Thom Hartmann says that Now We Know How Hitler Did It (comparing Our Ochre Abomination with you-know-who)...continually infuriates me that, given that millions of Americans fought ACTUAL real-life Nazis in WWII, including my father and men and women of his generation, now these cosplaying freaks are out in force as Thom says supporting the next wannabe Repug strongman (or woman, I guess, when it comes to Nimarata Nikki Haley, née Randhawa)...I don’t completely buy Thom’s comparison of Germany losing WWI and the rise of Nazism to us getting stuck in Iraq and Afghanistan and the economic fallout as a result, but it is worth considering, and he’s spot-on about everything else, which is truly scary and should give us more impetus to make sure these cretins NEVER get near the reins of power again, at a minimum (at maximum, they should be incarcerated themselves)...
...and to show how close we came to this madness the last time around, I offer the following from The Lincoln Project...
...and turning to a top story (tied to the prior clips a bit), Sam and Emma of The Majority Report discuss a recent segment on Joy Reid’s MSNBC program in which Michael Cohen and Peter Beinart debate whether or not Israel’s response to 10/7 will ensure Israel’s safety in the long term...and seconding what Sam says, yes, Peter Beinart has really come around, to his credit, with the flashpoint for discussion being Israel’s attack on the Al-Shifa hospital (and with that topic in mind, this is good, but this needs to be followed up with action on a two-state solution for real...and imagine having to protest in the street to get your government to negotiate for release of hostages, though, to be fair, I should note this also)...
...and shifting gears a bit to another of the day’s top stories, allow me to extend RIP wishes for former First Lady Rosalynn Carter...as many others have already said, may her memory be a blessing (I’ll always remember her absolutely icy response to a question from Mike Wallace of “60 Minutes” about the Reagans, which, given the way that campaign played out in 1980, was completely appropriate IMO)...
...and as I’ve said before, I’m a little wary when it comes to TYT videos, but I thought Ana Kasparian did a good job here taking down Repug U.S. House idiot Ralph Norman, who is fighting the Biden effort to get rid of junk fees...and of course, in the Repug-run House, Norman’s amendment passed..and yeah, she takes a shot at the Dems at the end, but some of them deserve it on this issue...good job to play that clip at the end to basically emphasize that screwing over this country is definitely “baked in” when it comes to what passes for Repug political strategy...
...and I can tell that we’re edging closer to the holidays because Fix Noise is back with more of their idiocy, and this time, that nematode Jesse Watters, along with this Riley Gaines person, are both upset about a Target holiday ornament of a black Santa in a wheelchair; must be nice if this is the biggest issue you have to deal with in your life...and the “Dylanization” of corporate America? As in the “he not busy bein’ born is busy dyin’” Dylan? Really?? (mildly NSFW/H) – Jesse Dollemore brings us all the nonsense...
Update 11/25/23: Interesting bit of karma, I must say (here).
...and to wrap up this post on a more thoughtful and important note, I should point out that we recently observed the 160th anniversary of The Gettysburg Address (read here by Sam Waterston)...
...and speaking of recent anniversaries, Nirvana’s “MTG Unplugged” show aired 30 years ago on 11/18.
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