Wednesday Stuff

Cenk, John and Francesca of TYT discuss the State of the Union address from President Biden last night – lots of what I’m sure is excellent analysis...and no, I didn’t watch the SOTU from Biden, just like I didn’t watch it from Generalissimo Trump and Obama – I think I soured on all of it pretty much after Dubya’s 2003 address, which was one of the most grotesque examples of wall-to-wall lies I’ve ever seen in my life...I care about how political stuff affects people’s everyday lives, and as far as I’m concerned, the SOTU is theatrics regardless of who’s giving the speech (though apparently Little Miss Trailer Trash from Colorado and that lunatic from Georgia outdid themselves, as evidenced by the pic and noted here) – I’ve read people on the Twitterz saying “oh, Biden needed to give the speech of his life, and he didn’t.”

It’s...a...freaking...speech...people!...



...and as usual, Beau had what appears to be a thoughtful take on the speech, as well as a commentary on Russia’s performance (mistakes) in Ukraine and NATO’s upper hand (more on the story of Highway 80 in Iraq is here - more on the Russia/Ukraine war will follow shortly)...



...however, I also need to mention that FLA Guv Ron #DeathSantis, being the punk and coward that he is, decided to harass high school students who quite sensibly were masked (and that goes for that POS aide of #DeathSantis who thought the whole thing was funny - I think the women were just laughing nervously)...gee, what a sterling example of GOP manhood Florida’s gubernatorial mistake is, he being the guy who also sent state troopers to the house of Rebekah Jones to intimidate her and her family all because she was trying to report on actual COVID numbers as opposed to the made-up ones from #DeathSantis (here)...and believe it or not, as noted here, embarrassing the students wasn’t even the worst thing #DeathSantis did - easy to talk smack about another country when you're safely ensconed hundreds of miles away...



...and this Now This clip notes that some reporters and commentators are getting blow back for pointing out that many Ukrainians trying to flee are white and Christian...I think they’re trying to point out the similarities of Ukrainians to much of their viewing audience, but of course it gives short shrift to war victims such as those in Yemen and Syria, to say nothing of the Palestinians of course, and to say nothing of black Ukrainians also – makes me wonder about the priorities of news organizations that actually DON’T report on other Middle Eastern conflicts the way I think they should – if I ruled the world, every day would be the first day of spring...



...and Sam, Emma and Matt Duss of The Majority Report talk about the Ukrainian journalist who confronted UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as noted here (and Emma correctly points out that establishing a no-fly zone is a declaration of war against a country with a dangerously unhinged leader WHO HAS FREAKING NUKES! Yes, it’s terrible what Ukrainians are facing, especially women and children, and I don’t have an answer for that unfortunately, but we have no choice but to take the long view, as the panelists point out)...



...and for those who think it’s up to us on Team “D” to somehow find a way to achieve some common ground with these lunatics from the GQP, Farron Cousins tells us that half of Trump voters polled think Putin is a better leader for Russia than Biden is for this country – traitorous assholes...



Update 3/4/22: Yeah, this sure figures, doesn't it?

...and in a bit of unequivocal good news, David Doel tells us about Biden’s SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace Stephen Breyer...stomach-churning to imagine all the ways the “party of Lincoln” (along with Manchinema of course...yeah, I know what they’ve said, but I don’t trust them as far as I can pee) will do their best to turn her hearings into a thinly-veiled-racist smear job even though Jackson has been confirmed three times for lower court positions by the U.S. Senate...



Update: And of course, it begins with The Swanson TV Dinner Heir (here).

...and we recently observed the 40th anniversary of the release of “Swing To The Right” by Todd Rundgren and Utopia (2/24/82), a recording that was prescient in a few ways IMHO...that applies to this tune maybe more than any of the others (with the title being a nod to this, let's not forget).