Monday Stuff

I cannot possibly understand why Rachel Maddow is now intent on spending the overwhelming majority of her show any more opining on the “clown car” of Republican presidential candidates (Comcast must be leaving a foul stain on everything and everyone), but during a recent moment she actually gave us responsible journalism when she interviewed Sandy and Lonnie Phillips here, the parents of Jessica Ghawi, one of the 12 people murdered by the coward James Holmes in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater – oh, and did I mention that the Phillipses are being sued for six digits by that state’s gun makers under an existing law? What country am I living in again?...



...and I would ask that you contrast that story with this one, in which Los Angeles is trying to ban high-capacity magazines...



…and boy, have I got an evergreen item for “This Day In Doomsy History,” dating back to August 2nd, 2007 – the first of three (I think) installments of “Back Talk,” and this one may be the best (NSFW)…



…and yeah, way to go, you nitwits who wrecked HitchBOT (here) – no problem in Germany or Canada, but he only lasted a couple of weeks in this country (“U-S-A,”!, “U-S-A”!)…here’s a tune for the occasion.