Thursday Stuff

Gee, isn’t it nice when one of the leading industrialized nations speaks out for human rights? You know, like WE used to do (leading to the expulsion of Canada’s ambassador Chrystia Freeland, discussed here by Gordon Duff of Veterans Today…yes, PressTV is partly funded by the Iranian government, but I don’t think that de-legitimizes the story…more here, here and here)…



…and Chris Hayes tells us about Trumpster FCC head Ajit Pai lying again, this time about their site crashing again in response to a call from John Oliver to try and save Net Neutrality (I have a feeling this will be the very last video I ever use from MSNBC’s site, though I may use what I can from YouTube instead – MSNBC’s site has been horrible forever, and it just keeps getting worse and worse, so I’m done)…

…and gosh, it looks like Generalissimo Trump is trying to find a new way to kill us (I think some important context on this is here, by the way)…



…and I don’t totally agree with Kyle’s assessment of religion, though he’s right that too many people have used it to justify all kinds of crap, but I think the statement from Pope Francis about the death penalty is noteworthy (still thinking about it to be honest, though it does show more consistency from the Catholic Church on this when you think about the whole "pro-life" thing too - as I said, I'm still pondering it), so that’s mainly why I’m including this (could also do without Kyle’s inane references to a “sky wizard,” though I know that’s just how he rolls, you might say – NSFW)…



…and Hasan Piker of TYT brings us the “breakdown” on Stuart Varney of Fix Noise caterwauling about “SOCIALISM! SOCIALISM! SOCIALISM!” in Venezuela, though, as you might expect, “socialism” is in the eye of the beholder, you might say…I agree with Piker’s analysis, except for the part about Maduro and the alleged “drone strike” (here - mildly NSFW also)…



…and yesterday was International Cat Day I know…well, today is International Book Lovers Day – never thought I’d have an excuse for this tune, but I’m glad that I do at long last.