Thursday Stuff

Yep, “Romney Economics” sure stink, all right...

...and I think this is a neat little number in honor of what we observe today (and yes, I forgot for awhile too – recorded in 2004 at the Philadelphia Folk Festival by, as far as I’m concerned, the most musical ex-mailman of all time...yep, it still works, John).

Wednesday Stuff

I haven’t read a column like this one today by Arianna Huffington that is this depressing in a long, long time. And we all owe her a debt for writing it.

See, it has to do with how our “friend” Nouri al-Maliki (remember him?) in Iraq (remember there?) is all buddies now with Iran. And how it turns out that, if these eternally-wrong-in-their-cowardly-warmongering conservatives had their way, we would end up fighting both of them if we preemptively went after Iran (with “pre-emptive war” having worked so beautifully in the prior decade).

So, for Liz Cheney and the rest of her foul breed, I thought it apropos to recall this clip from Keith Olbermann (and featuring Rachel Maddow before her own show); even though he may never be on TV again, K.O.'s outsized body of work continues to live on in the blogosphere (and I still dislike that word, but I can’t think of a better one)...

Update 6/14/12: "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose."

...and I’ve never been completely sold on these guys musically (though their politics rock!), and I don’t usually go in for kids in these tunes because I think it can be exploitative, but I thought this was a catchy number (sorry, no video).

Tuesday Stuff

The truth hurts, doesn’t it, Willard Mitt (here)...

...and happy 35th birthday to Kenny Wayne Shepherd (trying to branch out musically a bit).

Monday Stuff

Looks like Glenn “Give It Your Best Shot” Hubbard (and econ adviser to Willard Mitt Romney, of course) is in the news again, as noted here (and as usual, not for a good reason; so much for stopping at the water's proverbial edge)...

...and I tried to find a good song about L.A. in honor of hockey’s new royalty – hope this will do.

Sunday Stuff

Kudos to Martin Bashir for calling out Little Timmeh for being a Beltway sycophant (here - and by the way, the private sector REALLY IS DOING FINE)…

…and by the way, speaking of the insufferable status quo, I happened to come across this item featuring another hand-wringing liberal, albeit one who put his money where his proverbial mouth is (h/t Atrios), and I have a few reactions.

The author apologizes for engaging the wingnutosphere on their stupidity and thus indirectly validating their talking points. Sorry, but I don’t automatically consider that to be validation. The miscreants on the right do their very best to poison our political dialogue, and we’re supposed to just let their crap go unanswered?

The problem with that thinking is that it utterly ignores the so-called “independent voters” who, basically, decide our elections any more and are prone to believe this stuff as gospel because they make up their minds about ten seconds before they enter the voting booth (not in all cases, though, I'll admit). And another problem isn’t that we engaged the right-wing crap poisoning our dialogue – the real problem is that it went unanswered for so long that it became enshrined as “conventional wisdom” (The Sainted Ronnie R and his “welfare queens,” Bob Casey Sr. being denied the opportunity to speak at the Democratic National Convention in 1992 supposedly because he was pro-life, Al Gore claiming he invented the Internet…all of that garbage).

Yes, the Democratic Party needs to do a better job of explaining why A CARBON TAX IS A GOOD THING, and THE DREAM ACT IS A GOOD THING, and THE STIMULUS WAS A GOOD THING, and THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IS A GOOD THING, and on and on and on. But that’s because what passes for the Democratic Party “leadership” these days doesn’t have the spine that it should have inherited from its predecessors such as FDR, Harry Truman, JFK, LBJ, Jimmy Carter, etc., not because some impertinent left-wing bloggers such as yours truly take it upon themselves to speak truth to bullshit.

…and this song comes to me when I think of this wretched 112^th Congress (typo at the end, by the way).

Saturday Stuff

Lawrence O’Donnell brings us an important history lesson here, and when you recall everything he says, it only emphasizes how small, petty and callow Willard Mitt Romney truly is (and commendable introspection on O’Donnell’s part, by the way)…

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…and happy belated birthday to Boz Scaggs.

(And please, no fanfare by my 6,000^th post – never thought I’d see 100 for a time, actually.)

