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This edition's playlist

 

 1) Harry Styles' HARRY'S HOUSE.

 

2)  Diana Ross' THANK YOU.

 

3) The Pretenders' THE SINGLES.

 

4) Chrissie Hynde's STOCKHOLM.  

 

5) Diana Ross' THE BOSS

 

6) Rod Stewart's OUT OF ORDER.

 

7) George Ezra's GOLD RUSH KID.

 

8) Aretha Franklin's WHO'S ZOOMIN' WHO?

9) Adele's 30. 

 

10) Chase Rice's THE ALBUM.

 

 

Highlights

This piece is written by Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude, Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix, Kat of Kat's Korner, Betty of Thomas Friedman is a Great Man, Mike of Mikey Likes It!, Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz, Ruth of Ruth's Report, Marcia of SICKOFITRADLZ, Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends, Ann of Ann's Mega Dub, Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts and Wally of The Daily Jot. Unless otherwise noted, we picked all highlights. 

 

"As climate change harms Iraq, they remain governme..." -- most requested highlight by readers of this site.  

 

"Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Miss Moqtada E..." and  "Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "The Question"" -- Isaiah's latest comics.

  

 

"BECOMING RICHARD PRYOR," "Books" and "The Comic Book History of Animation: True Toon Tales of the Most Iconic Characters, Artists and Styles!" -- Ruth and Isaiah on books.

"Spicy Taco Soup in the Kitchen" and "Best Black-Eyed Pea Bruschette in the Kitchen" -- Trina serves up two recipes.

 

  "Iraq snapshot,"  "Iraq snapshot,"  "Iraq snapshot,"  "Iraq snapshot," "Iraq snapshot," "Julian," "Cuba," "Joe's a failure and no US president needs attend Liz's funeral (she never attended their funerals)," "In a country where Congress screws the worker, we need Will Lehman," "Isaiah, House Democrats, Phil Butland," "Graham Elwood, Lee Camp and David Lindorff," "An old rich bitch died after destroying lives -- forgive me for not sobbing," "Music, Sam Pizzigati and MONARCH," "Graham Elwood, Mickey Z and Iraq," "Don Lemon, Judge Judy, the Supreme Court," "Jen Psaki is a liar, an idiot or a whore," "DoorDash and Third," "Sotomayor," "Hellbenders," "Jimmy Kimmel needs to be held accountable," "The Moon and other things in space," "Science grab bag," "Glad he got demoted," "Unlike the Green Party, Howie Hawkins keeps working," "Howie," "Revolutionary Blackout = the White bunny with a ca...," "The Bidens have no family values -- only greed," "Stop using my tax dollars to protect Hunter Biden," "Oswald's Raleigh Call : Dr. Grover Proctor. Jr.," "Gasoline," "Joe Biden's the bastard -- Biden family values," "Joe Biden sewing conflict intentionally," "Jonathan Turley on Hillary's e-mails, Ava and C.I....," "the ugly," "time for some anti-trust action"  and "THIS JUST IN! FAT JOKES FROM AMERICA'S PRINCESS!,"  "The Fat Shaming Meghan McCain," "Meghan McCain, you do not have the right to self-harm" and "Oh, Meghan" -- news coverage in the community.

 

 

 

"dynasty's 2nd to last new episode," "party girl," "i want to dump a glass of cold water on my daughter's head," "Jackee Harry is a class act," "DO REVENGE, Flabby Viola, Sally Field and THE FLYING NUN," "Upcoming films," "The Emmys, Viola Davis more courtroom than action hero," "Jean-Luc Godard," "Shame on the lazy ass studios" and "I'll stand with Rosie" -- TV and film coverage in the community.

 

 "Chase Rice," "Carly Simon's classic," "Demi Lovato, Bathory, Lil Nas X, Chase Rice," "Robbie Williams and Crypt Keeper James Taylor," "Harry Styles, stay out of US elections" and "PnB Rock" -- music coverage in the community.

 

 

 

 

Truest statement of the week

It is a political dictum that opponents should be attacked and not voters. Hillary Clinton’s pre-election remark about “deplorables” didn’t help her get out the vote in swing states where she most needed them. Biden diverges from traditional political discourse out of desperation so acute that he repeats Hillary’s failed course of action.

He is allowed to spew subpar propaganda because he has no opposition within the democratic party. The so-called progressives stand down when they are told to do so. They are window dressing within window dressing who are allowed to post platitudes on Twitter and fool democrats into thinking they have champions in congress. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley can even tell an obvious lie that Biden canceled student loan debt and emerge unscathed. Neither she nor other members of “the Squad” or the Congressional Black Caucus have anything to fear when they go along to get along.

