Sep 8, 2019
Remastered
OK, kids - headphones on for this one so you get the full effect.
Ringo's drumming.
Paul's bass work.
With John and George putting the lie to "minimalism" - showing us that it doesn't mean "I really can't play worth a damn so I'll make up some bullshit term for it".
And the backing vocals? Holy fuck.
Ringo's drumming.
Paul's bass work.
With John and George putting the lie to "minimalism" - showing us that it doesn't mean "I really can't play worth a damn so I'll make up some bullshit term for it".
And the backing vocals? Holy fuck.
Sep 7, 2019
Collaboration
Natasha Bertrand & Bryan Bender reported on a little weirdness:
Politico:
In early Spring of this year, an Air National Guard crew made a routine trip from the U.S. to Kuwait to deliver supplies.
What wasn’t routine was where the crew stopped along the way: President Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort, about 50 miles outside Glasgow, Scotland.
Since April, the House Oversight Committee has been investigating why the crew on the C-17 military transport plane made the unusual stay — both en route to the Middle East and on the way back — at the luxury waterside resort, according to several people familiar with the incident. But they have yet to receive any answers from the Pentagon.
The inquiry is part of a broader, previously unreported probe into U.S. military expenditures at and around the Trump property in Scotland. According to a letterthe panel sent to the Pentagon in June, the military has spent $11 million on fuel at the Prestwick Airport — the closest airport to Trump Turnberry — since October 2017, fuel that would be cheaper if purchased at a U.S. military base. The letter also cites a Guardian report that the airport provided cut-rate rooms and free rounds of golf at Turnberry for U.S. military members.
Taken together, the incidents raise the possibility that the military has helped keep Trump’s Turnberry resort afloat — the property lost $4.5 million in 2017, but revenue went up $3 million in 2018.
“The Defense Department has not produced a single document in this investigation,” said a senior Democratic aide on the oversight panel. “The committee will be forced to consider alternative steps if the Pentagon does not begin complying voluntarily in the coming days.”
The Pentagon, Air Force and White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Politico:
What wasn’t routine was where the crew stopped along the way: President Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort, about 50 miles outside Glasgow, Scotland.
Since April, the House Oversight Committee has been investigating why the crew on the C-17 military transport plane made the unusual stay — both en route to the Middle East and on the way back — at the luxury waterside resort, according to several people familiar with the incident. But they have yet to receive any answers from the Pentagon.
The inquiry is part of a broader, previously unreported probe into U.S. military expenditures at and around the Trump property in Scotland. According to a letterthe panel sent to the Pentagon in June, the military has spent $11 million on fuel at the Prestwick Airport — the closest airport to Trump Turnberry — since October 2017, fuel that would be cheaper if purchased at a U.S. military base. The letter also cites a Guardian report that the airport provided cut-rate rooms and free rounds of golf at Turnberry for U.S. military members.
Taken together, the incidents raise the possibility that the military has helped keep Trump’s Turnberry resort afloat — the property lost $4.5 million in 2017, but revenue went up $3 million in 2018.
“The Defense Department has not produced a single document in this investigation,” said a senior Democratic aide on the oversight panel. “The committee will be forced to consider alternative steps if the Pentagon does not begin complying voluntarily in the coming days.”
The Pentagon, Air Force and White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
These guys need to hear from us:
@DeptofDefense
@SecArmy
@secnav76
@usairforce
When the CinC starts giving unlawful orders, and the rank and file obey them, we're in a crisis that's deeper than we feared just a little while ago.
This Just In
The Onion's reporting on Marianne Moonglow:
SACRAMENTO, CA—After reviewing responses to her post, Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson deleted a tweet Wednesday that suggested people use their minds to turn Hurricane Dorian away from land, and later told reporters the nation was not yet ready to harness such awesome powers.
SACRAMENTO, CA—After reviewing responses to her post, Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson deleted a tweet Wednesday that suggested people use their minds to turn Hurricane Dorian away from land, and later told reporters the nation was not yet ready to harness such awesome powers.
