Friday Stuff

Caroline Johnson of Rebel HQ tells us about the rich hoarding art during the pandemic while a good portion of the rest of this country tries to get by in our “gig” economy of Grub Hub and Door Dash deliveries (to say nothing of Amazon of course) and holding down multiple jobs to support themselves and their families...let me know when it’s time for the pitchforks and torches, OK? (and boy, am I ever SICK AND TIRED of these alleged news stories of the rich buying whatever playthings they want!!!)...



...and a big part of that IMO is the wealth accumulated by our politicians from stock trades, which should be illegal (Cenk and Ana tell us more, leading in with that Republican clown Tommy Tuberville, but there are plenty of Dems guilty of this behavior too... GREAT point by Cenk about tossing the filibuster to raise the debt ceiling but not for voting of course)...



...and Krystal Ball of More Perfect Union has more on this issue (and Jon Ossoff, as Ball points out, is the guy in the Senate sponsoring the bill against stock ownership with Mark Kelly, interestingly enough since Ossoff is also mentioned in this clip as someone who has benefitted from this odious practice – I’m sure he sees the error of this ways)...



...and Thom Hartmann tells us more on Generalissimo Trump and “toilet gate,” along with the “burner phone” stuff from Stingray, which apparently downloads phone and computer data, as well as from other devices, and screws up those devices in the process, all without the knowledge of the device owner of course...and yeah, here’s a thought...the next time it turns out that a journalist or anybody else has evidence of a crime being committed and they do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in response (like this author) and instead get it published in a book much later, how about if the person who does nothing GETS FREAKING PROSECUTED??!!...



Update 2/12/22: Oh, GTFOH! (here).

...and Farron Cousins tells us the story of Repug Wisconsin Rep. Elijah Behnke, who tells his supporters that they have to "cheat like the Democrats" in elections (just say "oops" and get out...more here)...



...and I had only put up one tune by Joni Mitchell previously (under the heading of highlighting artists who don’t want anything to do with Spotify), and I thought I should include something having to do with parties since a certain football game is going to be played this weekend (torn on who I’d like to see win – it would be good if the Bengals finally pulled it off, but I’m glad to see Matthew Stafford in the spotlight after so many years with those bad Detroit teams)...with that in mind, I offer the following (“I told you when I met you I was crazy.” indeed...Court and Spark is one of the all-time great recordings IMO).

Wednesday Stuff

David Doel tells us about Amir Locke, who (apparently) is the latest African-American fatality (from yet another no-knock search) from the Minneapolis Police Force (oh, but somehow they’re blaming the St. Paul police for this too? Get your damn story straight, people!)...



...and Ana and Cenk of TYT bring us the latest on the document destruction by Our Treasonous Tiny-Handed Orange Pestilence (probably more than we’ll ever know), with lots of files that should have gone to the national archives somehow ending up at Mar-a-Lago instead (I honestly didn’t know about Trump stealing his own doctor’s records, but boy, it sure fits the profile, doesn’t it...more here)...



Update 2/10/22: Our corporate media does it again (here).

...and John and David Shuster of The Damage Report tell us about Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao making positive noises in response to the Cheney/Kinzinger censure...but yeah, at best, talk is ALL IT WILL EVER BE with that death eater, the Senate Minority Leader...I think the observation that he’s trying to distance himself from the Gropenfuhrer is spot-on, as well as the good point that McConnell wanted NOTHING TO DO with the 1/6 Committee...



...and Jackson White of Rebel HQ (tied to the prior clip a little) tells us of Kevin McCarthy’s latest stupidity, this time with his claim that the mask/vaccination mandates from the federal gov’t under Biden aren’t working...oh, and I LOVE this line about more people dying under Biden than Trump – TRUMP LET COVID EXPLODE IN HIS LAST YEAR B/C HE THOUGHT IT WAS A “HOAX”! BIDEN HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH IT LONGER THAN TFG!!!

Oh, and Our Boy Kevin is ready to "move on" from COVID, huh? What a shame that this person won't be able to hear Kevin's message...

And boy, is White correct on what we have to do about the midterms...



...and “liberal redneck” Trae Crowder tells us about the “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Flori-DUUHHH! (NSFW/H)...



