Friday, November 03, 2017

Friday Stuff


Oh yeah, doesn’t Preznit Tiny Handed Treasonous Egomaniac have a “great memory”? Sure he does...


…and as Kyle K. tells us, it looks like the Trumpsters, Rex Tillerson in particular, are trying to get a PERMANENT AUMF – just charming; anyone for GWB 2.0 on steroids this time??!! And NSFW of course...



…and I don’t believe I’ve said a lot between the utterly deranged and totally false comments from former Gen. John Kelly about Dem Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, but fortunately, Dem U.S. House Rep Ruben Gallego does so here – Kelly’s horrific personal loss, while generating sympathy, doesn’t justify his conduct in any way; referring to Wilson as an “empty barrel,” which is a disgusting remark, is his opinion I realize, but he’s demonstrably false in his characterization of what happened at the ceremony in question as borne out plainly by the video…



…and sorry, but I’m not giving the “Foxies” a shred of sympathy over their alleged “news” network and its almost total silence on the Paul Manafort, etc. story recently – I’m with Cenk, even though the so-called “Uranium One” thing allegedly involving HRC was bogus now, then and always…



…and I thought this was a well-done analysis from TYT’s Hasan Piker on the recent terror attack in NYC (NSFW as well)…


…and maybe Sam Bee is painting with a bit of a “broad” brush (if you’ll forgive the expression) when it comes to men and guns, but the statistics don’t lie, so I think she’s justified – it’s waay past time to connect as many possible dots, as it were, on this issue as possible (NSFW also)…


…and speaking of tragic gun deaths, Lawrence O’Donnell tells us how LBJ reacted in a very statesman-like and thoroughly un-Trumpian way after Sirhan Sirhan killed RFK, to say nothing of Ted Kennedy calling for the life of his brother’s assassin to be spared (Chis Hayes also echoed similar sentiments, saying that Generalissimo Trump ought to keep his damn mouth shut in the wake of the NYC terror attack so as to not help the case of the allegedly murderous defendant – good luck with that, I know…also, I should probably catch up with the video of O’Donnell talking with Chris Matthews about the latter’s book – yeah, Tweety is too much of a Beltway media sycophant at times, but he’s also an accomplished author, believe it or not…)…



…and happy belated 70th birthday to Dave Pegg, with Jethro Tull for a time as well as Fairport Convention.

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Thursday, November 02, 2017

Thursday Stuff


(I guess this sign is a metaphor of sorts, except for people flooded out from the hurricanes where it represents reality, unfortunately.

And speaking of cities that have suffered misfortune, congratulations to the world champion Houston Astros of baseball, including former Phil Ken Giles. I personally was rooting for the Dodgers, to be honest, but that’s OK – happy for Houston all the same. It was still a much-needed shot in the arm for a city flat on its metaphorical back, which is good.)

And on the subject of being flat on your back, literally, I give you this item about the reporter who was tripped to the ground and face planted because…well, he apparently violated a swearing ordinance in Virginia in the presence of a Republican, or something – another chapter of the book “Life in These United States Under Generalissimo Trump,” or something…



…and I know it’s telling that K.O. is quoting Republican politicos like Ed Rollins and their unofficial spokespeople like “BoBos” Brooks, but I have a feeling that the emerging narrative from congressional Repugs trying to hold onto their stinking jobs next year will be “Hey, it wasn’t MY fault. I did everything President Big Orange Cheetoh TOLD me to do, Chucky and Davey Koch! I didn’t think he was actually nuts. Now can I please have a million dollars?”…



…and fortunately, Rachel Maddow makes sure we keep our eye on the proverbial ball, as it were, when it comes to the Gropenfuhrer and his Russian handlers (yeah, I would say that it’s time to pretty much etch some of this stuff in stone too...and Dem U.S. House Rep Adam Schiff continues to stand tall, earning the perpetual ire of the wingnuts of course)…



…and Donald Drumpf Jr. is referred to in the Maddow report, and apparently he was up to some antics over the recent holiday; fortunately, Stephen Colbert gives him a sweet comeuppance, you might say (to paraphrase the poet, liquor may be quicker, but candy is dandy this time around)...



