How “No Promo Homo” Laws Target Sex Ed in Arizona
Where in the World is Steven Seagal(’s Career?)
What Are Conservatives Screaming About Today? Critical Race Theory! Pt. 1 and 2
Jun 162021
Jun 142021
Glenn Kirschner – YouTube Suspends Sen. Ron Johnson’s Account for Policy Violation
Meidas Touch – MeidasTouch Exploring Legal Action Against Fox News
The Damage Report – Ed Markey EXPOSES What Bipartisan Really Means
Now This News – Jennifer O’Mara Speaks Out Against PA Bill – major hanky alert
Rocky Mountain Mike – It’s The Backside Of Your Pants We View
Beau – Let’s talk about acceptance and reaching rural Americans….
Jun 102021
Glenn Kirschner – DOJ Announces it will Defend Donald Trump in Defamation Lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll this week is turning into a workshop on how decent people express anger. Glenn makes his voice into silk dripping with sarcasm.
Meidas Touch – with Stuart Stevens
The Lincoln Project – The Line
BARF BAG ALERT! Campaign “ad” from Lauren Boebert. Yecccch!
I went to the southern border to see what’s up, but I didn’t go alone… pic.twitter.com/m66fet7mUT
— Rep. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) June 8, 2021
Liberal Redneck on Manchin
Now This News – Magawa the Landmine-Sniffing Rat is Retiring a Hero (Just a little break. There are actually maany of these rats and the lives they have saved, and are saving, are priceless.)
Beau – What National Security REALLY needs
Jun 092021
I checked around and the most promising one which is also the one that clearly shows on the map it serves my area) has a contact me form. I tried on both browsers (some sites don’t like one or the other, and when I still had no answer i called and reached someone. So, 2:00 pm today he will be here and change it. Then I will look into vaccine appointments – not that I haven’t already, and they seem to be available and plentiful. I will keep you posted, of course.
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The Hill – New report highlights severe intelligence failures on Jan. 6 Personally, I’m not sure you can call it a “failure” of intelligence when deliberate ignoring is involved, but whatever
Quote: “The failures are obvious. I think to me it was all summed up by one of the things in our report where one of the officers was heard on the radio that day asking the tragically simple question: ‘Does anybody have a plan?’ Sadly, no one did,” said Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), chair of the Senate Rules Committee.
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Mother Jones – How the 2022 Midterms Could Be Shaped by a Few Easy-to-Ignore Elections This Year I don’t think it’s any too early to be thinking about midtersm.
Quote: Chaz Nuttycombe, the director of Virginia-based election forecaster CNalysis, explains, “Democrats wouldn’t be in the majority in the Virginia House if Trump had lost in 2016.”
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BBC News – ANOM: Hundreds arrested in massive global crime sting using messaging app This is makinging all kinds of news – the BBC article is explained the most simply.
Quote: More than 800 suspected criminals have been arrested worldwide after being tricked into using an FBI-run encrypted messaging app, officials say. The operation, jointly conceived by Australia and the FBI, saw devices with the ANOM app secretly distributed among criminals, allowing police to monitor their chats about drug smuggling, money laundering and even murder plots.
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Food for Thought: Are you in need of a new welcome mat for your front door (outside or inside)? John Paclovitz is offering two peaachy-keen ones. My favorite:
Jun 082021
Glenn Kirschner – a recap of May
Don WInslow Films – Well, he nails Sinema, but I’d rather have her than a Republican 9and no, she isn’t one – she [and Manchin] both vote with the Democratic caucus more often than not. Sadly, the “not” votes are generally more visible.)
The Republican Accountability Project – a coule of weeks old, but aged well – too well.
Ring of Fire – Mo Brooks
RebelHQ – DANGEROUS Trump Speech You Can’t Ignore – good analysis of the need to cover garbage pople who are also dangerous
Beau – I’ve seen him upset before – but not this upset. (And with good reason.)
Jun 082021
My mechanic and I (I say “my mechanic,” but it’s actually a team) are in consensus that a new battery was needed, so I am calling and emailing around to find one that can be delivered. I’m ot committed as yet, but it’s still a relief to feel that I know what I need to do and have started doing it.
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The Borowitz Report – Putin Says He Has No Intention of Reinstating Trump
MOSCOW (The Borowitz Report)—Calling recent speculation “absurd,” Vladimir Putin said that he has “no intention whatsoever” of reinstating Donald J. Trump as President of the United States.
Speaking to reporters, the Russian President bristled at the suggestion that he would reinstall Trump in the White House “this August or any other month, for that matter.”
Click through for details. I certainly hope this is straight news!
MSNBC – The GOP’s base is preparing for a holy war — and Democrats need to pay attention
Yes, another opinion piece – one which it’s hard to disagree with if one is paying attention and is honest. Quote:
The sentiments that these Republicans share differ at times in the particulars — not all believe, for example, that the Democratic Party is a front for blood-drinking, Satanic pedophilia, but many do…. If one believes a priori that one’s opponents are thieves, would-be totalitarians, drinkers of children’s blood, wresting back power becomes in and of itself a moral imperative, regardless of the means.
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The New Yorker – How Nasty Was Nero, Really?
Fake news is not news. It’s been around forever. I’ve been defending Nero for a while now – along with Marie Antoinette, Richard III, and Hillary Clinton. Not one of them was guilty of the arson, murder, incest, or miscellaneous crimes he or she was accused of. Can we hope that Hillary’s reputation will fare any better than that of the other three? Here’s a quote:
Opper told me, “They had a term for it—vituperatio, or ‘vituperation,’ which meant that you could say anything about your opponent. You can really invent all manner of things just to malign that character. And that is exactly the kind of language and stereotypes we find in the source accounts.”
Click through for details. Why is it relevant now? Well, look what Qpublicans are saying about us.
Food for Thought:
Jun 032021
Meidas Touch – more Fred Wellman (singing my song)
MSNBC – All In – File under you “You can’t make this stuff up.”
Now This News – Voting Rights – also singing my song.
Robrt Reich on Police Unions -singing my song loud and clear.
Thom Hartmann – on Libertarianism
Corey Ryan Forrester – The Buttercream Dream Shoots on Racism
Beau – “Let’s talk about Republicans and not wanting to work….”
May 262021
Glenn Kirschner on progress of Trump** investigation (he’s back)
The Lincoln Project – “Conspiracy”
Meidas Touch – another with Charlie Sykes
Thom Hartmann – Texas Says You May Not Teach Racism In Classrooms – At All!
This is a real Confederate flag, actually used in battle. Yes, it looks like a T-shirt stuck on a golf club, but he bbought it at an estate sale – Estate of Colonel Cletus P. Twatwafffle III. It was waved on the battleground with rebel yells, such as “we quit”,”please dont kill us”,”I want my mommy”
So like…
Keep waving that flag of surrender.
🔊sound up🔊 pic.twitter.com/GuivuPoM4J— ᖘ (@PinkRantz) May 25, 2021
Rocky Mountain Mike – Liz Cheney ++ – out of syncn with all the other parodists, but makes good points. Lyrics as site.
Beau on “NY’s sweeping police reform legislation….”