Wednesday Stuff

I thought this was an absolutely hilarious headline that appeared in Monday's issue of The Trentonian; Governor Bully recently delivered his "State of the State" Address, you see (more here...ya' think the Guv might actually decide to stay awhile?).

On another note, on the subject of Guantanamo, either charge the detainees and transfer them to a Supermax prison in this country (not like we have a shortage) or release them and close the damn thing…



Update: God, am I sorry to hear about this – AJAM deserves a lot of credit for courageous reporting of stories that matter as far as I’m concerned, but in today’s high-dollar media age, they had to make a big splash in this country and get dollar-paying subscribers in a hurry to become a “player,” and I’m sure this didn’t help…if they screwed the proverbial pooch, then they should owe up to it, but again, I don’t see ANY of the news networks with initials for names doing their type and quality of reporting.

…and I’m glad to see Seth Meyers give those Oregon militia idiots the treatment they deserve, including Mr.-Hiding-Under-The-Blue-Tarp Guy (and Little Ricky continues to be an utter embarrassment…more on the whole sentencing thing is here, and I think the student here deserves a lot of credit)…



…and even though it’s a new year, that doesn’t mean that I’ve done away with “This Day In Doomsy History” – I think this clip from 1/12/10 is a bit of a cautionary tale about the Teahadists; despite the fact that the political landscape is different now in some ways, it is still much the same as far as I’m concerned in other ways, at least in terms of the battle to keep the other side from getting the momentum because the consequences could be beyond disastrous if that happens… I thought Mark Leibovich's point was interesting about how both the energizing AND shrinking of the Repugs and their beloved "base" was taking place...this country ended up giving the Teahadists what they wanted in the fall elections that year; let's not make that mistake again…



…and I thought Cenk and Ana had some interesting remembrances on Bowie here, particularly his face off with Mark Goodman of MTV in 1982 over the lack of black artists on that network at that time…



…and speaking of “the thin white duke,” here is a cut from his ’74 performance at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia…



…and a latter-era selection.