Thursday Stuff

Yeah, I heard about the Trump/Mika B. stuff (here) – as far as I’m concerned, at this point, anyone who isn’t doing anything at all to try to get him removed from office is nothing but a traitor to this country.

And sometimes, there truly are no words (from the ridiculous to the even-more ridiculous)…



..and Chris Hayes returns to talk with Rachel Maddow about the utterly horrible Trump-scam-care sitting in the U.S. Senate with no action at the moment (yep, the goal is to kill Medicaid, which would end the lives of many others also…and by the way, the interview was all about this)…



…and given this development, I think we should recall this video from Ed Schultz before he went to work for Putin (here)…it’s dated about 6/28/13, and it tells us about Lauren Valle, a MoveOn volunteer who got her head stomped during the U.S. Senate campaign of Rand (“Fake Ophthalmologist”) Paul in 2010…in addition to death and taxes, you can always count on two things 1) The wingnuts to encourage – or actually carry out – violence every chance they get, and 2) That they’ll accuse our side of being worse than anyone…and yes, you guessed it – this is the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less)……and yeah, Tim Profitt got a heaping dose of white elderly Republican punishment for this, as noted here – and yes, I’m being totally sarcastic…



…and Cenk Uygur tells us about idiot Repug U.S. House Rep Francis Rooney of FLA on how "trickle-down" is supposed to replace O-care, or something (what decade is this again? Wasn’t this brand new in the ‘80s? What’s next, parachute pants, a deluxe special edition of “Top Gun” on VHS and an in-depth profile of “The Keating Five”?)…



…and harking back to the president in the decade before The Sainted Ronnie R, Kyle K. tells us how Jimmy Carter summed up IMHO what led to our current presidential affliction (the clip is a few weeks old, but still timely as far as I’m concerned…NSFW)…



…and happy belated 40th birthday to Mark Stoermer of The Killers.

Wednesday Stuff

(Oh, and as long as I'm referencing Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao in the cartoon, I might as well pass this along also.)

TMR's Sam Seder tells us how that human stain Ron Johnson, Repug U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, said that people with pre-existing conditions are like crashed cars, or something…



…and Chris Hayes tells us that, yeah, it must be nice to be a Repug politician like U.S. House Rep Chris Collins of New York – I don’t know anyone who could drop about $17 mil and shrug it off like this (more here)…

…and awww, it looks like “Caribou Barbie” is going to sue The Old Gray Lady for making a direct connection between Palin’s rhetoric and the shooting of former congresswoman Gabby Giffords (here) in January 2011, among others who were wounded and killed including the 9-year-old niece of late Phillies manager Dallas Green – yes, the paper was wrong, but they retracted what they said…of course, the former half-term Alaska governor has no such impulse, as we know (and don't give me that "surveyor's symbols" crap either)…



…and Seth Meyers tells us that the “private prison” industry is rebounding under our Impulse-Control-Issue-Child-In-Chief – this should NEVER have been a “thing” in the first place, but once again, stand up and take a bow, all of you numbskulls who made sure we were stuck with President Big Orange Cheetoh (kind of a dig at the post office, though – hard to be funny all the time I know)...



…and I don’t know if this is the finest “Resistance” commentary Keith Olbermann has yet done, but it has to be in the top five at least…



…and after this tweet, I had absolutely no choice but to put up this video (heh).

Tuesday Stuff

I defy you to produce a list of similar falsehoods from any other president…



And by the way (speaking of the media), kudos to reporter Brian Karem here for trying to get this Sarah Huckabee Sanders person of the Trump pirates to owe up to the way they have treated the press in general, which is like garbage, not just since inauguration but during the campaign of course…the spox for President Tiny-Handed Egomaniac, in typical fashion threw all kinds of lies and charges at the media, calling them “fake news” as always, and then criticized the press for being divisive, or something.

The Trump regime is nothing but a bunch of moral lepers. And they should be treated as such without exception.

…and oh yeah, nice job by the High Court of Hangin’ Judge JR (including its brand new conservative hammer) to basically reinstitute Generalissimo Trump’s Muslim band (and oh yeah, hate rallies in Washington D.C. – what country am I living in again? And I thought it was pretty weak of Chris Hayes to try and draw an equivalency between the Alexandria shooter and the Trumpian “brown shirt” rhetoric…and good job by Ellison to NOT let anyone forget about all the Repug voter shenanigans)…



…and with the prior clip in mind, here’s more “winning” from the Gropenfuhrer…

The White House just totally ignored the end of Ramadan pic.twitter.com/Xa0xcuyaav

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 26, 2017

…and the pressure is working – we need to keep it up (more here, though of course, Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao will try to sneak something past us later, as all weasels try to do)…

And by the way, I know it’s self-defeating to engage in name-calling and it’s something I suppose I really shouldn’t do, but sometimes no other descriptions fit – anyway, this jagoff is Doug Deason, who apparently is a BFF of Chucky and Davey Koch, as noted here. And here’s the thing – as far as Deason and his pals are concerned…dammit, those in this country who aren’t rich like him just aren’t suffering enough! And Deason and his like-minded gang of scurrilous weasels just aren’t going to give any donations to Repugs anymore unless the “party of Lincoln” makes damn sure that the “poors” and the “blahs,” to say nothing of men, women and children of other skin colors, suffer the way they’re supposed to! Who cares how many die without health care – AS LONG AS DEASON, THE KOCHS, SHELDON ADELSON & CO. GET THEIR STINKING TAX CUTS! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!

