I was downsized from a good job on 10/22/08. I was one of the 99ers. When my unemployment was ended (thanks Larry Summers) I took a very low paying job and Obama extended the Bush tax cuts. Since 18 years have passed and I became downwardly mobile, I still hold a grudge.
Last night I was shopping at my local grocery store when this gem from my youth reentered my life. youtu.be/2Ue5Nh6NJZo
February 11, 1968. While filming the promo film for "Lady Madonna," the Beatles decide to put their time to productive use and record "Hey Bulldog" a deep cut that was relegated to the Yellow Submarine soundtrack. Over the years, it has risen in popularity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4vb...
Being from Illinois, I jettisoned notions about pols being decent and classy long ago.
Cheers.
to bludgeon the Trump administration but the pictures were taken during the Obama administration. We see the same thing with the ICE funding. Democratic and Republican administrations fund ICE and record levels. Even with current events, the Democrats remain spineless.
1/2 The media has been pushing narratives my entire adult life. I’m in my sixties. The majority of non elite democrats eat this stuff up. The nostalgia for the Obamas reflects their need to feel good about their preferred political faction. Jon Favreau tweeted the picture of kids in cages
Children in a cage in a concentration camp during the Obama administration.
In a sane world, this would be considered a scandal. The fact that the majority of Americans do not feel that it is says a lot about what a sick society that we are.
Solid piece for understanding the age of neoliberalism.
This certainly wasn't on my Bingo card today. nypost.com/2026/02/02/l...
Happy Birthday to “Common Sense” & “The Age of Reason” author, Thomas Paine.
It might be useful to hold the Democrats accountable for continuing to fund ICE. Democratic leadership has refused to whip votes against the budget. Hakeem Jefferies the eyes of the world are upon you. Now this think tank wants to rebuild an institution which is unaccountable to democratic control.
Yes, and the Democratic Party will continue funding an unaccountable secret police force.
The Democrats only symbolically oppose authoritarianism, in the end, they’ll continue funding an unaccountable secret police.
Sports fans are more serious about holding their teams accountable for failure than liberals are serious about holding their Dem Party accountable for failure.
If liberals were as serious as the average sports fan, Dems long ago woulda been forced to fire their managers & change their roster.
What is the democratic Party good for? www.salon.com/2026/01/16/d...
Happy Birthday to singer and songwriter from the Bangles, Susanna Hoffs. Check out "The Real World" from their EP before they got a record deal and had the rough edges worn off.
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She should know. When her sugar mama, Karla Jurvetson said "jump," Elizabeth Warren took the $14.6 million and asked "How high?" www.politico.com/news/2020/03...
I just got my electric bill. It’s the highest ever. I can’t wait for the data center that nobody wants to be built in my hometown.
FWIW, China has already won. Trump is only accelerating America’s decline.
Let’s be honest, Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 for not being George W. Bush. His record as President was full of bombings and drone attacks.
FWIW, "enshittification" is one of my elderly father's favorite words.
There are so many elected officials who should be dressed as clowns. Of course, a constitutional amendment would necessary to rename Congress as Clown Con.
Let’s see. Joe Biden said he would veto Medicare for All and Nancy Pelosi sent Wendell Primus to assure health insurance executives that Medicare for All would never happen. It’s not like the Biden administration didn’t increase ICE funding every year.
Solid blog post. You’ve kept me on this site. I’ve got stuff to do.
Have a good one!
I must confess I had never see that live clip before.
Excellent choice. I haven’t heard that one in awhile. Thanks.
Still sounds fresh as if it came out today. The Beatles were so prolific that this deep cut was given away to the Yellow Submarine soundtrack.
