Monday, June 19, 2017

Oh, the irony...

Ironic Times

Pence Downplays Hiring Own Lawyer
Pooh-poohs Priebus interviewing bail bondsmen.
Trump Tells Mayor of Virginia Island Threatened by Sea Rise Not to Worry
“Move to a higher floor,” he advises.
Fox News Drops “Fair and Balanced” Slogan After Years of Mockery
It's now “The President's Tweets Start Here.”
Ted Nugent Says He's Cutting Out All Angry Political Rants
From now on he'll just sit and stew and let it build up inside.
I hope he explodes...

Saturday, June 17, 2017

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Published on Jun 14, 2017
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Emmylou Harris - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Buddy Miller - electric guitar, backing vocals
Daryl Johnson - electric bass, backing vocals
Brady Blade - drums, backing vocals,
Julie Miller - backup vocals

Thanks to Rare Tracks.

Monday, June 12, 2017

Oh, the irony...

Ironic Times

“NOBODY MOVE OR THE PRESIDENT GETS IT”
Trump threatens to shoot himself if FBI, Congress don't drop collusion, obstruction investigations.
UK Elections: Conservatives Suffer Big Losses, Lose Majority
To maintain control, Theresa May will have to form a coalition party with Lord Buckethead.
White House: Trump's Tweets Considered “Official Statements”
Not “rants of a delusional man in his dotage.”
Nation Riveted as Comey Testifies About Trump Meetings
Meanwhile, Congress removes restrictions on corporations, overturns Dodd-Frank, shreds environmental regulations.
Well, the site used to be irony. Appears, like The Onion, that irony and satire are deader'n a carp and they've gone to straight news.

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Oh, the irony...

Ironic Times

COMEY TESTIMONY BOMBSHELL
Under oath, will confirm Trump crazy as a loon, should be in mental institution.
White House Intrigue: Jared Kushner Losing Influence to Steve Bannon
Rex Tillerson losing influence to Ted Nugent.
United Arab Emirates Plans City for 600,000 on Mars By 2117
Built by migrant workers from Venus.
Trump Campaign Offering Donors “Big League Box” of Assorted Trump Products
Everything from used neckties to rancid steaks.

Saturday, June 3, 2017

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Published on May 11, 2017
Emmylou Harris Live Full Concert 2017 HD

Thanks to Helen M. Thomas.

Monday, May 29, 2017

Oh, the irony...

Ironic Times

In Phone Call, Trump Praises Philippines President Duterte for His War on Drugs
Says it could serve as model for his own War on Leaks.
Fox News Finishes Behind CNN, MSNBC Among Viewers 25-54
Still No. 1 among viewers 85-110.
Trump Budget Projects Current $585 Million Deficit Will Become $16 Billion Surplus
Driven by success of Flying Pig sector.
After Studying 23,000 Folk Tunes, “Bot Dylan” Computer Program Writes New Folk Songs
Then adds electric guitars.

Saturday, May 27, 2017

Monday, May 22, 2017

Oh. the irony...

Ironic Times

TRUMP, IN SAUDI ARABIA, RECEIVES ORDER OF ABDULAZIZ AL-SAUD MEDAL, KINGDOM'S HIGHEST HONOR
Last person to receive it: Osama bin Laden.
Trump: No Politician in History Treated Worse Than Me
“Since Caesar,” he adds.
Treasury Secretary Confused National Debt With National Deficit
Later, gives assistant two tens in change for a five.
Trump Budget Will Cut $1.2 Billion for After-School for 1.6 Million Children, $2.1 Billion for Teacher Training, Class-size Reduction, $15 Million for Child Care for Low-Income College Students, $27 Million for Arts Education, $12 Million for Special Olympics Education Programs
Resulting in a generation of adults as ignorant as Trump.

Monday, May 15, 2017

Oh, the irony...