…and yeah, it looks like a certain thoroughly unfit person residing in An Oval Office may turn to the “stupidity defense” if and when all else fails…



…and I’ve had this song on my mind with all of revelations about our problem-child-in-chief and his crew, so here it is (a bit dated, but you get the point).

Monday Stuff

Like you I’m sure, I’ve been watching a lot of these fine K.O. “Resistance” commentaries, and though I hope he’s right of course (because I want to see President Big Orange Cheetoh GONE from office like many others), I think the point that genuinely matters here is the one he makes about our media landscape at about 4:20, unfortunately; conservative Charlie Sykes said recently on Bill Maher that he’s not sure Nixon would have been forced from office if there had been the wingnutosphere and Fix Noise in place along with Drudge, Breitbart and the other usual suspects back then that we have now, and unfortunately, I don’t think Sykes was wrong…



…and here is an update to a recent Rachel Maddow report; so it looks like actual voting machines WERE hacked – terrific…



…and I know I’m a little behind on this, but kudos to this courageous 12-year-old Mormon girl…

This 12-year-old gave a beautiful coming out speech at her church - but it didn't end well pic.twitter.com/h72m46TlyF

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 20, 2017

…and I wonder if Carrier employees are tired of the “winning” yet (and no, I don’t think it’s the least bit funny when someone loses their job)…

Trump told workers at Boeing and Carrier he’d save their jobs. You’ll never guess what happened next. pic.twitter.com/IASTZbSPD4

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 23, 2017

…and Dem U.S. House Rep Cedric Richmond of Louisiana is my new hero for this; there was a time when I laughed at arrogant assh*les like Steve King…now, I laugh at the fools who keep sending him back to Washington so King can continue to grift from them – none of this will change unless we VOTE AGAINST EVERY REPUBLICAN IN EVERY ELECTION (And concerning King, why am I not surprised by this...yeah, let's use threats and intimidation; I guess it will make no difference to the "children of the corn," huh?)…

A congressman with a long history of racist remarks just got called out for his 'white privilege' pic.twitter.com/D4KVXJUt8f

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 23, 2017

…and here’s a tune for all of you wonderful voters for Generalissimo Trump – may you continue to be proud of yourselves…hope you don’t lose your health insurance (here and here), but if you do, don’t come crying to me.

Saturday Stuff

Nice work by Jimmy Kimmel here to keep the pressure on (more here)…



…and here is Rachel Maddow’s “A” block from last night (more here); I pretty much agree with Karoli at C&L, and with respect to Charlie Pierce, I don’t agree…when a hostile foreign power is attacking our electoral process, what is called for is a BIPARTISAN response from our elected officials…again, if the shoe had been on the other foot, you want to know how fast the Repugs and our corporate media would have been attacking the Dems if they politicized this the way Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao did (to say nothing of the rest of his party)?...



...and once again, my hometown does me proud...

Philadelphia just added two colors to its Pride flag for queer and trans people of color pic.twitter.com/BGFbJMmYSy

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 24, 2017

…and sticking with Philly, here’s a clip from about a year ago of local guitarist Chris Forsyth and his Solar Motel Band performing what I think are a couple of cool instrumental numbers – the second selection, which he starts at about 7:00, has a bad word in it which he states and appears onscreen once…c’est dommage.

Friday Stuff

Rachel Maddow reminds us how disabled individuals stood up for their rights in Colorado and did likewise yesterday in the office of Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao; as a result, they were zip-tied and carried out.



Oh, and by the way (speaking of the Senate’s version of Mephistopheles), there are people dumping on Occupy Democrats because they have a pic of McConnell stating that he received government-funded care while treated for polio at Warm Springs, GA as a child (the same place where FDR was treated). The fact that McConnell was treated for polio as a child at Warm Springs is not in dispute; what IS in dispute is how much the government paid for it. I think the mere fact that he was at Warm Springs recovering (and again, despite what McConnell intends for us, I don’t wish physical harm for him of course) with people in similar circumstances and apparently learned ABSOLUTELY NOTHING or HAD NOT A SHRED OF EMPATHY for them based on his actions is damning enough. Whether or not he recovered on the government’s dime is needlessly splitting hairs as far as I’m concerned.

