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Tuesday, May 31, 2022
POS is far too kind
“What a POS” is trending and it could literally be any member of the GOP because it’s a prerequisite for being a member of their party in 2022
— Andrew Wortman π³️ππΊπ¦πΊπΈ (@AmoneyResists) May 26, 2022
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Something is rotten in the state of Texas
This is just unthinkable: SEVEN police officers were inside the school but did not confront the shooter per @CNN. They waited "about an hour" for a Border Patrol tactical team to arrive. A full hour. Seven armed officers to one 18 year-old. The good guys with the guns?
— Amy Siskind π³️π (@Amy_Siskind) May 27, 2022
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A republic, if we can keep it
Deranged psychopath Trump is on his shitty app, Truth Social, calling for civil war
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) May 23, 2022
The GOP spent the weekend on foreign soil plotting the overthrow of our republic
This ain’t your grandfather’s conservative party anymore
It’s a fascist domestic terrorist organization
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A good way to fight back
Banning Nancy Pelosi because of her political stances makes the Catholic Church a political organization. Tax them.
— Andrea Junker (@Strandjunker) May 21, 2022
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Monday, May 30, 2022
Beto is better for Texas
Hold him accountable. Vote him out. He made it easier to buy guns/weapons than voting. https://t.co/DLuBTfGKY8
— Staff Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino (@SergeantAqGo) May 24, 2022
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Because they know gun nuts are stupid enough to believe it
An armed ex-cop at the grocery store didn't stop the shooter last week. Why do they keep up with this fatuous bullshit? https://t.co/9oo748cFQw
— digby (@digby56) May 24, 2022
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Cops have zero integrity
When a union relentlessly screams about how dangerous the job is when making funding demands, and then refuses to tell members to get vaccinated as hundreds die, I somehow begin to doubt their sincerity https://t.co/syLwMqmqXV
— Hamilton Nolan (@hamiltonnolan) May 22, 2022
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The time to go after the churches has come
San Francisco Archbishop denies Nancy Pelosi Holy Communion for being pro-choice
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) May 21, 2022
But he’ll gladly serve pedophiles & the pedophile enablers within Catholicism
He’ll hobnob w/ pro-death penalty politicians
This kind of religion is an absolute farce & a national security threat
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Sunday, May 29, 2022
Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. CCCLXXXVI--Tracey Ullman: They Don't Know
This week's featured artist went on to great success in television after her brief music career, and as I was doing my weekly half-assed research, I realized that outside of the video for this week's tune I have never seen her on any of her television shows or in any movie. Though I have seen an episode or two (or a hundred) of the TV show that her first TV series gave life to: none other than The Simpsons, which just recently completed its thirty-third season.
Tracey Ullman was born in Slough, England in 1959 and from an early age showed a talent for entertaining people. She began her career performing in a number of musicals, before getting her break on a BBC soap opera. She made her first album in 1983 and met with some success which eventually led to her first TV show, The Tracey Ullman Show, on Fox. By then her music career was over, but she would go on to appear in two more highly acclaimed television series, a number of movies, many plays and musicals, and several guest appearances on other shows. She has won seven Emmys, a Golden Globe, and a host of other awards that aren't on the casual fan's radar. Her music career was relatively brief, as she only released two albums, which spawned eight singles, before turning her full attention to acting. Ullman continues to perform on stage and screen, having appeared in two movies in 2020, and two television series in 2021.
"They Don't Know" was the second single released from Ullman's 1983 debut album, the humorously entitled You Broke My Heart in 17 Places. The single would reach #2 in the U.K. and #8 (with a bullet!) on the Billboard Hot 100. The album peaked at #14 on the U.K. Albums Chart and #34 here in America.
Fun Fact: "They Don't Know" was the second single Ullman recorded, and years later when asked if she'd do anything differently for her career, she responded that she would have quit making music after she recorded "They Don't Know." Yes, it's that good.
As my regular readers (both of you) know, I have an extreme fondness for a) female vocalists, and b) good Top 40 pop and "They Don't Know" is a) sung by a female vocalist, and b) an exemplar of the best of what Top 40 pop has to offer. Ullman channels 60's girl groups both vocally and musically and turns in one of the catchiest songs the 1980's had to offer. Every time I listen to it, even almost forty years since the first time I heard it, it reminds me not only of why I've devoted so much of my life to pop music, but also why it's been worth every minute. It's an absolute gem of a song.
