(By the way, my page views have been going insane over the last week or so, which is probably coincidental timed for the conventions…still, thanks to one and all.)
And speaking of same, kudos to Gen. John Allen (here) – like, wow…
…and I would call this stirring also, though for a wholly other reason; tied to the same theme as the prior clip, though…
…and from the sublime to the ridiculous we go here – just say “oops” and get out, NC Repugs (more here)…
…and I have a feeling Ed Schultz is still getting over the fact that Hillary is the Dem nominee for prez and not Bernie Sanders, but we are where we are, and credit to HRC where I think it’s due – besides, it’s all about keeping out “Fergus Laing” at this point…
…and maybe I shouldn’t be diverting attention to “The Donald” again, but I feel I have to; kudos to Thom Hartmann here…
…and when even those evangelical sheep finally realize that they’re getting conned, then maybe the shadows for the Repugs are longer than we thought…
…and it’s probably no surprise whatsoever that I agree with Eric Holder’s assessment of the nominee of the “party of Lincoln,” namely, that his latest remarks about Russia hacking Hillary Clinton’s Email automatically disqualifies him for president, but I’m presenting the clip anyway…
…and best wishes for a happy 70th birthday tomorrow to Jeffrey Hammond of Jethro Tull (doesn’t rock out quite like the original, but I would still call this a pretty good version).
Friday, July 29, 2016
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Thursday Stuff
This may be it for President Hopey Changey and his great speeches – if so, he sure exited with a memorable one (here); the wingnuts will always hate him of course, in no small part because Obama truly understands this country better than they ever will (and I'm sure the Dems had permission to use the music)…
…something amplified by Joe Biden earlier, particularly in this excerpt (here)…
…and I always respected Joe Crowley for a lot of reasons, but I REALLY respect him for this (Sam Seder is talking about “The Music Man” and Professor Harold Hill, by the way, which would fit The Donald if he had a benevolent molecule in his body, which of course he doesn’t)…
…and given that the Dem convention is wrapping up tonight, what do you say to a tune to help us get about the tough work of winning this damn election, and (dare I hope) taking back Congress?
…something amplified by Joe Biden earlier, particularly in this excerpt (here)…
…and I always respected Joe Crowley for a lot of reasons, but I REALLY respect him for this (Sam Seder is talking about “The Music Man” and Professor Harold Hill, by the way, which would fit The Donald if he had a benevolent molecule in his body, which of course he doesn’t)…
…and given that the Dem convention is wrapping up tonight, what do you say to a tune to help us get about the tough work of winning this damn election, and (dare I hope) taking back Congress?
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Wednesday Stuff
I know the focus in Philly is quite rightly on the Democratic National Convention, but I thought this was a cautionary discussion Chris Hayes had with Howard Fineman and E.J. Dionne recently; I’d love to agree with the latter about Trump’s “ceiling,” but one of the truly scary aspects of all of this is that I don’t think we really know what that is – just means we have to work harder for HRC, that’s all…
…that being said, I should also say that this absolutely has to mean the end for this guy and his presidential hopes (and yes, I know there have been a slew of these moments already, but this has to be the proverbial last straw – more here)…
…and this starts with Sen. Al Franken talking about Michelle Obama’s speech, but it ends with Franken telling the media to do their damn jobs (“facts don’t seem to matter,” Mrs. Greenspan? Are you vying for the title of Grand Dame Of Our Beltway Courtier Media?)…
…and when I think about Trump (I try not to do that a lot, I'll admit), songs like this come to mind.
…that being said, I should also say that this absolutely has to mean the end for this guy and his presidential hopes (and yes, I know there have been a slew of these moments already, but this has to be the proverbial last straw – more here)…
…and this starts with Sen. Al Franken talking about Michelle Obama’s speech, but it ends with Franken telling the media to do their damn jobs (“facts don’t seem to matter,” Mrs. Greenspan? Are you vying for the title of Grand Dame Of Our Beltway Courtier Media?)…
…and when I think about Trump (I try not to do that a lot, I'll admit), songs like this come to mind.
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Tuesday Stuff
John Oliver does it again (NSFW)...
…and yeah, I guess I got trolled by Juilan Assange on some of the earlier Wikileaks stuff – not ashamed to admit if I made a mistake; I thought he had the wherewithal to know when he was getting played by Putin, but apparently he doesn’t (stuff like this from the Trump campaign shows a sophistication I didn’t expect I’ll admit, though I don’t think it shows sophistication to violate U.S. campaign finance law either…you would think that the quite-likely involvement of foreign actors in our election would infuriate the voters of this country…you would think)…
…and I thought this was a good commentary by Kyle Kulinski about what was probably the most memorable line of Michelle’s Obama’s speech at the Democratic Convention last night (NSFW also – the last minute or so in particular is the true takeaway IMHO)…
…and a happy belated birthday to Chepito Areas of Santana – I hope the title of this song reflects the spirits of the country overall after Day 2 of the Dem convention as opposed to last week’s hatefest in Cleveland.
…and yeah, I guess I got trolled by Juilan Assange on some of the earlier Wikileaks stuff – not ashamed to admit if I made a mistake; I thought he had the wherewithal to know when he was getting played by Putin, but apparently he doesn’t (stuff like this from the Trump campaign shows a sophistication I didn’t expect I’ll admit, though I don’t think it shows sophistication to violate U.S. campaign finance law either…you would think that the quite-likely involvement of foreign actors in our election would infuriate the voters of this country…you would think)…
…and I thought this was a good commentary by Kyle Kulinski about what was probably the most memorable line of Michelle’s Obama’s speech at the Democratic Convention last night (NSFW also – the last minute or so in particular is the true takeaway IMHO)…
…and a happy belated birthday to Chepito Areas of Santana – I hope the title of this song reflects the spirits of the country overall after Day 2 of the Dem convention as opposed to last week’s hatefest in Cleveland.
Monday, July 25, 2016
Monday Stuff
Kudos to Fareed Zakaria for this (and I don’t give a damn about his accent – actually, if you want to hear an extremely NSFW response to Coulter, click here)…
…and memo to our corporate media; any chance that you people are going to wake the hell up and confront “The Donald” over his failure to release his tax returns (here)?
Naah, didn’t think so (zzzzzz)…
…so yeah, maybe it’s time once more for some good old fashioned outrage, and Jon Stewart brings it, as they say, just in time (here)…
…and I don’t know if the rain making its way through these parts will bring much relief over the next day or so – hopefully it will.
…and memo to our corporate media; any chance that you people are going to wake the hell up and confront “The Donald” over his failure to release his tax returns (here)?
Naah, didn’t think so (zzzzzz)…
…so yeah, maybe it’s time once more for some good old fashioned outrage, and Jon Stewart brings it, as they say, just in time (here)…
…and I don’t know if the rain making its way through these parts will bring much relief over the next day or so – hopefully it will.
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