…and speaking of people facing risky health prospects, I give you this (once again, heckuva job, baby boomers, and I don’t absolve myself when I say that)…

'Millennial women are poorer, more likely to commit suicide, and 10x more likely to be incarcerated' 😧 pic.twitter.com/evdyTyMFtt

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 23, 2017

…and this just in: Rand Paul is still a thoroughly compromised idiot…



…and Seth Meyers weighs in on Trump-scam-care (and of course, McConnell is an utter lying sack of shit about how supposedly closed the “Obamacare” legislative process was, a point amply proven in this video and in many other places and many other ways)…



…and kudos to young Joe Kennedy again on this subject…

Stop what you're doing and listen to Joe Kennedy trashing the AHCA for its callousness pic.twitter.com/abY16lvCRE

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 23, 2017

…and after watching this, I’m not about to go out and say now that Jon Ossoff lost because of voter suppression, but I WILL say that this further emphasizes the need for increased transparency in our elections (GREAT reporting by Greg Palast on the GA-06 election once again)…



…and it’s time once more for another installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” from 6/23/08, in which former Dem U.S. House Rep Dennis Kucinich did his best to mobilize us to try and get Dubya and “Deadeye Dick” impeached (given that, how can we do less for the “Gropenfuhrer”?)…



…and time once more for a 1967 tune (a question to ask President Tiny-Handed Impulse Control Egomaniac, though of course we already know the answer).

Thursday Stuff

It looks like Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao and his pals are trying to make us all bend over and say “Aaahhh,” on “Trump-scam-care” based on this (and kudos to Number 44 for this - more here).

…and with that in mind, I would say that Hawaii Dem U.S. Senator Brian Schatz is pretty spot-on here…

'For this bill, no transparency, no bipartisanship – just 13 men meeting in secret.' – This Senator called out Republicans over the #ACHA pic.twitter.com/zCMVXuCRv7

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 22, 2017

…and maybe this is piling on, but as you watch Sen. Elizabeth Warren here, note that “Aggressive Progressive” Jimmy Dore dumped all over her for being a “corporate Dem” for supporting HRC…yeah, what a “winning strategy,” that was, huh genius?...

I’ve read the Republican “health care” bill. This is blood money. They’re paying for tax cuts with American lives. pic.twitter.com/298DLguNiM

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) June 22, 2017

…and we know who’s trying to perform this metaphorical bank robbery of sorts, but guess who is driving the getaway car, if you will (hint: they have a whole lot of initials)…

Republicans drafted a health care bill in secret. With some notable exceptions, the reaction from the media has been lackluster: pic.twitter.com/fwcYZUeWPX

— Media Matters (@mmfa) June 22, 2017

…and turning to how we ended up with Generalissimo Trump, Rachel Maddow gets to the election stuff at about 9:00 and does a good job once more of connecting the dots between the Russian hacking and how voting was potentially disrupted (likely disrupted as far as I'm concerned) in Dallas County in Texas, among other places (and yeah, I think it's genuinely sad to see Oliver Stone get played like that)…



…and yeah, Rep. Yarmuth, I think “that’s a shame” too…no disrespect to the Dem U.S. House Rep, but how about telling the “Gropenfuhrer” exactly what you think of him for this? Or, as Bill Maher said, the NEW Dem mantra should be “when they go low, we kick them in the nuts”…

Poor Kentuckians voted for Trump. Here's how he repaid them.

An op-ed from @RepJohnYarmuth: pic.twitter.com/1U50O3kOWI

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 22, 2017

…and try not to be too shocked, but here is actually a good tune from THIS century.

Wednesday Stuff

Yeah, I saw the news today oh boy, and I think this, this, and this sum up how I feel (and uh huh, THIS – and I’m looking at YOU again on this one, Jimmy Dore!). I believe it was Karl Rove, of all people, who said that “demographics is destiny,” and though the demographics aren’t there yet for us, we’re getting closer on that.

That being said, I watched a video that Cenk Uygur, who I respect, made last night right after the word came down about Handel’s victory (I didn’t include it partly because I didn’t totally agree with it and also because he couldn’t keep the camera still). Cenk is a little too doctrinaire as far as I’m concerned (to me, Repugs win because they fall in line, which Dems don’t do as often as they should); he caved on the whole “Nancy Pelosi” thing from the wingnuts because she’s a “corporate Dem,” but as far as I’m concerned, when someone tries to call her out, we should get in that person’s face and say exactly what their problem is with her – speaking only for myself, I’m tired of all of the ZOMG! NANCY PELOSI NANCY PELOSI NANCY PELOSI OOGA BOOGA!!! nonsense (oh, riight – she’s from SAN FRANCISCO!). Just saying she’s a corporate Dem without any pushback against those clowns is validating their idiocy (though, maybe, on the other hand...now DWS is a whole other story as far as I’m concerned).

Update 6/23/17: Yeah, I think this says it.

Also (with the huge qualifier that I rarely saw any political ads from Ossoff), if there is indeed any truth that Ossoff ran that typical losing centrist Dem strategy (for lack of a better word), then yeah, the outcome was totally predictable.