Lyric Sheet: "So I don't mind if they don't understand/When I look at you and you hold my hand/'Cause they don't know about us/And they've never heard of love..."
Enjoy (be sure to stick around for the cute cameo at the end):
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My guess is he's pretty cheap
Bought and paid for https://t.co/gzqjgzxARz
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) May 25, 2022
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False equivalency
Yes! Not everything has a rational "other side" no matter how desperately they want there to be one. They are elevating voices and theories that don't deserve it. https://t.co/piYTzo69Ir
— Rachel Vindman π» (@natsechobbyist) May 22, 2022
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F for fascism
There is no greater indicator of the GOP's threat to democracy than the fact that they are currently holding CPAC in the autocratic nation of Hungary with Viktor OrbΓ‘n.
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) May 20, 2022
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Never underestimate the evil the Catholic Church is capable of
Keep your rosaries off our ovaries.
— Andrea Junker (@Strandjunker) May 20, 2022
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Saturday, May 28, 2022
The time for niceties is over
Fuck you @tedcruz you care about a fetus but you will let our children get slaughtered. Just get your ass to Cancun. You are useless. https://t.co/0tArGHosep
— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) May 24, 2022
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Because for republicans, it's all about putting the people in poverty
It's no coincidence that the 10 poorest states in the US all have anti-union "right to work" laws.
— Blue Cheese π§ (@OptimistsPrime) May 20, 2022
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Give the people what you want them to hear
OPINION: Will Smith slapping Chris Rock stayed in the news cycle longer than 10 black people being slaughtered in a supermarket. Sad.
— Paul Cogan (@PaulCogan) May 20, 2022
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What's good for the goose...
"I would invite you to co-author a bill that I'm considering next year that would mandate that each male, when they reach puberty, get a mandatory vasectomy that's only reversible when they reach the point of financial and emotional stability."
— The Recount (@therecount) May 20, 2022
— OK State Rep. Mickey Dollens (D) pic.twitter.com/AvszMmDt7M
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Friday, May 27, 2022
Never underestimate the stupidity inside the rich man bubble
Elon Musk is really doing an incredible job educating the public about how capitalists end up aligning with fascists to maintain their wealth and limit the power of the working classes.
— Max Berger (@maxberger) May 20, 2022
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The people's Warrior
If Steve Kerr ever gets tired of winning championships, he should 100% get into politics.
— Angry Staffer π» (@Angry_Staffer) May 25, 2022
He’s way better suited for this than half the people in office. https://t.co/P91PXm47Oz
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A perfect encapsulation of what the republican party is
Every Republican on that stage showed more anger at Beto interrupting their photo op than they did at the 19 dead children in their state.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) May 25, 2022
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In which AOC reduces Boebert to a wet fart
Why even be in Congress if you don’t believe in doing your job?
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 25, 2022
Just quit and let someone who actually gives a damn do it instead of acting like a useless piece of furniture when babies are shot with AR15s that we let teen boys impulse buy before they can legally have a beer. https://t.co/f9rdJ40kEJ
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Thursday, May 26, 2022
Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. CCCLXXXV--The Babys: Isn't It Time?
Fitting that the week my youngest son graduates from high school, Friday Night Jukebox is featuring a tune from the year I graduated....
The Babys formed in London, England in 1974 and a mere two years later had released their first album. Though the band had a couple of top forty hits and developed a good reputation for their live shows, their disappointment at not having more commercial success drove the band to an early demise, and they broke up in 1981. For their career, The Babys released six albums and nine singles. Lead singer John Waite went on to have a #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist, and with three other members of The Babys formed the supergroup Bad English (which also had a number one hit in America). In 2013 two original members of The Babys reformed the band and they continue to perform, having released their last album in 2014.
Fun Fact: The Babys featured a backing vocal group known as The Babettes, which contained singers from gospel icon Andrae Crouch's backing band The Disciples.
"Isn't It Time" was the first single released from their 1977 album Broken Hearts. The single was the first of two for The Babys to peak at #13 (with a bullet!) in the United States (it did hit number one in Australia--so many cools kids Down Under!), while the album reached #34 on the Billboard 200.
