To paraphrase Scott Fitzgerald, the super rich are different from you and me. That’s hardly an original insight but it certainly describes the latest antics of Donald Trump’s fellow grifter and Treasury Secretary, Steve Mnuchin: On Wednesday, ABC News added … Continue reading Mnuchin The Mooch
I went a googling and came up with this 1949 book by Mignon Eberhardt. I like that she had a French first name and a German surname. It makes her sound surprisingly fancy for a writer from Nebraska. Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: House Of Storm
Huck’s Horrible Spawn meets Ron Ziegler. Continue reading Ron Ziegler In A Frock
Sound familiar? “I am the only one. Trust me. I can build a wall around your homes that nothing will penetrate.” Continue reading Walter Trump: Teevee Western Con Man
Atomic Rooster was a British prog-rock band best known to me for their swell name and the fact that Carl Palmer was their first drummer. Atomic Rooster also had some terrific roostery album covers beginning with their debut album. Here’s … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Atomic Rooster
It’s the GOP playbook: The truth is that most people don’t know the open enrollment dates, and they don’t know that the deadline this year is December 15 — not January 31, like last year. They don’t know that by shopping on Healthcare.gov they are likely to find a plan that costs less than a $100 a month. I know this, because my office produced reams of data that proved the overall effectiveness of outreach advertising. Signing up for health care is a big decision, especially for those who have never had health insurance. People think it’s out of reach, that they can’t afford … Continue reading Mortally Wound Something, Then Say It’s Dying
Yuuuuuup: We find that white Trump supporters randomly exposed to a black (versus a white) man in the context of soliciting their support for a housing-assistance policy were more opposed to the policy, angrier about the policy, and more likely to blame beneficiaries for their situation. This is what comes of 40 years of screaming about “welfare queens” and dismantling the common good in favor of the wealthy while pretending the only people who worked hard were white people. My fellow palefolks can only get behind something if it looks like something they might get. If someone else might get … Continue reading Who We Picture
Florida Man meets Dan Rather, Elmer Fudd, and Johnny Rocco. Continue reading Malaka of The Week: Florida Man Ryon Edwards
And very gingerly back in the saddle – as in sitting for 45 minutes or so at a stretch.
So – a short one today, featuring The Darnold.
He’s a DACA DACA DACA DACA DACA chameleon!
Donald Trump on DACA: ‘Chuck and Nancy Want to See Something Happen — and so Do I’
Breitbart ^ | 7 Sep 2017 | Charlie SpieringPosted on 9/7/2017, 9:47:50 AM by sickoflibs
President Donald Trump signaled support for signing a permanent deal to assist DACA recipients, giving amnesty to illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children.
“Chuck and Nancy would like to see something happen, and so do I,” Trump said, referring to Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.
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The president suggested that ideal legislation would include border security funds and a permanent fix for DACA .
“I’d like to see a permanent deal, and I think it’s going to happen,” he said. “I think we’re going to have great support from both sides of Congress.”
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Breitbart is having a field day with Trump’s quotes.
Are they, now? You know, it’s almost as if someone who works there was mad at The Marmalade Shartcannon.
Look at the deal that Trump made with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer on the three month budget.
1 posted on 9/7/2017, 9:47:50 AM by sickoflibs
To: sickoflibs
Pardon me while my breakfast turns into emesis.
2 posted on 9/7/2017, 9:48:57 AM by alstewartfan (We have no money but we stay afloat. The Jellyfishes don’t scare us. Al Stewart from Red Toupee)
To: sickoflibs
He wants to see what will happen? You’ll lose your base pal and be a one term failed POTUS. You’re dealing with two traitors to the United States
6 posted on 9/7/2017, 9:53:08 AM by GrandJediMasterYoda (Trump: Greatest POTUS of all time solely for preventing Satan taking office.)
To: sickoflibs
I have to admit it’s been a bit of a letdown watching Trump deal/capitulate with the DEMs. My wife, who is usually much more of a “glass is full” person than I am when it comes to politics has been starting to question why she even voted for Trump.
To: sickoflibsI want to see boxcars stuffed full headed south.
Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s obsession with the Freeperati – back in the saddle edition”
Wonkette Editrix speaks for me: media is hugely asymmetrical and biased for the Right, so it’s very important to shit on anyone who tries to make a new thing for the left. — Rebecca Schoenkopf (@commiegirl1) September 4, 2017 Look, we all spend days and weeks and months debunking Trump nonsense and making fun of bad Dem messaging and … I’m not immune, okay, to what this whole entire blog of mine is about, but Rebecca up there is right. The right funds its embarrassing Pajamas Media Assrocket Hannidate shit endlessly no matter how bad it is or how much … Continue reading Fix The Lack of Lefty Media First
No, kids aren’t getting worse at writing, we’re just trash who think we were better: In fact, the opposite seems to be the case. Students in first-year composition classes are, on average, writing longer essays (from an average of 162 words in 1917, to 422 words in 1986, to 1,038 words in 2006), using more complex rhetorical techniques, and making no more errors than those committed by freshman in 1917. That’s according to a longitudinal study of student writing by Andrea A. Lunsford and Karen J. Lunsford, “Mistakes Are a Fact of Life: A National Comparative Study.” In 2006, two rhetoric and … Continue reading The Kids are Still All Right
We’re in the throes of our annual autumnal tease in New Orleans. Summer isn’t over yet but the lower humidity is a sign that the end is nigh. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to enjoy it since I’ve had a bug that left me woozy and congested all week. So it goes.