I just know that his ridiculous Emails definitely had the look-and-feel of the typical DNC garbage with headlines like “P-U-M-M-E-L-E-D!” “PLEASE!” “HOPE GONE!” “DEFEATED!” “AWFUL NEWS!” “FINAL REQUEST!” and the like. They got so ridiculous, actually, that I asked to receive fewer of them as opposed to unsubscribing from Ossoff Emails altogether. Well, I eventually DID unsubscribe because the volume was STILL totally out of hand. Then, I received an Email from the Ossoff campaign in the closing days via Daily Kos, so like a fool I made another contribution. And then, that started the whole daisy chain of constant Emails all over again to the point where I unsubscribed again.

Oh, and by the way, if there’s also any truth to this, then Ossoff deserved to lose; with a weapon to beat up Handel like The Great Orange Turd, why in God’s name WOULDN’T YOU FREAKING USE IT??!!

Now to the videos...…K.O. wonders about whether or not there really are tapes of the “Gropenfuhrer” and James Comey, and how exactly we would find that out (loved the Nathan Thurm reference)…



...and yeah, who's in the mood for another global financial meltdown? Show of hands?...

This is why banks love debt. pic.twitter.com/PcN5H54z3G

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) June 21, 2017

…and damn, how I wish I could vote for this guy…



…and gosh, whaddaya know? It looks like a GOP contractor leaked a hell of a lot of voter information from their voter records – looking for the same degree of self-righteous indignation from our corporate media over this as I would over the Dem stuff during the HRC campaign last year…



…and just because our impulse-control-issue-child-in-chief has a problem with accepting climate change, that doesn’t mean the rest of us should too (I seem to recall the Good Book saying we should be stewards of the earth – oh, but that was from “hippie” Jesus, not Republican Jesus…oh, and let’s not forget who was responsible for this, by the way)…

If Donald Trump won't fight climate change, world leaders like Pope Francis & Angela Merkel will pic.twitter.com/5zfwu7X7mU

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 20, 2017

…and happy first official day of summer, everybody.

Tuesday Stuff

Kyle K. gives us the latest on Trump-Scam-Care and all of the disgusting secrecy by Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao and his pals (NSFW…and how typical is this…first comment is great – and boy, is Kyle right about “Medicare for all”)…



…and speaking of health care, this needs to be pointed out again and again and again (yeah, I’m sure Ivanka and Melania are such a mellowing influence for President Impulse Control Tiny-Handed Egomaniac…what a load of crap)…

Planned Parenthood saved this woman's life pic.twitter.com/sD6tboXezs

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 18, 2017

…and of course, this is another health crisis, but at least SOMEBODY may get sent up to do hard time over it (more typical for a third-world banana republic than what this country is truly supposed to be)…



…and in response to this item from that human stain Darrell Issa, I give you the following commentary from Martin Bashir (Remember him? And what exactly was it that got him thrown off the air again? Oh yeah, that’s right…he made an unsettling reference that hurt the fee fees of “Caribou Barbie” – pretty thin given the garbage and viciousness of Generalissimo Trump that came after Bashir’s run had ended)…

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

…and yeah, I think we’re no longer at a point where we should be amused by all of the metaphorical pratfalls of the “Gropenfuhrer” – assuming we were ever at that point in the first place – but genuinely concerned for our country, as K.O. reminds us…



…and I know I’ve been hung up on 75th birthdays lately, but I absolutely had to extend similar best wishes here to Brian Wilson.

Monday Stuff

Rachel Maddow tells us about the “cyber” guy for Generalissimo Trump who the U.S. House Intelligence Committee wants to talk to, as well as asking the question “Where In The World Is Mike Pompeo?” (and more on the thoroughly rancid Bob Goodlatte is here)…



…and this video tells us about the “Fabulous Life of Karen Handel” (I’m not sure if everyone will get the Robin Leach voice-over reference, but nice try – more here and even more unbelievable stuff here…TOMORROW IS THE GA-06 ELECTION AT LONG LAST! And to help Jon Ossoff one last time, click here...and let's not forget this from Handel also)…

The Fabulous Life of Karen Handel:
-State funded luxury SUV
-Wanted $15,000 for office chairs
-Taxpayer funded Intl trips#GA06 #FlipThe6th pic.twitter.com/RH4gD37X3L

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) June 17, 2017

…and let’s also not forget how hugely important an issue this is also (nice job to work in a bit of humor by the guy you’d expect for that, though he’s in deadly earnest also)…

Internet freedom is in grave danger – and these senators are trying to save it pic.twitter.com/uSGAb3nryT

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 18, 2017

...and kudos to the Golden State Warriors for telling President Big Orange Cheetoh where to go (NSFW - and yeah, I guess you could go either way...maybe if Trump were something close to a typical head of state in the tradition of what presidents are REALLY supposed to be in this country, I would oppose what the Warriors are doing, but he isn't so I don't – I’m probably going back and forth a bit on this I’ll admit, I mean the whole “see the president” thing in general...and Kyle is a little rough on Number 44, but unfortunately I don't think he's wrong)...

