Kathy Hokul just said on All In with Chris Hayes that Elise Stefanik is “full of shit.”

California Proposition 50 passed! Yeeee Haaaaa!

Lance Henriksen’s performance in “Falling” is stunning. His timing is impeccable. His delivery is genius.

Sam Kineson and Carol Burnett

Joanie Ernst needs to resign and seek professional mental healthcare.

Medi-Cal.

My congressman just voted to raise the federal deficit by $5T. But he spends his time bitching about our Governor wasting money on Medical.

“There is this quality, in things, of the right way seeming wrong at first”—John Updike

Ambassador. Rufus Gifford’s post about JD Vance’s disgusting remarks about Denmark is spot on.

“Joyfully the mobs accepted the name, took up the cry: Simpletons! Yes, yes! I’m a simpleton! Are you a simpleton? We’ll build a town and we’ll name it Simple Town, because by then all the smart bastards that caused all this, they’ll be dead! Simpletons! Let’s go!”—A Canticle for Leibowitz

“God, what have you done?
You're a pink pony girl
And you dance at the club
Oh mama, I'm just having fun
On the stage in my heels
It's where I belong down at the
Pink Pony Club”

An excellent read for those interested in the psychology of America: Regeneration through Violence, by Richard Slotkin.

“Mrs May winced. She thought the word, Jesus, should be kept inside the church building like other words inside the bedroom. She was a good Christian woman with a large respect for religion, though she did not, of course, believe any of it was true.”

All performance all the time.

I used to think Lindsey Graham was just a self-serving politician. Today I realized he’s just an old queen jealous that his former sugar daddy has a new boyfriend.

Thank you for the 5 years of joyful coverage. Rest up and come back stronger!

YouTube video by TopPop Tina Charles - I Love To Love (1976) • TopPop

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And now number 3 in Alaska.

Looks like number 2 just happened. Jet crash in Philadelphia. And on the same day that the T administration has decided to gut the FBI.

I agree. Don’t make life easy for them. Make them work to get rid of you. You might just be surprised by your strength of character.

YouTube video by Elton John - Topic The Bitch Is Back (Remastered 1995)

What I listened to on 1/20/2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGo6...

The DC air collision is national disaster number 1. Let’s hope disasters don’t come in 3s.

YouTube video by The Best Of - Home Of Classic Music Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction

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What I love about the song, This Kiss, is the syncopation.

This week Biden is still the President of the United States.

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They.

Some of us septuagenarians have always been on our own. What makes this night different from other nights?

Agree.

Mark Cuban is a strong protector of our democracy. He is clear sighted, intellectually gifted and fair minded. I’m proud to have him actively advocating for the “American experiment.” We need more heroes like Mr Cuban.

Gino!