Friday Stuff

Farron Cousins tells us what an embarrassment Generalissimo Trump was on his recent overseas visit; anyone who had anything whatsoever to do with getting thus lummox elected in 2016 should be forced to wear ashes and sack cloth as far as I’m concerned (and God, are those water statistics scary)…



…and speaking of the prior clip, Jeff Waldorf of TYT Nation tells us that, according to a recent study – yeah, it’s long past time for us to do something about THE FREAKING CLIMATE!!! (and maybe Waldorf isn't the most exciting speaker, but his message, I think, is critically important)...



…and I have to admit that, even for Sean Inanity, the double standard on display here is particularly hilarious, as Brian Tyler Cohen points out…



…and tomorrow marks the 70th anniversary of the publication of “1984” by George Orwell (here); here is a clip from the movie with John Hurt and Suzanna Hamilton depicting this (and no, this isn’t a Trump rally, but I’ll grant you that it’s pretty close) – the film also featured the final screen role of Richard Burton as O’Brien; he could have easily won an Oscar for a few performances as far as I’m concerned, including this one…



…and gee, about 19,000 immigrants in detention, huh? What could go wrong?

U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!...



…and with the prior clip in mind, I give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 6/4/13, with MoveOn.org in support of immigration reform – kind of sad to watch this I know when we had an occupant of An Oval Office who actually supported it versus the Treasonous, Tiny Handed Dictator Wannabe now in charge…



...and in a related story as they say, I give you Dem U.S. House Rep Joe Neguse (with no more sh*ts to give, to his credit) speaking out in defense of the recently-passed House bill (more here, and roll call is here – Bri-Fi will be tough to beat in PA-01 with commendable, common-sense votes like this, I have to admit; hopefully he'll cast a bunch of stoo-pid ones soon to shore up his base – but why is this not surprising in any way...once again, heckuva job, all you clowns in Indiana, Missouri, Florida and North Dakota who actually added to the Republican Senate majority last year)...



...and RIP Dr. John (here).