Thursday Stuff

As concerning as the political chaos created by Putin, Trump & co. is, and it is that, the fact that those responsible have apparently done so with impunity – again, so far – may be the most repulsive development of all (was never quite scared of that episode of Star Trek, though, I have to say...and this is curious also)…



…and yeah, nothing to see here as far as the “party of Lincoln” is concerned – just collusion with a foreign hostile power trying to hack into our political infrastructure to help install their Russian operative who lost the popular vote by about 3 million, and are as of now are primed to do it all over again and hack into God knows what else…move along…

Donald Trump Jr. might've colluded with the Russian government - and the GOP doesn't seem to care pic.twitter.com/XifjqlWI3X

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 13, 2017

…and I thought this was a pretty good response to this garbage from Dana Loesch…



…and I give you now the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” from 7/13/12 – Social Security and Medicare are INSURANCE and NOT A SAFETY NET, as Stuart Zechman explains – important to keep in mind while politicians, mainly but not totally on the other side, try to come for something that we’ve paid into and deserve and they should keep their grubby mitts off of – bad sentence, but you know what I mean; a little wonky I’ll admit, but important stuff…



...and yep, activism ALWAYS matters, people (here)...



…and here’s another summer tune that I hope you enjoy.



And with that, I now take my leave of you for a little while – as long as I’ve been doing this, I don’t know if I’ve ever needed a vacation as much as I need this one. All things being equal and God willing, I’ll look to start this up again some time around the 24th or 25th…all the best.

Wednesday Stuff

I’m very aware that, while posting about Generalissimo Trump and his collusion with a foreign hostile power in pursuit of electoral victory, I haven’t been posting as much as I’d like about stuff like the environment, economy, Net Neutrality, what you could call the “last stand” for public education in this country at the hands of the thoroughly execrable Betsy DeVos, Net Neutrality, common-sense gun laws, protecting women’s health and health insurance for the majority of this country overall, etc. etc. etc. And I feel bad about that, but the Trump/Russia stuff is so monumentally awful that I believe it deserves exactly this kind of treatment (and those who did anything whatsoever to aid in the victory of President Impulse Control Issue Tiny-Handed Egomaniac deserve to be pilloried as much as the law and conscience allows).

And with that preface in mind completely, I’d like to turn to this video (a reminder that, as I said, the non-Trump stuff matters greatly also of course)…

Here's why everyone should run for office pic.twitter.com/2LDldm6PdS

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 12, 2017

…and I apologize a bit for making you endure the human stain that is Steven Arnold King once more, but I would ask that you watch this if for no other reason that for the very end…

Republicans want to pay for Trump’s border wall by cutting food stamps and Planned Parenthood pic.twitter.com/37tvjnoPSj

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 12, 2017

…oh, and by the way, Scott Pruitt and the “Gropenfuhrer” are trying to overturn a rule protecting our clean water, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains…



…also, lawmakers in AK have apparently passed a law requiring a woman to get permission from someone who impregnated them to dispose of the fetal remains, which is yet another slide down the slippery legal slope to fetal personhood (yeah, I’m definitely not an expert in the Old Testament, but I have to admit that I think that’s a pretty creepy passage from Numbers also)…



…and a Pew poll indicates that most Republicans are opposed to college, as Kyle tells us – almost no words at this point (NSFW…a little too dismissive of religion as far as I’m concerned, however)…



…and it’s been a little while since I brought you a song from 1967, so here’s another one (yes, this cover was from ’68, but the original was written the year before) – I always thought “The Big Lebowski” was one of the most overrated movies I ever saw…the Coens are great filmmakers, though I personally think they get a bit excessive now and then…maybe just me I know.

Tuesday Stuff

Yeah, it sure looks like Uday (or is it Qusay?) is in deep doo-doo (and I agree with Tim Kaine, though, given his role in the election last year, couldn't these observations have come from another Senate Dem?)…

ICYMI: Donald Trump Jr.‘s apparent involvement with the Russian government has reached an unprecedented level pic.twitter.com/XffkKcmNon

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 11, 2017

…and as Rachel Maddow among others points out, this really is the stuff of tragedy with all of the long knives out all over the place (though, given the idiocy of the principals involved, I guess it has elements of a low farce also)…



…and of course K.O. is up on this also (“Resist” – “Remove”…kind of catchy)…



…and as Chris Hayes reminds us here, having to flak for Generalissimo Trump is a pretty sucky way to try to make a living (utterly pathetic at this point)…



…and in non-treasonous news, Kyle tells us here about the KKK protesting in VA to keep the statue of Robert E. Lee (NSFW)…



...and given the stuff with Jr. in particular, I've had this song on my mind a bit.

Monday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

I know this clip has “made the rounds” by now, but I think these observations from Aussie journo Chris Uhlmann need to be seen and heard far and wide, and it doesn’t make me happy one bit to do it (here...and anyone who is still dumb enough to think that this ISN'T playing out exactly how Putin wants should pay attention to the Russian's smirk at about 2:02)…

Holy smokes. Australian journalist provides one of the most brutal takedowns of Trump I've heard in a while. 👏🏽 pic.twitter.com/MPoDJXATlM

— Amarnath Amarasingam (@AmarAmarasingam) July 8, 2017

...sentiments echoed, sadly but accurately, by Carrie Cordero, legal expert on national and homeland security...



...and I would say that "it's hard to ignore the pattern" also...

MUST WATCH: @RichardEngel: In 3 years, over 40 Kremlin foes/people who knew too much have been murdered or died in mysterious circumstances pic.twitter.com/ieykzQ0FsR

— Yashar Ali (@yashar) July 9, 2017

…and oh yeah, we’re the only country of the G20 that refuses to acknowledge that WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, GODDAMMIT!!! (more here - and as always, Generalissimo Trump continues to behave as if this were all nothing more than a damn “reality” TV show)...



...and speaking of climate, don't look now, but a damn iceberg as big as Delaware has broken loose from Antarctica...



…and a happy belated 90th birthday to Doc Severinsen, legendary trumpeter and years-long bandleader of the NBC Orchestra for “The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson”; on the last show, Severinsen was gushing in his praise for Carson, which is understandable I know, mainly because, as Severinsen put it basically, this would be the last TV show featuring what was in effect a jazz band orchestra, marking an era passing into antiquity, and sadly, he was right.