In the hands of many, "Isn't It Time" could have been just another love ballad (and to some it might still be....), but The Babys took the song one step beyond by incorporating the best of the 70's with the best of gospel. Accompanied by a stark piano, Waite opens with a sultry confession before The Babettes (and the rest of the band) kick in with some good old-fashioned rock and roll. The back and forth between Waite and The Babettes for the rest of the song--with an assist from the drums--really makes the song a cut (so to speak) above the normal fare, though I freely admit that being one whose formative music years were spent in the seventies might help a bit, too.
Lyric Sheet: "I've finally found the answers/To the questions that keep going through my mind/Hey babe!/Isn't it time?...
Enjoy:
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Maybe because it's owned and ran by white, old, racist men?
The American media is this country’s biggest enabler of white nationalism because it treats white supremacy as a legitimate, mainstream position always deserving of profiles, editorials, investigation disguised as “balance.” There’s always available space for that viewpoint.
— Full Dissident (@hbryant42) May 21, 2022
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Corporate America, do not ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee
NEW: Virginia Republican lawmaker Tim Anderson just announced he is suing Barnes and Noble for selling books that promote LGBTQ rights. It is no longer just about banning books in schools—they are now coming for private businesses.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) May 19, 2022
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Tell it like it is
Replacement Theory is just White Supremacy without the hood on.
— Little Miss Marxi (@littlemissmarxi) May 18, 2022
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Government overreach much?
Take the time to watch this because it is the reality of the end of abortion rights. Women with failed pregnancies WILL be subjected to criminal scrutiny and punishment by the state, in fact it's already happening. https://t.co/neSF2AiPzF https://t.co/qVzY1Y603g
— nikki mccann ramΓrez (@NikkiMcR) May 18, 2022
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Worth a shot
Hundreds of Jews rally at the U.S. Capitol for abortion rights — time for a legal challenge to abortion bans based on religious liberty. https://t.co/VFoJUktelt
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) May 18, 2022
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Show some balls and just admit that you're a party of racists
Rick Scott repeatedly deflects and pivots when asked if he'd advise other GOP candidates to denounce white nationalism.
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) May 22, 2022
"Well, I tell people what I believe and, you know, every Senate candidate on both sides is going to decide what is important to them" pic.twitter.com/guW0rCdV7i
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Important to note he was a REPUBLICAN
A doctor AND sitting US Senator felt comfortable saying that maternal mortality rates were only bad "if you count Black women."
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) May 23, 2022
Don't tell me there isn’t systemic racism in our health care system.
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When a gun is more important than a child, you're not pro-life
HERE ARE SOME ANSWERS FOR YOU: Don't let teens buy guns. Pass a federal background check requirement. Pass a federal red flag law. Close the Charleston loophole. Confirm an ATF director. Fund community violence intervention programs. Stop taking NRA money.
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 24, 2022
Uvalde https://t.co/pWGaWyM8bO
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Republican stupidity is beyond pitiful
This is a goofy hypothetical. What woman who is "seconds away from having a healthy child" wants an abortion?
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) May 18, 2022
The goal is getting people to imagine infanticide, I get it, but nobody's crowning at nine months and says "changed my mind, kill it."
https://t.co/q6fBwYZNqy
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A clarion call
“The American experiment in democracy is in a danger like it hasn’t been in my lifetime.” What @POTUS said in Buffalo was no exaggeration. This threat to our democracy comes from within-& it is greater than any threat emanating from China or Russia or anywhere beyond our borders.
— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) May 17, 2022
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Ouch!
Why are white people so afraid of becoming a minority? Does America treat minorities poorly or something?
— Santiago Mayer π» (@santiagomayer_) May 15, 2022
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Who needs voters when you can just cheat?
So, Republicans want to sunset Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, putting 85 million disabled and elderly people on the street...don't they know who their voters are?π€·♀️
— Nurse Ratchet π»Π‘ΡΠ΅Π½Π΄ Π· Π£ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎΡπ» (@OGNurseRatchet) May 12, 2022
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Monday, May 23, 2022
And he's a fucking pervert, too
One might normally give Thomas the benefit of the doubt of being a brain-poisoned Fox News zombie, but his professional history suggests he’s just a lib-owning liar, just like his wife and the whole professional conservative network. https://t.co/bGPdkNVZgE
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) May 14, 2022
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More proof that Democrats rock
Right, but Florida has a 50% higher death rate per capita from Covid than Calif, and Texas 35% higher, so there are achievements all around. https://t.co/liE0pYFUa7
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) May 14, 2022
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Rage, rage against the dying of your rights
“For the women of this country, this will be a summer of rage.”https://t.co/EDI7Uzger9
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) May 14, 2022
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And this is why the republican party has no platform
Don't forget slashing domestic spending on vital programs including social security and medicare. https://t.co/UEoBbvNJdJ
— digby (@digby56) May 22, 2022
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Sunday, May 22, 2022
Recipe for diasaster
Keeping white kids from learning about racism in schools on while they have unfettered access to white supremacist hate online.