Friday Stuff

Can’t improve upon this, ladies and gentlemen (but before we chortle too much over #1 in the clip, be advised that a certain Barack Hussein Obama signed into law legislation allowing guns in our parks – sooo, why exactly is that wasteoid Ted Nugent all POed again?)......



...and speaking of guns (God, will this country ever learn?)...



...and I now give you the latest lies from Willard Mitt Romney (and what priorities too - in a related vein, I give you this from Professor Krugman)...

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...and best wishes to Sheryl Crow – hope all goes well with her health.

Thursday Stuff

(I also caught a bit of a break and posted here.)

So let’s see, we’ve gone from Willard Mitt the dog abuser to Willard Mitt the school bully – now, apparently, we have Willard Mitt the police impersonator too?

I’m not concerned about Romney. However, I am concerned about the slime from the other side…

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…and RIP Bob Welch, a sadly apropos tune from my second-favorite Fleetwood Mac album (what a waste – my condolences to family and friends).

Wednesday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

Gosh, I though Norm Orenstein and Thomas Mann were fixtures on the Sunday morning gab fests – see what happens when you tell the truth in D.C. pundit land? The only show that will book you belongs to that troops-hating pinko Chris Hayes (removing my tongue from my cheek)…

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...and yeah, Hosni Mubarak Walker’s pals outspent the Dems and he remained as governor – we came up short, but there’s no percentage in doing nothing (this tune comes to mind for yours truly).

Monday Stuff

It comes down to tomorrow, people (here) – let’s make this happen for no other reason than to stick it to George Will and the rest of the Beltway media elite, chortling at those impolite public sector employees while they enjoy their Bordeaux and pass the sweet and sour shrimp by the Potomac...

...and I think this is a neat tune, even if there is no video (possibly with this in mind?).

More Saturday Stuff

I’m so glad that this nasty business about Bain Capital has been cleared up (including President Clinton). Aren’t you...

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...and keyboardist Billy Powell of Lynyrd Skynyrd would have been 60 tomorrow (I guess "Free Bird" would have been more representative, but I'm keen to add this instead).

Saturday Stuff

Rachel Maddow explains why the biggest “abortion,” in this country, if you will, is the Repug U.S. House “leadership” (as I and others have said too many times to count, there are people out there who actually vote for Boehner, Cantor et al)...

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...and yeah, I think this tune fits when considering these imbeciles dancing to the string-pulls of their corporate puppet masters (in another context I'll admit - not too comfortable with the borderline misogyny of this vid, even though the tune kicks ass).

Friday Stuff

It’s really hard for me to get mad at this guy, but I have to admit that I’m starting to do that.

Fresh off doing everything he could possibly do to sink the Democratic primary candidacy of Patrick Murphy for Attorney General (solely for a political payback), Bill Clinton (based on this) has returned to tells his centrist Beltway Democratic pals to LEAVE BAIN CAPITAL ALOOOONE, and then to be SHOCKED, just SHOCKED over lefty criticism for doing so.

Repealing Glass-Steagall was your idea, Number 42. Defense of Marriage Act? Signed into law under your watch. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell too. Extraordinary rendition? It started to expand in your term, Big Dog.

Yes, it’s possible that our economy actually performed the way it’s supposed to for the last time (love to be wrong) while you resided in An Oval Office. But that doesn’t give you carte blanche for saying (and doing) any stupid crap you want...

...and happy 65th birthday to Ron Wood (and if ever there was an apropos tune to conclude this week for yours truly, it’s this one – and speaking of that war, I thought this was an inspiring story).

Thursday Stuff

(I also posted here.)

I wasn’t going to put this up, but I feel like I have to in response to this (keep it up, wingnuts)...

...and definitely a tongue-in-cheek selection from yours truly here (long story).

Wednesday Stuff

Yeah, he sure is, as noted here (along with Kasich, Snyder, Daniels, Governor Bully, Hosni Mubarak Walker, Brownback, Lex Luthor Scott, LePage, Martinez, Nikki Haley, Bobby ("Don't Call Me Piyush") Jindal, and on and on and on)...

Update 6/5/12: OK, so let’s see now, our Space Cadet governor calls here for “shared sacrifice” to be meted out to beloved commonwealth’s 75,000 public employees…but here, it’s more Free Money For Rich Oil Guys! Bitchin’!!