…and to me, this is one hell of a dynamic duo, you might say (Holy Justice For the 99 Percent, Batman! – yeah, I admit that was a bit of a stretch even for me)…


…and the line “We’re the ones we’ve been waiting for” is right out of an Obama campaign ad I know, but that doesn’t make it any less true as far as I’m concerned.

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Wednesday, November 01, 2017

Wednesday Stuff


TYT reports on the coward in NYC who plowed into the crowd with his car (glad Cenk mentioned the situation in Myanmar with the slaughter of the Rohingya, which I haven’t touched on, while former human rights champion Aung San Suu Kyi apparently looks on and does nothing…good job here to give the total picture concerning all of our interventions around the world and how that could be a factor I believe)…



…and Rachel Maddow provides some context here also (I think the line about the most ISIS fighters possibly coming from the former Soviet republics based on what they know, noted by the New York Times reporter, is very interesting)…



(Didn’t mention this earlier, but condolences and sympathies to the victims of course and their families – now let’s try this animal in this country as opposed to GITMO, for God’s sake, and if convicted, either lock him up for life or set up a date with a needle.)

…and here is the ad that has made wingnut heads explode all over the place; I‘m sure this is no surprise, but I agree with every damn word of it…



…and with that in mind, K.O. gives us the latest here…



…and David Pakman tells us about the latest approval ratings for Generalissimo Trump…



…and with the news of the recent attacks in NYC, I thought this was an appropriate tune.

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Tuesday Stuff


Yeah, it looks like tonight is a night for all the kooks, creeps, and goblins all right – and if you think I was referring to the Trumpsters, then you win a free sack of year-old Kit Kat bars (though I think Keith has his holidays mixed up a little here)…

…and once again, think about how fast a DEMOCRAT would have been removed from office, tried, convicted, and sentenced to hard labor by now if that person had pulled any of this garbage…oh, sorry, “allegedly” pulled this garbage…



…and leave it to Stephen Colbert to remind us just how desperately the Foxies want to play their game of “Oh, LOOK OVER THERE INSTEAD!” (here)…



…and Thom Hartmann talks to Dr. Karen Seal Stewart of the group Patriotic Millionaires in opposition to the Gropenfuhrer's latest tax cut proposal...



…and this may be a first, not just for the holiday but overall; I now give you a double dose of “This Day In Doomsy History”…first is from 10/31/08, in which I present more delusional musings from the one-time base for Sen. John McCain and Caribou Barbie, who, I’m quite sure (though I have no proof) would end up being just solid for Generalissimo Trump…



…and the second is from 11/2/07, in which kids tell our politicians what they can do about being used for photo-ops if their health care funding isn’t renewed, which, sadly, is currently a “thing” also now, as noted here - more here...and by the way, while our corporate media is trying to spit-shine the thoroughly sullied reputation of Former President Highest Disapproval Rating In Gallup Poll History, let’s not forget that he vetoed SCHIP funding, as noted here)…



…and speaking of kids, Happy Halloween, everybody.

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Monday, October 30, 2017

Monday Stuff


And it looks like the dominoes have started to fall for real (here)…

…and K.O. reminds us once more how the Gropenfuhrer uses (abuses?) Twitter (though I think calling #45 the “FDR” of ANYTHING is more than a bit much…I get Keith's point, though)…



…and Rachel Maddow tells us about what is apparently the surprise resignation of U.S. Attorney Dana Boente – maybe not the biggest news story at the moment, but then again, based on the Mueller probe – well, we’ll see, won’t we…



…and I think this video is particularly timely given this story (kudos to the Houston Texans for standing up – or “kneeling” up, I guess – to their stupid owner)…


…and I know I touched on this already, but I’m going to do so again; Farron Cousins comments on that utterly disgusting budget passed by the U.S. House last Thursday (and, as noted previously, “Bri-Fi,” who has problems on other issues, commendably voted No as one of the 20 Repugs who opposed this atrocity...oh, and by the way, it's true that they should do this anyway, but how about some props to the Dem caucus for remaining in total opposition?)…



…”and I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free”…and yes, that definitely is snark (oh, and with that tune in mind, I give you this)…


…and yeah, I always wait until the end of the month for this tune with about one day to spare, and I’m doing it again here.