“I wholeheartedly apologize for implying that untrained minds should use mental energy blasts to deter any object, hurricane or otherwise,” said the self-help guru, noting that she had miscalculated the willingness and ability of average citizens to access the part of their brain that allows for weather manipulation, levitation of objects, and telekinesis. “If used with malicious intent, this type of power could, for example, cause the Earth’s rotation to reverse, taking us back in time and potentially ripping apart the space-time continuum. All life on the planet could be wiped out if someone tried to harness a psionic beam while holding a crystal. It is now clear to me that Americans will not be prepared to assume such responsibility for quite some time, perhaps not until my second term.”
Sources confirmed Williamson’s tweet was replaced by an ad for her latest seminar, “Your Mind, the Weather, and You,” and an offer to use the code “LOVE” at checkout for a discounted ticket price of $199.
Overheard:
Williamson is being forced out of the Democratic primary because liberals are saying mean things about her - which means we're gonna lose the Space Alien Vote.
Way to go, stoopid libtards.
BTW, be sure to watch for Ms Williamson's next book - anticipated to be a mega-blockbuster - "How To Kick The Self-Help Habit". Pre-order now for only $69.99 at WaldenBooks.
BTW, be sure to watch for Ms Williamson's next book - anticipated to be a mega-blockbuster - "How To Kick The Self-Help Habit". Pre-order now for only $69.99 at WaldenBooks.
Sep 6, 2019
Don't Get Happy
I'll take a nickel for every time somebody's tried to patronize me with something like -
"Oh, Mike - you're so angry..."
or
"Geez, how can you live your life with such hatred in your heart?"
or
"Man, you gotta lighten up - you're gonna give yourself a stroke..."
or
"Don't you just get tired of being so upset about everything all day every day?"
My main question in response is: Why would I not make every possible sacrifice in defense of my country?
No - I'm not tired at all - not even close.
- I will stay angry.
- I will maintain this healthy level of outrage.
- I will not normalize an illegitimate presidency.
- I will not be silent in the face of racism and other attempts to Divide-n-Conquer.
- I will not accede to a president who is corrupt and morally bereft.
- I will not stop defending democracy.
- I will not stop resisting efforts to replace our form of self-government with plutocracy.
- I will not stop telling the Daddy State to fuck off.
hat tip = @ananavarro
Sep 5, 2019
Could Get Interesting
The Hill:
Survivors of a mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart have filed a lawsuit against the mega-retailer, claiming the Aug. 3 attack that left 22 people dead could have been prevented.
Jessica and Guillermo Garcia were both shot multiple times while they were shopping with their children, The El Paso Times reported Wednesday.
- and -
In their suit filed against Walmart Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Texas LLC on Aug. 30, the family is not asking for monetary compensation, The El Paso Times reported. Instead, they are demanding to know why Walmart did not have armed security or measures to prevent the shooting.
"I don’t know the answers to this, but I definitely think that if they had armed security there, this would have turned out different,” said Don Coca, father of Jessica Garcia, told the newspaper. “They (Walmart) could have prevented it. There are a lot of things that could have been done differently.”
It also reportedly accuses Walmart officials of gross negligence for failing to have safety measures in place.
“It was the responsibility of Wal-Mart to provide security to the premises due to the capacity of patrons at the premises. Despite the crowd at the premises on the day of the shooting, Wal-Mart failed to provide security guards to protect the patrons at the premises," the lawsuit obtained by the outlet states.
If WalMart loses this, then we have another way to attack the problems of gun violence - by enlisting the support of the big corporations.
There are no companies out there looking to lose clients because consumers fear for their safety in public places. Once the cost/benefit calculus tips in favor of regular normal people, things could change at a fairly brisk pace.
It'll also be interesting to see more of the fight that the NRA stupidly picked with WalMart over the retailer's decision to stop selling handguns and certain types of ammo.
Like The Dog He His
That's great, Steve - now do Flint.
BTW - the transcripts of the sworn testimony of more than a couple of immigrant detainees (aka: brown people being held in our concentration camps) very explicitly state that the sinks they referred to were not functional.
As AOC put it - "Apparently some of our members didn't finish the reading assignment."
In my own estimation, it just means Steve King lied.
But then, Steve King is a White Nationalist Republican Asshole, so pointing out that he's a liar is redundant. Shit - pretty much that whole sentence is redundant.
Sorry about that.
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