The Widdershins

Happy Weekend Widdershins!

How is everybody doing? Please continue to take care of yourselves – Covid-19 isn’t gone. While some places are beginning to “open up” again (assuming they ever closed), the danger remains. A nurse friend tells me their hospital in NYC anticipates a second wave in the Fall, if not sooner. Considering how careless everybody is, it may well be sooner. So, as Mad-Eye Moody alway said in Harry Potter: “CONSTANT VIGILANCE!!!!”

Madama B wrote about Tara Reade in her last post and I agree whole-heartedly: I believe Joe. And Reade’s story is disintegrating before our eyes. That’s what happens when real journalists started to look into her story. Major coverage from PBS NewsHour (who interviewed over 70 former Biden staffers) and Politico (who dug into Reade’s trail of paranoia and hurt friends), this is probably why last year Washington Post reporters looked at the story and chose not to pursue. Journalistic principles are meaningless to hacks like Katie Halper and Ryan Grim of The Intercept. And so here we are. Reade is probably a damaged person and she got taken for a ride and exploited by Halper and Grim. What a disgrace. There are many who fell for it too; people like Chris Hayes and Rebecca Traister. As Bill Maher said: “Believe Women” was never sustainable when we are talking about billions of people. And many Democrats woke themselves into a corner. It’s a shame.

(Oh and Juanitta Broadrick: She believes Tara Reade. She does not believe a single of the 25 accusations against Donald Trump. So take that for what it’s worth.)

But here we are. I have no musical theme for us today. It’s a free for all! Post whatever you like, but only with a face mask on and 6 feet apart!

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Happy Weekend Widdershins!

I know you’re still with us because nobody here drank bleach to cure COVID-19. We will no doubt start hearing of some cases where they did inject bleach into their bodies. And you know, I just can’t bring myself to even pretend to care about these people anymore. I just can’t wait for November when we – HOPEFULLY – kick Dump/tRump/Drump/Orange Turd-Mango and his entire evil family out. Oh and Mitch McTurtle too. I look forward to a day I can spit and pee on their graves. They don’t deserve to rest in peace.

On a completely unrelated note! Last week I posted a clip to a musical excerpt that immediately whooshed me back to my childhood: the trump melody was used as the theme song for Soviet news in the 1980s. But that doesn’t mean it’s not a good tune! The composer was a great composer and deserves to be remembered for better things.

That propulsive piano is fun too – here’s a video of just the hands playing the piano part.

And then I kept doing a deep dive into more childhood nostalgia. There was this melody used as the theme song for a nature show called “Animal Kingdom” that we always watched. I never knew what that melody was, but it had stayed with me for decades. So I turned to Google! It was a Paul Mauriat arrangement of a French chanson. No wait, further Google informed me that the French chanson used a melody composed by an Argentinian composer Ariel Ramírez for his Navidad Fuestra in 1964.

The French chanson, “Alouette” by Gilles Dreu, stealing shamelessly from the original:

And the original:

And here’s the opening graphic of “Animal Kingdom” (В Мире Животных) with Mauriat’s arrangement.

So your musical challenge this weekend? Give us two versions of the same thing!

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Happy Lazy Weekend Widdershins!

I hope everyone is taking care of themselves, not just from Covid-19, but also mentally and emotionally. It’s a tough time, we’re stuck at home with our own thoughts and kitchen appliances, and a barrage of bad news on TV. At least Bernie suspended his campaign. Of course, he still employs his vile spokeswoman and Jill Stein voter Briahna Joy Gray who is having daily meltdowns on twitter yelling at Joe Biden. And Bernie is ok with it, that she attacks the presumptive nominee on his campaign’s dime. Which supposedly is $13,000 a month. Nice job if you can get it and all you have to do is troll people like Neera Tanden on twitter with insults and lies! I’m mad because I’m jealous I didn’t get that job.

Anyway, what’s your mind? Speak freely, we are a judgment free zone. Unless you’re a Bernie supporter.

Welcome to the weekend Widdershins!

What a mess everything is. I mean…everything is terrible. And our Orange Leader is, well, you know. So – let’s try to lift each other’s spirits up a bit! Post something – a song, a clip from a movie, a poem, whatever – that makes you smile!

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