...and RIP Doc Watson.

Tuesday Stuff

Would I have spoken the words that Chris Hayes did about our military (before he apologized)? No. But funny thing – last I checked, free speech was still legal in this country (here).

Besides, I’m sure most of the people complaining have no idea that he has brought us intelligent commentary and reporting, like this (like to know who was laughing at Nadler – I guarantee you he took notice)...

...and yes, it does feel that way, doesn’t it?

More Monday Stuff

Considering that the jury in the OMIGOD JOHN EDWARDS IS SUCH A HORRIBLE PERSON AND OF COURSE HE’S GUILTY OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE VIOLATIONS FOR PAYING OFF HIS MISTRESS AND THEIR CHILD WITH ILLEGAL MONEY has been deliberating for five days and still hasn’t reached a verdict (allowing for the holiday weekend), is it too early for filthy unkempt liberal blogger types such as yours truly to say that prosecuting Edwards on these charges was a REALLY, REALLY STUPID IDEA AND A WASTE OF MONEY??!!

Yes, that could all change tomorrow. And yes, it’s true that Edwards is guilty in the court of public opinion of really scummy behavior. But there are politicians out there guilty of scummy behavior who have paid no price whatsoever when it comes to their jobs (see Vitter, Dave). And for the reasons Rachel Maddow reminds us of here, The Supreme Court of Hangin’ Judge JR is a hell of a lot more guilty of campaign finance abuse than Edwards ever could be (assuming he isn’t innocent)...

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Update 5/30/12: Once more - uh, yep.

Update 5/31/12: Finally over - hallelujah!

...and I don’t know about you, but I’m in the mood for a bit of hippie-dippie social consciousness, so here goes.

Monday Stuff

Happy Memorial Day...



...and yes, even though pictures are allowed now of our fallen heroes returning to Dover, I think this song is still timely as long as we’re at war, which, sadly, we still are.

Sunday Stuff

Bill Maher ended up articulating a lot of what I think about the Obama Administration the other day, even though I’ll support Number 44 of course...



...and here’s a nice summer tune with an important message at the end.

Friday Stuff

(By the way, for what it’s worth, I also posted here – don’t expect that to become a habit, by the way.)

Rachel Maddow gives us a whole bunch of background on Willard Mitt Romney and his “unforced errors,” as she quite rightly puts them (God, I wish our corporate media would pay a fraction of the attention to the campaign as she does here – I didn’t know Maddow once lived in Philly).

Yep, the news organizations with initials for names continue to ignore Romney’s bonehead pronouncements, much like they did of a former Texas governor in 2000...

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...and Sunday marks the 67th birthday of Bruce Cockburn – hope it’s a good one.

Thursday Stuff

Just a reminder that Hosni Mubarak Walker's state is dead last in job creation (here)...



...and here's a tidy little number for the kids (how come a lot of these "relationship" songs end up with someone in a bathtub :-).

Wednesday Stuff

Martin Bashir, sitting in for Lawrence O’Donnell, quite rightly ridicules the Repugs and their “women’s caucus,” or whatever (trying to play women like the Repugs try to play the Teahadists, the elderly, the poor, kids, Catholics, immigrants, and on and on and on).

And by the way, I have issues with the veep myself, mainly his support of that horrific bankruptcy law when he was the Senator from MBNA along with Carper, but I think it’s really a stretch for Melissa Harris-Perry to go back to the Anita Hill hearings to slam him (and speaking of issues affecting women mainly but families generally, I give you this despicable development in our beloved commonwealth)...

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...and I think this video fits the occasion; I hope you agree.

Tuesday Stuff

Nothing to see here, people, just a dead steel contractor – move along (here...beyond belief; what country am I living in again? Any by the way, I also posted here.)...

...and here’s another tune without a video.

Monday Stuff

Ed Schultz and I give you Cory Booker, sellout, along with info on how that Keynan Muslim Marxist pre-zee-zint supposedly doesn’t know anything about bidness (and isn’t this interesting about Booker, by the way...didn't see Rachel Maddow with Booker yet, but I'll check it out)…

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…and with this bit of idiocy in mind, I give you the following.

