Monday Stuff

This clip from David Pakman includes one of the best discussions about the debit versus the deficit that I’ve heard in a long time; as I and others have pointed out many times before, this issue is something the Repugs use as a cudgel to go after Dems, but when the “party of Lincoln” has any control of government at all…crickets (story has to do with the Gropenfuhrer exploding the deficit to $1 trillion, an amount that is way beyond sinful as far as I’m concerned…not saying Dems are totally innocent on this stuff either, but as Pakman notes, Obama made some progress in cutting the debt down a bit before he was done)…



…and I would say that “something broke” for me too concerning the North Carolina hate fest last week with Adolf Twitler – Farron Cousins explains (and kudos to Benjamin Dixon also)…



…and it looks like some life forms are getting rich over keeping kids in cages, believe it or not, as Kyle K. tells us (and why exactly are these entities considered “non-profit” if they’re pulling in this kind of dough, as Kyle asks?)…



…and it looks like vets in the weed industry have been denied home loans that were supposed to be guaranteed by the VA; I’m not all the way there yet on legalization for recreational use, but I’m there on everything else when it comes to pot, and this Repug/Trumpian policy is typical garbage (and kudos to Dem U.S. House Rep Katherine Clark of MA for fighting it)…



…and a hat tip goes out to David Corn on Twitter for reminding us that yesterday would have been the 75th birthday of legendary Dem U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota; this clip features a tribute from former Dem Senator Al Franken, and yes, I know he has been in the news today (here); I know there were multiple allegations against Franken, and that’s definitely not good, but I know that Franken asked for a Senate ethics committee investigation, but he was denied of that, and that’s not good either…



…and I think we’re going to get some heavy weather in these parts that will break up the heat a bit – hope everyone takes all the needed precautions and can find a cool place to ride things out for a while.