Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Published on Sep 28, 2014
FreshGrass at MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts

Thanks to brucehr14.

Oh, the irony

I was out of town over the last weekend and forgot to do anything.

Ironic Times

Scientists Manipulate Brain Switch That Controls Ability to Make Decisions Based on Past Experience
Research funded by casino moguls, conservative think tanks.

Report: Billionaires Holding On to More of Their Money
Saving it for rainy day when angry mobs with pitchforks approach.

ESPN, With $15 Billion NFL Contract, Suspends Commentator Who Called NFL Commissioner a Liar
And orders his vocal cords severed.

Wikipedia Corrects Sen. McConnell's Entry Which Was Edited to Say He's a Turtle
It's changed to say “he looks like a turtle.”

Heh.

Oh, the irony...

Ironic Times

From the "Latest Headlines" crawl:

Cartographers Without Borders arrive in Iraq

Texas Gov. Perry: Terrorists Have Already Entered Country Through Southern Border
At this very moment they could be cleaning your hotel room.

Study Shows Liberals, Conservatives, Smell Different, Each Prefers Same-Smelling Partner for Sex, Romance
Lone exception: James Carville, Mary Matalin.

Texas Court Upholds Right to Take Upskirt Pictures
“If God didn't want us to take upskirt pictures he wouldn't have given us cameras, mirrors and panties.”

Urban Outfitters Slammed for Selling Blood-Stained Kent State Sweatshirt
“Too soon?” asks outgoing product manager.

Yes.

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Published on Sep 17, 2014
Beautiful

Yep.

Thanks to Classic Country Music.

Toothless Hicks Agree: We Love Obamacare, Wish a White Man Had Signed It

El Rude-o

So the New York Times interviewed people in Kentucky who have taken advantage of one part or another of the Affordable Care Act, especially the expansion of Medicaid. Robin Evans, a 49 year-old with high blood pressure and Graves' disease, is just "tickled to death" to have insurance coverage, which she had gone without for years. Of course, she's gonna vote Mitch McConnell out of office since he has made it his mission to repeal the ACA. Said Evans, "Born and raised Republican...I ain’t planning on changing now."

Sorry, what now?

That's right. The backwards ass country fucks who have benefited the most, the hillbillies who are such stereotypes that Pappy Yokum would feel ashamed, don't give a pile of horse shit that it was Democrats and Barack Obama who made it possible for them to live, purely and simply. They don't like the President. And if you don't think his race has nothing to do with it, then you have never been to Kentucky.

But the Rude Pundit can't help but think that Democrats have no one to blame but themselves here. For months, they bought into the Republican lies that the ACA was going to be a huge failure and didn't defend it when it needed defending the most. So even though Gov. Steven Beshear was a huge advocate, many Democrats allowed the narrative to be set by Fox "news" and by the goddamned cowards in our own party.

So here we are, at what should be a triumphant moment, and, instead, we get to watch the very people Democrats wanted to help spit on them and then go complain about Benghazi or the IRS or whatever other spoon-fed bullshit distracts them from reality.

No good deed by Democrats goes self-unpunished.

Oh, the irony...

Ironic Times

Robust Military Response to ISIS Demanded
By military contractors.

Fracking Boom in Midwest Turning Into Another California Gold Rush
Earthquakes included.

L.A. Times Corrects Report That Number of College-Educated People Increased 68% From 2006 to 2012, When Increase Was In Fact Only 33%
We’re even less well-educated than we previously imagined we were.

GM to Introduce Hands-Free, Foot-Free Cadillac in 2017
Will be sold first in Miami Beach, where many drivers can't reach steering wheel or foot pedals.

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Emmylou only gets credit for an assist on this one, but I like it.

Thanks to bradpaisley96.

Truthy 'Toon

A tip o' the Brain to Teabonics.

Oh, the irony...

Ironic Times

Minutemen Name Anti-Illegal Immigration Plan “Operation Normandy”
They'll station hundreds of Minutemen at border, just like at Normandy, when brave Nazis fought off illegal American troops.

Majority of ConservativeDon't Like Soccer
Fear it leads to socialized medicine.