Sunday Stuff

It’s happening again, people.

You know, when our corporate media decides to portray a Republican presidential candidate as someone whose faith supposedly dictates his decision making and/or his approach to governance.

The New York Times devoted entirely too many column inches today on how Willard Mitt Romney practices his Mormonism on the campaign trail, how he supposedly did the same when running Bain Capital, how he supposed did the same when he was governor of Massachusetts, etc (sorry, no linkee).

And for a reminder as to why this is dangerous, I give you the following from here…

During those private interviews, (former French President) Jacque Chirac had purportedly confessed to the journalist some personal remarks regarding the faith of George W. Bush that seemed quite daunting. He told the journalist that the latter called him twice beseeching him basically, in the name of their common “spiritual faith”, i.e., “Christianity”, to join the collective effort of the coalition being formed to wage a preemptive war against Iraq. In his first telephonic call he reportedly said to Jacque Chirac: “Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle East” and then added that “the biblical prophecies are being fulfilled”. Bewildered, Jacque Chirac did not react immediately. He knew that Bush was somehow religious but could never have thought that the president of the world only superpower was as mysteriously warmhearted to the complex intricacies of the Scriptures as he seemed to be. When a day later George W. Bush pronounced the mysterious words in a conference about the “axis of evil” (the word “evil” was inserted by the evangelical speechwriter Michael Gerson, the original term coined by another staff writer, the Canadian Jew David Frum, was “axis of hatred”), the Elysée decided secretly to consult an expert or biblical scholar about the issue.


In order to avoid any possible leak in France, they decided to outsource or solicit the service of a discreet and prominent outsider instead of a local expert more prone to indiscretion. It was Thomas Römer, professor of Theology at the University of Lausanne, who was called upon to clarify, for the occasion, the biblical mystery at stake. His report was chilling: Gog, prince of Magog, is merely the Apocalypse.

Oh, but Dubya was a cowboy, wasn’t he? But Romney’s a pragmatist who could never engage in such theatrics.

Yeah, right.

And this makes me recall the following recent observations by Bill Maher about Romney and religion (bad word at the end)…

…and I had this tune in mind also today upon reading this story (before Kenny Rogers was “The Gambler” – should hear this tune a lot more on the oldies station).

Saturday Stuff

Hey, remember that ultra-stupid right wing talking point about how African Americans wouldn’t support marriage equality since, well…I mean, everybody knows that African Americans are more culturally conservative than white people, right?

Wrong (here, and Paul Broun remains as big a bonehead as ever…kudos to Rep. John Lewis, and a pox on Andrea Mitchell and her alleged disconnect about “many African Americans” and marriage equality)…

Update 5/23/12: Uh, yep.

…and by the way, aren’t you glad you use Dial? Don’t you wish everybody did? J

Friday Stuff

Ever wonder how Willard Mitt Romney got so stinking rich? Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich explains (and yes, I know it’s no crime in and of itself to be worth a lot of money, blah blah blah).

(Also, I know I said something earlier about shutting down for technical issues, but that will come later than I thought, as it turns out, for anyone keeping score at home.)...

…and I can think of no more appropriate tune as an accompaniment than this one (and by the way, RIP Chuck Brown).

Thursday Stuff

Time to hold Hosni Mubarak Walker responsible, people (more here)…

…and RIP Donna Summer – hardly a disco fan, but I am a fan of great talent.

Wednesday Stuff

I’m probably about five and a half months early for this, but here it is anyway...

...and inspired loosely (very loosely) from the latest post from here, I give you the following (time for a change of pace).

Tuesday Stuff

Once again, I give you the wisdom of Seth MacFarlane via Peter Griffin (well, Brian mainly)…

…and this song reminds me a bit of a nightmare I once had after I saw too many 8mm films in phys ed class one day…and no, I was never in charge of working the projector.

Monday Stuff

I give you more for the sorry file of Willard Mitt Romney, all-but-named Repug presidential nominee, as noted here (and please take note that Number 44 stands up and lets us know who is behind this bit of truth-telling, as opposed to Karl Rove, American Crossroads or whatever, and ALEC and the “U.S.” Chamber of Commerce, among other Citizens United beneficiaries)…

…and RIP Donald “Duck” Dunn.