…and speaking of sports, today is the 45th anniversary of the ruling against Curt Flood, an All-Star centerfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals who tried to claim free agency rather than be traded to the Phillies – I couldn’t stand Flood for years because of that, but when I learned more about his story and the personal toll the verdict against him ended up taking on him, I was a lot more sympathetic (and for a long time, he was right about many Phillies fans and the organization, unfortunately), especially when Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally did the same thing as Flood three years later and were successful (here)…

…and GREAT commentary here by the Rev. Dr. William Barber in response to the Philando Castille verdict, among other news items…



…and here is another 75th birthday to commemorate, and that would be “Spanky” McFarlane of Spanky And Our Gang (the ‘60s rock group, not the kids show) – this is a really preachy tune too, but it’s kind of my thing after all, isn’t it?

Sunday Stuff

(For Mother’s Day, I had a picture of four women wearing MAGA shirts, so it’s only apropos that I do the same thing for Father’s Day, and I definitely mean it as a bad joke for this day also.)

And speaking of bad jokes, am I the only one who thinks that’s the best way to describe the timing of the mistrial ruling in the Bill Cosby case, coming down on Father’s Day weekend?

And yes, here are the usual caveats when I post about legal stuff – I don’t know all the details, nor do I claim to, and I’m also not privy to any kind of information that shouldn’t be disclosed. If somehow I was, I would keep it to myself because I wouldn’t want to say or do anything prejudicial to the trial.

However, from what I know, I think this sums up how I feel (and having graduated from Temple, I can tell you that I don’t enjoy dumping on Cosby, even when I feel that I have to)…



…and I guess you can apply those caveats to this also (and what does it tell you that Yanez was fired right after the verdict – and by the way, where is the NRA screaming about “gun owner rights” on this one? And great points by Ana, Ben and Alonzo Bodden)…



Update: Uh, yep...

Update 6/21/17: Yeah, I can see why they sat on this, and just add this to the pile I guess.

...and Happy Father's Day, everybody - here are two selections.

Friday Stuff

Rachel Maddow tells us, along with Matt Zapotosky of the WaPo, about at least one intriguing staffer hired by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, along with the fact that the spotlight on Jared Kushner is getting bigger (Money laundering? Fraud? Other potential financial crimes? So much winning!)…

(Oh, and is it my imagination, but does Ivana Trump have some kind of a ‘60s Fellini-model thing going on with those shades? Just wondering…)…



…and with the first son-in-law in mind, I bring you the following from Bill Maher (NSFW - GREAT finish!)…



…and I guess the lesson here is that, if you’re pregnant in this country or know someone who is, live anywhere else except Texas (I’d like to tell them what they can do with that yellow rose)…

The maternal mortality rate in Texas is higher than anywhere else in the developed world pic.twitter.com/TFfCnKwXNj

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 8, 2017

…and apparently based on this (probably as a distraction from the Russia stuff as opposed to just about any other reason), it looks like our AG, “Immunity Gnome” Jeff Sessions, is trying to declare “war on weed,” which I’m sure will eventually end up making the drug more plentiful somehow (that’s the way it usually goes)…

Jeff Sessions just declared war on medicinal marijuana pic.twitter.com/bO2UY8bQiy

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 15, 2017

...and here’s an interesting bit of science I came across on plastic-eating worms who could save us all (CNN's Kristie Lu Stout talks to beekeeper/scientist Federica Bertocchini)……



…and apparently, PA’s own mistake of a U.S. House Rep Lou Barletta is all sooo scared to have a town hall now (here)…didn’t feel that way in 2010 when the Teahadists were all in people’s faces – oh, but that’s because they were carrying the proverbial water for Barletta and his party…I think this reminder from a few years ago should be provided as a response…



…and Lawrence O’Donnell did a good job here IMHO of putting together the recent mass shootings in this country (and yes, there were 2, let’s not forget, instead of just the one in Alexandria, VA which was horrific enough) – oh, and by the way…

...and happy upcoming 75th birthday to Sir Paul!