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) May 15, 2022
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Sometimes, sarcasm can be a beautiful thing
In light of everything that’s happened in the last six years, I think we can all agree that Hillary Clinton’s IT practices were, indeed, the single most important issue facing voters in 2016. Thanks to all the thoughtful reporters and editors who got this one right!
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) May 13, 2022
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Make them carry the pro rape and incest banner all the way through November
How about some "show votes" on this stuff? Get those Republicans on the record. https://t.co/OstXKdYgMP
— digby (@digby56) May 13, 2022
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If you aren't white, republicans are happy to let you die
The Republican, "pro-life" position is now that certain babies should starve. https://t.co/298zHaEESX
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 13, 2022
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Saturday, May 21, 2022
Our AOC in the Senate
Bank it here: Fetterman in PA is going to win democratic primary by large margin. He will then win general election. And at that point he will become a national voice in Democratic party. And that will be good for the Dems.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) May 13, 2022
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They can always emigrate--Russia would love to have them
Steve Bannon and Erik Prince say we should be supporting Russia because Putin is anti-woke and has no tolerance for LGBTQ. pic.twitter.com/qzHl2TkwxJ
— Ron Filipkowski πΊπ¦ (@RonFilipkowski) February 24, 2022
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Noooo fucking shit
Frankly I'm less interested in another round of fruitless "commonsense reforms" pitches than Dems explaining how they're going to prevent people whose politics are identical from the Buffalo shooter's from taking over Congress in 6 months. https://t.co/aYQ7VU65Tw
— Michael Tae Sweeney (@mtsw) May 15, 2022
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The only American Joe Manchin cares about is Joe Manchin
FYI: Manchin isn't preserving the filibuster based on principle. He's operating based on power. His corporate donors want to keep the filibuster intact. It’s how they block all progress and protect their bottom lines. It really is that simple.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) May 13, 2022
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Friday, May 20, 2022
The Republic of Gilead doesn't seem so far-fetched now
The Republican Party’s fascist, anti-women, forced birth, pro-rape and incest policies are so radical and extreme that even Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale, is appalled by how quickly they are turning her work of fiction into reality.
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) May 13, 2022
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The queen of ultra MAGA
If you’ll starve an immigrant baby, it still means you’ll starve a *baby*.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 13, 2022
And #EliseStarvefanik will starve a baby. @EliseStefanik embraces the lavish cruelty of Ultra MAGA so she can go on Fox and send $$$ emails bragging that she’ll starve a child.
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Guess their whining about inflation is just so much bullshit
NEW: The House has passed a bill to crack down on price gouging at gas stations by a vote of 217-207. Every single republican voted NO.
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) May 19, 2022
But they're the "pro-life" party
Tonight, 192 Republicans voted against funding to fix the baby formula shortage.
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) May 19, 2022
9 Republicans voted against allowing low-income parents to use WIC benefits to buy baby formula.
203 Republicans voted against a bill to combat domestic terrorism.
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Thursday, May 19, 2022
Exactly--call the fucking losers out
"It should not be a head-scratcher. You got two members of the Senate, Senator Manchin and Senator Sinema, who have sabotaged what the president has been fighting for" -- Bernie Sanders to Chuck Todd after Todd describes the demise of Build Back Better as a "head-scratcher" pic.twitter.com/Rv1ycmKwD9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 15, 2022
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And happy to let babies starve, too
Not gonna do anything about the guns though https://t.co/9OFKKdCzst
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 14, 2022
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Ivanka's thirty pieces of silver
Turns out Ivanka Trump was IN THE ROOM during a key meeting of the Federalist Society as they plotted to overthrow Roe
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) May 13, 2022
WTAF
Her father is an egregious sexual predator and she abetted him every step of the way
Another GOP woman betraying her own sex to amass power for herself
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And if we're not careful, it will be our downfall
The American political story of this century is the story of how Russia infiltrated the Republican Party.
— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) May 13, 2022
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Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Their ignorance is lethal
So the same people killing us by denying the fact that masks & vaccines work are ALSO the experts on when human life begins?
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) May 12, 2022
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Buyer's remorse
I wonder if not voting for Hillary Clinton over some emails was worth losing Roe v Wade.
— Ethan Resists GOPism (@ResistGOPism) May 11, 2022
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Make republicans own it again and again and again...
All 50 Republican Senators opposed a House-passed bill to enshrine a woman’s right to choose the size and timing of her family into law.
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) May 11, 2022
49 Democratic Senators sided with a 75% supermajority of the American people who support #RoeVWade.
Organize now — and remember in November.
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Not so supportive
If they implemented mandatory child support at the first detected heartbeat you can bet your ass Republican men would change their minds about women’s choices real quick.
— Jo π» (@JoJoFromJerz) May 12, 2022
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Tuesday, May 17, 2022
The Buffalo shootings are entirely on Fox Entertainment
Seeing some high profile people asking how the shooter was “radicalized”. Was it social media? Was it this or that? C’mon. This is stuff you can hear any night on Fox News and most of the “free speech” agitation we hear is about being able to post stuff like the guys manifesto.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 15, 2022
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Speaking words of wisdom
I don’t know how to say it more clearly, but to young people especially: If you don’t vote this November, you might not have a country left in which you can ever truly be free again.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) May 12, 2022
Republican = Traitor
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History will not be kind to Susan Collins
Susan Collins’ legacy will be voting to allow the Supreme Court to force victims of rape and incest to give birth.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) May 12, 2022
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Peace,
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Enough with the both sides bullshit
Ah. Here's the answer. https://t.co/yevWpYIHiu
— digby (@digby56) May 16, 2022
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Monday, May 16, 2022
Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. CCCLXXXIV--The Verve: The Drugs Don't Work
When I first started Friday Night Jukebox, I had intended to do a lot more posts on tunes like this week's, that is songs that were album cuts that didn't quite get the attention of hit singles. Unbeknownst to me before I did my weekly half-assed research, this week's featured song was actually quite a hit in the U.K. but since the bulk of my readers (both of them) are from the U.S. I figured I was living up to the spirit of that intention. Might be splitting hairs, but....
I wrote a post in 2019 about The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony," and since that time nothing in the band's history has changed--they have not reunited since breaking up in 2009, and the odds of it happening still are very slim. And that's all I have to say about that....
Fun Fact: The Verve were originally just the Verve, but because they shared a name (of sorts) with Verve Records it caused some legal ramifications which the band resolved by becoming The (with a capital 't") Verve.
"The Drugs Don't Work" was the released in 1997 in their native U.K. as the second single from arguably their best album, Urban Hymns. The single reached #1 on the U.K. Singles Chart, but as noted above was not released as a single in the U.S. As a reminder for those who don't remember a post from three years ago (my guess, everyone who isn't the title character in Rain Man), the album hit #1 in England, and #23 here in America.
As many people as have listened to the song is the number of meanings you'll find for "The Drugs Don't Work," and songwriter Richard Ashcroft has only said it's a song written when he and the band were using a lot of recreational drugs and how their effectiveness eventually lessened...and purposefully said nothing more so each listener can enjoy their own interpretation. Trained in the "Shit Doesn't Have to Have Meaning, It Just Is" school of art appreciation, I don't have a dog in the hunt. But for myself, I love Ashcroft's soulful singing, the winsome acoustic guitar, the lush strings, and the repetition of lyrics at the end (especially helpful for an old coot singing along whose memory isn't what it used to be). I will say, from what I've read, I don't find the song as sad as many do--I find it incredibly hopeful, though laced with a heavy dose of reality. All in all, just a stellar song, and another find addition to the annals of Friday Night Jukebox (if I do say so myself...).
Lyric Sheet: "But I know I'm on a losing streak/Cause I passed down my old street/And if you wanna show, then just let me know/And I'll sing in your ear again..."
Enjoy:
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Peace,
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Republicans are literally in favor of killing women
The treatment for an ectopic pregnancy, a septic uterus, or a miscarriage that your body won’t release is abortion. If you can’t get those abortions, you die.
— Andrea Junker (@Strandjunker) May 12, 2022
You. Die.
