Saturday Stuff

RIP Charles Edward Anderson Berry, truly a founding father of rock n’ roll…hard to overstate his importance, through the exquisite integration of his musicianship with lyrics that completely defined what was, at that time, the emerging youth culture in this country…



…and I liked this interview from a few years back with Berry and President Carter…



...I plan to feature his timeless music all week, including this lesser-known tune...



…along with this from his tribute film (and here is another passing of note – read many of his columns for years in the Evening Bulletin in these parts).



Update 3/19/17: And yet another great of the Fourth Estate departs.

Friday Stuff

I don’t think there’s that sophisticated of an explanation as to why Generalissimo Trump is such a clueless, arrogant, egotistical liar…and as K.O. points out, we’ve had plenty of warnings about this sort of thing from popular culture, TV and movies in particular (NSFW)…



…and Nomiki Konst comments on a Fix Noise poll where Bernie comes out on top – big surprise, though it IS surprising that he came out ahead of the “Gropenfuhrer” (though, with respect, I don’t think Bernie Sanders would have had as easy a time in the general election as Cenk & co. are alleging – took awhile to hear from Michael Tracey, but when he said something it certainly was worth it)…



…and yeah, I’m sure most of those “faith leaders” and evangelical sheep (including this guy apparently) are going to fall right in line for this monstrous fraud on health care perpetrated by the “party of Lincoln”…

Ezra Klein explains why the GOP’s American Health Care Act is one of the most "singularly devastating documents" in American politics: pic.twitter.com/spk5KyzaLy

— Vox (@voxdotcom) March 15, 2017

...and it looks like "bathroom bill" McCrory is having a hard time finding a job...awwww - maybe he can apply in Texas...

The former Governor of North Carolina is having trouble finding work because he's a transphobe pic.twitter.com/33dn49DjIp

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 15, 2017

…and let’s not forget that President Tiny-Handed Egomaniac is going to try and cram another one of his “deplorables” onto The Supreme Court…



…and speaking of Fergus Laing’s cronies, apparently AG Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III thinks pot is as bad as heroin – seriously…

Jeff Sessions thinks weed is almost as bad as heroin (he's wrong) pic.twitter.com/YXybTKSAR9

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 16, 2017

...and boy, does Sam Bee ever ask a great question here...



…and happy St. Patrick’s Day, everybody (I’m suddenly in the mood to watch “The Departed”).

Thursday Stuff

John Oliver once again does a great service, digging into the "American Health Care Act" (and God, is Mo Brooks one hell of a turd – NSFW)...



…and I give you another installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” from 3/16/12, to remind us, on the issue of health care, what Repugs as a party think of women (not that they think well of women on anything else either, of course)…



…and when ISN’T it “RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA” for the regime of Number 45, as K.O. reminds us…



…and Seth Meyers brings us the following wrapup of yet another bad week for Generalissimo Trump – pathetic that his lemming followers haven’t risen up yet in protest with the rest of us…



…and Cenk and company offer their take on President Fergus Laing’s budget also, which is every bit as cruel and stupid as you would expect; to be fair, though, I hate to admit it, but that worm Mulvaney has a point – a big part of this mess is owed to you, anyone who did anything to get this clueless, arrogant meat sack elected (and oh yes, HILLZ EMAILS BENGHAZI!!!...and GREAT points by Nomiki Konst)…



…and happy belated 70th birthday to the one and only Ry Cooder.

Wednesday Stuff

David Pakman tells us about another proverbial shoe dropping between Russia and Generalissimo Trump – again, possibly innocuous, but if so, how come all of the explanations about the server contact with the Russian bank contradict each other? And more is here…



…and it looks like Steve King (R-Crazy) is at it again with more racist garbage on behalf of Dutch wingnut Geert Wilders – those Iowa voters who keep sending him back every two years must be so proud (gee, just a bit of a “dog whistle” to white nationalists, I must say…NSFW)…



Update: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

…and Thom Hartmann gives us a history lesson on how the Democrats in particular have ended up in the fix they (we) are currently in as a party…



…and of course, NOW the “Gropenfuhrer” believes the unemployment numbers – bastard (along with the other bottom-feeders in that regime)…

President Trump suddenly believes the unemployment numbers after calling them fake for an entire year pic.twitter.com/F4oYZdh3ZU

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 10, 2017

…and I’ll decide to take it easy on Melania Trump when conservatives apologize for all of their name-calling against Michelle Obama, to say nothing of Hillary Clinton, for whom name-calling is an industry all by itself, though I do cede Cenk's point about HRC "entering the arena"…



…and I’ve had this song much on my mind given the date and the name of this band.

