Saturday Odds & Sods: Time Won’t Let Me

Hummingbirds by Walter Inglis Anderson.

I hope everyone had a festive and gluttonous Thanksgiving. We had a double header: first in Red Stick with the surviving outlaw, then in the evening with our friends Will and Jennifer. Will is the King Cake Baron of New Orleans. I just wanted to prove that I don’t hate *all* royals, certainly not those that may involve royal icing. I’m not sure if that joke made any sense but when did that ever stop me?

This week’s theme song was written in 1966 by Tom King and Chad Kelly in 1965 for their band, The Outsiders. It was a big hit, reaching #5 on the Billboard charts.

We have three versions of Time Won’t Let Me for your listening pleasure: The Outsiders original, a 1981 version by Iggy Pop, and a 1994 version recorded by The Smithereens for use in the movie Timecop.

Time for another timely tune; hopefully time *will* let me post it:

Time’s a wasting for us to jump to the break.

Continue reading “Saturday Odds & Sods: Time Won’t Let Me”

And So This Is Christm…Um, Thanksgiving

Continuing from last week, work’s been super busy (long story), enough to keep me from following the news cycle as much as usually do. It happens. Still, I made an effort to keep an eye out, and…it was another shitty week for DJT. Even in the confines of a “cozy interview” with fellow dirt bag Billo, Trump was explaining and backpedaling, and like they say, in politics, when you’re explaining, you’re losing. So, something to be thankful for. Have a safe and happy holiday. Continue reading And So This Is Christm…Um, Thanksgiving

Don’t Fucking Do This to Young People

Billie Eilish, who seems fine, I dunno, and is A Young, gets made into Boomer/Xer/Millennial clickbait by not knowing stupid shit nobody’s obligated to know:  On Thursday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, avant-pop sensation Billie Eilish proved to the audience that she is the youngest person on earth. During an informal quiz on ‘80s pop culture references, Eilish revealed that she did not know what a Cabbage Patch Kid is. Scandal! “Like a Sour Patch Kid?” she asked. Yes! Well, more like a Garbage Pail Kid, technically, but a Garbage Pail Kid was like a Cabbage Patch Kid. It’s a rather intricate lineage, … Continue reading Don’t Fucking Do This to Young People

‘Twas Ever Thus

What Doc once dubbed Fuck You Nation continues apace: US official tells me when Sec Navy went to WH to ask POTUS to let Navy review board go forward he promised the board would in the end allow Gallagher to keep his Trident and rank. In other words he promised to fix the results of the board which is usually a board of peers. — Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) November 24, 2019 I love everyone on Blue Ivy’s internet Zaprudering every single move Trump makes like it’s complicated. It’s not complicated. What would your racist uncle who has a Hillary nutcracker … Continue reading ‘Twas Ever Thus

Today on Tommy T’s obsession with the Freeperati – Darnold, duck! edition

Adrastos has already gone over The Darnold’s Very Very Very Bad Week, so all that’s left to do is to check out Freeperville for the fallout, boy.

.

First up – Poison I’ve me!

TRUMP MADE UNEXPECTED HOSPITAL VISIT TO TEST FOR INTENTIONAL POISONING
Infowars ^ | 11/18/19

Posted on 11/18/2019, 11:12:23 AM by Enlightened1

Food tester was first rushed to hospital, and doctors believe there was exposure to time-delayed poison

An inside source says President Trump’s food taster became ill after ingesting an unnamed substance, which is why the president made a surprise hospital visit on Saturday.

In an official statement, the White House said President Trump visited the Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, for  a “quick exam and labs.”

The hospital visit was not listed on the president’s public schedule, according to media outlets which indicated that the visit was not a routine physical exam.

Additionally, the inside source said his food taster was rushed to the facility after becoming extremely ill.

Doctors and staff reportedly found the byproduct of a type of toxin that’s very hard to detect and has a time-delayed onset of symptoms.

The president was later taken to the same facility where a battery of tests were performed to assess whether he had ingested the same toxin.

There’s an ongoing investigation into the matter.

White House sources have confided to Alex Jones that there’s been other poisoning attempts against the president in the past. We’re going to break down this live on air while also analyzing other components of the Deep State coup.

Despite the fact that this news broke over the weekend, there’s hardly any coverage regarding the fact that the president made a very rare, unexpected visit to a medical center.

Historically, time-delayed poisons were popular with assassins due to their ability to get past food tasters and other chemical tests that are done on food before it’s eaten.

Powerful leaders were routinely drugged or poisoned throughout the ages.

The president isn’t showing any outward signs of being sick, but he was put though a battery of tests as a precaution.

1 posted on 11/18/2019, 11:12:23 AM by Enlightened1
Aand – we’re off!
To: Enlightened1

 

“President Trump’s food taster”

That’s a thing?

