Saturday Stuff

Nice to know that Willard Mitt Romney surrogate and former Repug U.S. House Rep Pete Hoekstra is as big of a dope as he ever was; naaah, the Repugs aren’t waging a war on women…not much they aren’t (here)…



…and Happy Titanic Day – watch out for stray icebergs.

Friday Stuff

I would like to thank the 59 Catholic leaders who have officially expressed their opposition to the latest budget scheme from Paul Ryan, noted here...



...and I realize it's probably a big step for me to assume that Ryan even has a soul, but assuming he does, he should try listening to this song.

Thursday Stuff

Looks like it’s time again for “the professional left” in the form of yours truly to take Number 44 to task over this; sooo…he quite rightly supported overturning DADT, but he apparently has no problem with LGBT discrimination in the workplace (here)? And that goes on top of the JOBS bill BS as noted here (the first sign of trouble is when sleazy weasel Eric Cantor showed up for the signing into law – he shouldn't even be in the same area code...I give you Matt Taibbi on this here).

Oh, and you know the recent strip search ruling by the Supreme Court? It was actually supported by the Obama DOJ (here).

There are some things that can be excused by right-wing looniness, but not this…



...meanwhile, looks like Willard Mitt and his GOP playmates continue to have self-inflicted “woman trouble” (here...more charming and related stuff here and here, and oh yeah, this too)…



…leading to this potentially game-changing development (wink)…


Romney To Travel Back In Time To Kill Liberal Versions Of Himself

…but returning to the Obama stuff, I happened to hear this tune once more recently, and sadly, I think it still fits.

Tuesday Stuff

Yeah, somehow I’m not surprised that he now wants to run away from those stinking, ruinous tax cuts of his (here)...



...and adios, Little Ricky – have to admit that I never thought he’d get this far (a testimony to the lunacy of the Repugs as far as yours truly is concerned)...



Update 4/12/12: ROFLMAO...

...and concerning the all-but-named Repug presidential nominee, I give you this...



...and I thought this was a whompin’ little number, so here it is.

Sunday Stuff

RIP Mike Wallace – I don’t know if it’s completely accurate to say that he invented investigative TV journalism, but if he didn’t, he came pretty close.

There are probably hundreds or maybe thousands of clips out there of interviews he conducted (perhaps the most famous – or infamous, depending on your point of view – broadcasts he was responsible for had to do with Gen. Westmoreland and the Vietnam War, Jeffrey Wigand and the Brown and Williamson stuff, and Khomeni and the quote from Sadat rightly calling the Iranian thug a “lunatic”). For no particular reason, though, here is a clip from a 1964 interview with Malcolm X (as I heard this, I was struck a bit by the parallels – as I see them, anyway – between the “Negro community” and the “Occupy” movement).

I may feature other Wallace clips over the coming days, depending on what I can track down. As a country, we’re better for his efforts at “afflicting the comfortable,” as the saying goes (and Malcolm X was referring to former NYC Police Commissioner Michael Murphy, by the way)…



Update: And oh yeah, this was memorable also...



...and more stuff is noted here...



…and Happy Easter to everyone observing the holiday.

Saturday Stuff

I more or less skimmed over this New York Times story today about corporate lobbyists whining about supposedly onerous rules that the Obama Administration was trying to implement concerning their activities, and it made me recall this Brave New Films clip from Bernie Sanders from a couple of years ago (and by the way, the High Court of Hangin’ Judge JR upheld the Austin campaign finance decision in Michigan, though that did not one bit of good because it was overturned by the horrendous Citizens United ruling – and yes, Chris Van Hollen and Jim Moran truly make me want to gag for reasons noted in the Times story)...



...and this is pretty much what I think of the complaints from the lobbyists (like to see these cretins get “tuned up” in a similar fashion as depicted in this video)

Friday Stuff

Yep, as usual, I would say also that the choice couldn’t be clearer (here)...



...and gee, Repugs, don’t overdo it in your support for Willard Mitt, the all-but-named presidential nominee of your party (and yep, not surprised about this, unfortunately – nothing unites the knuckle-draggers like their hatred for that alleged Kenyan Marxist socialist community organizer)...

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...and speaking of Willard Mitt, I give you the following (pathetic)...



...and here is Rachel Maddow’s report on voter suppression in Michigan (actually, it’s more like Democracy suppression – and I thought the Repugs didn’t like “czars”)...

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...turning to jazz (were we?), legendary saxophonist Gerry Mulligan would have been 85 today...



...and returning to this century, I give you the following (overdue for a strange video, so here goes).

Tuesday Stuff

Well, since we don’t have K.O. again, I guess it’s time to turn to Cenk Uygur, among others; I grant Cenk his points, but let’s give Obama some credit here for saying this stuff – yes, it would be nice if he would back it up…maybe he will?...but it really is hard to do that when his opposition is certifiably insane…



…and speaking of his insane opposition…



…and to answer your question, yes, I’m still steaming about this one (and Kennedy is supposed to be a centrist?)...



...and deep down, this is a tune about yours truly, believe it or not (sorry, no video again).

Monday Stuff

Given this latest atrocity from the High Court of Hangin’ Judge JR, I think it’s a good idea to revisit these wise and prescient words from Sen. Al Franken around the time of the Elena Kagan confirmation hearing – haven’t heard much lately from him, though (and Number 44 actually thinks the bunch in the black robes isn’t going trash the individual mandate before they get out of Washington, D.c. in a couple of months...let’s just say that I’m not optimistic)...



Update: My bad, I meant to include this John Cole link earlier.

...and even though there’s no video, I’m sure you can “fill in the blanks” as well as I can here.