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Friday, October 27, 2017

Friday Stuff


Kudos to Cenk Uygur and TYT Investigates for telling us whether or not tax cuts created jobs for UPS and FedEx…I think you know the answer (Stephen Moore is a thoroughly irredeemable cretin)…



…and as Rachel Maddow explains, the Trumpsters really can’t get much of anything right (well, at least not something presented in the cold light of day - and yeah, the JFK stuff was particularly creepy)…



…and Generalissimo Trump “loves veterans,” huh?...


…and with the prior clip in mind, David Pakman tells us about Fix Noise interviewing an alleged Navy SEAL supporting Trump (a vet apparently, but not what he claims to be – at least he owed up to it)…



…and nice work by Dem U.S. Senator Chris Murphy here (re, our role in the history of Puerto Rico)…


…and maybe I’d better start getting into some Halloween selections – this 1967 tune “dropped” in October of that year, appropriately enough.

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Thursday, October 26, 2017

Thursday Stuff


I offer the following with as little explanation as possible – gut-churning enough as it is (and I guess part of the “winning” is to pass a tax bill that totally screws over the middle class by removing state and local tax deductions, as noted here – not my habit to link to The Daily Tucker, but as noted here, “Bri-Fi” commendably voted No…whichever Dem runs against him next year, assuming Fitzpatrick survives a likely primary challenge, will have a tough time…


…and I guess part of the “winning” is to go after U.S. Senators of your own party – oh, OK (misspelled “Tennessee” of course…”America is moving forward just like Thelma and Louise”…scary that it’s so true)...



…and ah, smell the freedom – oh, but Sen. Elizabeth Warren is a “Corporate Dem,” according to that idiot Jimmy Dore…



…oh, and speaking of which, kudos to Sam Seder for this – very NSFW, but totally deserved…I can’t quite figure out if the caller is just a concern troll or is actually in earnest here…



…and now, for a bit of news that’s actually good amidst all of the insanity – kudos to Elon Musk and Tesla for this…


…and last night, as a tribute to Fats Domino, I featured his cover of a tune by other artists (in this case, The Beatles) – I think it’s a good idea to include the following cover of a Fats Domino tune as a bit of a response.

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Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Wednesday Stuff


Oh yes, please tell me once again how supposedly principled Jeff Flake, Bob Corker and John McCain are – they voted to strike down the rule that lets us sue banks and credit card companies, invalidating arbitration in essence (the vote was 51-50, with Huckleberry Graham and John N. Kennedy of Louisiana joining all of the Senate Dems in opposition, and that ghoul Mike Pence was summoned to cast the vote to kill the rule)…



…and call me crazy, but when you pay somebody (or bodies) about $430 grand to “lawyer up,” I think there’s a “there” there, you might say, right comrade? And videos exist, apparently? Ugh...



…and Seth Meyers tells us more on Robert and Rebekah Mercer, two of the crazed members of the “one percent” bankrolling Meth Lab Bannon and the Gropenfuhrer (more here)…



…and I know that, with all of the other outrages going on, we shouldn’t lose sight of the issue of common sense gun reforms, which will be blocked by numbskulls like this guy in Georgia…


…and yeah, the “Trumpsters” really do want to kill us, people...

...but look over there! HILLZ BENGHAZI EMAILS HILLZ BENGHAZI EMAILS HILLZ BENGHAZI EMAILS!!! (NSFW)...



…and RIP to the legendary Antoine “Fats” Domino; one of my all-time favorite covers.