2 posted on 11/18/2019, 11:14:01 AM by FewsOrange

Um, yeah, dumbfuck.
.
AndYourPointIs
To: Enlightened1
I thought Infowars was banned here. Stories like this was the reason why.
43 posted on 11/18/2019, 11:26:29 AM by McGruff (Does no one is above the law apply to Democrats?)
To: AU72 

Jim Rob used to zot chit chat conspiracy crap from Alex Jones the second anyone dared post such drivel.

He also used to ban Romney supporters – until Romney got the nomination, that is.

Not anymore. Times have changed.

47 posted on 11/18/2019, 11:30:18 AM by Responsibility2nd

NoShitSherlock
More below the you-know-what….

Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s obsession with the Freeperati – Darnold, duck! edition”

At Your Expense

Cybertruck: Tesla truck gets 150,000 orders despite launch gaffe https://t.co/z3tegxoDKi — BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) November 24, 2019 Everybody had a good time clowning on this, and on this asshole, who says things like this:  We successfully launched the Falcon Heavy rocket, which is the most powerful rocket in the world by a factor of two. So that’s twice the power, twice the thrust of the next biggest rocket. And we actually launched a Tesla — my Tesla Roadster — to Mars orbit. The reason we did that is actually because, normally, when a new rocket is launched, you just put a … Continue reading At Your Expense

Not Everything Sucks

  The Mandalorian exists and is good: We’re only three eps in and so there’s still a lot of clunky “this is the character that I am, allow me to say aloud my most defining traits so that you may see them” dialogue, but it’s very Original Three Star Wars in that everything looks broken and messed up. Everything in Star Trek always looked like a theater company worked really hard to paint it nice; Star Wars was like three stoners realized they had a diorama due the next day and glued an answering machine to a toaster. This, despite … Continue reading Not Everything Sucks

Saturday Odds & Sods: Behind The Wall Of Sleep

Sleeping Girl by Pablo Picasso.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the impeachment hearings ate my week. It wasn’t a snack, it was a tasting menu of scandal, malakatude, and heroism. Democrats have found their mojo: I was proud of their performance in the face of Republican shouting and conspiracy theorizing. That was down to Chairman Schiff  who refused to take any shit from committee GOPers. I’m less confident of the performance of Judiciary Chairman Nadler but the ball will soon be in his court. Stay tuned.

This week’s theme song was written by the late, great Pat DiNizio in 1986 for The Smithereens debut album, Especially For You. The band had been kicking around New Jersey for years before hitting the big time with this great rock song.

We have two versions of Behind The Wall Of Sleep for your listening pleasure: the original video and a 21st Century live version.

There’s a Black Sabbath song with the same title but metal is not my thing so I’ll pass.

Now that we’ve caught up on our sleep, let’s jump to the break.

Continue reading “Saturday Odds & Sods: Behind The Wall Of Sleep”

His Legacy

So..the debate? Nah, didn’t watch. Besides, the Democrats could nominate an empty podium at this point and I’d vote for it, lesser of evils and all that… And, will spare the details, but it’s been a distracting week for me otherwise, and my usual habit/hobby of paying attention was limited by…work. That said, and  with the hope that I’ll never devolve into an actual low-information voter, I feel like my perspective was a little more, I dunno, similar to someone who might only catch a bit of news now and again. And for those folks, Trump had a pretty shitty … Continue reading His Legacy

From Elsewhere

About those shithole countries:  … Ali signed up as an interpreter for the Americans, whose official rhetoric claimed they were promoting classical liberal values in Iraq, establishing a vision realized on their own shores but belonging to all mankind — democracy, freedom and equality. At least that was the theory. And in theory, we could “go forward with complete confidence,” as President George W. Bush proclaimed, “because freedom is the permanent hope of mankind, the hunger in dark places, the longing of the soul.” In theory, that longing would lead Iraqis to greet American troops as liberators and make the shouted … Continue reading From Elsewhere

Not Everything Sucks: PEEEG Edition

No, not Peppa, fuck that pink bitch. I’m talking about LILOU:  The five-year-old Juliana pig and her owner, Tatyana Danilova, are part of San Francisco International Airport’s “Wag Brigade” – a program that brings therapy animals to the airport to cheer passengers up and help ease travel anxieties. Dressed in a pilot’s cap and with toenails painted bright red, LiLou breezes through the metal detector at airport security and trots to the departure gates. She raises a hoof in greeting, poses for selfies and entertains departing passengers with a tune on her toy piano. “People are very happy to get … Continue reading Not Everything Sucks: PEEEG Edition

I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide

The results of the Gret Stet Goober race confirmed that President* Pennywise is a rotten surrogate whose efforts are often stillborn. I suspect he’s already forgotten Eddie Rispone’s name, that is, if he ever knew it. His rallies are always about himself, after all. It just occurred to me that there’s a tune that should be Trump’s campaign theme song, especially when he’s stumping for other GOPers. Here are two versions of that song, the original by ZZ Top and a swell cover by Dwight Yoakam: Continue reading I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Quick takes edition

Ok – “Obsession” is officially getting too long-winded, so some short takes this week:

First up – He sounds GAY to me!