Sunday Stuff

(By the way, this blog is probably going to shut down for a little while starting about Tuesday due to technical issues. I’m not sure how long it will be out of commission. When I know more, so will you.)

Putting aside the fact that Grover Norquist shouldn’t show his face in respectable company anywhere on the planet (and it was strangely entertaining watching Margaret Hoover trying not to laugh too hard lest her conservative puppet masters decide to send her back to the factory), I have to say that this was a pretty good “New Rules” segment from Bill Maher…

…and given last week’s revelations about a certain Willard Mitt Romney, I think this song is appropriate.

Saturday Stuff

Sam Seder brings us a moment of “Fluffyhead” Gregory fellating the supposed popularity of Governor Bully; I mention Dancin’ Dave because he’s going to head a “conference for a major GOP advocacy group,” as noted here (yep, time for another blogger ethics panel).

“Let’s see, ethics and journalistic integrity, ethics and journalistic integrity…now where did I put that SPJ handbook again…”

And imagine the hue and cry if Rachel Maddow did the same thing for the Dems (and no, assuming he was still working, Keith Olbermann attending Netroots Nation – which he won’t this year due to a surgical procedure – isn’t the same thing since the Dems don’t really pay attention to N.N., not enough of them anyway – they’d be better off if they did).

As for Governor Bully running in 2016, I'd love to see that. All of this crap about how he's supposedly so overwhelmingly popular, a fabled Beltway media narrative, would be crushed once and for all (and by the way, kudos to Seder for being pissed off - more like this)...

…and as the immortal Mr. S. once said, “Happy Mother’s Day to all you muthas out there.”

Friday Stuff

(By the way, for what it’s worth, I also posted some stuff here.)

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll just steal a couple of videos from Crooks and Liars; first, did you know that Thomas Friedman Is An Enormous Moustache (here)? And that, as far as the esteemed New York Times pundit is concerned, it’s entirely the fault of President Obama that he hasn’t been “transformational” enough to rise about petty partisan politics?

Sure you did…

Update 5/16/12: OK, to be fair, this is a good Friedman column, and yes, it involves the Internet.

…and speaking of petty partisan politics, kudos to Harry Reid for calling out Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao and his pals here (as I’ve said, somebody votes for this idiots, including this Mourdock clown in Indiana; sounds like he came from middle earth or something – acts like it too a bit...I got mad at Sen. Richard Lugar over domestic issues a couple of times, but I never questioned him on foreign policy).

Now, Harry, assuming the Dems hold the Senate, are you going to follow up on what your colleagues Sens. Merkley and Udall are proposing next year? We'll see...

…and it looks like Politifact is “mostly” stupid and “mostly” incompetent once more – wish I had one of their little “truthometers” pointing straight up like a certain middle digit on my hand…

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…and tomorrow marks the 40^th anniversary of the release of “Exile On Main St.,” which was kick-started by this little number (“Sticky Fingers” and probably “Let It Bleed” remain my favorite recordings from these guys, however).

Thursday Stuff

I give you the latest from the “Willard Mitt The Bully” campaign…

Romney Courts Hispanic Vote With Animated Sombrero-Wearing Parrot

…who is course is wrong again, as noted here…

…and I thought the best way to respond to Willard Mitt’s latest idiocy was to present Kyle in Indiana; I have no idea who this young man is, but I admire his courage and his love of country for doing what he did and making this video (yes, I said “love of country”…for more, click here)…

…and all of this just kind of put me in the mood to hear this tune once more.

Wednesday Stuff

Lick your own damn stamps, Dubya, you grifter (here, and why am I not the least bit surprised by this)…

…and as far as I’m concerned, the Log Cabin Republicans have to be the stupidest people on the planet for this, short of the Teahadists of course (and I give you another infamous moment from these clowns below)…

…and speaking of people who have a problem with reality, I give you this concerning Willard Mitt himself…

…and finally, I'm not totally sure what to make of the fact that I found an article about prog rock at NRO, but the writer kind of says, "well, it is socially conscious, a bit, but not really - well, y'know..." (didn't get all the way through it yet, but I thought it was funny to see the writer refer to The Old Gray Lady as an "opinion journal," which it is a bit I guess).