Thursday Stuff

Kudos to Sen. Chris Murphy for calling BS on the Repugs and “Trump-Scam-Care”…

Republicans are trying to strip 23 million people of their health insurance — and this senator is calling them out over it pic.twitter.com/lDHLAzyhq3

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 15, 2017

…and with that in mind, it’s time once more for “This Day In Doomsy History” from 6/16/11 (Dem U.S. House Rep Gerry Connolly of Virginia called out the Repugs’ efforts here regarding censorship on the part of Mr.-Puppy-Dog-Eyes-With-The-Shiv by changing the language around Ryan’s attempt to voucherize Medicare – shows the progression as far as I’m concerned in the congressional Repugs’ efforts to stifle dissent and strangle the free flow of information on issues that are important to us “bigly” - more here)…



…and Bernie Sanders speaks out against that cowardly life form who shot up the Alexandria, VA baseball field and those in attendance; I agree that he didn’t have to even though this individual worked on his campaign to some degree, but it was still the right thing to do – and I have to admit that I’m saddened by what Joy Reid has done on this…NSFW towards the end from John; to me, one takeaway here is that we on the Deb/lib/progressive side can’t be hunkered down into one “camp” at the expense of another – yes, as I’ve said before, I supported Bernie in the primary but I supported Hillary in the general because she was the nominee of my party and the choice was her versus a crazy person…I think Bernie was a bit excessive at times in his campaign and HRC definitely was in hers, but as somebody once said, politics ain’t beanbag, and at the end of the day, you need to know what you’re about and stick with it (and yeah, the next time a wingnut blames a lefty for gun violence again, tell them to suck on this and this)…



…and leave it to Sam Bee to give us the lowdown on the Jeff Sessions Show (yeah, I think “Senator Honor And Virtue” needs to go reserve his place in the Shady Rest One-Way Home For Political Blowhards...NSFW also)…



...and all of this makes me nostalgic, I must admit, for a chief executive so utterly competent at his job that the wingnutosphere had to MAKE UP scandals about him, as David Pakman reminds us on how Obama was criticized for mustard on hamburgers eight years ago (horrors! – yep, “context” indeed)…



…and with all of the insanity going on, I just felt like I needed to hear this song.

Wednesday Stuff

(Might be hard to read I know, but the furthest left column in red – apropos – is the US. The graph shows that we have about 3.6 gun deaths per 100,000 residents, which, far and away, leads other countries.)

Yeah, let’s have the predictable wingnut demonizing of Democrats/progressives/liberals over the act of this one lunatic who also happened to be a Bernie Sanders supporter (here and here). Never mind that a sizeable amount of mass shootings happen at the hands of sick, twisted individuals who tend to associate with right-wing causes (to say nothing of the fact that, as far as I’m concerned, anyone who demonized Planned Parenthood over what turned out to be faked videos of the groups supposedly selling baby body parts has blood on their metaphorical, or perhaps actual, hands).

Oh, and by the way, there was also a shooting in San Francisco (here). Both attacks are cowardly and awful, and we should pray if we’re so inclined or lend whatever support we can to help in either case.

But I’d like to perhaps tilt at a figurative windmill once more and ask that, people, please, for the love of God almighty, can we tone down the eliminationist rhetoric and gun-related nonsense?

You know – stuff like this (gosh, wasn’t Rand “Ophthalmologist Certified By My Own Board” Paul so clever in this clip, shooting the IRS Tax Code – and by the way, when it comes to “Aqua Buddha” Paul, let it be known that he was one of two U.S. Senators…the other being the thoroughly execrable Mike Lee…who opposed sanctions against Russia for their interference in our election last year, as noted here - typical for Paul based on this)…



Update 6/16/17: So much for civility - GMAFB (here).

…and by the way, when it comes to private individuals selling guns in Virginia, David Frum is right here, but not when talking about licensed gun dealers, as noted here, and I believe Frum made the correction (demonstrating yet again the utter insanity of what passes for gun laws in this country…and I don’t know if irony is the right word for this.)

Update 6/15/17: And as far as people like Greg Gutfeld and Chris Collins are concerned, I’m still waiting for “lefty” equivalents to infamous moments like these (God, I wish enough people had listened to Cenk)…



Turning now to Generalissimo Trump (from that typically vile video in which he's featured...not criticizing Cenk)…awww, it wooks wike poor widdle Ivanka haz hurt fee fees (something particularly ridiculous given this)…



…and Chris Hayes talks to Obama Admin lawyer Bob Bauer and Elizabeth Holtzman, who served on the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate hearings, both roundly ridiculing Jeff “Elf On A Shelf” Sessions for his evasions in his Senate testimony yesterday…



...and here is a very important reminder (more here)...

‘If the GOP & Trump have their way many people will lose their homes, their jobs, or their lives.’ pic.twitter.com/i578OarEof

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 15, 2017

..and I know it’s just about over in these parts, but still, Happy Flag Day, everybody.

Tuesday Stuff

I know that yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of The Sainted Ronnie R giving a speech telling Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev to “tear down this wall” and then that marked the fall of communism once and for all and capitalism reigned supreme and everyone lived happily ever after the end.

Well, not really – the truth is somewhat more complicated, as it often is; the prevailing theme for me is that everyone stood up and said enough is enough, and the world as a whole was better off…



…and returning to the present – or should I say “predisent” – day, I give you the latest from our Megalomaniac-In-Chief (and it sounds like something is up with the Russian hookers; hmmmm - wonder how the saps who got played by our Problem-Child-In-Chief here feel about that?)…



...and Chris Hayes talks about the "Gropenfuhrer" trying to get Former FBI Director and Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller fired (with former DOJ attorneys - under Republican administrations - Nick Akerman and Carrie Cordero)...



