"When will this insanity stop," indeed (here) - absolutely no rest from the threat of these lethal weapons of death in the hands of lunatics...
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Friday, May 23, 2014
Friday Stuff
(I also posted here.)
Happy 50th birthday to “The Great Society” of President Lyndon Johnson, derided (usually inaccurately) by wingnuts everywhere (here); the following clip comes from January 1965 (yes, lofty goals and picturesque rhetoric I know, but Johnson was a hard, cold realist too – there’s a lot more to learn about it, but this clip gives a taste of what it was all about)…
...and here is a timely item from Jon Stewart in two parts; the first appears below (I know he's joking of course, but as far as I’m concerned, Bill Orally will never be a “hero”)…
...and here is Part Two...
…and 80 years ago today, legendary bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were gunned down by Texas Ranger Frank Hamer and his cohorts; of course, they were the subject of Arthur Penn’s equally legendary 1967 flick here (returning to the LBJ era again) starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, and other fine actors; here is a tune for the occasion (spawned from the movie a year later of course) that I don’t think you would ever hear except for right now.
Happy 50th birthday to “The Great Society” of President Lyndon Johnson, derided (usually inaccurately) by wingnuts everywhere (here); the following clip comes from January 1965 (yes, lofty goals and picturesque rhetoric I know, but Johnson was a hard, cold realist too – there’s a lot more to learn about it, but this clip gives a taste of what it was all about)…
...and here is a timely item from Jon Stewart in two parts; the first appears below (I know he's joking of course, but as far as I’m concerned, Bill Orally will never be a “hero”)…
...and here is Part Two...
…and 80 years ago today, legendary bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were gunned down by Texas Ranger Frank Hamer and his cohorts; of course, they were the subject of Arthur Penn’s equally legendary 1967 flick here (returning to the LBJ era again) starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, and other fine actors; here is a tune for the occasion (spawned from the movie a year later of course) that I don’t think you would ever hear except for right now.
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Thursday Stuff
I guess this is how Colorado Republicans intend to reach out to “ornamental” women voters – Judas H. Priest on a pogo stick…
…and this tells us what their “minority outreach” efforts are all about also (“roach legislation” – good one...and by the way, I thought this was a good post from Jed Lewison of Daily Kos about last Tuesday's primaries)…
...and I was once a wage slave to the “golden arches,” and hopefully won’t ever be again – I could probably eat a Big Mac again at gunpoint, but that’s the only way I would do it...
...and here's some damn skippy funk, people.
…and this tells us what their “minority outreach” efforts are all about also (“roach legislation” – good one...and by the way, I thought this was a good post from Jed Lewison of Daily Kos about last Tuesday's primaries)…
...and I was once a wage slave to the “golden arches,” and hopefully won’t ever be again – I could probably eat a Big Mac again at gunpoint, but that’s the only way I would do it...
...and here's some damn skippy funk, people.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Wednesday Stuff
Well, I got one right anyway – congratulations to Kevin Strouse, and thanks to both Allyson Schwartz and Shaughnessy Naughton for their class in pledging their support to their party’s respective nominees (not quite sure how good Tom Wolf is at slinging back the mud that surely will come his way from Corbett and his pals, but we're about to find out).
Now, Strouse goes on to fight Mikey the Beloved in the fall (and please, for God’s sake, dispense with campaign ads like this one...sorry, but "happy touchy feely" doesn't work for yours truly)…
...actually, this is MUCH better - sorry I didn't show it sooner...
…and drat that tree-hugging Obama and his Bureau of Land Management (the same bunch trying to enforce the rule of law against wingnut welfare recipient Cliven Bundy) for trying to protect our environment and create jobs (removing my tongue from my cheek)…
…and here is an update to Robert Greenwald’s fine documentary “Koch Brothers Exposed” (Keith Olbermann's Special Comment about Citizens United looks more and more prophetic, unfortunately)…
…and I would have liked to see Alan Grayson, Pete DeFazio (a veteran) and Joe Crowley named to the BENGHAZI!!! circus instead (here), but I think these are good choices, particularly Rep. Cummings (part of me wants to see the Dems sit this out, but unfortunately, the cable news channels have a bigger squawk box than just about any other blogger out there, and for the Dems not to provide some kind of push back could be fatal from an electoral perspective)…
Update 5/22/14: And if this is true, than Steny Hoyer is more pathetic than I ever imagined.
…and happy belated 70th birthday to Joe Cocker (among other things, probably the greatest Ray Charles-cover artist of all time...yeah, isn't it great when a divey little bar magically turns into a high-gloss '80s music video?).
Now, Strouse goes on to fight Mikey the Beloved in the fall (and please, for God’s sake, dispense with campaign ads like this one...sorry, but "happy touchy feely" doesn't work for yours truly)…
...actually, this is MUCH better - sorry I didn't show it sooner...
…and drat that tree-hugging Obama and his Bureau of Land Management (the same bunch trying to enforce the rule of law against wingnut welfare recipient Cliven Bundy) for trying to protect our environment and create jobs (removing my tongue from my cheek)…
…and here is an update to Robert Greenwald’s fine documentary “Koch Brothers Exposed” (Keith Olbermann's Special Comment about Citizens United looks more and more prophetic, unfortunately)…
…and I would have liked to see Alan Grayson, Pete DeFazio (a veteran) and Joe Crowley named to the BENGHAZI!!! circus instead (here), but I think these are good choices, particularly Rep. Cummings (part of me wants to see the Dems sit this out, but unfortunately, the cable news channels have a bigger squawk box than just about any other blogger out there, and for the Dems not to provide some kind of push back could be fatal from an electoral perspective)…
Update 5/22/14: And if this is true, than Steny Hoyer is more pathetic than I ever imagined.
…and happy belated 70th birthday to Joe Cocker (among other things, probably the greatest Ray Charles-cover artist of all time...yeah, isn't it great when a divey little bar magically turns into a high-gloss '80s music video?).
Monday, May 19, 2014
Monday Stuff
(I also posted here.)
God, this is simply precious...
...and yes, my fellow prisoners, “hope and change” is for real...
...and I give you career ambassador Thomas Pickering on BENGHAZI!!! here (time for a grown-up perspective)...
...and the following two items are NSFW - first, Bill Maher reads conservative porn (guess I'd better put on my bathrobe and my Michael Bolton CD)...
...and except for his remarks about Baptism, which I didn't appreciate actually, I thought Maher was on the money again here...
...and happy 65th birthday to Dusty Hill of Z.Z. Top.
God, this is simply precious...
...and yes, my fellow prisoners, “hope and change” is for real...
...and I give you career ambassador Thomas Pickering on BENGHAZI!!! here (time for a grown-up perspective)...
...and the following two items are NSFW - first, Bill Maher reads conservative porn (guess I'd better put on my bathrobe and my Michael Bolton CD)...
...and except for his remarks about Baptism, which I didn't appreciate actually, I thought Maher was on the money again here...
...and happy 65th birthday to Dusty Hill of Z.Z. Top.
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