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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Tuesday Stuff


I think the predecessor to the wretched life form currently taking up space in An Oval Office gave us a pretty good example of what kind of a tribute should be paid to our courageous service people who have paid the ultimate price (to say nothing of what their families and friends are enduring, as noted here – the toon above came from the Times of London today I believe)…


…and with all of the infamy from our ruling cabal in mind concerning the deaths of our Marines in Niger, I would say that all of K.O.’s outrage aimed at Generalissimo Trump, former Gen. John Kelly and Sarah Huckabee Sanders, among others, is totally deserved, and then some (mildly NSFW)…



…and it looks like everyone has a lot of love for Jeff Flake today, as noted here; which makes me recall this other moment involving Flake that needs to be in the proper context also as far as I’m concerned (video plays the contested recording - also this).



Update 10/25/17: And by the way, before we give Flake all of this credit, let’s keep this in mind; namely, that he trailed his primary (and Bannon-backed) challenger by double digits; somehow I don’t think Flake would have been so noble if the numbers had been more favorable.

Proving, once again, that knuckle draggers such as those pictured above are primarily responsible for the current sorry state of political affairs in this country (though there are other culpable parties to be sure).

…and with Flake and this tweet in mind, I give you another installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” from 10/24/14, in which we receive an instructive lesson on the true puppet masters for Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao…



…and Cenk and Ana tell us about another journalist attacked in Vlad Putin’s Russia – still touch and go as to whether or not she’ll make it, but hopefully she will of course…makes me recall this other Russia journo killed in the same month over 10 years ago…



…and I just feel like I need to hear this tune as a sanity check once in awhile.

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Monday, October 23, 2017

Monday Stuff


Yeah, I would call that a bit of a telltale remark from Paul Manafort after our Tiny Handed Chief Executive lost the Iowa caucuses last year…



..and yeah, I would also say that this is typical for a sociopathic liar like our Impulse Control Issue, Treasonous Head of State…


…and Rachel Maddow speaks with MSNBC consultant and former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade about Generalissimo Trump deciding to speak with three U.S. Attorneys who – and gosh, what a coincidence! – just happen to be from districts affecting the Gropenfuhrer’s businesses…



…and John Fugelsang has an idea for the Repugs: “Jesus in 2020” (yeah, like THAT would happen – I miss those “F-Bomb” videos of his)…


…and Sam Seder talks about not holding Former President Nutball to account…well said as far as I’m concerned (NSFW)…



…and I got a bit of a kick out of the rather cheeky nature of this video – nice song too.

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Friday, October 20, 2017

Friday Stuff


I was going to ignore this commentary from Lawrence O’Donnell about Gen. John Kelly’s appearance yesterday in the matter of the Gropenfuhrer’s bungled call to the family of Sgt. La David Johnson, one of the four Marines killed in Niger (more here…maybe a bit of Trump fatigue, though that definitely isn’t acceptable I know), but I’m glad I didn’t…and yeah, based on what Wilson says in the CNN article, Kelly is a liar...



…and Chris Hayes talks to Dem U.S. House Rep Luis Gutierrez about the ongoing misery in Puerto Rico – hard to keep track of all of the wretched infamies of our treasonous, ruling cabal of kleptocratic pirates - to help, click here…



…and here is your periodic reminder that so-called “trickle down” (on?) economics is bullshit (h/t to Sen. Bernie Sanders)…


…also, I give you another reminder that politics is most definitely a contact sport also “across the pond” – kudos to actor Mark Ruffalo on Twitter for this (here…more on Scottish MP Mhairi Black is here)…


…and Cenk and Ana tell us about the Biloxi, MI school district that banned “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee because it apparently made people “uncomfortable”…funny, but I thought that was the point of the book and the movie (another response is here)…



…also, tomorrow marks what would have been the 100th birthday of John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie.

