Probably won’t be posting for about a week for personal reasons – there are times when I just can’t work up the rage I feel like I need to comment on this stuff properly…why on earth anyone would be so cowed into voting for a politician that allows this evil status quo with guns to go on for another minute is something I will never, ever understand (and let us never forget this young man)…
…and I’m sticking with Now This for the following from Dem U.S. House Rep Jamie Raskin…
…and as if to illustrate further what Raskin said, I give you this from The Damage Report…
...and after watching these clips, I have to admit that I'm in the mood for a tune to properly communicate my disgust, so on behalf of Trump supporters everywhere, I'll offer this.
Yep, it’s “Nail. Hammer. Head.” time from Elizabeth Warren, as noted here…
…and Pap and Farron Cousins tell us that the FEC, on a party line vote, decided not to try and keep dark money out of our political campaigns – I definitely think they’re going too easy on Russia and dismissing all of the garbage from our former ol’ buddy Vlad Putin – why the hell should Russia spend a dime trying to influence our elections when they can just hack our infrastructure and do what they want (I’m including this primarily because of their criticism of Saudi Arabia, among other nation/state miscreants)…
…and speaking of Middle East matters, I’m afraid the Gropenfuhrer and his minions are about to enter a new, horrifying stage of this utter pestilence of a *presidency,* and believe me when I tell you that I want to be wrong – I think more than a little bit of a hint is Secretary of State Mike Pompeo apparently ratcheting up messes all over the world (with the all-too-willing help of “Blow ‘Em Up” Bolton), including with Iran as noted here, probably because it helps to keep their lizard-brained supporters perpetually scared and wanting to vote for team “R”…I believe the quote from the “Batman” movie was “some men just want to watch the world burn” (potentially starting a war for oil, and the kicker is that the damn oil wouldn’t even be coming here but to Asia instead…not trying to justify any of this lunacy in any way, I hasten to add)…
…and in somewhat of a related story (when it comes to oil anyway), I give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 5/6/09…this is a musical selection, and I can’t recall the last time I did that, but I think it’s timely given this (with maybe a tour next year, apparently).
I don’t think Dem U.S. House Rep Tim Ryan has any business running for president, but I applaud him for raising hell in this video on behalf of the Lordstown, Ohio GM workers who will, in all likelihood unfortunately, lose their jobs, as Brian Tyler Cohen tells us (as always, the issue is wages, and as always, the answer for that is strong unions)…
…and I respect Alyssa Milano, but I think she’s wrong to buy into this stupid framing about choosing between Trump and choosing policy alternatives – we need to choose both (Kyle is absolutely right, but I’m not sure that Bernie is the answer; Kyle is dumping on Elizabeth Warren for her defense funding vote – that’s fair, though I think you need to make a judgment based on the totality of someone’s representation versus one single instance, and on that count I think Warren comes out ahead of Bernie)…
…and I think this is a profile in courage, you might say; Andy McKean, the longest serving Republican in the Iowa state legislature, is changing parties from Republican to Democratic because he’s fed up with the Gropenfuhrer – he’ll probably be “rewarded” for this by getting turned out of office in the next election since his district went so heavy for Adolf Twitler last election…he retired once before and my guess is that he’s just fed up with everything, and I can’t blame him, but he’s trying to do a good deed on his way out, so kudos to him…
…and hey, U.S. Senate Dems - how the hell are we supposed to take over “the world’s greatest deliberative body” next year when, apparently, NOBODY WANTS TO RUN??!!, as Farron Cousins tells us (maybe it would be helpful if we didn't have about 6 million party members, as well as Bernie, running for president)…
…and Robert Reich is back for a reminder that Medicare for All is the way to go to insure more people, provide better health care outcomes and save money – not sure what else there is to think about here, people…
...and speaking of health care, this is National Nurse Appreciation Week - here is a tune for the occasion.
