No Labor Today, For Some…
* What Is Labor Day * Labor Day is an opportunity to celebrate you, the American worker! The founders of the holiday envisioned this day as a way to honor workers in the U.S.—the…
Friday Serenade: Going Away
John Amato, editor and publisher at CrooksAndLiars.com, has a cadre of great writers and one of the best is Susie Madrak who has a must-read on how corporate media continues to target the Harris-Waltz…
Monday Ménage: Tyrannical Laws. Political Class. Not Entitled.
Montesquieu. Hall. Pollitt. When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the…
Friday Serenade: A Saving Sanity Formula
Turn It Up. Turn It Way Up. Listen. Sing Along. Dance. Smile. Forget The Crazy, For A Moment (more…)
Party’s Over
WOW! Yes, wow. That was a convention. Prime time entertainment at its best. Drama. Comedy. Music. Dance. Anticipation. And the must-have in any prime entertainment production: Leave The Audience Hanging. However... A couple of…
WayBack Wednesday: When A Slogan Hits Its Mark
At her first campaign rally a month ago in Wisconsin, Kamala Harris got lucky – she was handed a great slogan: We're Not Going Back! - and it's playing really well. I mean, really…
Monday Ménage; With A Plus One
~ Prejudices. Citizens. Imbeciles. Elites. ~ Heinlein. Naskar. Brecht. Reich. You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic. Robert A.…
Friday Serenade: Unhinged Narcissist In Love
Former occupant of the Oval Office who got booted out in 2020 said the civilian Medal of Freedom, like the one he gave to a billionaire donor, is better than the Medal of Honor…
WayBack Wednesday: Nikki To Donnie – ‘Quit Whining’
Nikki Haley wants Donald Trump to stop whining and to start focusing on issues and policy. “The campaign is not going to win talking about crowd sizes. It’s not going to win talking about…
Monday Ménage: Flattened Into Customers. Servility. Access & Activism.
Pullman. Pilger. Abrams. The commercial pressures, the forces urging us to buy and discard and buy again; when everything in public life has a logo attached to it, when every public space is…
Friday Serenade: Bringing It Back. It’s Been A While
Across the country Americans are overcome with this strange feeling. For some, it's a new thing; for others it's familiar but buried somewhere in the shit pail of chaos and the fears that come…
WayBack Wednesday: No, Mine Is Bigger
Upon learning of the Biden Administration's role in the 'historic' prisoner swap with Russia, which included, among 16 released by Russia, Evan Gershkovich – Wall Street Journal reporter; Paul Whelan – corporate security executive…
Friday Serenade: Part 1 and Part 2
OK, I missed my WayBack Wednesday post this week; not on purpose but due to a family issue. All's good. So I'm combining the Wednesday thing with a two-part Friday Serenade, with an intro…
Monday Ménage: Right Decisions. Historical Movement. One Person.
Huerta. Davis. Charger. We do need women in civic life. We do need women to run for office, to be in political office. We need a feminist to be at the table when…
Friday Serenade: Looking Back / Looking Forward
Sometimes it makes sense to look back at what was in order to erase any doubt of what is needed, or wanted, for the future - of our lives, of the country. For America,…
Thank You For Your Courage, Mr President. Job Well Done
New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Statement On President Biden’s Decision Not To Seek Reelection Jul 21, 2024 “President Biden has served our country with courage, compassion, integrity and decency. I am honored to have…
Friday Serenade: Our Good Thing
JRB's Song To America. It's All About Love. (more…)
WayBack Wednesday: Campaigns and Media. Criticism and Culture. Recognising Truth.
~ Politics - Truth - Campaign Performances ~ Print & Broadcast News Media. TikTok. X/Twitter. Instagram. YouTube. Podcast XYZ. Etc., Etc., Etc. (more…)
Da Dems. That’s All Folks.
