(The pic has to do with this, by the way.)
John Iadarola and Brooke Thomas tell us about the photo of Generalissimo Trump and his minions supposedly monitoring the raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and compare it with the pic of Obama, Biden, Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates et al doing the same thing while we captured and killed Osama bin Laden – yeah, I’ll grant you that there are other stories out there I think we should pay more attention to, but I think it tells you something about Trump’s pathology towards all things Obama that it is being discussed at all…
…and when it comes to double standards, I have to admit that it’s more than a little rich for Dem U.S. House Rep Katie Hill to feel that she has to resign over “revenge porn” when clearly the Gropenfuhrer isn’t going to face any penalty whatsoever for his alleged behavior towards women (to say nothing of Repug U.S. House Rep Scott DesJarlais, but I chiefly blame the voters in his district for continuing to return that monster to office in spite of his wretched actions)…
Update 1 10/30/19: Van Laar should go to jail for this.
Update 2 10/30/19: Just no words (here)...
…and in a similar vein, I know this is a little behind the news cycle, but I still thought it was noteworthy; Rachel Maddow called out NBC Universal recently (her parent company) over the NDAs related to Harvey Weinstein – kudos (she sets it up for the real payoff starting at about 11:15, but really, this is just top-notch reporting on her part and some tempered finger-wagging, you might say)…
…and here is a periodic reminder that, yes, I do chastise Dems in this space from time to time when I think it’s deserved, and that goes for U.S. House Rep Richard Neal of Massachusetts for the reasons that Cenk and Ana tell us here (kudos to Lloyd Doggett of Texas, though – to help Neal’s primary challenger, click here)…
…and years ago, I once watched “The Kid Stays In The Picture,” which I think was a great documentary about legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans, who just left us; yes, pay tribute to Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and a whole bunch of other acclaimed directors who rose to prominence in the ‘70s, but I firmly believe that without Evans primarily, fighting for a more personalized type of moviemaking in the hands of largely unproven folks such as those I just mentioned, we wouldn’t have had such legendary films as “Chinatown,” “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Marathon Man,” “Love Story,” and of course “The Godfather”…
...and I think it's time to bring back this seasonal tune.
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