I’ll get back to them I promise, but for now, happy belated birthday to this guy, who could probably go by his real name now if he wanted to.
We saw “Lincoln” and thought it was terrific…Daniel Day-Lewis should win the Best Actor Oscar, and Tommy Lee Jones was great also – we’ll see (and I don’t know anything about this Patricia Murphy person, but I’m not sure how she expects Obama to more or less win over the other side by doing anything he hasn’t already done; to me, that’s Beltway-media-speak for “shut up and let the Repugs take charge”)…
There’s been so much focus by our corporate media on how much Chuck Hagel supposedly loves Israel or not that there hasn’t been nearly as much scrutiny over this guy (from here)…
…and when it comes to deceit, I suppose it’s a bit of a logical transition to turn to Richard Nixon, who would have been 100 today; of course, Tricky Dick, not being a movement conservative, didn’t merit anything approximating the full-on Reaganalia of February 2011 – here is one of many stellar (?) Nixon moments once more for your viewing pleasure (he spoke these words in November 1973, and by August next year, he was gone)…
…and I always thought this was a catchy little number about “the wit from Whittier” (featuring this guy)…
…and this may be Nixon’s most remembered moment in contemporary music, brilliantly crafted by Neil Young.
Forget about the damn fiscal cliff – try paying attention to a real disaster (here)…
...and God bless Gabby Giffords and her husband for their efforts to try and bring sanity to what passes for the gun debate in this country (and by the way, though I give Steve Schmidt some credit, I have never viewed my gun position as "extreme")...
...and yes, Jon Stewart is funny here as always about the Repugs and their utter fail on the vote for the victims of Sandy, but he also brings more than a little bit of disgust too, rightly so (here, and is this a surprise?)...
…and I’m going to combine this story with the fact that, 50 years ago today, the price of a first-class stamp shot through the roof from a ghastly 4 cents all the way to a nickel…good times.
We don’t need to “take a look at what happened at Sandy Hook,” Sen. Heitkamp. We already know what happened (here).
A 20-year-old lunatic with a semi-automatic assault rifle broke into an elementary school and murdered 20 children and 6 teachers before he killed himself.
Have fun depositing what I’m sure will be a hefty check from the National Rifle Association for shamelessly propagating their talking points (and Democrats wonder why voters in this country get disgusted with them)…
…and Rachel Maddow explains a reason why voting in state elections (or any election) matters, in this case pertaining to the minimum wage (and this is what she was referring to in Virginia – typical right-wing crap)…
…and one of the items I noted here was the fact that the NHL and the players union are near an agreement to end the lockout that got rid of over half the season – philly.com took the opportunity to fellate in print Ed Snider himself, celebrating his 80th birthday (what timing); here is an utterly inglorious (but unintentionally funny) moment brought to us by Snider (not counting his fundraising for Number 43’s carnage in Iraq)…