Tuesday Stuff

By any chance, and for the benefit of anyone out there who may somehow still be asleep during all of this, I would say that the regime of Number 45 is definitely starting to look like a dictatorship (yep, might as well “kill the lawyers,” including Preet Bharara, figuratively speaking of course...what I would call a timely update is here)…



…and ZOMG HILLZ EMAIL SCANDAL HILLZ EMAIL SCANDAL HILLZ EMAIL SCANDAL HILLZ EMAIL SCANDAL HILLZ EMAIL SCANDAL!!!!! And yeah, former Trump adviser and registered foreign agent Michael Flynn was behind it all – how the hell is this guy NOT in jail yet (here...sticking with TRMS, which, again, has been kicking butt lately)…



…and luckily Shep Smith is here to tell us about Kellyanne Con-Job’s warning to watch out for those dreaded cameras and recording equipment in our microwaves (here – good job by Smith as usual, though Number 45 doesn't need to "back off"; he needs to apologize and STFU)…



…and K.O. brings us his own “#45,” which is a personal commentary on the passing of his father seven years ago, timely given what President Tiny-Handed Egomaniac and his miscreants plan to do to the Affordable Care Law…



…and if the prior video wasn't enough, here's another related one; stop trying to screw around with the ACA, Repug assh*les…

This isn't ideological. The ACA affects us. It's our real lives. pic.twitter.com/wYAthna8Ls

— MoveOn.org (@MoveOn) March 10, 2017

…and hopefully I won’t have a need to put up this song any more after today – we’ll see (not because it isn’t a great cover of course – just done with the white stuff, that’s all).

Monday Stuff

Careful what you wish for, Arizona assh*les - without affordable health care, the "genocide" may be your own (here...and apparently, this Tim Horn character is a right-wing radio loud mouth of course)...



...and I would say that this is a pretty accurate analysis of how the flow of propaganda works between President Big Orange Cheetoh and the “alt-right,” from Media Matters (NSFW)…

The man who once ran Breitbart is the chief strategist to the president of the United States. That is a problem: pic.twitter.com/xWFpobPAEy

— Media Matters (@mmfa) March 11, 2017

…and as usual, Rachel Maddow is “on the beam” when it comes to what the “Trumpsters” have actually accomplished, which is pretty godawful as you might expect…

Democrats would be wise to echo argument Maddow makes here. It's incredibly effective, and conveniently truthful. https://t.co/a3F4hdbPbQ

— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) March 12, 2017

…and Thom Hartmann tells us more about some of Generalissimo’s Trump’s abominations “under the radar” (echoed from the Rachel Maddow clip)…



...and Lawrence O’Donnell states here that the president can be impeached for lying (a pretty accurate summation of our sorry state, I must say)…



…and with the prior clip in mind, all I ask is that it not get to the point described in this video before we do something about the “Gropenfuhrer,” OK?

Sunday Stuff

Gosh, I wonder if the “Trumpsters” are having buyer’s remorse (and yes, I think this is pretty much a goof)…



…and this tells us about how people who ended up voting for Generalissimo Trump in big numbers will pay a heavy price for it – heckuva job…

West Virginia's drug epidemic is reaching crisis levels – and Trumpcare won't help pic.twitter.com/cKUfEocPXM

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 12, 2017

…oh, and did you know that the Obamas are staying in Washington to run a “shadow government”? This is according to PA’s Republican embarrassment of a U.S. House Rep, and that would be Mike Kelly (more here, and the inevitable attempt to “walk it back” is here and here…the only bigger political numbskulls in our beloved commonwealth are Scott Wagner and Daryl Metcalfe – hardly august company)…



…and I give you today’s Sunday meditation.