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Thursday, October 19, 2017

Thursday Stuff


Damn, what a truly awful legacy for the Gropenfuhrer to inflict on us all – once more, heckuva job, any of you who did anything whatsoever to elect him…


…and maybe the protest on the part of the NJ high school students could have waited until the board had decided what to do about the teacher who told a student to “speak American,” and if the board had upheld what the teacher did, THEN walk out, but I don’t think a little civil disobedience is such a bad thing either (here)…



…and yeah, I’d like to know how the hell Jared Kushner got a security clearance also…


…and I’d also like to know the name of the Dem who no doubt will line up to oppose Repug U.S. House Rep Tim Walberg next year – this guy just said “Get a life” to his constituents who claimed that Generalissimo Trump should be removed from office because of his tweets (hell, the wingnuts want Hillary Clinton thrown into the slam over nothing by comparison) – more on the truly awful Rep. Walberg is here…


…well, to offer a bit of good news, I have to admit that I thought this was pretty cool…


…and happy 60th birthday to Karl Wallinger of World Party (a tune for all of you "trumpsters" out there).

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Wednesday Stuff


David Pakman tells us about the latest dustup with Generalissimo Trump, this time telling the pregnant widow of one of the Marines slain in Niger that her deceased husband knew what he signed up for, or words to that effect (I’m not going to ask if this is the “bottom” for the Gropenfuhrer or not – at this point, I’m not even sure that there IS a bottom)…



Update: Yeah, I REALLY don’t want to know where the bottom is for President Fergus Laing (here).

And by the way, I should note that I’m trying to be scrupulous here in videos concerning the bilious Number 45. By that I mean that people such as Chris Hayes, who I genuinely respect, have had a lot of segments showing President Treasonous Egomaniac ranting on for a minute or two, and then presenting people to discuss why he’s crazy (though he is hardly alone on that one).

We ALREADY KNOW he’s crazy. There’s no need to point that out for the umpteenth time! HE NEEDS TO BE GONE!!!

…and K.O. points out the obvious concerning our Tiny Handed Dictator (“self-servatives”...good one)…



…and I wondered a bit where Rachel Maddow was going on this report on Hurricane Katrina and the wretched aftermath, but it looks like Kirstjen Nielsen is the utterly flawed common denominator here (and the note about PR losing power at about 15:00 is sickening, to say nothing of the lack of patients on the Comfort ship)…



…and here are a couple of more upbeat videos IMHO – the first has to do with what we can do as a people to end corruption in our politics…


…and conservatives for clean energy? Color me shocked - apparently they're serious, though...I may agree with them on absolutely nothing else, but kudos to them for this…


…and “congratulations” to Calista Gingrich for her nom as US ambassador to the Vatican – I think this tune selection is thoroughly deserved (here).

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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Tuesday Stuff


Rachel Maddow tells us the courageous story of Col. David Hackworth and the Big Orange Cheetoh lying (again) about Obama and ceremonies for our fallen service members…



…and speaking of honorable service people, congratulations to Sen. John McCain for being awarded the 2017 Liberty Medal (his words were plan and well-said enough, though I would like to have seen them aimed more directly at our ruling, kakistocratic cabal, but the reference to “blood and soil” is Bannon-esque language targeted right at the knuckle draggers who had more to do with installing the Gropenfuhrer than anyone else)…


…and K.O. reminds us of Generalissimo Trump and his, shall we say, Weinstein-ish behavior…



…which of course didn’t register at all with the “values voter” sheep who still lined up to support our Tiny-Handed, Treasonous, Impulse-Control-Issue resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue ("Two Corinthians walk into a bar..."...and how’s this for yuks?)…



…and the next time a wingnut bitches about the ACLU, show them this clip (the cop should undergo the same treatment that he inflicted on that child)…


…and I haven’t been able to find any tour dates bringing these folks to our area – a few in the UK into next year – but I just kind of like their sound, so here’s a video.

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Monday, October 16, 2017

Monday Stuff


Farron Cousins tells us about the Gropenfuhrer’s lies (I think 5 per day is a conservative estimate, if you’ll excuse the expression)…



…and OF COURSE our Tiny-Handed Orange Delusional Psychotic of a “president” hates science like the rest of his foul political party and names the guy in charge of Accu Weather to head NOAA (and yet again, why should Americans get something for free like we’ve had all along when someone can mark it up and gouge us financially for it?)…


…and Mike Papantonio informs us on Dupont’s decision to use the chemical GenX in its manufacturing instead of c8, though both are apparently pretty bad (here)…



…and this tells us that, in another triumph for our formerly ol’ buddy Vlad Putin I’m sure, the U.S. is withdrawing from UNESCO (more here)…



…and legalization of pot has always been a bit of a slippery slope for yours truly, though I personally favor decriminalization for sure, but to claim that anyone has “overdosed” from pot is silly – not the greatest thing for your health, but let’s get real (NSFW)…



…and that isn’t necessarily meant as a transition to this tune to wish Bob Weir a happy 70th birthday – oh, OK, you found me out; maybe it is at that.

