Friday, January 02, 2015
Thursday, January 01, 2015
A Little Hang Over Relief
Some Tyrant --Sarah Jarosz & Aoife O'Donovan
O Mama --Aoife O'Donavan
Fuck All The Perfect People --Chip Taylor & The New Ukrainians
Wish You Were Here --David Gilmour
Lovin' Her Was Easier --Kris Kristofferson
Little Bird --Lisa Hannigan
You Can Close Your Eyes --James Taylor w/ Carole King
O Mama --Aoife O'Donavan
Fuck All The Perfect People --Chip Taylor & The New Ukrainians
Wish You Were Here --David Gilmour
Lovin' Her Was Easier --Kris Kristofferson
Little Bird --Lisa Hannigan
You Can Close Your Eyes --James Taylor w/ Carole King
Come For The Chomsky
...stay for the Carlin.
And remember - it's not about Libs vs Cons or Red vs Blue.
It's about moderates vs extremists.
Caring about each other vs not caring about anybody.
It's about trying to live up to the notion of a more perfect union - and staying exceptional.
And remember - it's not about Libs vs Cons or Red vs Blue.
It's about moderates vs extremists.
Caring about each other vs not caring about anybody.
It's about trying to live up to the notion of a more perfect union - and staying exceptional.
Monday, December 29, 2014
UpChuck Todd Rides Again
This one's making the rounds big time, so why not pile on a little?
Todd's main "point" is that if he barks at the politicians who make statements that are obviously untrue, then those politicians won't come on the show again. As long as he doesn't call 'em on their bullshit, he'll always have a steady stream of "News Makers" on the show in order to attract lotsa viewers who'll absorb some of the enlightening messages from all those ads about Lockheed's F35 and Raytheon's new E-Surveilance Software and the killer drones from General Atomics (yes, that's a real company).
That's what makes sense now. That's what passes for reasoning. Chuck Todd doesn't want people who don't tell the truth to stop coming on his TV show.
I'm not big on arguing from a strictly binary position, but this one's kinda hard to avoid: Chuck Todd wants people to lie to us, on his show.
What exactly would be the harm in keeping liars off your show, UpChuck?
Todd's main "point" is that if he barks at the politicians who make statements that are obviously untrue, then those politicians won't come on the show again. As long as he doesn't call 'em on their bullshit, he'll always have a steady stream of "News Makers" on the show in order to attract lotsa viewers who'll absorb some of the enlightening messages from all those ads about Lockheed's F35 and Raytheon's new E-Surveilance Software and the killer drones from General Atomics (yes, that's a real company).
That's what makes sense now. That's what passes for reasoning. Chuck Todd doesn't want people who don't tell the truth to stop coming on his TV show.
I'm not big on arguing from a strictly binary position, but this one's kinda hard to avoid: Chuck Todd wants people to lie to us, on his show.
What exactly would be the harm in keeping liars off your show, UpChuck?
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Cuz - Science, Muthuhfuckuh
Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 27, 2014
And also too - it'd be kinda nice to see this happening a little more frequently back here in USAmerica Inc.
Friday, December 26, 2014
Lying Media
The DumFux News affiliate in Baltimore ran a clip that made it sound like protesters were ending their chant with "kill a cop".
And of course, it was bullshit (Hanlon's Razor notwithstanding). The station took the story down after they got a lot of push-back, and they even made with the usual "apology", saying it was accidental - which is also bullshit because you don't accidentally do a quick-cut edit unless you're trying to make the thing say something it doesn't actually say. This does not happen by accident. Somebody wanted that clip out there. Somebody OK'd that clip for air, and for posting on the website.
But it's prob'ly not gonna matter to the rubes - they got their Scary-Black-People fix and that's all anybody cares about.
In case anybody wants to know:
We won't stop
We can't stop
'Til killer cops
Are in cell blocks
And of course, it was bullshit (Hanlon's Razor notwithstanding). The station took the story down after they got a lot of push-back, and they even made with the usual "apology", saying it was accidental - which is also bullshit because you don't accidentally do a quick-cut edit unless you're trying to make the thing say something it doesn't actually say. This does not happen by accident. Somebody wanted that clip out there. Somebody OK'd that clip for air, and for posting on the website.
But it's prob'ly not gonna matter to the rubes - they got their Scary-Black-People fix and that's all anybody cares about.
In case anybody wants to know:
We won't stop
We can't stop
'Til killer cops
Are in cell blocks
Hanlon's Razor
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained in terms of stupidity.
I'll be trying a little harder to keep that in mind from now on as I try to sort my way thru some of the phenomenally idiotic political arguments that have come to be the benchmark of public discourse here in USAmerica Inc.
I'll be trying a little harder to keep that in mind from now on as I try to sort my way thru some of the phenomenally idiotic political arguments that have come to be the benchmark of public discourse here in USAmerica Inc.
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