Mar 222022
 

Glenn Kirschner – As Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing Opens, the Republicans Launch their Attacks

American Bridge – Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s opening statement

Meidas Touch – Legal Expert Harry Litman Day 1 Confirmation Hearing Recap

MSNBC – Facing Racist Dog Whistles In The Senate

The Lincoln Project – Ohio GOP Debate – Any Questions

Farron Balanced – Tucker Carlson Freaks Out After Being Accused Of Spreading Russian Propaganda

Beau – Let’s talk about the Russian space agency’s new tone….

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Mar 212022
 

Glenn Kirschner – A Tale of 2 Americas: First Black Woman Headed to the Supreme Court vs. Trump’s Racism & Misogyny

Meidas Touch – The GOP BLOCKED US on Twitter!! (Congratulations, Broothers!)

No Dem Left Behind – Marjorie “Traitor” Greene wants us to turn our backs on Ukraine and let Putin win!

VoteVets – War Powers

Radio Free Europe – Taking Calls On Ukraine’s Help Line For Russian Military Moms (and dads and sibs) – hanky alert

Brent Terhune – Elon and Grimes’ secret baby

Beau – Let’s talk about HB 800 in Tennessee….

Finally, I want to give a hat tip to a video Lona posted – a stirring prody of “London Calling called “Kyiv Calling. You can click on the link, or scroll back a few posts to see it (with her comments.)
https://youtu.be/9guzUoTNxeE

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Mar 202022
 

Glenn Kirschner – Mark Meadows’ Double-Wide Voter Fraud: Meadows Now Faces Federal AND State Criminal Investigation

Lincoln Project – The Parties on Putin

Tweet – Presidents Clinton and Bush bring sunflowers to Ukrainian church to show solidarity

MSNBC – GOP Fears Losing SCOTUS Clash To Biden, As Judge Jackson Rallies Dems

Liberal Redneck – Hunter Biden’s Laptop

Cracked – If Toilet Paper Commercials Were Honest

Beau – Let’s talk about Ukraine’s personnel problem….

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Mar 202022
 

Yesterday, the opera was “Rodelinda” (by Handel) which dates from before 1750.  It is an opera seria, a form which was still used in Mozart’s time (and he wrote a few, including one when he was 14), but he largely moved away from the form.  Opera was characterized by featuring noble characters being noble (and others, of course, in opposition to them) and really didn’t have any dialog, but was a series of arias through which the story was told.  There was no chorus, but all the soloists were singers I am familiar with and like., including Sasha Cooke, whom I hadn’t heard since she played Kitty Oppenheimer in “Dr. Atomic.”  That was in 2008, and she doesn’t appear to have aged a day.

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Short Takes –

Democracy: a Journal of Ideas – “Middle-Out” Biden’s New Deal?
Quote – When Biden speaks of middle-out versus trickle-down he is doing more than drawing a political contrast. He is making a highly consequential argument about economic cause and effect, how prosperity is created, and the role of government. And we’ll give you a hint about what he means: The answer is not tax cuts for the rich.
Click through for analysis by a couple of dudes who have been working on these principles for years.

Law and Crime – Project Veritas Loses Defamation Lawsuit Against CNN for Depicting Twitter Ban as Part of ‘Misinformation’ Crackdown
Quote – “Furthermore, while there is some difference between violating a policy by providing incorrect or misleading information and violating a policy by truthfully providing someone’s private information (and potentially exposing a person to harm), the distinction is not enough to make the statement at issue actionable as both violations are similarly damaging to the journalist’s reputation,” the ruling continues. “Project Veritas’s allegations and arguments do not plausibly suggest that the truth (as pled in the Complaint) would have a different effect on the mind of the average reader in terms of the reputational harm.”
Click through for more, including full ruling if you are so inclined. My translation would be “Just because the reporter made a mistake on which loe-life thing you did this time doesn’t make it defamation.” So nice to see “Project Varitas” lose.

Women’s History – Wikipedia – Ada Lovelace
Quote – [Ada Lovelace] was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage’s proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. She was the first to recognise that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and to have published the first algorithm intended to be carried out by such a machine. As a result, she is often regarded as the first computer programmer.
Click through. A spiritual ancestor of Grace Hopper – and an interesting human being in her own right.

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Mar 192022
 

Glenn Kirschner – Steve Bannon is Back in Court: Here’s why his case in very unlikely to go to trial in July

Meidas Touch – Ukrainian diplomat exposes “Bunker Dwarf” Putin’s anal swab paranoia

Lincoln Project – Leader of Peace

Tweet – Arnold Schwarzenegger has a heartfelt message for Russians

Idaho News 6 – Squirrel attacks burglar

Shirley Serban – This Little Light of Mine (gas prices)

Beau – Let’s talk about new subscribers and my philosophy….

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Mar 182022
 

Glenn Kirschner – Putin’s Acts Against Ukraine & Trump’s Acts Against the US: Political Acts or Acts of Evil? (“Why not both?” – JD)

Robert Reich – The Real Reason Congress Gets Nothing Done

Rebel HQ – Veteran RIPS Lauren Boebert For Disrespecting Military (As I’ve said elsewhere, I expect she got a letter from the [Fascist] mother of a Marine Lance Corloral [E3] which is abbreviated LCpl. Granted to be what she said it should have been “LtCpl,” but no other service uses the word “Lance” in a rank, so she just assumed. I wonder what she would have done with GySgt.)

Zelensky visits hospitalized girl who shielded her younger brother from Russian gunfire

The Lincoln Project – Putin’s Puppet

Puppet Regime – CoViD-19

Beau – Let’s talk about the country in the mirror….

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Mar 172022
 

Glenn Kirschner – Prosecutor’s Brief in Enrique Tarrio/Proud Boys Case Provides More Evidence of Trump’s Conspiracy

The Lincoln Project – Brent Renaud

Meidas Touch – Corporate America: Pull Out Of Russia

MSNBC – It’s Happening Again’: Lessons From Russian Targeting Of Syrian Civilians

Rebel HQ –  Southerner Racist Logic Will Make You Lose All Hope  (It ain’t just the South – JD)

Brent Terhune – Do your job, Brandon!

Beau – Let’s talk about an injunction in Texas….

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Mar 162022
 

Enjot Betty and Randy – I decided not to hold either one.  There’s enough grimness already today.

Glenn Kirschner – Trump Endangers America’s Teachers: When Will DOJ Decide We’ve Reached the Arrest Tipping Point?

Crooks and Liars – Ali Velshi Struggles Through Tears Discussing Slain Ukrainian Family

Rebel HQ – Richard Ojeda Reacts To Trump’s Latest Con Job: Trump Force One

Republican Accountability Project – Republicans are suffering from Partisan Derangement Syndrome

Mrs Betty Bowers – My Intervention with the Gremlin in the Kremlin

Randy Rainbow – GURL, YOU’RE A KAREN

Beau – Let’s talk about Putin banning words and what we can learn….

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