Adults in the White House

Remember when we had an adult running the White House?

h/t Modern Liberals facebook page

I was always, maybe going to fire Comey regardless of/based on recommendation

Paul Ryan - Will Lie for Money

Pink Tutu Democrats - from the files of the late great Bartcop.com

Tell President Obama: Declassify the Torture Report

There's a CIA torture report that apparently makes a clear case that TORTURE DOES NOT WORK!!!

It won't be declassified and released for at least 12 years, but President Obama can release it now, if he gets a little nudge from citizens concerned about the next guy's position on torture.

Sign here and invite all your friends, relatives, acquaintances and random people you meet on the street to sign as well

Declassify the Torture Report!!

How low can they go???

Here is yet another petition.  What ever happened to compassion and empathy?  

Please sign and share widely!!

Sign To Stop Houston Police From Robbing Homeless

Voter Fraud

Trump (NC, NRQ) supporters seem fixated on voter fraud and requiring voter ID to prevent it.  What if they are missing the bigger picture, which is fraud perpetrated by the people running the elections?

This is a Facebook post from Greg Palast, investigative journalist.  (You may have to sign in to Facebook to read it.)  Personally, I've always found him to be a reliable source, so perhaps we should all take a closer look at what he is saying here.  

Here is the link to his website.   It opens to a page requesting donations, but you can click on the navigation headers to move past that or, of course, you could donate to his cause.

NO MUSLIM REGISTRY

Sign here - NO MUSLIM REGISTRY

Petition: Bernie Stop Law Making Water Protectors Terrorists

You know what to do!!!

Support Planned Parenthood!

Planned Parenthood

Stop Republicans in Congress from gutting Medicare.

You know, just sign here!

No Place For Hate In Our Government

Another petition!!!

Steve Bannon. Myron Ebell. Frank Gaffney. Jeff Sessions. These people -- and the hate and ignorance that they represent -- have no business anywhere near the White House or our federal government.

Stop Law That Makes Water Protectors Felons

Petition: Stop Law That Makes Water Protectors Felons

SAVE THE USEPA

Don't Let Myron Ebell Dismantle the EPA

Tell your senator to vote "no" for Betsy DeVos - save public education

Another petition.  This one sends a letter specifically to your Senators

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-senator-to-vote-no-for-betsy-devos?delivery_id=10433040

Here's another one

Tell governors: Stand up to Donald Trump and stop the Keystone XL pipeline!

http://action.foe.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=20694&track=ads_facebook_kxl_dla&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ocpm&utm_campaign=2016Acq

I've been signing petitions like a mad man these last few weeks.  I figure that's one of the best ways to get my name on a list to be taken to a concentration camp when the time comes.

Here's a good one

DEMILITARIZE STANDING ROCK

https://action.aclu.org/secure/Standing-Rock?ms=fb_161121_freespeech_policemilitarization_FBad

Clinton Foundation Scandal?

No, great music did not stop after the 70s

A few more thoughts about the "70s".

First, what most people think of as the 60s didn't really start until about 65 and ended around '74 or '75.

The "70s" was NOT all just great music - remember disco started around '75 and ruled the airwaves for way too long. Also, Bobby Sherman, Tony Orlando and Dawn, Barry Manilow, Cliff Richard abd Neal Sedaka were popular, just to name a few.

You have to look at the industry - up until the mid-60s, AM radio was the only game in town. AM was personality DJs who talked over the beginning and end of songs, non-stop promotions of the station, events and contests, lots of commercials, very TIGHT CORPORATE control over the play list and, you know, occasionally some actual music got played.

In the mid-60s this new thing came along FM. Since no one knew what to do with it, they let the hippies take over and made it free-form - very little promo activity, no contests or events, the DJ played whatever he/she wanted to play (the more obscure the better) and they never, ever, EVER talked over the beginning or ends of the songs.(A Pet peeve of mine). Of course, these stations became popular but they never made any money so the corporations started stepping in.

By about 1975, the Album Oriented Rock (AOR) station became a popular model - you played hits off the LP instead of off the 45s and there was still some flexibility for the DJs, but the promos started creeping in along with contests and events and giveaways.

Finally in the early 80s the morning zoo arrived and radio was almost completely ruined. The final nail in the coffin being national syndication of Howard Stern in the mid-80s (Here in Philadelphia the final nail also included the great local college station becoming a corporate controlled Adult Album Alternative format).

My conclusion is that "the 70s" allowed for a great flourishing of many types of music in large part because Corporate wasn't paying attention. To the extent that nothing really new or innovative gets air time anymore, it's tight corporate control of the playlist.

Donald Trump - No class, no redeeming qualities - still

Apparently, there are some Trump (NC, NRQ) supporters who do not understand the difference between counting all the votes and refusing to accept the results of the election.  It really seems like it shouldn't be that hard.

I'm fairly certain that all parties to the 2000 election accepted the Supreme Court decision and allowed the peaceful transition of power.