They would think twice about joining in the beat down if they feared the voters. Unfortunately most democratic voters have been indoctrinated into thinking that voicing any concerns with their party leadership will lead to republican victory. Black voters are once again caught in what they see as an insurmountable trap of defending democrats regardless of what they do or fail to do.

But that twisted thinking needs to stop. The liberation movement is uplifted at every possible moment yet its real significance, sustained opposition to political power, is rarely mentioned. There is no reason to accept crumbs and thus continue snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. There is no trap for Black or any other democratic voters if they show some determination to speak out when they are being conned.

 

-- Margaret Kimberley, "Biden's MAGA Obsession Won't Help Democrats" (BLACK AGENDA REPORT). 

 

 

A note to our readers

Hey -- 

Monday.   

Let's thank all who participated this edition which includes Dallas and the following:


The Third Estate Sunday Review's Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess and Ava,
Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude,\

Betty of Thomas Friedman Is a Great Man,

C.I. of The Common Ills and The Third Estate Sunday Review,
Kat of Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills),
Mike of Mikey Likes It!,
Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz),
Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix,
Ruth of Ruth's Report,
Wally of The Daily Jot,
Trina of Trina's Kitchen, 

Marcia of SICKOFITRDLZ,
Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends,
Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts,
and Ann of Ann's Mega Dub.

And what did we come up with? 

• Truest statement of the week

Margaret Kimberley

• IRaQ Evening Update WTO Here We Go

Iraq video

• TV: Jen Psaki isn't capable of explaining what's g...

Ava and C.I. tackle the whore.

• THE VIEW needs to stop causing climate change

Why are they letting her fly from Florida to NYC twice a week?  With global warming that's completely unneeded.

• Olivia Wilde created her own backlash (Ava and C.I.)

Second Ava and C.I. piece.

• Immigration

We're either all in it together or we aren't.

• Jim's Corner

Musings by me.

• Useful Idiots Monday Mourning with Katie Halper an...

Video.

• TV: Stop blaming negative responses to your own fa...

Ava and C.I.'s third piece.

• From The TESR Test Kitchen

Regular feature.

• Tweet of the week

Margaret Kimberley.

• This edition's playlist

What we listened to while writing.

Peace,


-- Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and C.I.

 

 

 

 

 

IRaQ Evening Update WTO Here We Go

 

TV: Jen Psaki isn't capable of explaining what's going on to others

The US needs more news outlets and it doesn't.  That's a reality that has only become more true as the term "news outlets" -- it's not elastic -- has been stretched to include public affairs programs, talk shows and even hate sites like the always ridiculous RAW STORY which has refashioned itself into a Trump Stalker.  

 

 

 

There are real issues to cover.  Too many of the emerging news 'outlets' have cast themselves as partisan organs and mistaken partisan attacks for news.

New York state has a polio problem.  If you're every utterance is about how awful Donald Trump is, you really don't have time to cover that, do you?  Or Monkeypox or the continuing COVID 19 pandemic.  You might have made time, for example, when Donald Trump was in office to cover the crumbling US infrastructure but with Joe Biden sworn in as president, you lost all interest.  That doesn't really help anyone.

News outlets are not 'turn out the vote' organizations.  So be wary when you encounter partisanship from an organization insisting that they are a news outlet.

We bring all this up because of John Dickerson and Jen Psaki.  John comes from a journalistic family (Nancy Dickerson, his mother, was a trailblazer).  He has worked for SLATE and TIME and been with CBS NEWS for some time -- hosting CBS MORNING NEWS and FACE THE NATION during his tenure.  He is infamous in the age of fluff and softball for asking difficult questions of both Democratic and Republican politicians.  He has been appointed the anchor of CBS NEWS PRIME TIME -- which is streaming on the PARAMOUNT+ streaming service.

We've enjoyed watching the show unfold.  It's not a lefty paradise.  We'd love that.  But it's a news program and one going to great pains to hold everyone accountable.  Which is what a news program should do.  As a general rule, we wait before reviewing a daily show -- news or talk -- unless it's a limited series -- because it is going to grow and evolve as it goes along.  (USEFUL IDIOTS is an example of that.  Aaron Mate took awhile but he warmed up on camera and is now a solid co-host for Katie Halper.)  We do applaud John for his work so far.  

We have no applause for Jen Psaki.  

And she hasn't even stepped into  the sewer that is MSNBC yet.

Years ago, FAIR used to be a lefty outlet.  It always leaned Democrat but it was more to the left.  Funding issues brought in line with the other party organs.  These days the only real 'independence' it shows is during a primary when they clobber one Democrat to promote another one.  That can lead to ridiculous moments such as 2016 when they were trying to drum up support for Hillary Clinton -- the candidate that they had trashed in 2007 and 2008.  In fact, as we noted in real time, 'media watchdog' FAIR used their radio program COUNTERSPIN to defend Barack Obama week after week while only defending Hillary from biased media attacks once -- when she was called a 'bitch' on a supposed news program -- and then it was a one sentence 'defense' that didn't even bother to name the person calling her that name.  Their sudden allegiance to her in 2016 was laughable as a result.