99% of Comments to FCC Favor Net Neutrality
Only one percent favor using their immense wealth and political clout to oust any FCC commissioner who votes for it.

Largest Dinosaur Ever Discovered
Dreadnoughtus Schrani weighed 65 tons, ate voraciously, and decomposed into enough petroleum to drive a Chevy Suburban from Chicago to Detroit.

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Emmylou is introduced by the late John Hartford.

Thanks to Larry Privat.

Oh, the irony...

Ironic Times

From the "Latest Headlines" crawl:

Koch brothers meet on Sept. 9 to decide midterm elections

Dangerous Methane Discovered Seeping Up From Ocean Floor Off East Coast
Most climate scientists, after analyzing findings, agree it's time to move to the West Coast.

NOOOOOOO!!!!!

The New York Times Comes Out for Legalizing Marijuana
Says it makes reading The New York Times way less boring.

New App Tracks a Product's Corporate Political Donations
Turns out all your basic necessities are made by people trying to kill you.

“No Phone” is Just That!
Looks like a smartphone, but it's really just a piece of plastic you can hold and talk to, as if it were a phone, and you had friends, and a life, and you weren't miserable. $19.95, at Desperation Hardware.

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Published on Aug 23, 2014
Emmylou Harris and The Milk Carton Kids from the album "Look Again To The Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited".

Thanks to utuB1967.

Oh, the irony...

Ironic Times

Poll: English Oppose Shared Currency With an Independent Scotland
“It's not like they spend any of it,” says one Englishman.

Now that made me laugh. Heh.

One Third of American Adults In FBI's Criminal Database
If you've never been convicted of a crime, signed a petition, or have a name similar to someone who has, you can relax.

Study: IQ Tests Show Recent Downward Trend
Mensa opens door to people who just sound smart.

Doubleplusungood...

Burning Man Opens
Silicon Valley closes.

Never been to that, don't have to. The crazy comes to me. They race through my town to get there, stagger back through here to get home.

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

A Gram Parsons tune.

Thanls to Classic Country Music.

Oh, the irony...

I forgot they were back from hiatus yesterday. My bad, sorry.

Ironic Times

From "Latest Headlines" crawl:

.....House Republicans accused of dragging their knuckles.....

Disputed Recount Continues To Roil Afghanistan
Each candidate claims he lost, other guy has to run country.

Metropolitan Opera Demanding Union Accept Salary Cuts of 17%
Unions on picket lines singing Slaves' Chorus from Verdi's Nabucco.

Hole in Siberia Finally Explained
After hundreds of former Putin adversaries climb out of it and tell their story.

Report: DARPA Developing Laser-Guided “Smart” Bullet
It can determine guilt or innocence in mid-flight.

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

One of my favorite Gram Parsons tunes.

Published on Aug 10, 2014
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell along with the Glory Band perform a live version of the Gram Parsons song "Return Of Th Grievous Angel" from a show in Aug 2014.

Thanks to AlsoTakenAlso, UK.

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

Thanks to glenn1075.

The full concert at Lincoln Center, August 6, 2014.

Streamed live on Aug 6, 2014
Longtime musical friends Harris and Crowell perform classics and new gems. Robert Ellis, a rising master of country song, opens.

Thanks to LincolnCenterVideos.

Hallelujah For The Palin Party!

I think this is a splendid idea! The more the conservative vote gets hived off, the better for the nation!

GOP lawmaker calls on Sarah Palin to lead new party to replace Republicans

Here's a vid of the new party's first convention! Subtitled for your convenience.

Thanks to Sal Puro.

Must-Read Headline of the Day

This is the best post I've read about one of the multiple paths the GOP is taking to oblivion/suicide/irrelevance, and believe you me I've read a lot of them. Far too many good quotes to choose from. Just go...

John Boehner's Monster: How Irrational Racist Hatred For Obama Will Destroy The GOP

Saturday Emmylou Blogging

I love this song! I sing it in the shower. Now, Emmylou can do no wrong but I change one word - to "...smokin' OUTTA Texas with the hammer down...". The wiser choice of actions, I think.

Thanks to Bert van der Waal van Dijk.