Dems Fighting Over ‘Virtual Roll Call’ To Nominate Joe Biden Before Convention ~ The Democratic National Committee says its virtual roll call will start next month. Some elected Democrats say it’s an effort to…
Bye Bye, Bob
Senator Bob Menendez, Democrat-New Jersey, found guilty on all 16 counts of bribery (more…)
Monday Ménage: Your Mind, In Trouble, By Fear
Evita Ochel. Plato. William E Gladstone. Until you realize how easily it is for your mind to be manipulated, you remain the puppet of someone else’s game. Evita Ochel. Mankind will never…
Friday Serenade: Still Saving US Democracy
Voter apathy this election cycle is another privilege Black Americans do not have The fight for freedom is once again at our doorstep, and we cannot afford to stay home when oppression knocks on…
WayBack Wednesday: Learn or Perish. Repeat Over and Over and Over
PROJECT 2025. Lately We Have Heard Bits and Pieces About Plans Right-Wing Conservative Republicans Have On Paper For The U.S. SO, WHAT ARE THE PROJECT'S MAIN PROPOSALS? Project 2025's policy suggestions range in topic…
Monday Ménage: Latin Accent. Access To Ballot. Favor Freedom.
Navarro. Abrams. Douglass. Why am I a liberal? Because I don't forget that I'm an immigrant and that I'm a Hispanic and that I have a Latin accent when I speak English, and…
Friday Serenade: Oh, Joe. Say It Ain’t So
… From Right Left Centre and In Between … News Media Still The Same Old, Same Old: If It Bleeds - It Leads (more…)
Politics & Policy
Constitutional America???
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Dead By Cop
Black, Native, Latino Americans Are Killed At A Much Higher Rate Than White Americans
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Hey, US Ed, History Calls
The invasion by Europeans of the ‘New World’ saw the First Nations population go from around 15 million in 1500 to just over 200,000 in 1900. (U.S. only. Does Not include data on First Nations Peoples of Canada).
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Project 2025 & The Military
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Shrewd, SlipUp, Or Just Plain Stupid …
In a meeting with hundreds of U.S. generals and admirals: “It’s unacceptable seeing ‘fat generals and admirals’ in the halls of the Pentagon, and leading commands around the country and the world. It’s a bad look.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Ebony McMorris, reporter for American Urban Radio Networks (AURN): “Mr. President, what are your plans for—” McMorris began (one of the few Black reporters in the WH Press Corps). “Quiet. You’re really obnoxious,” said Trump. “I’m not obnoxious, but I’m trying to ask you what about your plans for Memphis, Mr. President?” “You are really obnoxious,” said Trump (president of the USA).
“I think she’s a disgraceful person, you know, I think she’s a disgraceful person, a loser. It’s amazing the way people vote. I know it’s people from her area, maybe of the world, I don’t know. They got here and they vote her in. I don’t know. It’s hard to believe. But I think she’s a disgusting person.”
That’s the President of the United States of America making remarks about seated member of the House, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), to reporters in the Oval Office.
‘If Republicans don’t block voting rights, Democrats will allow “child molesters” and “illegal aliens” to vote and Republicans will be out of power for years’. Ted Cruz, Republican U.S. Senator from Texas. Same Ted Cruz who voted to force changing legal votes of Electoral College. Went so far as to incite an insurrection.
Simple Reminder
Stuff…
News Disorder, It’s A Thing I’m always tired because at night I can’t sleep unless I watch the news. Then I watch the news and can’t sleep.
Your Tingly Leaving You know that tingly little feeling you get when you like someone? That’s your common sense leaving your body.
Don’t Wanna Know It is possible to lead a cow upstairs – but – not downstairs. Question: Why in the hell would you want to take a cow upstairs? Wait, no, don’t tell me. I don’t want to know.
Kane’s Clinic
Wheel In The Sky
Journey From their album, Infinity – the first album with Steve Perry on lead vocals. Released January 1978.
Going Back Home
Sherman Robertson From the 1998 Rockin’ Blues album (CD) Going Back Home
Out Of The Rain
Etta James From her 1990 Soulful Blues album Stickin’ To My Guns
Dreams
Brandi Carlile * From WFUV LIVE CD (FM 90.7 in the Greater New York City area). Originally on her 2009 folk-rock album Give Up The Ghost.
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Marvin Gaye Originally On His Landmark 1971 Album What’s Going On
Amigo De Verdad
Gipsyland from their album Viva La Musica. Recorded in Cancoon Studio Paris and DreamHouse Studios London.
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