FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: WHAT'D I MISS EDITION.

Saw Velvet Goldmine recently; it was a whole vibe,
and this tune certainly didn't hurt.

Been a few weeks! Yes, even workhorses such as myself have to stop occasionally and nibble on some hay. But you know what? Every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday I’m dishing out premium content at the old popsicle stand -- why not grab a so-cheap-it’s-ridiculous subscription? 

Anyway, the big news of the past week seems to be that a guy known almost exclusively for his literal hate speech got shot by another white guy with a flag t-shirt in the communist hotbed of Utah. His acolytes expressed their grief by sending bomb threats to black colleges and demanding people be fired for accurately reporting the deceased’s beliefs.

Some liberal chucklefucks got in on the act, treating the dead provocateur (who had said the Second Amendment was worth some extra deaths, apparently thinking that would never apply to him) like some fallen hero. David Axelrod even got close to comparing him to Martin Luther King -- whom the deceased had shit on. But the man was no Martin Luther King; if anything he was George Lincoln Rockwell. And despite rightwingers desperately trying to confuse you about that, in columns that lavish him with praise but always neglect to tell you what he actually said and believed, his legacy will be pretty much the same.

I had a little to say at Roy Edroso Breaks It Down (the aforementioned popsicle stand), not so much about the guy as about the hall of mirrors in which the discourse over his death has taken place. You can read it for free!  

And here’s another REBID freebie, as I am in the giving vein today, a scene from the Halls of Power in which RFK Jr. reveals a change in policy. That this literally dangerous lunatic has been allowed to continue his rampage against public health tells you everything you need to know about modern conservatism: its adherents are a berserker cult that would kill others and even themselves rather than confess a mutual interest with fellow citizens whom they’ve been trained to despise, and the Republicans exploit that mania for grift. I’m beginning to think Tubby is working Kennedy’s Tylenol-autism lunacy in order to get another shakedown out of it. (“’We engaged in a scientific exchange with the secretary and members of his staff as it relates to the safety of our products,’ Kenvue said in an emailed statement” -- ho ho, I bet they did. Maybe they’ll offer to “fund” “research.”) 

And since I’ve been away and I’m so awfully generous, here’s a rare third free REBID post, a little participatory journalism about my time at last weekend’s We Are All DC rally and march -- because it’s good to be reminded that, despite so much propaganda slop being poured over us, people are waking up, and walking up, to face down the menace.