in my last addition. ; )
(Feel free to add your own; the possibilities are endless...)
First: Cringeworthy (h/t Kevin Gosztola): Barack Obomba and Bruce Springstein have combined forces in a podcast they call “The Renegades”.
A few tunes which express my feelings on this auspicious occasion:
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QybcBH6rSw]
(‘Jocularity’ h/t Father Francis Mulcahy on M*A*S*H*) There are times when all that’s left to do is…laugh.
‘For just $58! AOC’s ‘Tax the Rich’ sweatshirts combine socialist slogans with a capitalist price tag’, 3 Dec, 2020, RT.com
“Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is known for her fiery invectives against the billionaire class. But it turns out that ‘AOC’ isn’t above a little capitalism of her own, selling ‘Tax The Rich’ sweatshirts online for a princely sum.
New York’s Ocasio-Cortez is a self-described “democratic socialist,” and probably the best known face of the Democratic Party’s progressive wing. She’s proposed hitting the wealthiest Americans with a whopping 70 percent* income tax to fund massive environmental and social spending, and led a campaign to drive Amazon from taking advantage of generous tax breaks to set up its second headquarters in the Big Apple.
And it couldn’t have happened to a more worthy putz…er…peckerwood. The wealthiest man in the world treats his wage slaves like…slaves, including surveilling them in the work place, including with wristbands that monitor their hand movements to speed up work in Amazon warehouses. This story has many faces by now; here are a few. Oh, but first: it may be that Bezos hasn’t disavowed the selfies, so he may not be ripe for what I’d advised Anthony Weiner back in the day, and that was to claim: “Hey, that’s not my weiner; mine’s much bigger!”
Shhhhhhhh, hush now…most of the sources are anonymous and Deep Background… And yeah, it’s kinda a throw-away post, but it proved too irresistible to pass up…
The title’s from the Washington Post, via inquirer.com (not likely behind a paywall), Dec. 3, 2019, by Rachael Bade
“Members of the House Judiciary Committee and other more liberal-minded lawmakers and congressional aides have been privately discussing the possibility of drafting articles that include obstruction of justice or other “high crimes” they believe are clearly outlined in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report — or allegations that Trump has used his office to benefit his bottom line.
Because the thing seems so pressing.
Everybody is very nervous about The Thing. The Thing is indicative of who we are as a people. Where you stand on The Thing is an absolute deal breaker if you are on the wrong side.
(A Small Sketch)
Carl: Hi Mary, Great to see you! How are you Doing today!
Mary: Actually Carl, I've decided that I'm not going to be talking to you for a while.
Carl: Ok, I don't think it's a good idea for you to quit therapy at this time, but would you mind explaining?
Mary: I don't see why I should listen to somebody who's been lying to me.
Carl: What do you mean?
Putin did it. pic.twitter.com/hKoIc2UI7E
— Club des Cordeliers (@cordeliers) September 13, 2018
The title comes from another bit of satirical self-parody from the NYT.com, August 24; Alex Jones don’t got nothin’ on these dudes, Barnes and Rosenberg:
“WASHINGTON — In 2016, American intelligence agencies delivered urgent and explicit warnings about Russia’s intentions to try to tip the American presidential election — and a detailed assessment of the operation afterward — thanks in large part to informants close to President Vladimir V. Putin and in the Kremlin who provided crucial details.
…Trump’s poodle Emmanuel Macron is promising bans on Fake News during French elections, and is about to introduce legislation allowing emergency blocks and legal actions against Fake News websites. The legislation would include increased transparency about sponsored content, including the financing; the amount of funding would be capped.