I’ve got nothing to complain about since Hurricane Irma is going to Florida. I always feel faintly ghoulish at this time of year. It’s not that I *want* a storm to hit Florida or Texas, I just don’t want one to visit Southeast Louisiana. I have friends in South Florida and my thoughts are with them whether they’re evacuating or hunkering. Be careful out there, y’all.
A quick note about the featured image. It comes from a 1973 coffee table book with art by Guy Peellaert and text by Nik Cohn. I chose it because it’s Hopperish: Edward, not Dennis. Rock Dreams was quite the rage when I was a young rock fan; so much so that somebody stole the book from me not long after I moved out of my parents house. Another Rock Dreams image will turn up later but not the one with the Rolling Stones as SS officers. Oy just oy.
We’re back in almost identical title/different song territory this week. Ray Davies and the Kinks and Paul Rodgers and Bad Company offer their own takes as to what a rock ‘n’ roll fantasy is. I love both songs but if I have to choose, my money is on Ray. Sorry, Paul.
The Kinks got there first so we begin with A Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy from 1977’s Misfits album:
Bad Company’s less morose Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy comes from 1979’s Desolation Angels.
If you’re thinking that this week’s focus is music, you get a cookie. I’m not sure what kind but probably one with lots of nuts because Odds & Sods is a nutty feature. We’ll go from nuts to soup after the break.
Continue reading “Saturday Odds & Sods: Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy”
Dear Sen. Darling, Rep. Nygren and other members of the Joint Finance Committee, News reports have indicated that your group has included in its most recent version of the state budget some “controversial language” that would “require the University of Wisconsin System to monitor the teaching workload of every professor and adjunct instructor on campuses.” As a faculty member of one of these institutions, I can assure you that this is definitely an important measure and a valuable first step in eliminating governmental waste and employee sloth. As many of you know, having received degrees from some of these state … Continue reading An open letter to the Wisconsin JFC in support of counting professors’ hours and trimming waste
Della is a stomach with legs. Here she is demanding food right after meal time. Silly cat. Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Della Street’s Food Bowl Blues
Remember Donald Trump campaigning as the greatest deal maker in human history? Gullible GOPers and Feral Trumpers alike thought that he’d drive a hard bargain. Once again, they were wrong. The Insult Comedian took the first deal offered to him … Continue reading The Art Of The Schlemiel
The tagline says it all: Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Savage Breed
We all knew it was coming. We all knew that Donald Trump would rescind DACA. I actually believe that he has qualms about ending the program, not because he “loves the dreamers,” but because even he understands the optics of … Continue reading The Buck Passer In Chief’s DACA Debacle
Switched-On Bach was revolutionary when it was released in 1968. It brought the original Moog synthesizer to the masses. It also has a swell cover with a hint that Walter Carlos would eventually become Wendy: Trans-Electronic Music Productions Inc. Here’s some … Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Switched-On Bach
There’s no reason for any of this. The Attorney General of the United States just went on TV and lied his ass off, spewing right-wing, nationalist propaganda and myths. https://t.co/MvAyQUARKE — Facts Do Matter (@WilDonnelly) September 5, 2017 DACA recipients aren’t taking jobs, they aren’t criminals, they aren’t hurting anyone. They’re working or going to school, they’re paying taxes, serving in the military, doing what we tell everybody a Good American and a Good Immigrant should do, and we’re gonna deport them just ’cause. This is the fuck-you administration. TTo kick the weaker kid, to laugh along with the bully … Continue reading Just To Be Mean
How we made the flood: This is real life. This is reality. This is, in fact, the consequences of ignoring reality, of thinking the free market knows best, that engineering will save us even when we ignore it and live in defiance of it, that everything is taken care of in this best of all possible worlds because “invisible hand”! The Dutch plan for 10,000 year floods; much of Europe builds to a 1000 year flood standard. We’ve had two 500 year floods in a row before this, and it didn’t even teach us to be prepared for Harvey, because … Continue reading The Moral Meteorologists
In which Adrastos discusses various Labor Day weekend doings, Trump’s Texas trip and the passing of Walter Becker. Continue reading First Draft Potpourri: Belabored Labor Day Edition
Today I’m sending $3,136 to the Houston Food Bank, that you all contributed in the past week. I can’t tell you what this will mean to the people there who’ll be dealing with this for decades: Low-income communities frequently sustain more damage in storms because they tend to be built on cheaper land that is often more flood-prone, said Shannon Van Zandt, an urban-planning scholar with Texas A&M University’s Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, who spoke with me by phone recently. It can also be harder for poorer people — who may not have cars, may be more afraid to leave … Continue reading Thank You. These Things Don’t End.
August is dead, long live September. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Stormy Weather
As the stories of neighbors helping neighbors begin to recede like Harvey’s floodwaters, the rush of stories on which politician is being an asshole is heading full steam toward us. Most of the stories are about the downside of humanity, in which people find ways to remind us that basic, common human decency isn’t common or basic for some people. While some reporters are trying to help people figure out where damage is or where their loved ones are, you have this asshole tweeting a fake shark photo and this ABC reporter ratting out “looters” to the cops and bragging … Continue reading When people are devastated, we shouldn’t care if Ted Cruz was an asshole