Sunday Stuff

Yes, this has some bad words, but I thought it also had some funny stuff – it’s time for “The Onion Week In Review”…


Penn State T-Shirt Awkwardly Looked Away From

…and sorry I neglected to note the passing of Earl Scruggs earlier this week…I’ll do so now.

Saturday Stuff

I think we all pretty much know what George Zimmerman is at this point, but it does bear repeating (here – I promised I wouldn’t deal with Maher anymore because of his idiotic criticism of those who criticized Flush Limbore, but to tell you the truth, I’m including this mainly for Van Jones)...



...and he played this song over the Trayvon Martin killing when in town this week, and apparently he’s been playing it elsewhere on the tour – good job.

Friday Stuff

Based on this, I don’t think Joel Hyatt’s “word” counts for a whole hell of a lot (and I thought Al Gore was smarter than to go along with this nonsense also).

Like him or not, Keith Olbermann is (was?) an equity stakeholder in Current TV. Yes, we’re not talking about General Motors here, but you can’t just fire one of your biggest stockholders.

I’m sure K.O. will take these idiots to the proverbial cleaners, though I doubt that we’ll find out exactly what eventually happens since I’m sure there’ll be an out-of-court settlement…



…and inspired (if that’s the word) by this post, I give you the following (I still miss Natasha Richardson)…



...and yeah, Willard Mitt and Puppy Dog Eyes Ryan are both a couple of jabronis, all right (more here)...



...and don't worry, no "message" music tonight, just enjoy (and let's be careful out there, OK?).

Thursday Stuff

I came across this column in the Old Gray Lady today, which I thought was unintentionally hilarious (here)...

WASHINGTON — Big business groups like the Chamber of Commerce spent millions of dollars in 2010 to elect Republican candidates running for the House. The return on investment has not always met expectations.

Even though money for major road and bridge projects is set to run out this weekend, House Republican leaders have struggled all week to round up the votes from recalcitrant conservatives simply to extend it for 90 or even 60 days. A longer-term transportation bill that contractors and the chamber say is vital to the recovery of the construction industry appears hopelessly stalled over costs.

At the same time, House conservatives are pressing to allow the U.S. Export-Import Bank, which has financed exports since the Depression, to run out of lending authority within weeks. The bank faces the possibility of shutting its doors completely by the end of May, when its legal authorization expires.

And a host of routine business tax breaks — from wind energy subsidies to research and development tax credits — cannot be passed because of Republican insistence that they be paid for with spending cuts.

Business groups that worked hard to install a Republican majority in the House equated Republican control with a business-friendly environment. But the majority is first and foremost a conservative political force, and on key issues, its ideology is not always aligned with commercial interests that helped finance election victories.

“Free market is not always the same as pro-business,” said Barney Keller, spokesman for the conservative political action committee Club for Growth.

There could be real-world consequences to the conservative rebellion. The 90-day extension of the highway trust fund that House Republican leaders say they will pass this week in lieu of a broad highway bill would keep existing projects moving for now. But business groups say few new government-funded infrastructure projects can get under way without longer-range certainty about federal backing.

…

Some Republicans are growing worried about the ramifications of these fights. Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, has pressed to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, but at the insistence of Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, he joined his party in opposing Democratic efforts to add reauthorization to a small-business finance bill. Now Mr. Graham says his party has to find a way to move a stand-alone bill, and fast.

“Come June, if this program dies, it will be the end of job creation for thousands of businesses for no good reason,” he said. “And it’ll happen on our watch, with our fingerprints on it.”

Aww, poor Huckleberry – what a shame he and his pals didn’t take K.O. seriously when he uttered these prescient words about a year and a half ago…

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…and this one goes out to the miscreants at the “US” Chamber of Commerce (really dipping into the “moldy oldie” archives – sorry the sound isn’t the best).

Wednesday Stuff

As I once remarked in these parts to somebody (forget who), having to choose between Comcast and Verizon is like having to choose between diphtheria and tetanus (here, and in a related vein, what Atrios sez here, and this is a bit worrisome also)…



…and here’s a tune for the occasion (still waiting for the new recording from “The Boss” to do it for me, but that hasn’t happened yet – wonder if it will?).

Tuesday Stuff

See what happens when you play nice with the Repugs (for the umpteenth time), President Hopey Changey (here)…



…and bye bye, “President” Snowe.

Monday Stuff

“God, Doomsy, you ‘libtard’ (actually miss that one a bit), are you ever going to stop whining about guns?”

No, I’m not…

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…and here’s a great song about pointless gun violence.

Saturday Stuff

Happy second birthday to the Affordable Care Act, as noted here (and while this is a good idea, I really hate the fact that Number 44 adopted the wingnut shorthand of “Obamacare,” unless they were trying to tweak their foes, in which case they shouldn’t have bothered, as Kevin Drum points out...and by the way, isn’t it funny to hear “Goober” Gohmert in particular pretending to care about women’s health care, given their latest jihad against contraception?)...



...and I give you this somewhat related tune (and speaking of these guys, I was sorry to hear about this – my condolences).

Friday Stuff

Haven't had much to say about the Trayvon Martin tragedy I know, so please allow me to do so here (I'm sure this act of statesman-like compassion will earn Number 44 nothing but further wingnut scorn - not sure what's up with the spacing)...

...and I guess you can consider this to be my musical response.

My Response To Geraldo Rivera

Asshole (h/t Atrios)...

Wednesday Stuff

From the campaign that generated the “weather vane” crack from Little Ricky (a rare lucid moment), the “Romney 2012” bunch now gives us this...



...which, as far as yours truly is concerned, makes me recall this tune (sorry, no video).