Saturday Stuff

Yeah, damn right we will, despite all of the games that Our Orange Pustule is going to try and play to prevent us…



…and as if we need any more reasons to throw Generalissimo Trump out of office (and preferably behind bars) along with his other incompetent stooges, his horrible family separation policy on the border is still another (I saw a tweet from AOC about this – wonder how Radisson and other hotel chains feel about ICE using their facilities to hold kids and keep them from legal representation?)…



…oh, and just to remind anyone who may have somehow forgotten, the U.S. Senate under Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao STILL hasn’t passed the HEROES Act (a decision involving many people on this list)…



…and I realize this is Fix Noise Hypocrisy, Part The Infinity as Charlie Pierce might say, but I still thought this was a pretty nice mashup of contrasting their coverage (for lack of a better word) of the Portland protests versus their condoning of the escapades by the entitled clowns at the Cliven Bundy ranch years earlier…



…and Thom Hartmann brings us the final words of U.S. Dem congressman and civil rights legend John Lewis (stirring and inspiring as befits the author)…



…and this is one of my very favorite summer selections – can’t think of a bad time to hear ELO.

Friday Stuff

I was glad to see Number 44 bring a little fire to his sendoff for former Dem U.S. congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis, even though those comments were relatively brief when compared with everything else he said – also, former President Obama should wear this as a badge of honor…



…and going from the sublime to the ridiculous, Farron Cousins tells us that Our Orange Pestilence’s re-election campaign may have laundered $170 million through secondary companies that ended up back with the Trump family…typical for a criminal enterprise…



…and I never really know what that bigoted fraud Rick Wiles is talking about anyway, but is he saying “Bama bullets”? Looks like Wiles wants them used against peaceful protestors, which is about what you would expect from a police state that Wiles envisions for everyone but himself basically (Kyle K. explains)…



…and the intolerance of assclowns like Wiles and his band of thoroughly co-opted lunatics towards science has been on hideous display for decades now, and for sure it’s left its imprint on Not Your Father’s Republican Party, as shown in this clip…



…and even though I’m sure he’ll flip back to the “R” column for every other contest, for now, welcome to the fight against the Gropenfuhrer, Dr. Dan Barkhuff (a man of science also of course, and thank you for your service, Dr. Barkhuff)…



…and RIP Bent Fabricius-Bjerre, otherwise known as Bent Fabric, the person behind this worldwide hit (and no, this definitely was not played at our wedding :-).

Thursday Stuff

I echo Cenk’s comments about Herman Cain in the video; agreed with Cain on virtually nothing, but I’m sorry for his family and friends…for the love of God, people, please wear a bleeping mask and listen to what medical science is telling us about this pandemic!...



...a lesson plainly lost on most of the life forms in this clip, apparently…

The only thing that shocks me about attendance for a Mike Pence police rally in Greensburg, Pa is that I don’t see more of my wife’s family there. https://t.co/EWVOrlilE4

— SuperNintendoChalmers (@RexLivesAgain) July 30, 2020

Update 8/1/20: The stupidity and entitlement displayed here by Repug Ohio State Rep Candice Keller is absolutely nauseating. She was asked to wear a face covering at the Gettysburg visitor's center and apparently had a meltdown. The visitor's center is a relatively small facility when compared to the rest of the park, which is largely hallowed ground of course with what I believe is the largest collection of outdoor statuary in North America. The fact that that this idiot couldn't even make an accommodation for a smaller location versus the rest of the park...yeah, that about says it, doesn't it? (and believe me, "I've had it with the stupid" too!)

…and I tend to agree with Brian Tyler Cohen about a statute of limitations for lies, and we should start with this Trump clown Peter Navarro…personally (and I know I have a lot of company here), if someone claims to speak for the Gropenfuhrer’s ruinous regime, I automatically assume they’re not telling the truth, as Navarro does here on COVID-19, though of course he can’t resist sticking in that racist slur about the “Chinese virus”…as Cohen reminds us, the issue is that our ruling cabal of liars and criminals COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY FELL DOWN IN THEIR RESPONSE…



…and it looks like “Goober” Gohmert has tested positive also, though of course he blames the mask and had no regard whatsoever for exposing people to the virus (typical)…



…and one of the people Gohmert apparently exposed to the virus was Mango Mussolini’s consigliere Bill Barr; despite what Barr wishes for us, I hope he doesn’t get sick, but it might be karma for him also if he did (and kudos to Pramila Jayapal for “bringing receipts” here)…



...and "Why don't I have a high approval rating," huh? Maybe it's because you're a fucking monster...



...and here's a song about hope, which we shouldn't forget about - that's how it sounds to me anyway and hopefully you too.