Ironic Times

TRUMP MEETS WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR KISLYAK, HENRY KISSINGER
Not shown: Radovan Karadzic, Idi Amin, Pol Pot.
Sessions Tells Prosecutors to Demand Longer Sentences for Offenders
Excepting perjurers, traitors.
Homeland Security Secretary Now Says Trump's Wall “Could Be Interpreted as a Combination of Drones, Towers, Fences, Electronic Devices, Border Guard Patrols”
Plus exaggerations, false promises, outright lies.
Trump, Speaking to The Economist, Says He Invented Phrase “Prime the Pump”
Later, speaking to Gourmet, says he invented phrase “pass the salt.”

Saturday, May 13, 2017

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

We were all so young then. Sigh.

Published on May 8, 2017

Mike Bowdin - Bass,
Tony Brown - Piano,
Hank Devito - Steel,
Frank Reckard - Electric guitar,
Ricky Skaggs - Acoustic guitar / vocals,
John Ware - Drums,
Cheryl & Sharon White - Harmony vocals

Thanks to Rare Tracks.

Monday, May 8, 2017

Oh, the irony...

Ironic Times

France: Macron Defeats Le Pen
French voters prefer Harold and Maude to Cruella de Vil.
First 100 Days: Trump Lists His Major Achievement
“Shot a 74 at Doral.”
Sinclair Broadcast Group Adding Stations to Form Network More Conservative Than Fox News
One so extreme and far to the right it will be too ridiculous to parody.
Steve Bannon Inadvertently Reveals His Whiteboard in Photo
On it is written, “Attack the press,
Get rid of civil rights,
Delegitimize Congress,
Start War,
Declare National Emergency,
Suspend the Constitution,
Make Trump President-for Life.”

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Not the best quality but it's new and there's a bunch of 'em.

Published on May 3, 2017
This performance at the Ryman Auditorium on 2 May 2017 celebrating the 25th anniversary of the album Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers At The Ryman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_th... and celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Ryman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryman....

The Nash Ramblers are Sam Bush (fiddle & mandolin), Larry Atamanuik (drums), Al Perkins (banjo & resonator guitar), John Randall Stewart (guitar), and Byron House for the late Roy Huskey Jr. (bass).

"Lodi" is a song written by John Fogerty and recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1969.

Enjoy this video and look for the PBS special (long live PBS!) on 5 August 2017,
Thanks to LJ Simon.

Monday, May 1, 2017

Oh, the irony...

Ironic Times

TRUMP INVITES PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT DUTERTE TO WHITE HOUSE
Didn't want to scare guests at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump on Presidency: “I Thought it Would Be Easier.”
“Like an 'Apprentice' taping.”
Trump Unveils Plan to Simplify Tax Code
It's so much simpler if the rich don't pay any.
Google's “Project Owl” Will Attempt to Root Out Fake News, Problematic Content
Leaving about twelve web pages.

Monday, April 24, 2017

Oh, the irony...

Ironic Times

Combined Fortune of Wealthiest Members of China's Parliament: $500 Billion
Experts say it will take at least four years before Trump's cabinet can match it.
Millions March for Science
Many more would have joined them but feared marching off edge of Earth.
International Church of Cannabis Opens in Denver
Site formerly housed International Church of Pancakes.
Previously Unseen Copy of Declaration of Independence Discovered
This one suspiciously says, “We hold these alternative facts to be self-evident.”

Monday, April 17, 2017

Oh, the irony...

Ironic Times

North Korea: Kim Jong Un Hails Successful Missile Launch
New weapon can reach targets as far as 500 feet away.
Trump Keeps Campaign Promise to Destroy Goldman Sachs
By putting all their top executives in his Cabinet.
United Apologizes for Beating, Dragging Man Off Overbooked Flight
But points out that for an extra $10 he could have purchased “beat up someone else“ insurance and none of this would have happened.
New York City Trader Joe's Fires Californian for “Insufficiently Genuine” Smile
Anybody caught smiling in New York can be fired.