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Friday, October 13, 2017

Friday Stuff


Want to know about the latest political/legal maneuverings involving our Tiny Handed Impulse Control Issue Head of State? K.O. delivers them here…



…oh, and it looks like somebody doesn’t know what his job is – can we impeach him over just that already?


…and Sam Seder tells us what about a dozen vets found when they went to Puerto Rico to help (yeah, about as much of a “cluster” as you’d expect from our ruling cabal of compromised, incompetent frauds…to aid, click here)…



…and I give you another installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” from 10/14/09 (close enough), with former Repug U.S. House Rep John Shadegg (here) railing about Soviet style-Gulag health care, or something, which is darkly funny to me when you consider this from our Russian operative of a "president" (Shadegg now apparently toils for a D.C. law firm)…



…and yeah, how dare schoolteacher Deandre Harris defend himself from the white crazies trying to kill him. Of course he should be charged (tongue in cheek of course – typical for the Jeff Sessions DOJ...good work by Thom Hartmann and Greg Palast)…



…and in a related vein, Rachel Maddow gives us a lesson on Repugs and racism and how they were enabled by their same-party brethren in Congress; this tells us of the origins of the alt-right (with immigration reform as the “lightning rod” issue for these guttural weasels of course)…report is about five weeks old…



…and the prior two clips are a bit of a lead-in I suppose to this segment on Confederate statues from John Oliver (“You know how much a slave cost back then??!!” Priceless)…



…and with today’s day and date on the calendar in mind, I give you this tune from 1967.

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Thursday, October 12, 2017

Thursday Stuff


Rachel Maddow tells us about the insanity at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and what that’s doing to what passes for our relief efforts in Puerto Rico (and I think the lead-in had something to do with this)…




…and Cenk and Ana bring us a report on how Twitter, briefly, stood up to that lying sack of sh*t Marsha Blackburn and the alleged “baby parts” Planned Parenthood video (if nothing else, this is instructive in seeing how zombie lies from the other side never seem to die…oh, and by the way, to prove once more that commerce usually triumphs over intelligent, truthful editorial comment, Twitter caved...GREAT question by Ana at about 5:00)…



…oh, and I don’t recall hearing from our Tiny Handed “Dear Leader” on this, but four Marines were recently lost in Niger (the report by Judy Woodruff mentioned three – may we as a people be worthy of the sacrifices of our brave men and women in the armed services)…



…and yeah, apparently Neil Gorsuch really is that much of a snot, according to Ian Millhiser (who knows more about the Supreme Court than a lot of people IMHO), talking here with Sam Seder (more here)…



…and Seth Meyers tells us about the Gropenfuhrer feuding with his own party (normally I would say “pass the popcorn,” but between this and the Maddow report, I’m more concerned than anything else)…



…and with all of this craziness, I think we need something a little life-affirming (or country-affirming at least), and leave to four rock “gray beards” from “across the pond” to remind us what kind of character we possess as a people, despite what The Great Orange Maniac tries to do to us all…doesn’t hurt that this is a new tune, which I need here also.

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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Wednesday Stuff


K.O. brings us the latest on the cost of Mike Pence’s stunt on Sunday, to say nothing of the rest of this cabal of cabinet crooks…



…and I know I alluded to this yesterday, as did Keith Olbermann in the prior video, but here is more on the profile in utter cowardice from NFL head Roger Goodell recently (I didn’t know the thing with the players in the locker rooms during the anthem was the status quo until 2009…and yeah, I should have figured that Goodell was just doing what the owners told him to do, Jerry Jones in particular)……



…and don't look now, but progressive Dems are actually winning in the South...