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Elise Stefanik is exactly who the ENTIRE republican party is
Imagine getting years of a good education, working in establishment Republican politics, and yet being so shallow, so poisoned by soulless ambition, that you would tweet something like this as the third-ranking member of a major U.S. political party. https://t.co/ZyKlBppjV5
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 13, 2022
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Peace,
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This week's mass shooting in Buffalo is a test run
Here’s the dirty little secret politicians and the media may be too afraid to say out loud: the Buffalo shooter represents the base of the Republican Party. He embodies their ideals. Their beliefs. Their values. The shooter is the natural end game of extremist GOP messaging.
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) May 14, 2022
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How do you spell extremism?
The MAGA agenda cut taxes for the rich and ran up the deficit every year Trump was president— Now they have an Ultra-MAGA agenda: Raise taxes on the working class, end Social Security and Medicare, jail women and doctors, force victims of rape to give birth, and ban books.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) May 11, 2022
Republican = Traitor
Peace,
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Sunday, May 15, 2022
Stupidity or obliviousness, you decide
Still can’t get over how the guy who literally voted against the infrastructure package complained that Ukraine support is what’s stopping us from fixing our roads. https://t.co/nmD21t2mmQ
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) May 12, 2022
Republican = Traitor
Biden calling out republicans for exactly who they are
President Biden warns the GOP will use federal benefits as "hostages":
— The Recount (@therecount) May 10, 2022
"How well are we going to sleep at night knowing that every 5 years, MAGA Republicans ... [are] gonna have to vote on whether you have social security, Medicare and Medicaid?" pic.twitter.com/DLg0qmJgwP
Republican = Traitor
Peace,
emaycee
The only thing they have to sell is hate
This. This right here. pic.twitter.com/l99sAtBpA0
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) May 10, 2022
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Peace,
emaycee
This is the party of extremism
57 Republicans vote against Ukraine aid pic.twitter.com/tRct3Lsrxb
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 11, 2022
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Peace,
emaycee
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Blow the "Pro Choice Protesters are being mean to us" whining right on out your dumb asses
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Peace,
emaycee
Fuck you, Clarence
Hakeem Jeffries is fucking done with Clarence & Ginni Thomas. pic.twitter.com/ta5GupxAEb
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) May 12, 2022
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Peace,
emaycee
They won't stop until we're a theocracy
A national abortion ban? If the Court strikes down Roe, a Republican Congress "could certainly legislate in that area," Mitch McConnell tells USA Today. "So yeah, it's possible."
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) May 10, 2022
Consider yourself warned.
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Peace,
emaycee
Sending it to the states doesn't mean that overturning Roe v. Wade isn't evil
When Republicans tell you that overturning Roe V. Wade only sends it back to the states to decide remind them that so was slavery.
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) May 12, 2022
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Peace,
emaycee
Profiles in cowardice
In a leaked tape Lindsey Graham said Trump “went too far” on 1/6
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) May 11, 2022
In a leaked tape McCarthy said Trump should resign
McConnell privately hoped Dems would “take care of the son of the bitch”
Carlson ignores Trump’s calls & privately mocks him
They all know he’s a worthless POS
Republican = Traitor
Peace,
emaycee
Friday, May 13, 2022
The blow that just might save our Democracy
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| Women--American's last best hope |
While there is rightfully much consternation, doubt, and concern with regard to the conservative justice leaked decision that will in all likelihood overturn Roe v. Wade, I think it important to remember that the last time women were this pissed off it resulted in a midterm bloodbath for republicans.
I'm talking, of course, about the Russian engineered election of Donald Trump in 2016, costing the incredibly more qualified Hillary Clinton a chance to become the first female U.S. President, which two years later resulted in historic Democratic victories in the U.S. House in large part due to enraged women who would have preferred a President who hasn't allegedly sexually assaulted 26 women. Democrats in that election picked up 41 seats in the House of Representatives.
While nothing will ever erase the stink that was Donald Trump or make up for the suffering that far too many women are going to experience as a result of Justice Alito's horrifically bad decision on abortion, making republicans pay at the ballot box this November can get us started back in the right direction. Codifying Roe and reshaping the Supreme Court will go a long way toward making America great again (to coin a phrase).
If nothing else, it will save our Democracy for at least two more years and that's two more years that the hope that America at its best represents stays alive.
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Peace,
emaycee
A beautiful day in the neighborhood
Alito’s neighbors are passing out wine and cheese plates to protestors and letting protesters use their bathroom is the best.