...and I'll try to wrap this up on an upbeat note by wishing a happy 80th(!) birthday to Carole King.

Tuesday Stuff

I now give you Legitimate Political Discourse, ladies and gentlemen, courtesy of The Lincoln Project (and yes, I know these people are just grifting Republicans also trying to turn over a new leaf, but once more, they’re doing good work – very NSFW/H, but for a good reason...the DNC should be cranking out attack ads on this also, but don't hold your breath waiting for THAT to happen)...



...and Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell of CNN tell us about 140 Republicans and so-called conservative leaders who signed a statement opposing the RNC’s censure of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger...pass the popcorn (Stephanie Grisham is nothing but a Trump quisling as far as I’m concerned who’s now looking for a halfway decent payday for her book...and every time I hear the phrase “conservative principles,” I want to gag...Officer Fanone is spot-on of course)...



...and Beau gives us his take on the Canadian trucker antics in Ottawa...and of course, as usual, we’re talking about a noisy minority carrying on like spoiled brats...and as much as my opinion matters, I would have to share Beau’s take in that it’s best to wait out these life forms, though I know the people of Ottawa whose lives are being disrupted aren’t in the mood for that...and good point in that I really didn’t have “excessive border regulation” (which apparently these truckers are mad about) as something I thought Trump supporters would be pushing back against, seeing as how that is EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT when it comes to our border with Mexico (and why am I not one bit surprised by this?)...



...and John and Francesca of The Damage Report tell us about Elon Musk offering a kid $5K to shut down a Twitter account that apparently follows the whereabouts of Musk’s plane ($5K? IS THAT ALL??? What a cheapskate!)...



...and I realize this next little feature, as it were, has been inactive for a little while, but I’m going to try bringing it back at least for now, and that is “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 2/9/11...with Super Bowl 56 coming up (oh, excuse me – LVI), I think that gives us the opportunity to recall Billo The Clown interviewing Former President Obama, as well as another O’Reilly interview where he interrupted the former president 48 times as noted here (hey, the least Billo could have done was limit it to 44 to keep the numerical symmetry working).

Well, I think that calls for a replay of the following heralded moment (clip is also definitely NSFW/H because of potty mouth Billo)...



...and here is a bit of a wintry number to try and mellow things out a bit after Billo’s antics.

Monday Stuff

Richard Ojeda of Rebel HQ tells us about Rand “Fake Ophthalmologist” Paul claiming that masks don’t work when it comes to spreading COVID-19, and enabling morons like that guy on the plane arguing with a pilot about putting a piece of cloth on his face (the idiot passenger I mean)...what I would give to see somebody give Paul, Carlson and these other assclowns a dose of reality; they don’t have the guts to spout this lying garbage on a COVID ward or in front of a family watching a loved one slowly die from this plague...easy to spout this garbage courtesy of The Roger Ailes BS Factory where there will NEVER be any push-back (a response to Paul is here)...



...and Farron Cousins tells us that the land of Guv Ron #DeathSantis is trying to out-wingnut this entire country with voter suppression, white appeasement and anti-abortion laws, among other calamities (including this guy, who came from that alleged medical board where another member believes that women suffering from ovarian cancer are having sleep sex with demons, or something)...



...and I realize the bar is set pretty low when we’re talking about democracy vs. authoritarianism (shouldn’t be much to think about), but it looks like “Onward Christian Soldiers” Mike Pence said the right thing here (but let’s not forget this too)...



...and David Pakman tells us that Combover Caligula wanted to seize voting machines in battleground states that he lost in the 2020 election (and we should keep this in mind too, as well as this...I remember reading about Sandy Berger from the Clinton Administration allegedly hiding documents in his underwear – which of course was more utter BS from the wingnuts – FOR YEARS!!!)...



...and Chris Hayes tells us about Neil Gorsuch’s speech to a closed-door conservative gathering, in The Land Of The Mouse of course (which wasn’t recorded...what, you think this is REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY? WHAT ARE YOU, A DUMB LIB OR SOMETHING?).

And by the way, when it comes to Gorsuch, let’s not forget this too...



...and RIP drummer Sam Lay of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band.