…and Rachel Maddow tells us the latest on the Flint, MI water crisis (I don’t think this story is going to wind down anytime soon, nor should it…no disrespect to Dem U.S. House Rep Elijah Cummings, but I don’t see him getting any help on this from the other side)…



...and kudos to Roseanne Cash for standing up to the NRA..."Shut Up And Sing, The Sequel" (Mike Malloy comments...very NSFW mainly at the end...as far as I know, the silencer and armor-piercing bullets bills, which of course are madness, have been put on hold by this utterly supine and bought-and-paid-for Congress…and by the way, considering that her father once performed at Folsom Prison when everyone on earth was telling him not to – and ended up making both great art and a lot of $$ - I think I have an idea of what the “man in black” would have said to everyone claiming to speak for him)…



…and with the prior clip in mind, I give you the following (I think her accompanying guitarist flubbed a chord change, but it didn’t hurt the song…and there was much rejoicing).

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Tuesday Stuff

K.O. tells us the latest on our infantile Gropenfuhrer and his lackey VP over their recent nonsense with the NFL (though, unfortunately, it may have worked due to the utter cowardice of Roger Goodell)…



…and I swear, if I were the besieged U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, at this point, I’d put up a sign advertising for help from any other country on the globe, since we have failed them so miserably, to our shame…



…and as far as I’m concerned, everyone in the administration of the Gropenfuhrer is unrepentant scum for allowing these and other horrors to continue, to say nothing of our wretched Republican-“led” Congress, and Scott Pruitt may be the absolute worst of the worst for this (and I’d honestly like to know the name of every one of the guttural life forms who stood and applauded Pruitt’s assault on our planet)…


…and I’m a little uncomfortable with the use of the laugh track here, but I still think this gives us an indication of how the rest of the world sees us, particularly on the gun issue…



…and yeah, I think Tiny Hands Jr. had better not cross metaphorical swords with Kimmel again based on this…



...and believe it or not, today is the 30th anniversary of the video for this song.

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Monday, October 09, 2017

Monday Stuff


Isn’t it just so nice that Ivanka is such an advocate for women in her daddy’s wretched circle of influence? And yes, this most definitely is snark (and as I pointed out the other day, apparently the only thing our Tiny-Handed Treasonous Delusional Egomaniac of a “president” can get right is undoing all of the good work of his predecessor)…


…and right about now is the time when we tend to focus onto something else aside from the latest gun carnage – not trying to throw stones at anyone; it’s just a comment on how hectic our lives are…well, these brave Americans who have truly suffered as a result of this issue, to their credit, are having none of it (and I agree with The Rude One here)…


…and Kyle K. tells us that Generalissimo Trump is trying to decertify the Iran nuke deal, which I’m sure means to kill it (intelligent commentary on this IMHO…NSFW – glad he included Netanyahu, who for my money is a murderer too)…



…and gosh, what do you do for the bigot who insists on his or her own racial purity and has no way to determine that? Well, Stephen Colbert has an answer…



...and happy birthday to Jackson Browne, with a tune for the 30th anniversary last March of The Sainted Ronnie R coming clean on Iran-Contra (and yet again, imagine if a Dem had tried something like that in clear violation of the Boland Amendment)...



…and once back in the day, he appeared with Yoko Ono on The Dick Cavett Show and said that Congressman Ron Dellums, an African-American, said it was OK for him to use the “N” word, in case anyone gets upset by that…the selection is based partly on this, this, and this, as well as the first video in this post…also, I don’t have a lot to say about Harvey Weinstein because he isn’t a politician, but that doesn’t mean I think he’s anything but a moral leper for this…all of this is my admittedly long-winded way to note that today would have been the 77nd birthday of John Lennon.

(Oh, and DON’T get me started on the fact that, if Hillary Clinton had been a man, I think we would be dealing with a much better set of circumstances instead of our Impulse-Control-Issue Treasonous Toddler of a “president”).



Update: Sometimes, sadly, it writes itself.
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