— Paul Cogan (@PaulCogan) May 10, 2022
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Peace,
emaycee
It's hammer (them on increasing taxes) time!
I happen to think it’s a good thing when American families have more money in their pockets at the end of the month.
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 10, 2022
But Republicans in Congress don’t seem to think so. Their plan is going to make working families poorer.
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Peace,
emaycee
Chalk it up to cowardice
Am I the only one who wishes Susan Collins were as upset about the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade as she is about sidewalk chalk?
— Jo π» (@JoJoFromJerz) May 10, 2022
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Peace,
emaycee
Lying Billy
Bill Barr just went on Fox to say the peaceful protestors outside of Justices’ homes broke the law
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) May 10, 2022
The most corrupt Attorney General ever has the gall to accuse innocent women & our allies of breaking the law
Same dude who ignored a coup brewing right under his goddamn nose
Republican = Traitor
Peace,
emaycee
Thursday, May 12, 2022
The Hate Agenda
GOP senators during the KBJ hearings:
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) May 8, 2022
— Blackburn (TN) came out against Griswold, which legalized contraception
— Cornyn (TX) railed against Obergefell, which legalized gay marriage
— Braun (IN) came out against Loving, which legalized interracial marriage
You’ve been warned.
Republican = Traitor
Peace,
emaycee
Republicans fucked around and the American people are ready to make sure they find out
Big change: Americans want term limits for Supreme Court justices by 66% to 21%, and favor expanding the Court by 55% to 36%. (Morning Consult poll for @politico) When I tested public appetite for Court reforms in 2007 (part of "A More Perfect Constitution") resistance was great.
— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) May 4, 2022
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Peace,
emaycee
Saying the quiet part out loud
NEW: Republican candidate for Michigan Governor, Ryan Kelley, just came out against democracy: “Socialism—it starts with democracy. That’s the ticket for the left. They want to push this idea of democracy, which turns into socialism, which turns into communism in every instance.”
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) May 8, 2022
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Peace,
emaycee
Forgoing all logic...
Telling someone they must get a vaccine and wear a mask is government overreach. But telling a child raped by her father or uncle she has to birth that baby is not government overreach?
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) May 5, 2022
Republican = Traitor
Peace,
emaycee
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. CCCLXXXIII--Roger Daltrey: Without Your Love
For those wondering, while last week's Friday Night Jukebox featured Who band mate Pete Townshend, the next two weeks posts will not feature John Entwistle or Keith Moon as I have zero familiarity with their solo work. There's only so much time....
As with last week's post, this week's bio recap will be mercifully short as I've already written about the Who a couple of times. Roger Daltrey was actually the founding member of the Who, as Townshend and Entwistle originally joined his band The Detours. Daltrey was known for leading the band and settling arguments with his fists and was at one point fired from the band for beating up Moon for supplying drugs to Townshend and Entwistle. Daltrey has appeared in numerous movies and TV shows, most notably the film version of the Who's rock opera, Tommy. For his solo career, he has released 10 studio albums (with two top ten LPs in his native U.K.), and 42 singles (with a top ten in Great Britain and a top twenty here in America). As noted in last week's bio for Townshend, Daltrey is involved in their charity for teen cancer, and has loaned his talents to numerous charitable events through the years.
Fun Fact: Daltrey kept extremely busy throughout the course of his younger days in the fine art of procreation. In addition to the four children he has from his two marriages, Daltrey has four other children from various relationships throughout the sixties.
"Without Your Love" was released as a single in 1980 from the soundtrack to the film McVicar (a biopic in which Daltrey starred as the title character). The single reached #55 in the U.K. and #20 (with a bullet!) on the Billboard Hot 100 (it hit number two in the Netherlands--so many cool Dutch kids!). The album hit #39 on the U.K Albums Chart, and #22 here in the United States.
While the song is catchy as all hell and the backing music is tastefully understated, this song is all Daltrey's vocals. Daltrey weaves the tale of a man trying to find his place in the world (more or less the story behind the film noted above) but realizing that no matter where he ends up it means nothing without the love of his life. Daltrey sings with all the calmness of a man who has made his peace with his life, and delivers a performance that would make the Gods of Love themselves smile. A lovely and loving ballad.
Lyric Sheet: "And if I could travel far/If I could touch the stars/Where would I be without your love?"
Enjoy:
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Peace,
emaycee
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