Wednesday Stuff

There are times when I can’t help but be struck by all the ways Generalissimo Trump tells us right to our faces exactly what he is, despite the fact that there are still way too many damn gullible fools out there who just lap up his insanity, which is getting more people killed by the day; I hope the estates of Al Wilson (who sang the song) and Oscar Brown (a Civil Rights activist who wrote it, ironically enough given Trump’s racism) sue the Gropenfuhrer’s worthless ass...



…and Ana and Emma Vigeland of TYT tell us about the actions by our out-of-control federal (and in some cases, municipal) goons in blue attacking what, for the most part, are peaceful protestors (yep, this stuff is straight out of “V for Vendetta,” in case you haven’t seen the movie)…



…and leave it to the guy responsible for this to just act like, “oh sure, we’re just busting heads of people not doing anything wrong, ho hum – can I get a cheeseburger?”… normally I would say that this is a bit of a leap to think that Barr, for his myriad corruption and faults, is trying to cover up what Mango Mussolini might try to do in November should he lose the popular vote again, but since we’ve been pretty much through the looking glass for the last nearly 4 years, why should ANYTHING be a surprise by now?...



…and here’s your reminder that Repug U.S. Senator Susan Collins of Maine is nothing but a puppet for the wingnuts, specifically our Orange Nightmare and Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao (to do something about returning her to private life, click here)…



…and speaking of #midnightmoscowmitch, it looks like an extension of assistance to those in this country who need it is still up for grabs – here is a video of what the “party of Lincoln” is trying to do instead (and for more on the U.S. Senate races in play this year, click here)…



Update 7/30/20: I wish I could say I'm surprised (here).

…and I guess this is as good a time as any for what could be the cheesiest summer video that I know of.

Tuesday Stuff

This story from CBS News has to do with the conflicts some teachers are facing with the possibility of returning to the classroom with their students (yeah, FLA isn’t safe for the Repugs to hold their in-person hate fest, but yeah, the kids can get sent back to school instead…uh huh…and I don’t have the medical chops to argue with Dr. Raszka, but call me a skeptic; I would rather deal with certainties than probabilities when it comes to our kids…more here)…



…and speaking of medical matters, this Now This video is a reminder from Stage 4 cancer survivor Laura Packard that the “party of Lincoln” has been trying to gut the ACA for years, and she plainly points out that “Obamacare” saved her life…also, she mentions who is responsible for attacking it, and most of them are on the list you can access from here)…



…and keeping with this theme, I now give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 7/30/10…often I’m behind in these citations, but I wanted to get a little “in front” this time to point out that this Thursday marks the 55th anniversary of signing Medicare into law (here), with a reminder of which political party is responsible, and it sure as hell isn’t the “Trump Party” (here)…



…and given Willard Mitt’s latest attack on entitlements that, as working people, we’ve paid into, including some of us for most of our lives, I think the question Thom Hartmann poses here is spot-on…



…and the only thing Mango Mussolini knows how to do, aside from screwing up, is to bring down the proverbial hammer (echoing what Thom Hartmann just said), but surprise! It isn’t polling as well as Our Orange Pestilence had hoped, as Farron Cousins tells us (briefly NSFW/H at very end)…



...and if there's such a thing as a tongue-in-cheek summer selection, I guess this would be it.

Monday Stuff

I think we’re starting to find out what will happen with the end of the $600-a-week credit for those who are unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as John I. and Michael Shure tell us here…and as always for the “party of Lincoln,” the cruelty is the point…an extra $100 as opposed to $600? Really? And of course, trying to raid Social Security and Medicare again, as noted here…



…and when it looks like there’s a potential for some help beyond the “pay no price, bear no burden” bunch, you can always count on a Repug to start caterwauling about the deficit and the debt, as Mike Enzi does here, which is particularly cowardly on Enzi’s part since he’s leaving the U.S. Senate and, at this point, is trying to come up with as soft a landing for himself as possible, probably somewhere on K Street (i.e., as a lobbyist)…



…and I’m sure a good part of the world is watching this clip with horror (seriously, what else could we have expected from the Gropenfuhrer?), but other countries are watching this and laughing their asses off at us…after decades of politicizing EVERYTHING into ridiculous left vs. right shouting matches, who seriously thought we’d be able to abandon that idiocy when faced with a genuine catastrophe?...



…and Ana and Cenk of TYT give us their take on the Biden decision to let former Repug Ohio governor John Kasich speak at the DNC…I have to admit that this is a smarter take than I thought, not that I’m surprised by a smart take from Cenk and Ana I wish to emphasize…yeah, the proof will be in terms of other speakers, policies, platform, etc. and how much room there is for actual progressives, and C&A are both dead-on about that – easy to forget Kasich’s own wingnut tendencies, but in an electoral climate like this, when someone even remotely moderate on the other side offers help, you take it, especially from an electorally critical state like Ohio…



…and here is more evidence that Fix Noise is “destroying Republican brains,” as Farron Cousins puts it – his disgust here is palpable, and for good reason as far as I’m concerned…



...and RIP Peter Green, a founding member of Fleetwood Mac.