Yesterday was National Gun Violence Awareness Day (more here…and yes, wingnuts, I know about this story – once in a while what is desired actually happens instead of something unplanned and usually tragic)…
…and just as a reminder, this is what happens when a Democrat is elected president (like to see stuff like this from HRC – hopefully I will…and what I saw of Number 44’s Elkhart speech on Wednesday was pretty good)…
…and from the nearly sublime to ridiculous we go; “The Donald” wants an apology from The Onion – uh huh (and as much as I hate to admit it, Coulter predicted Trump would be the Republican presidential nominee on “Real Time”)…
…and all I have to say in response to this is estás pero si bien pendejo, “Donald Drumpf”…
…and Thom Hartmann brings us economic and labor news for the week (the oil story is particularly important, IMHO)…
…and happy belated 75th birthday to Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones.
Friday, June 03, 2016
Thursday, June 02, 2016
Thursday Stuff
Here is some analysis on “The Donald” from our friends up north; nope, nothing snarky or no historical footage included…just presenting “Fergus Laing” warts and all (and please spare me all of the “omigod, he did it this time – his campaign is surely doomed now” stuff…we’ve seen what we thought were moments like that over and over, and none have materialized so far).
I honestly don’t care that much if he beats up the press. A lot of presidents have done that; that’s not the issue.
The issue is that Trump was, is, and always will be, dangerously unqualified for the most important job in the world. And he’s up against a presumptive Democratic nominee whose negatives are almost as high, which is scary.
I’m going to make yet another appeal to Hillary Clinton to actually campaign and start trying to make it crystal clear what she wants to do as president and how that will benefit this country as opposed to what Trump claims he wants to do and how that would likely wreck everything this country has stood for since its founding – PLEEEAAAASE!! (sorry, Bernie - more here, and she took a step forward on that here)...
...and in response to this (including MSNBC, which looks more and more pathetic with each passing day), I have only to ask the following: Gee, ya' think??!!
...and speaking of The Comcast Network, I think Lawrence O’Donnell makes a great point here about how screwed up our election cycle is in this country given that Iowa and New Hampshire get so much debate and candidate attention relative to California, and of course Robert Kennedy’s words have become even more prescient with the passage of time, but Heaven forbid that the cretins responsible for this fail to get in a Trump mention…
…and I’ve fallen behind on the science and green news from Thom Hartmann, so I’ll try again to catch up…
...and here is what I consider to be an appropriate tune for this little item.
I honestly don’t care that much if he beats up the press. A lot of presidents have done that; that’s not the issue.
The issue is that Trump was, is, and always will be, dangerously unqualified for the most important job in the world. And he’s up against a presumptive Democratic nominee whose negatives are almost as high, which is scary.
I’m going to make yet another appeal to Hillary Clinton to actually campaign and start trying to make it crystal clear what she wants to do as president and how that will benefit this country as opposed to what Trump claims he wants to do and how that would likely wreck everything this country has stood for since its founding – PLEEEAAAASE!! (sorry, Bernie - more here, and she took a step forward on that here)...
...and in response to this (including MSNBC, which looks more and more pathetic with each passing day), I have only to ask the following: Gee, ya' think??!!
...and speaking of The Comcast Network, I think Lawrence O’Donnell makes a great point here about how screwed up our election cycle is in this country given that Iowa and New Hampshire get so much debate and candidate attention relative to California, and of course Robert Kennedy’s words have become even more prescient with the passage of time, but Heaven forbid that the cretins responsible for this fail to get in a Trump mention…
…and I’ve fallen behind on the science and green news from Thom Hartmann, so I’ll try again to catch up…
...and here is what I consider to be an appropriate tune for this little item.
Wednesday, June 01, 2016
Wednesday Stuff
Gosh, Ken Starr goes down over a sex scandal (here) – can you say KARMA??!! (good point about why HRC would keep a personal server, to keep all of the crap out of public view that have nothing to do with how to do your job)...
…and it looks like the Verizon workers actually won in their walkout – kudos; in case anybody out there still wonders whether or not it matters if a Democrat wins the White House in November (not sure how that could be true, but you never know), they should pay attention to this story…
…and if Verizon had had its way without the workforce standing up, then they likely would have pulled the same nonsense that KKR pulled here, as Lewis Black tells us from 6/2/2008; yep, time once more for “This Day In Doomsy History” (I don’t think the URL at the end of the video is active any more, though)…
...and I can't resist having the reaction to the first video that's the same title as this tune.
…and it looks like the Verizon workers actually won in their walkout – kudos; in case anybody out there still wonders whether or not it matters if a Democrat wins the White House in November (not sure how that could be true, but you never know), they should pay attention to this story…
…and if Verizon had had its way without the workforce standing up, then they likely would have pulled the same nonsense that KKR pulled here, as Lewis Black tells us from 6/2/2008; yep, time once more for “This Day In Doomsy History” (I don’t think the URL at the end of the video is active any more, though)…
...and I can't resist having the reaction to the first video that's the same title as this tune.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Tuesday Stuff
RIP Rick MacLeish of the Flyers – wouldn’t have won those Cups without him, particularly the first one as shown below (Tom Lysiak too)…
…and regarding Memorial Day, I’m not totally sure that I buy Sebastian Junger’s thesis on community support by itself necessarily lowering instances of PTSD, but I know he backs up his claims with data, which is more than a lot of other people do…
…and yeah, let’s hear it for the “good old days,” huh (not current, but still timely)…
…and Dem U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren is my new hero for this, standing up to idiot Gail Heriot of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; more Heriot ignorance/bigotry is here, and you guessed it, by the way – Heriot is a Bushco holdover...
...and the stupidest man in the universe strikes again ("GAYS IN SPAAAACE," with Louie Gohmert - NSFW)...
…and I guess I’m a little late with this tune given that the Indy 500 was yesterday, but better than never I suppose (and man, is that one hard-working drummer or what?).
…and regarding Memorial Day, I’m not totally sure that I buy Sebastian Junger’s thesis on community support by itself necessarily lowering instances of PTSD, but I know he backs up his claims with data, which is more than a lot of other people do…
…and yeah, let’s hear it for the “good old days,” huh (not current, but still timely)…
…and Dem U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren is my new hero for this, standing up to idiot Gail Heriot of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; more Heriot ignorance/bigotry is here, and you guessed it, by the way – Heriot is a Bushco holdover...
...and the stupidest man in the universe strikes again ("GAYS IN SPAAAACE," with Louie Gohmert - NSFW)...
…and I guess I’m a little late with this tune given that the Indy 500 was yesterday, but better than never I suppose (and man, is that one hard-working drummer or what?).
Monday, May 30, 2016
Monday Stuff
Happy Memorial Day (and in a related item, I have to admit that I was intrigued by this - what guts on the part of Rod Serling, and I guess one lesson was to never fly in a plane with Gene Roddenberry)...
…and I often forget to include this song for Memorial Day, even though you could consider it a curio of sorts from the bad Bushco era, but I think it’s still timely unfortunately when you realize that we still have members of our military in harm’s way (here).
Update: Actually, this isn't a bad selection either.
Update 5/31/16: Offered without further comment (here)...
…and I often forget to include this song for Memorial Day, even though you could consider it a curio of sorts from the bad Bushco era, but I think it’s still timely unfortunately when you realize that we still have members of our military in harm’s way (here).
Update: Actually, this isn't a bad selection either.
Update 5/31/16: Offered without further comment (here)...
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