Wednesday Stuff

Yeah, there goes the Supreme Court of Hangin’ Judge JR just “calling balls and strikes” again (what a load of bullpuckey, as Rachel Maddow might say, THAT was from Roberts’s confirmation hearing)…the story has to do with the decision to try and deal a death blow to union organizing (here)…yeah, it looks pretty bad, but again, this shouldn’t be a surprise for the reasons noted by NBC legal reporter Pete Williams...take a bow, all you fools who have ever voted for Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao..



…and some hairdo at CNN interviews Keith Ellison (apparently upset by Ellison’s “uncivility”) on the Muslim ban ruling (more on Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent is here)…



…and speaking of Maddow, she interviews Anthony Romero of the ACLU on the Muslim ban (by the way, I would’ve included her “A” block on the Korematsu ruling along with Sotomayor’s dissent, but the whole clip wouldn’t play on MSNBC’s still-utterly-wretched web site)…



…and Pete Williams is back with more Supreme Court news, this one on the retirement of Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy (here) – I don’t think Kennedy was nearly as benign as the reporting here indicates, but yeah, this is still good news for the Gropenfuhrer unfortunately and rotten news for everyone else – yeah, the Repugs just can’t wait to cement the court the way they want, otherwise Kennedy would’ve waited until a new justice is confirmed…once again, rules apply only to Democrats but never to Repugs (and I definitely agree with this)…



Update: Uh, yep.

…and while the wingnuts further consolidate their power, leaving what damn well better be a blue congressional tidal wave in November as the only recourse we have left, what is our side doing? Why, we’re engaging in circular firing squads of course…yes, the primary process worked on behalf of progressives and that process needs to work without anyone’s thumbs on the figurative scales, I know, and when it works that’s a good thing (here), but I’m just saying that I heard a lot of braying and carping about how Joe Crowley was nothing but a CORPORATE DEM CORPORATE DEM CORPORATE DEM CORPORATE DEM CORPORATE DEM CORPORATE DEM CORPORATE DEM BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD!!!! so he HAD TO BE DEFEATED…well, when I think of Crowley, I think of this video from a few years ago in particular (and let’s not forget this too)…



…and I know I’m way overdue for a more recent tune here, but that will have to wait given that today is also the 50th anniversary of Elvis’s comeback TV special (here) – I know I put up this tune an awful lot, but if there was ever a day to hear it again, I think this is it.