I watched President Biden’s speech yesterday (live streamed by David Pakman), and though he fumbled a few times in his trademark way, I also thought he made a hell of a lot of good points...I give anybody credit who can make that type of a coherent speech for 20-25 minutes or longer; I would guess there was a teleprompter somewhere, but I’m sure he was talking off the cuff for a lot of it also (Biden knows how to “answer the bell” on this stuff for sure)...I know he has to talk about “mainstream Republicans” and “MAGA Republicans,” but to me, that’s a distinction without a difference anymore – he’s got to extend an “olive branch” I know, even though we also know that the other side will only grab it and stomp on it to pieces (here and here)...I would have liked to have seen Biden note the election recount scheme in Arizona (here) and the fake electors scheme that has also extended from that state to Wisconsin (here), and also to call out MAGA-related threats of violence in Michigan (here), and of course the “give me 11,780” votes garbage from Our Treasonous Orange Pestilence in Georgia (here), but again, I thought the speech was good enough for what it was...I also give Biden credit for coming up with his vision of where he wants to lead the country, which is what presidents are supposed to do (the “curing cancer” thing is a bit of a reach I guess, but it’s probably true that a commentator somewhere also said that about the phrase “We choose to go to the Moon” once spoken by another Democratic president)...I thought it best to present the whole speech in the following clip (and OF COURSE Biden was heckled - he was giving the speech in Philly after all...:-)...more important context IMO is here, here, and here)...
Update: More here, here and here.
...and nice work also by Lawrence O’Donnell to hold Huckleberry Graham’s feet to the fire on his recent “riots in the streets” remark about Biden and the FBI going after Our Ochre Abomination and his trashing of top secret docs at Mar-a-Lago...
Update 9/4/22: I think it's an instructive lesson in biology to examine a human being without an actual spine, as evidenced by Graham (here).
...and Emma Vigeland tells us about Sarah Palin losing in the special U.S. House election to Dem Mary Peltola (to fill the seat that was held by Repug Don Young before he passed away – Young held the seat forever...they also talk about Dem incumbent Mondaire Jones losing in the recent NY-10 U.S. House election...I’ll admit I wasn’t paying a lot of attention there, but I don’t understand why more of the progressives in the primary couldn’t have just gotten the hell out and consolidated around Jones, despite what Emma says, but we are where we are...very mildly NSFW/H...more here)...
...and turning to world news, I thought this Sky News report was a pretty good summary of where Russia and Vlad The Butcher stand with their war of choice in Ukraine, though the prognosis, if you will, at the end is pretty damn grim, acknowledging that the conflict could potentially be on-again, off-again for 50, 60 or 70 years – dear God...
...and returning to the U.S., this collaboration between Second Thought and More Perfect Union tells us about the evils of Cargill, the biggest privately owned company in the U.S., and all of the predatory market practices that have enabled the company’s success for over 100 years...
...but when all else fails, we’ll always have the “culture wars” BS I guess, and David Doel tells us that a Missouri school district is apparently bringing back spanking (with approval of dumb parents); if any of these idiots had decided to lay a hand on the young one, they’d have broken fingers (and of course, Fix Noise turns out to be completely bonkers on this issue, which shouldn’t be surprising I know)...
...and Jayar and David Shuster of Rebel HQ tell us about anti-trans activists in Texas getting a taste of their own wingnut medicine when armed individuals protect some kind of a drag exhibition...nothing like turning the tables on some of these assclowns...to be honest, would this have been an activity we would have attended with our son when he was growing up? Probably not, but I’m not going to get exercised about it either, unlike all of the anti-trans wingnuts out there – lots more important issues to focus on IMO...
...and it’s hard to believe that this is the first recognition of “Friday with Frank” since the one and only Sid Mark has left us, but I think there’s a lot to be said for upholding traditions such as this as we head into Labor Day weekend.
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