Friday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

Did Kathleen Hicks actually say that Colin Powell’s assessment of Iraq in 2003 was “intelligence based”? Really???

Other than that, I thought this discussion moderated by Chris Hayes on the Syria thing was well done…

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…and I don’t know what it’s going to take for Philly Mayor Michael Nutter to call out PA Gov Tom “Space Cadet” Corbett for being the wingnut that Corbett truly is, but hopefully this video will help that along (here)…



…and Joy Reid is sadly correct, I believe, on the gun issue here…

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…and I’d better put up this video now since I have only a few days left.

Thursday Stuff

I thought this was an important postscript in light of yesterday (typical – nice line about Lincoln from “corporate media” Milbank, I have to admit)…

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…and with Labor Day coming up, here is another timely message from Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich…



…and here is something sickening on a couple of levels at least (a “measles” outbreak, people – what country am I living in again? And why am I not a bit surprised that this happened in Texas? And yeah, NYC too I guess)…

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…and I can take or leave a lot of current music, but this tune is growing on me a little.

Wednesday Stuff

I’ll try to return to something like normal posting (whatever “normal” is, I’ll admit) as soon as I can.

As I watch this, I remembered what Bill Maher said recently about this country and its wars – we’re looking at a potential “intervention” somewhere else in the world, but maybe we need to “intervene” on behalf of…ourselves…???...

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…and Aaron DiDonato brings us the latest on the fracking drillers in PA trying to scam our beloved commonwealth (he still needs to lose that music and find something better, even though I still mostly dig ELP...more here)…



...and here is the speech that we commemorate today (more here)...



...and here is a tune for the occasion.