Friday Stuff (update)

I know Kyle (NSFW of course) got pretty “wonky” here, as he put it, but I think there’s not one thing wrong with that – he talks about Trumper Larry Kudlow saying a federal minimum wage is a "terrible" idea (typical… wonder if ol’ Larry has been visiting the snow man again? And no, I’m not trivializing drug use by saying that.)… I would also argue that another example of conservatives being dragged kicking and screaming into the cold light of day is on health care coverage for pre-existing conditions, putting aside the brazen lying that went on in the most recent election of course (and by the way, the Repugs’ idea of a “small business” would be, oh I don’t know…maybe Papa John’s? And a “living wage law”? And “Medicare for all” by state? Interesting…)…



…and I was tempted to say the “recently concluded” election, but I’m definitely glad that I CAN’T say that, though the electoral garbage going on in Florida and Georgia DEFINITELY doesn’t make me happy…oh, but didn’t Hangin’ Judge JR of The Supremes, he of the “I just want to call balls and strikes” BS, tells us that racism doesn’t exist anymore and that’s why he gutted the Voting Rights Act? Well, maybe not for him…



…and while the Dems winning back the U.S. House was definitely a high point of the week, this for sure was another low point for all of the reasons Cenk and Ana tell us here – didn’t know much about it until I saw a tweet from Charlie Pierce yesterday…so many ways that this is wrong and STOO-PID!...yes, we know what Tucker Carlson is, but LEAVE HIS FAMILY AND HIS HOUSE ALONE!! WHY THE HELL DO WE NEED TO SAY THIS??!!

Yeah, now this validates his garbage that we’re all a bunch of Saul Alinsky-loving, violence-prone socialists who want to destroy motherhood and apple pie and let the Honduran immigrant caravan full of ISIS and MS-13 killers run rampant on our border and rape and pillage everything in sight – heckuva job, you idiots!...nice that you now have common cause with these lunatics...



Update 11/10/18: OK, so the door wasn’t broken, but apparently the property was spray painted? Nice (here…and yes, I’m being sarcastic).

As I said, we know what Carlson is and how he manages to stir up the wingnut fever swamps against selected targets, which is awful and truly deplorable…but YOU…DON’T…GO…TO…HIS…HOUSE!

…and I was going to put this up as my NSFW-also response to the U.S. Senate contests so far – though I think we all need to hear this from time to time – but I should point out that I definitely don’t share Will McAvoy’s opinion of millennials, who came through big time in the elections earlier this week from what I read (including here)…well done (and speaking of the electorate, apparently white women are starting to give up on Generalissimo Trump as noted here, but I think they need to do it a little damn faster!)…



…and Beto drops the “F”-bomb here in thanking his supporters (shades of Chase Utley in these parts about 10 years ago), which I’m fine with given the circumstances…I know I alluded to this recently , but I’m sure we’ll be hearing from Beto again…hope so anyway…



…and RIP jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove.