I guess the only thing missing now that we have a “super duper missile” is sharks with laser beams on their heads (or ill-tempered sea bass at a minimum) – seriously, though, my response to this idiocy is here…
…and Chris Hayes gives us the grim picture on how we are faring in this vs. the 32 other countries doing better than us and other so-called “developed” nations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic…
…and Brian Tyler Cohen tells us about that assclown Rand Paul trying to confront Dr. Fauci on the shelter-in-place requirements (and yes, please tell me once more how the “party of Lincoln” LOVES children, who they are apparently willing to sacrifice in order to revive our economy and make sure all the hair salons and high-end retail stores are opened once again...and I think we've pretty much established what Generalissimo Trump is all about on this issue in particular)…
…and Cenk and Michael Shure of TYT discuss the threats against journalist Kevin Vesey by the Teahadist crowd in Long Island… the last clip where Vesey is literally getting chased is truly disgusting (“I’m fine, I’ve got hydroxychloroquine” – no, you’re not “fine,” you fucking coward)...and allegedly, there was a security presence of some sort there - what the hell were those jackasses doing? And boy, would I LOVE to see Vesey’s news organization file charges against these miserable cretins, who made themselves look like the utter fools that they are when, instead, they could have actually been portrayed in a sympathetic light if they had let Vesey do his job, though I know portraying these life forms sympathetically is impossible…
Update: Yep, I guess Our Treasonous Orange Dictator can't get through the day unless he's punching down at somebody (here).
…and no sane person wants a violent revolution in this country – I certainly don’t – but if it ever happens, it will be because of stuff like what is described in this video…
...and I've been in search of a good new tune for a little while; I think this will suffice.
I haven’t checked in with Seth Meyers in a little while for no particular reason, and I’m glad I did so here – we know what the Gropenfuhrer is by now, and we also know what his propaganda channel is all about (and leave it to Gramps Grasshole to dutifully tow the line also of course...also, check out the changing book titles)…
Update 5/21/20: Oh, and with garbage like this (outlined in red) appearing on my video screen, please tell me why I'm supposed to play nice with these scumbags (with that perpetually stupid and confused look on the face of the Swanson TV Dinner heir).
…and why do I have an utterly sick feeling that Dr. Rick Bright’s words about what it coming will turn out to be prescient? And believe me when I tell you that I want desperately to be wrong (and yeah, I think this just about says it…and why am I not surprised by this from Markwayne Mullin? More on this nematode is here)…
…and yeah, I think Chris Hayes is pretty spot-on here with his assessment of Mango Mussolini’s cavalier, criminal indifference to suffering from the COVID-19 plague (voicing probably as much disgust as is allowed by his Comcast handlers)…
…and Farron Cousins opines here that Our Pumpkin Pestilence is mad at Former President Hopey Changey because of #44’s popularity (he may be right about personal reasons for disliking Obama, but I think it has more to do with Trump trying to play off the “birther” garbage that made him popular with a particularly demented segment of our voters…well, that plainly ain’t gonna happen again, at least not in the numbers he needs for, God help us, a second term)…
…and I’m going to look the other way for now on Kyle’s snark about “Russia-gate,” which very definitely was NOT a “fake scandal,” and instead present this clip which focuses on the ongoing food crisis in this country from our economic collapse…
Update: And by the way, in the matter of COVID-19-related relief legislation currently pending in the House, I have to admit that I got a thoroughly-not-intended-I’m-sure laugh out of these excerpts (an AP story from here)…
Democratic leaders were pressing ahead despite grumbling from party moderates leery of the measure’s massive price tag and liberals who wanted bolder steps, like money to cover workers’ salaries. The measure cleared an early procedural hurdle 207-199 with 14 Democrats voting in opposition, an unusually high number of “no” votes but small enough to suggest that leadership had things under control.
For the love of God, you’d damn well better find a way to work “divided Dems” into your corporate media reporting, or it’s back to general assignment reporting of 3 AM traffic accidents and zoning board meetings.
Also…
In a scene that’s become uncomfortably familiar since the virus took hold, the sparsely populated House chamber was dotted with members and aides wearing protective masks, though some Republicans were not.
There were few clusters of chatting lawmakers and Pelosi edged away from anyone who stepped near her.
And why on earth for the love of all that’s holy am I supposed to give a flying coitus if Nancy Pelosi breathed on anybody?
And finally...
The bill would flush almost $1 trillion to state and local governments and provide more money for virus testing and to pay front-line emergency workers.
“Flush”? Gee, that’s a rather curious and thoroughly non-judgmental way to put it, right?
I retrieved this dreck from philly.com, home of the Inquirer, to which I continue to no longer subscribe.
…and I’ll give this “Republicans for the Rule of Law” group some credit for speaking out now, but I’d honestly like to know where the hell they were when we attacked Iraq in response to 9/11 and New Orleans drowned from Hurricane Katrina…for the time being, though, this is a good ad (and this guy should open his Club-for-Growth-owned pie hole and speak out for mail-in ballots for everybody also…and to do something about Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao at long last, click here...for more on mail-in ballots, click here)…
Update: More McConnell garbage is here - and once more, here is a way to fight back.
…and I’m including what may be my favorite cover of a Little Richard tune here to indicate his influence on legions of rock n’ rollers…
…and of all of his huge hits, this may be the biggest of all (maybe the most covered too).
Boy, is this ever a great Now This commentary on rights vs. responsibilities – I don’t know who this guy is, but he absolutely nails it here…
…and I think this a good transition from the prior video, with Cenk and Ana talking about the Michigan ammo-sexuals out there threatening Dem Governor Gretchen Whitmer, now for trying to get guns out of the state capitol, which probably won’t happen because, for some utterly daffy reason, Michigan is an open carry state (and good anecdote about The Sainted Ronnie R)...
…and Thom Hartmann speaks with Dean Obeidallah about an attack on a mosque in Missouri (with Our Orange Pustule’s typically horrendous remarks to gin up more racist hatred…lip sync is off again for some reason…another reference to what Whitmer is dealing with also)…
…and speaking of racism, the “lens of history” and buildings burning to the ground, today is the 35th anniversary, believe it or not, of the MOVE bombing in Philadelphia.
And by the way, if you want to look for a clip of Ramona Africa (you can Google the name if you want) portrayed in a sympathetic light, you should look somewhere else (like the murder of Officer Daniel Faulkner by Mumia Abu-Jamal…and yeah, that’s what happened…I was growing up in Philly when MOVE happened also).
Yes, it was criminally stupid incompetence by the administration of Mayor Wilson Goode (who, at the hearing that followed, made a remark that he thought water was being sprayed on the fire, though it turned out that it was snow…as in bad reception…on his TV set), though Fire Commissioner William Richmond, as nearly as I can recall, was a notable exception, having been genuinely wrecked emotionally by what happened (Richmond passed away about two years ago). Also, I have it on very reliable information that the city’s building trades offered to rebuild the homes lost to the inferno at no cost, but were rebuffed in favor of well-connected individuals who ended up doing shoddy work and bilking the city in their “bargain.”
But make absolutely no mistake; MOVE was guilty of waging a campaign of terrorism of a sort on their neighbors (trash, loud music, all sorts of other disruptions to people living in what was a pretty prototypical blue collar neighborhood). They very definitely were not “innocent,” though they didn’t deserve what happened either (especially the children, including Michael Moses Ward, formerly known as Birdie Africa). And this historical context is important – in 1978, there was a shootout with MOVE members in which Police Officer James Ramp was killed, which also prompted the city’s heavy-handed response (again, not a justification – as I said, I’m only providing context…more is here)…
…for something a little more positive, I give you this New York Times clip about Albany, GA and the pastors in the predominantly black communities trying to reinforce shelter-in-place restrictions – I’m not going to have a hissy fit over the hairdresser who decided to reopen; I mean, I still think she’s wrong, but I get it that working people have hard decisions to make because our federal government doesn’t represent them…I mean, how many more versions of the PPP are we supposed to expect before the rest of this country is actually helped instead of the “pay no price, bear no burden” one percent crowd?...
...and to contrast once more with the troglodytes protesting Gov. Whitmer, here is a genuine Michigan story of courage and teamwork (I know National Nurse’s Week was last week, but as far as I’m concerned, their valor and sacrifice should be honored the whole year ‘round)…
I think this latest Biden ad, presented on Morning Joe recently, pretty much says it (and yeah, this is the latest insanity from this utter fraud - not sure what else needs to be said about it)…
…and Trumpster Peter Navarro recently whined repeatedly here about a “great depression pity party,” or something, on Fix Noise of course…here is one response to Navarro’s idiocy (more here)…so many ways to refute it, but one right off the bat is to point out that Mango Mussolini inherited an economy from President Obama that was perking along just fine; all 45 had to do was maintain the status quo but, as was the case with his failed businesses, he couldn’t even do that…I shouldn’t be negative I know, but I truly can’t think of anything bad enough to happen to these characters after about three and a half years of this garbage (not sure what is up with the sync on some YouTube videos)…
…and yeah, I think “management by optics” pretty much says it when it comes to Trump/Pence and wearing a mask in response to COVID-19, as David Pakman tells us…
...and as Farron Cousins tells us here, I guess it’s not entirely surprising that the Gropenfuhrer vetoed a bill to limit his war powers, but the reason why is particularly juvenile and utterly Trumpian, as Cousins tells us…
…and here are two more legendary tunes from Little Richard.
This Now This clip tells us what Former President Obama thinks of his successor’s godawful response, or lack of it, to the COVID-19 pandemic (the wingnut caterwauling over this, by the way, reminds me of the hue and cry over the remark about a certain segment of people clinging to their guns and religion, which was also 100 percent accurate)…
…and what does it tell you about the “party of Lincoln” that they apparently have NO COLLECTIVE ANSWER for the fact that the head of their party has feet of proverbial clay on the subject of nationwide testing and making sure the people who need it have PPE (and I’m thinking about this guy and this guy in particular when I say this…Bri-Fi and “No Corporate Tax” Toomey just meekly whimper like the lap dogs that they truly are, along with the rest of their sorry same-party brethren…I’ve taken some well-deserved shots at the Dem “leadership” lately, and I think it’s time to aim my fire in the opposite direction for now – more from Ana and Cenk)…
…and the Morning Joe people including Willie Geist discuss longtime Repug fixer Bill Barr tossing charges against Michael Flynn who, as is pointed out, pled guilty twice already (not the biggest fan of this show, including John Heilemann, but they're all spot-on here)....
…and Farron Cousins tells us all of the reasons why Our Orange Pestilence doesn’t want to wear a face mask…well, if it turns out that he doesn’t want to look stupid, I’m afraid that metaphorical ship has already sailed (and in a somewhat worrisome related development, I give you this)…
…and I give you the following as part of this week’s tribute to Little Richard (I'm pretty sure John Lennon, among others, covered both of these tunes).
Sam Seder of “The Majority Report” speaks with National Nurses United president Jean Ross about the lack of PPE (despite the latest lies on this topic from Mango Mussolini) and the White House protest in response (and with all due respect to Ross, it isn't "his" house - it's the people's house)…
…of course, what you can say when Our Treasonous, Tiny-Handed Chief Executive apparently doesn’t even understand the concept of testing in the first place, as Chris Hayes points out here…
...though our narcissist-in-chief apparently thinks this catastrophe has been manufactured to discredit him, as Rachel Maddow points out (pardon me while I gag)...
…and turning away from the Gropenfuhrer for a minute, I give you this “Lincoln Project” ad against Repug U.S. Senator Martha McSally in AZ – I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; I wish the Dems knew how to go for the political jugular like this (to do something about her, click here)…
...and RIP Betty Wright (happily, Betty White is just fine)...
...and I'm sure I will be featuring tunes by the former Richard Wayne Penniman over the coming week, including this one.