But back when FAIR pretended to be independent (they weren't), they'd do things like call out outlets who hired people who cheered on the Iraq War and got it all wrong.  This call out, however, never extended to, for example, MOTHER JONES which could have hired any number of bloggers who called out the Iraq War but instead went with pro-war idiot Kevin Drum.  They did a lot of things that just exposed them as rank hypocrites and that included calling out the revolving door that allowed government employees to become press and vice versa.  

There's a reason this shouldn't happen.  The press is supposed to be independent.  

Jen Psaki is a dishonest person.  She was the mouthpiece for various campaigns and politicians before becoming attached as a press secretary to the Obama White House.  She would return as the White House press secretary under Joe Biden.

Her remarks are lies.  She lied on a daily basis. She was especially pathetic when attempting to dance and dodge on Hunter Biden's laptop.  Back in October and November of 2020, Jen was able to lie because the press was helping her lie and insisting it was Russian propaganda.  They all rode the high horse -- especially NPR's ombudsperson.  But the laptop was real.  POLITICO was the first to verify this (2021).  THE WASHINGTON POST and THE NEW YORK TIMES would follow. 

Jen would lie still.

And that's rather sad for a grown woman but she worked for the White House -- so lying was a natural pose for her.

And we didn't spend a lot of time focusing on her (here or at THE COMMON ILLS) but now she's going to be a member of the press?  She needs to get accountable for her public lies if she wants anyone to trust her.

But she doesn't want to be accountable and she doesn't intend to do news because news is beyond her.

She's already demonstrated that.

Jen insists her business is not rage and that she has a "passion" for "explaining things, debunking things, calling out BS."  Furthermore:

She also called it "bizarre" that many found President Biden’s recent speech in Philadelphia partisan, suggesting that "there’s a tactical component of what he’s saying publicly…but it’s not a reflection of a change in his view."

A number of people were offended by Joe's Philadelphia speech.  This included veterans who called out Joe's use of Marines as props for his political speech.  It also included many Republicans, a number of Democrats and others.  That she thinks it is 'bizarre'' goes to how she has nothing to offer.  She's either lying again -- spinning for her politician of choice -- or she's a stupid idiot.  

Kipp Jones (MEDIAITE) notes:

The Washington Post reported Friday that ABC, CBS, and NBC all declined to carry President Joe Biden’s Thursday remarks because they were viewed as too “political.”

The Post also reported after viewing the speech beforehand, Biden’s criticism of former President Donald Trump was a turnoff to networks that aired reruns and a game show.

Even the networks saw a problem but Jen's clueless and finds it "bizarre."  This is someone who can offer news or analysis?  

She can't see what most people can and she's an 'expert' to bring on the air?

No, she's just a spinmeister.  

We wondered what kind of a show Jen would bring to MSNBC and we were planning to review it.  Now?  We're going to take a pass.  When her former boss gives a divisive speech and she can't understand why some might take offense, it's clear that she's got nothing to offer but spin.  

Life is too short.  That's a reality that will probably only come to Jen on her death bed, when it's far too late for her to change the way she wasted her life -- and, yes, whoring for a political party is wasting your life.

THE VIEW needs to stop causing climate change

PEOPLE magazine reports:

After nearly a decade of appearing on The View, Ana Navarro was named a permanent co-host last month for season 26. But just because she'll be on the show in a more defined role doesn't mean she'll be relocating to the Big Apple anytime soon.

"Every New Yorker I know has moved to Miami. You think I'm crazy enough to be the only Miamian who moves to New York?" Navarro, 50, tells PEOPLE with a laugh. "No, I am not moving to New York City. My husband and I live in Miami, I have a life that I love there. I have way too much going on there to give up."

Instead, Navarro says she'll "do what so many other professional do" and commute to work — though an airplane is involved in her case.

"I'm going to fly back and forth, twice a week, as I did most of last season," she says, in an interview coincidentally conducted as she heads to the airport after a show. "It's four planes a week, but it's worth it to be able to balance my work life and my personal life."

Well is it worth it to the planet?  ABC needs to figure out whether she can remote in?  If she can't, they need to let her go.  Florida to Miami and back four times a week?  No.  That's destroying our environment and a grown woman should be ashamed of herself for thinking a 'commute' to work is flying from Florida to Miami regularly.  Remote her in or she moves to the area.  Otherwise, she needs to be dumped.  We need to all be doing our part to tackle climate change.