…and yeah, if it doesn’t involve someone of a different ethnicity, gender preference or faith background, then I guess it isn’t “terrorism,” huh? (NSFW)…



…and here’s yet another reminder that Congressional Republicans plan to utterly f*ck us over when it comes to Trump-scam-care (and kudos as always to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and I laugh at that fool Jimmy Dore for criticizing Warren for supposedly not supporting Bernie Sanders or allegedly supporting Wall Street, or something)…

Elizabeth Warren just exposed the horrifying truth behind the Republican's secret health care bill pic.twitter.com/xAzlefqLLR

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 13, 2017

…and happy belated 40th birthday to Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

Monday Stuff

Apparently, this was pretty close for what passed for Generalissimo Trump's meeting today based on this story (and really, people, are we actually still surprised at this point?)…



…and I think this was some recent insightful commentary on the “Gropenfuhrer” from Tweety, though why it has taken so long for him to realize this is something I cannot imagine…



…and I normally wouldn’t give that senile fossil Pat Robertson the time of day, but I thought Kyle made a good point about how, when it comes to arming the Saudis, you hear crickets from the wingnutosphere, and THAT has A LOT to do with funding extremism, as Kyle points out (NSFW)…



...and with the prior clip in mind, I should note that I would never claim to imagine what He thinks of us all, though I'm sure, based on what the Bible says, the first ones who will "get it" are those who claim to speak in His name, like these clowns...

President Trump has inspired a more violent religious right pic.twitter.com/RfTXctZS3r

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 10, 2017

…and this story tells us about four Orlando moms who, tragically, lost their kids in the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, FL, the worst mass shooting in this country’s history, which took place a year ago today, though, to their everlasting credit, they did manage to create something positive and enduring out of it (and by the way)……



…and yeah, when summer hits in this area, it’s kind of like a door slamming open and the heat and humidity descend immediately – hey, I’ll take this as opposed to ice and snow.



(Oh, and by the way, I also posted here.)

Saturday Stuff

I thought this was a pretty “no BS” commentary on Generalissimo Trump from Lawrence O’Donnell…



…and Kyle stands up to defend millennials; totally deserved as far as I'm concerned (NSFW of course – kicks ass over the last minute and a half)…



…and I know this happened this week also; we know what kind of individuals are in charge of Iran, but their long-suffering people deserve MUCH better (and you know that saying about a stopped clock being right twice a day? I think you can put Trump’s statement in that category)…



…and I’m sure it doesn’t bother this Clay Higgins life form that he’s pretty much emulating the ISIS mentality here…

…and RIP Adam West – as far as I’m concerned, with all of the stuff going on in the ‘60s (some great, some interesting, some both, and some genuinely scary), he was one of the people who made sure we had fun also along the way (hat tip to Bob Cesca on Twitter for the cartoon)…

The legendary 'Batman' actor Adam West passed away at 88 pic.twitter.com/n9LSwjpxcv

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 10, 2017

…and as long as we’re back in that era, I should note that we recently observed the 50th anniversary of the release of this recording, which featured the following tune.

Friday Stuff

I think Rachel Maddow takes a minute or two to get going here, but when she does, it’s worth it – her summation at the end is what matters…we’re almost leaving behind the question of what it is or isn’t that Generalissimo Trump has going on with Russia; the obstruction at this point should be enough by itself to get his ass impeached…



...a point echoed by K.O. here…



…oh, and I think it should be noted that, lost in the kerfuffle over his gratuitous use of the “N” word last week, Bill Maher made a GREAT point about how Democrats should respond to this and basically all of the garbage and nonsense from the “party of Lincoln” here (and I thought this was a good post about Gianforte here – yeah, nothing like the “rich white guy” punishment is there, which isn’t even a slap on the wrist, as opposed to everybody else, which would be a one-way ticket to the gray bar hotel...NSFW I believe)…



…and maybe Dem Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill saw Maher’s segment, because this was a great moment with her giving it to “Saint Orrin” Hatch over the Repugs and their attempt to railroad “Trump-scam-care” in the U.S. Senate…

This senator ripped Republicans for trying to rush their health care bill without a hearing pic.twitter.com/i7yKtNNOMt

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 9, 2017

…and speaking of “the world’s greatest deliberative body,” the incredibly-inaptly-named Repug Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy (ugh) compared public schools to mayonnaise here…

Please don't compare public schools to mayonnaise pic.twitter.com/dG99ZsrFkt

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 9, 2017

...and as I've said before, we in the "great 48" could learn a thing or two from the Brits and the "in your face" nature of their politics (we may have dueling political and media consultants, but our corporate puppet masters don't want their bought-and-paid-for office holders to act quite so independently, or ferociously - might wake up the American "sheeple," you see...but yeah, I think it's safe to say that Theresa May metaphorically "screwed the pooch" - good luck trying to form a coalition government with this bunch)...