Here’s a bit of socially conscious prog rock, genius - hope you like it (sorry, no video).

Monday Stuff

OK, so Willard Mitt Romney apparently feels that he can’t stand up to a constituent who says Obama should be “tried for treason” (here)…yet, he’s running for probably the most important job in the world in which he’ll have to deal with…oh, I don’t know…dumb stuff like facing off with China, whichever nut is in charge of North Korea, Ahmadinejad and the mullahs in Iran, Putin in Russia, Assad in Syria, the latest in the Afghanistan quagmire, etc., etc., etc. (to say nothing of al Qaeda and the threat of loose nukes).

Romney would face all of those challenges, yet somehow he feels that he can’t stand up to a Teahadist wingnut – pretty damn sad...

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…and I would say that Romney passed the point of merely being “cumbersome” a long time ago.

More Saturday Stuff

Silly Rachel – doesn’t she know that Willard Mitt and Rudy 9iu11ani only care about firefighters for photo ops? Why, they’re part of that dastardly government workforce that the Repugs hate (here)…

 

…and if there was a theme song for austerity, I wonder if this would be it?

 

Saturday Stuff

I meant to put this up on “May Day,” but I was a little late – sorry (here, and I meant to include this related item also…by the way, the last minute-and-half of what Daron Acemoglu said, I thought, was particularly noteworthy about what the “Occupy” movement should do)…

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…and by the way, happy Cinco de Mayo.

Thursday Stuff

The saga of the banksters creeps along, as noted by Lee Camp (here – bad word alert…slipping on that I know)…

…and happy 93^rd birthday to this guy, speaking, and playing, with the eternal “man in black.”

Wednesday Stuff

So the governor of our beloved commonwealth, Tom “Space Cadet” Corbett, thinks that forced ultrasounds are “the way to go,” huh? Way beyond pathetic (here)...

...and for no particular reason, I give you the following whompin’ little number (sorry, no video).

Tuesday Stuff

I posted over here concerning Willard Mitt Romney, and this tells us the following about the all-but-named Repug nominee…

…and I haven’t heard much about Robin Gibb lately – hope he’s doing as well as can be expected.

Sunday Stuff

Steve Jobs, visionary American genius of technology (here)…

In one of his last public appearances before his death, Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, addressed Cupertino’s City Council last June, seeking approval to build a new headquarters. 

Most of the Council was effusive in its praise of the proposal. But one councilwoman, Kris Wang, had questions. 

How will residents benefit? she asked. Perhaps Apple could provide free wireless Internet to Cupertino, she suggested, something Google had done in neighboring Mountain View. 

“See, I’m a simpleton; I’ve always had this view that we pay taxes, and the city should do those things,” Mr. Jobs replied, according to a video of the meeting. “That’s why we pay taxes. Now, if we can get out of paying taxes, I’ll be glad to put up Wi-Fi.” 

He suggested that, if the City Council were unhappy, perhaps Apple could move. The company is Cupertino’s largest taxpayer, with more than $8 million in property taxes assessed by local officials last year. 

Ms. Wang dropped her suggestion.

And I give you still more…

Still, some, including De Anza College’s president, (Brian) Murphy, say the philanthropy and job creation do not offset Apple’s and other companies’ decisions to circumvent taxes. Within 20 minutes of the financially ailing school are the global headquarters of Google, Facebook, Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Cisco. 

“When it comes time for all these companies — Google and Apple and Facebook and the rest — to pay their fair share, there’s a knee-jerk resistance,” Mr. Murphy said. “They’re philosophically antitax, and it’s decimating the state.”

“But I’m not complaining,” he added. “We can’t afford to upset these guys. We need every dollar we can get.”

God Bless America, land of corporate extortion (and as a musical response, this never seems to get old – which is a bit sad, actually).

P.S. - For what it's worth, I don't like this layout either - I told you the "new and improved" Blogger stinks.

More Saturday Stuff

Remember the saga of John Edwards and the $400 haircut? Well, it turns out that Edwards is a piker compared to Scott Brown; as noted here, the latter up $1401 in charges last year to make sure he stays “well coiffed.”

