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Lazy Weekend
Posted on: April 20, 2019
Happy Weekend Widdershins!
Well, the Mueller report was released with some massive reductions. But even ignoring the redacted parts, William Barr lied his ass off in the original letter and then in his press conference. Trump is guilty of obstruction of justice, even if Mueller wants to leave the details to Congress. The only person exonerated by the report was Hillary Clinton, frankly. But we already knew that.
Anyway, Barr lied and Democrats in the House should impeach him. Get that sonofabitch outta there!
Our musical themes are: Liar, Leave Us Alone and GTFOH (that’s Get The Fudge Outta Here.)
Lazy Weekend
Posted on: April 14, 2019
Happy Weekend Widdershins!
Our Fredster is having computer troubles. Let us hope for a quick reboot on that front!
I’m feeling a bit in the dumps again because of all the craziness going on. But I don’t want to bring everyone else down for the weekend, so let’s do the opposite! Music that makes you happy, puts a smile on your face! Doesn’t have to be music; could be a comedy routine. Whatever it is.
Lazy Weekend: Control+Z
Posted on: March 30, 2019
Happy Weekend Widdershins!!!
I know I’m mostly MIA these days, but fear not, I’m around. How’s everybody doing?
One interesting thing happened since MB’s post on William Barr’s letter trying to save Trump’s ass “NO COLLUSION!” is that late on Friday William Barr sent another letter (dude likes to write letters). This time he says he will submit the full 400-page Mueller Report, with redactions that they are working on now, that they currently do not intend to submit the Report to the White House for approval beforehand. (Chair of the House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler has said he rejects Barr’s timeline and expects to have the full un-redacted report in a few days. Stay tuned for how that works out…)
But the funnest part of Barr’s 2nd missive was this:
Oh…….how interesting. This is, of course, disingenuous. The original letter was presented as a summary of the Mueller Report and certainly every pathetic reporter who has been presenting it as such. Trump and all the Republican have been using it that way. Barr’s need to correct the record on that suggests that the Mueller Report does not quite exonerate Trump the way Barr wanted us to believe. So we see-saw up and down up and down I’ve got whiplash ya’ll!
And on that note, William Barr trying to un-do, re-do, walk-back, try again, “oops did I do that?” his first letter is our musical inspiration for the weekend.
Lazy Weekend
Posted on: March 9, 2019
Happy Weekend Widdershins!
What’s the latest news with everyone? What do we think about the latest news? Bloomberg has, fortunately, said he won’t run for President and will pump millions into the campaign to help Democrats. Good for him. Biden is likely to not be that prescient; he’s going to run, I’m sure of it. Whether or not he can win – well, the media (namely K-File on CNN, a muckraking team that digs through old media and social media to find those 20 year old tweets and interviews that will bury you today) has been digging up a lot of Biden’s old speeches about the crime bill. They’re not good. What it means for Biden from the black community only time will tell.
Speaking of time, that’s our theme for this weekend! Time-related songs, poems, paintings – whatever art you desire.
Lazy Weekend
Posted on: February 24, 2019
Well, this weekend has been a shitshow so far! What with the attacks on Diane Feinstein for not letting a bunch of coached child-sized protestors, basically like suicide bombers indoctrinated into yelling at people to get your way by their parents, take her for a ride. The shocking thing has been not the Alt-Left attacking Feinstein, that’s par for the course, but how many of the reasonable Democrats threw Feinstein right out of a speeding train: people like Rebecca Traister and Brian Fallon. No seriously, these idiots decided Feinstein is not serious about climate change (!) because she doesn’t support AOC’s 12 page memo about farting cows called The Green New Deal. Ugh, it was an informative day as I unfollowed a bunch of turncoats on Twitter, people who are obviously not trustworthy in a fight because they’ll stab you in the back the moment it’s convenient for them.
As far as Feinstein, I wager her legacy is quite secure. And she said what she said to those kids (the horror of it when she offered one of them an internship!) So our musical theme is: I SAID WHAT I SAID, NO APOLOGIES, NO REGRETS, I’M NOT SORRY, DEAL WITH IT. This, naturally, leads me to Madonna.
Happy Weekend Widdershins!
What a wild year it’s been! I’m glad it’s almost over. The speed of news is just so fast, the noise of life for the past few years has just been insane. What I miss most… is the silence. The sweet sound of no news! The sweet silence that greeted that Mike Pence when he triumphantly announced greetings from Donald Trump to a security conference in Munich… Enjoy the silence.
There were no MAGAts in that audience obviously. And Pence was not entirely prepared for that.
So our theme for this weekend: silence. Or sounds that make you tune out all the noise of our current mess and enjoy the moment.
My good friend Lisette Oropesa singing perhaps my favorite opera aria of all: “Deh vieni, non tardar” from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro.
I Hope You Liked 2016…
Posted on: February 13, 2019
Lyndon LaRouche has died. Does anyone care? I honestly have no opinion on the man; he was way before my time, certainly before my time in the US. I see many on the Alt-Left, like the insufferable bore Matt Bruenig, mourning his passing. This sentence from LaRouche’s Wiki page explains why: “LaRouche’s critics have said that he had “fascistic tendencies”, took positions on the far right, and created disinformation.”
Of actual relevance to the world, the 2020 election is in full swing. Republicans have Trump. No serious contender will challenge him. Jeff Flake once made some noises that resembled the desire to run, but he did the most Flake thing ever: flaked out. The Democratic field, on the other hand, is filling up with a big slate of Big Names who will be competing for dollars and attention: Harris, Gillibrand, Warren, Klobuchar, Booker. And, inevitably, Biden, Sharrod Brown, Bernie. NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has suggested he’s exploring a Presidential run. (He shouldn’t bother. NYC barely likes him.) Bloomberg is still contemplating, though my guess is he will ultimately decide not to run. That nut-job from Hawaii will probably end up being Green Party candidate. Pelosi-foe Seth Moulton says he’s considering a run also; yeah, LOL, ok Seth, you do you. Am I missing anybody? I’m sure I must be.
The campaign so far is off to a predictable start. Kirsten Gillibrand has already had her first scandal: “But her fried chicken-gate!” At a campaign stop fried chicken was served. Gillibrand first reached for a fork and knife. Upon seeing others dig in with their hands, she queried out loud if she should do the same and then proceeded to eat like everyone else. This is a scandal now. NY Times reporters like Jonathan Martin snarkily wondered if Gillibrand has ever eaten fried chicken before. Gillibrand is no longer authentic and nobody can ever take her seriously. Eating fried chicken with fork and knife is unheard- of and will likely sink her’s chances. Elizabeth Warren is on her 2nd year of “But her heritage!” scandal. Mark my words, this scandal will not go away until Warren drops out of the race. The media will not let it die. It’s too important to keep litigating it because Trump will keep saying racist things. That’s why the media won’t let it die. They want Trump to keep saying racist things so they can make money covering it.
Meanwhile in Trumplandia, at his most recent rally in El Paso, a Trumpkin attacked a BBC cameraman after Trump led his latest “fake news” chant. Let’s be honest, it won’t change how Trump talks and it won’t change how the media continues to cover Trump: with rose-colored glasses. The political media wants Trump to win. It means sales and clicks and ratings. They will roast Democrats like they always do and shrug off Trump’s insanity. Gird your loins, Widdershins. I hope you liked the 2016 campaign because we’re about to get another like it, if not worse. The train has left the station and it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
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