British Conservatives are projected to lose their majority in a shocking upset #GE2017 pic.twitter.com/yQWwQrrTaE

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 9, 2017

…and I’m also behind on this great commentary from John Oliver about the “Gropenfuhrer” pulling out of the Paris climate accord (noteworthy for a few reasons, not the least of which is Oliver’s thoroughly appropriate smack down of Scott Wagner...seems pretty far in the rear view mirror with everything going on I know...NSFW also)…



…and speaking of climate/weather, the summer season may have come to our area at long last, so maybe I’ll kick off my typical selections for this time of year with this one.

Thursday Stuff

As far as I’m concerned, only the most craven and idiotic of partisans basically oppose impeachment of Number 45 at this point (here); do you seriously want to imagine what would happen if we were somehow talking about a Democrat?...

'So why did he kick everybody out of the Oval Office?' — a key question from James Comey during Thursday's testimony pic.twitter.com/Ki4zEjOK6L

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 8, 2017

…and sorry I’m a little late with this item from Maine Sen. Angus King yesterday – nice work to go after Coats and Rogers like that; what a pair of compromised idiots, like the rest of our outlaw executive regime…

This Senator grilled America's top intelligence chiefs for refusing to answer questions about Trump’s ties to Russia pic.twitter.com/MjXueUaxtA

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 7, 2017

…and I thought this was an interesting bit of history – on this day 50 years ago, our “ally” Israel attacked the U.S.S. Liberty; kind of sickening behavior I must admit (and this was an odd bit of a coincidence I would say)…



…and as long as we’re “setting the wayback,” I give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (a bit late I know) from 6/7/08 (Amy Goodman talks with Josh Silver and Bob McChesney at a conference on media consolidation…yep, “Straight Talk” McCain caved as usual – and apparently enough he didn’t distinguish himself here either; more important to watch a baseball game than to be ready for the Comey hearing I guess – and it’s funny to hear that O’Reilly comment now, but NOT FUNNY when you realize what kind of a battle we have to fight against the Trumpsters to keep the Internet as equal for everybody as possible…and good point, sadly, about Clinton/Gore and the ’96 telecomm bill – never a good ending when a Dem caves on an issue as important as that one)…



…oh, and I guess I committed a bit of a faux pas by not wishing VP Mike Pence a happy birthday yesterday; please allow me to do so with this (and boy, is John Iadarola right at about 6:15…that point by Cenk about Generalissimo Trump’s attitude of only he being allowed to win is well made, and the Democrats should have echoed that OVER AND OVER AND OVER during the campaign...and by the way, about Pence's cap-and-trade denigration, I give you this)...



…and I never thought I would have a reason to put up this tune, but I’m glad to be wrong; happy what-would-have-been 150th birthday to architect extraordinaire Frank Lloyd Wright.

Wednesday Stuff

It’s becoming more and more of a challenge to keep up with the flood of sludge generated from the Trumpsters, but I’ll continue to try my best (f Hillary Clinton or ANY Democrat had engaged in this kind of behavior, they would be in jail by now, having been impeached already)…



…and aside from the illegality, there’s the matter of the fact that our ruling cabal of idiots are truly scummy people, as noted below (more here – oh, and Democrats supposedly aren’t “human”? Doesn’t mean much coming from a scumwad like you, does it, Eric?)…



…and this is, for my money, a really toned-down report on Generalissimo Trump’s decision to single out Qatar as a country that aids terrorism (no word on what kind of impact our estimated military force of about 11,000 will have to deal with in response...not encouraging to see anyone giving credence to Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao on this issue as well as any other) – no clue as to how guilty Qatar is or isn't, but I’m not making that charge; President Big Orange Cheetoh is the one doing that (a MUCH BETTER segment on this issue aired last night on “The Last Word” with Lawrence O’Donnell talking with Wendy Sherman and Graeme Wood, but good luck finding it on MSNBC’s utterly wretched web site - more here)…



…and speaking of the Senate “leader,” it looks like he’s going to try and railroad “Trump-Scam-Care” through the U.S. Senate (here), and Dem Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire reminds us why that is a terrible idea (she speaks out in defense of the ACA and against the garbage from the “Gropenfuhrer”...and yes, I know his name is “Mick” Mulvaney)…



…and it’s almost refreshing to hear the honesty of the Dickensian point of view of Repuglican shill Karen Handel in the GA-06 congressional election (more on how horrible a $15-an-hour minimum wage supposedly is can be found here, and to help Jon Ossoff, click here...and nice work by Ossoff here)…

'I do not support a livable wage' — an actual Republican candidate running for Congress pic.twitter.com/yPVLMnbGFW

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 7, 2017

…and here’s something a little upbeat to try and put us in a summery frame of mind.