Wonder when somebody is going to make a video like this about “Wall Street Scott” (to say nothing of a column heaped with ridicule by Kathleen Parker – what exactly was that Pulitzer for again?)…

…and yes, I have to admit this at last (sniff), so I might as well have fun with it.

Update 4/29/12: And by the way, happy belated 90th birthday to Jack Klugman.

Saturday Stuff

Memo to our idiot politicians in Washington: Stop trying to come up with schemes to “regulate the Internet.” Every time you try, you screw up even worse, largely because you insist on freezing out the content creators and people who would otherwise innovate on it, creating new industries and – dare I point this out? – J-O-B-S (and I don’t mean that Apple dead guy - more here...and here is more on the clown behind CISPA)...

...and with this in mind, here is a Saturday morning cartoon.

Update: Oops, forgot about these two; first, it's time for "The Game of Pro-Life"...

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…and I forgot to add this “New Rules” segment from last night, including the audio that sounds like it’s trapped in a can (glad you’re spared the ugly spectacle of Andrew Ross Sorkin’s apologia for the one percent that he inflicted on the show minutes before this segment, though Paul Begala did a good job of pushing back...and don't get me started on the Charles Murray segment earlier).

Friday Stuff

Here’s a question – is one of our presidential candidates learnin’?...

…and if you liked “governance” under Number 43, it looks like Romney is getting ready to bring us, on foreign policy anyway (probably domestic policy too), “Bushco – The Sequel”…

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…and with that in mind, here is Part 2 of “Willard Mitt Romney vs. Reality”…

…meanwhile here is what actual leadership looks like (by the way, I definitely think Number 42 overdid it in his support for Kathleen Kane over Patrick Murphy recently, but again, that’s politics – it would have been safer for Murphy to support Hillary Clinton four years ago, but he made the right decision and ended up paying for it not once but twice, really)…

…and here’s more on the “war on women” (figurative war I’ll admit, but the Obama/Romney numbers don’t lie…there’s an issue for real there – more BS, I see, among the usual gaggle of right-wing idiots)…

…and I’ve only got a couple of days left to put up this video, so here goes.

Wednesday Stuff

I also posted here (yes, as a follow up to last night, I’m trying to resuscitate the old WP site).

Want to know why Not Your Father’s Republican Party is going to be nothing but a bunch of angry white fogies primarily from the South one day? I give you this (naaah, the Repugs aren’t waging a war on women – just keep trying to convince yourselves, people)…

...and I guess I just mixed this group up with Fine Young Cannibals because of the lead vocalist, but I’m glad I got that straightened out.

Tuesday Stuff

OK, two things: 1) I officially no longer care about the PA Attorney General’s race, since the voters of our beloved commonwealth continue to reward mediocrity every chance they can get in all manner of elective office, and 2) I don’t know how many other people besides me are aware of this, but Blogger recently completed an “upgrade,” and it is a total disaster. I’m seriously considering resurrecting the Wordpress site and bailing on Blogger once and for all, for anyone who cares to know that.

Now, this tells us about Obama reaching out to college-age voters; Charles M. Blow of the New York Times recently had an interesting column about that...and lest anyone think Willard Mitt and the GOP actually care about younger voters, please keep the following clip in mind (featuring a rare moment of fortitude by Fluffyhead in response to more garbage from Moon Unit Bachmann)...

...and I hope readers of this site don’t find themselves asking this musical question.

Monday Stuff

Don’t forget, tomorrow is primary election day in PA, and the guy in this clip needs our vote…



…and here’s a reminder about the cretins who want to hold sway over all…

 

…and given this item, I thought it would be a good idea to replay this campaign ad from 2000 that was unbelievably prescient about Dubya – you really want to see “The Ownership Society on Steroids” under Willard Mitt after November, people?...

 

Update 4/25/12: Uh, yep.

…all of which put me in the mind to hear this tune again…



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Sunday Stuff

Happy 75th birthday to Jack Nicholson – I could be here all night sorting through clips to put up here, from “Chinatown,” “Five Easy Pieces,” “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Batman” even, and many other films, but this will do (from “A Few Good Men,” of course)...



...and here’s a tune to listen to between the raindrops.