Saturday Stuff

Ana and Cenk of TYT tell us about women who miscarry being sentenced to prison, and not only in red states, it should be pointed out (didn’t know this went all the way back to 1973...part of the creeping trend of authoritarianism spreading like a cancer through this country...of course, poor women are going to be victimized, even despite this)...



Update 12/4/21: Concerning this week's SCOTUS deliberations on the cruel and disgusting forced birth bill in Mississippi, I give you this.

...and one of the ways that poorer people overall (and not just women) are victimized is by the discriminatory drug policy in this country, which extends all the way to our military involvement, particularly in Latin America (as in, our government ensures profitability of U.S. drugs at the expense of those in other countries), as we learn about in yet another great Second Thought video (and yes, I realize there is A LOT more to be said about this issue)...



...and here’s another seasonal selection...

...but please allow me to change gears a bit and pay tribute to a true giant of the theater who has left us, and I’m referring of course to Stephen Sondheim...not sure it’s possible to do justice to his enormous body of work and his impact, but I’ll try to with this selection, and I’ll plan to present some others over the coming days.