Audio tape reveals Richard Spencer is, as everyone knew, a racist
Vox ^ | Nov 4, 2019, 5:20pm | Jane Coastonjane

Posted on 11/5/2019, 5:12:10 PM by FewsOrange

In audio first put online by right-wing pundit and provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos on Saturday, white nationalist Richard Spencer can allegedly be heard ranting about Jewish people and mixed-race people.

The audio — purportedly from an emergency meeting that took place on August 13, 2017, the day after the far-right “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, disintegrated into violence, resulting in the murder of a counterprotester named Heather Heyer — features Spencer screaming racist and anti-Semitic slurs he has generally avoided using in public in an effort to more politely argue for “the creation of a White Ethno-State.”

… We are coming back here like a hundred f*&^ing times. I am so mad. I am so f*&^ing mad at these people. They don’t do this to f*&^ing me. We are going to f*&^ing ritualistically humiliate them. I am coming back here every f*&^ing weekend if I have to. Like this is never over. I win! They f*&^ing lose! That’s how the world f*&^ing works.

Little f*&^ing kikes. They get ruled by people like me. Little f*&^ing octoroons … I f*&^ing … my ancestors f*&^ing enslaved those little pieces of f*&^ing shit. I rule the f*&^ing world. Those pieces of f*&^ing shit get ruled by people like me. They look up and see a face like mine looking down at them. That’s how the f*&^ing world works. We are going to destroy this f*&^ing town. …

1 posted on 11/5/2019, 5:12:10 PM by FewsOrange
Come on, Freepers – tell the world there’s no place for bigotry at Free republic!
To: FewsOrange
He sounds kind of….GAY, actually.  They tend towards unhinged rants like this. The Nazis had tons of Brown Shirt faggots…until they didn’t one fateful night. 

15 posted on 11/5/2019, 5:57:52 PM by montag813

AllRightyThen
Next up – “Where do conservatives go?”

Democrats win full control of Virginia statehouse BREITBART ^ | Nov 5, 2019 | ap Posted on 11/5/2019, 10:01:43 PM by Morgana

so not good.
1 posted on 11/5/2019, 10:01:43 PM by Morgana
The burning question ?
To: Morgana

Stick a fork in beautiful Virginia… it’s done. George Soros’ $$ contributed to the win in VA tonight.20 years ago, I wanted to move to formerly ‘Red’ Virginia to escape the high taxes and socialism of The People’s Republik of Connecticut (where we’re still stuck). That’s gone forever… Virginia is now South Maryland. Just another insane Blue State. It may as well be Connecticut.

Where do conservatives go if *all* 50 states turn Blue??

29 posted on 11/5/2019, 10:14:14 PM by nutmeg
I hear Somalia is nice this time of the year.
Or, there’s always GoFuckYourself-istan…..
.
More bits and pieces below the fold…

Continue reading “Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Quick takes edition”

The Impeachment Hearings Aren’t Going to Save Us

By “us” I mean the “us” Meet the Press envisions, not “us” as in the Republic:  NBC News has been mocked on social media after complaining that the first public impeachment hearings were lacking in “pizzazz,” causing the word to trend on Twitter. The network tweeted a story overnight complaining that the testimonies of State Department official George Kent and the U.S. Ukraine diplomat Bill Taylor “lacked the pizzazz necessary to capture public attention.” Its analysis article on the hearings linked in the post also said the depositions were not “dramatic” and described the manner of the witnesses as “reserved.” A lot of deserved … Continue reading The Impeachment Hearings Aren’t Going to Save Us

Saturday Odds & Sods: Still Learning How To Fly

Der Vogelmensch by Max Ernst.

It’s been colder than hell in New Orleans this week. It’s not Wisconsin cold but it’s fucking cold. We had some electrical issues that one of my Spank krewe mates fixed. It’s good to know “people who need people” I understand they “are the luckiest people in the world.” I cannot believe I just went there. In order to salvage my cool cred, here’s some Oscar Peterson:

It’s election day in the Gret Stet of Louisiana. I’m cautiously optimistic that Blue Dog Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards will be re-elected. I hope the voters will remember that Coach O wants them to vote for the Governor. Geaux, Tigers. Geaux, Team Blue.

This week’s theme song was written in 2003 by Rodney Crowell. It’s the opening track of his Fate’s Right Hand album and features one of his finest couplets: “Life’s been good, I guess. My ragged old heart’s been blessed.”

We have two versions of Still Learning How To Fly for your listening pleasure. The original with a full band and a live acoustic rendition.

While we’re in mid flight, how about a song with a similar title by an equally great artist?

It’s time to land. See you on the other side of the break.

Continue reading “Saturday Odds & Sods: Still Learning How To Fly”