i guess my point is, it's pretty hard luck for the real benedict arnold that he has to be compared to #therealdonaldtrump.

Right... Arnold at least "lost" his leg for this country, while Trump can't admit to losing an election; it's not really fair to compare the two. But in defense of my comparison circa May 2016 and our comparisons to other dicks in history who must not be named: We calls them the way we sees them. :)

i guess my point is, it's pretty hard luck for the real benedict arnold that he has to be compared to #therealdonaldtrump.

So true... a twice wounded left leg, losing his ability to walk normally because of his permanent limp... while our modern-day "been a dick" is a con, criminal, and grifter who is so much a cowardly snowflake and narcissistic wuss that he can't even take losing an election.

Interestingly, George Washington utilized a double agent to try to capture "been a dick" Arnold to make a public example out of him, and they dang near succeeded. After Britain's failure in the Revolutionary War -- merci, Comte de Rochambeau, Marquis de Lafayette, et France -- Arnold resided in London where Arnold could find no job, and he and his wife were routinely greeted with hisses and jeers while out in public, the English press mocked him mercilessly, and he wasn't trusted and therefore blocked from taking any military positions. He then moved his family to Canada where he reentered the shipping business (he'd been an illegal rum runner in his younger days). The Tories in Canada despised him, didn't trust him, and had no use for him, and he eventually returned to London where he was still disliked and tried again to return to the military and was refused. His shipping ventures eventually failed, and he died in 1801, penniless, virtually unknown, and was buried in London... without military honors.

The real Benedict Arnold waded through Canada in winter and took a bullet before deciding that maybe he'd earned a little remuneration.

thoughts?

On second thought; I do have another thought (besides it being awesome, of course): It's exactly what Benedict Arnold did.

Donald Trump: A guy who believes that accumulation of wealth is the true sign of a man's worth, who easily takes both sides of any issue for political expediency while his true loyalty lies with himself, a confident con no matter which side he's taking, and the biggest threat to our country coming not from without, but from within, a guy who fancies himself a true patriot but who'd turn coat on America and her people in order to satisfy his insatiable greed and lust for power and title... a modern-day Benedict Arnold.

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Benedict Donald has proven without doubt that we pegged him perfectly over the years. Every word. Sadly.

Fell asleep last night.

This is awesome! :)

and here's the original, obviously...

thoughts?

Love Summer of '69. Bryan and Jim wrote this one, too!

You can get yours here.

Written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance (Prism), here is Cuts Like A Knife

Those two?

Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69

Merry Go Round

Keith Scott of Zingo fame went on to join up with Bryan Adams for the recording of Cuts Like A Knife and have been been performing together ever since ...

And, here is my favourite cover version, once again by Parallel 49 - United We Rock!

Bryan was a smart guy to hang around PRiSM in those great early years...and here is PRiSM's You Walked Away Again, penned by Bryan Adams!

Heh.

Take Me To The Kaptin

So, we like to think of Heart as, ah, Canadian content!

Here are two of my favourites ...

Magic Man

Crazy On You

On this scary night, for some reason, I just feel like ... dancing? Oh, wait ... that was last week!

I like to keep my promises whenever possible so, for my part tonight, it'll be Vancouver rock groups from the 60s to 80s with a few other gems thrown in for good measure.

If I said it once, I must have said it a million times by now - Vancouver in the sixties through eighties was the place to be, musically speaking, bar none, where "every night was a runaway train!"

Looking forward to hearing everyone's selections tonight!

For my part, I'll start with Zingo, a band that has quickly become one of my favourites from that era or any era!

Venusian Lights

But,

As 2022 begins, Donald Trump shows every sign of jumping in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, although he never actually comes out and says it directly (due to campaign finance regulations),

is a bit hilarious, no? I mean, Trump following regulations? Heh. Wouldn't that be the opposite of scary?

Elizabeth Warren handily wins the nomination.

Okay, now THAT is beyond scary. BOO! hoo hoo.

Sane Republicans, meanwhile, break away en masse to form the "Sanity Party" and nominate Mike Pence.

Priceless.

On Election Day 2024, Trump pulls in 28 percent, Pence manages 14 percent, and Warren walks away with a very impressive 57 percent of the popular vote.

That may be a nightmare for the Republicans but, it's pretty scary for most of the rest of us, too. And, so Biden's record looks good only after Warren succeeds him. Nice gratuitous jab. Ahem. Hey, wait a second! Does she actually win the electoral college vote? Hmmmm?? Ahem. Hehehehehehehehe

That was fun!

And, very soon, the fun continues ... but, in a different way! :)

Oh, well ...

Like how you have Biden crumbling under the pressure and having 'senior moments'... right, left and center. Kind of takes the fun right out of it for me. :( It would have been pretty scary without that bit.

https://www.indy100.com/viral/maternity-ward-dilation-pumpkin-viral-b1944135

Interesting new version. Couldn't wait. :)

Heh.

Perhaps a better Republican nightmare might involve Mitch McConnell having to finally resign because of that mysterious health condition that made his hands turn purple awhile back. Democratic Kentucky governor Andy Bashear immediately appoints Progressive Charles Booker to the seat.

Susan Collins, no longer having Mitch McConnell around to pull her strings suffers a rare moment of self-reflection. She cites her reason for resigning that she could no longer live with herself after voting to put anti-choice justice Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court. Democratic Maine Governor Janet Mills appoints Progressive Betsy Sweet to replace Collins.

Suddenly, Manchin and Sinema become totally irrelevant. The Democrats in the Senate pass the original $3.5 billion reconciliation bill because none of the other corporatist Dems want their voters to see them opposing this in an election year. The bill now lowers the Medicare age to 55 and gets rid of all copayments and deductibles. And it includes hearing, vision, dental and home care. It allows the government to negotiate drug prices. It also includes more robust environmental provisions.

By now Chuck Schumer has decided to replace the Parliamentarian, so the new bill includes a Path to Citizenship and a Living Wage.

The Senators ditch the Filibuster altogether. They pass a more muscular Voting Rights bill than the one Joe Manchin watered down. DC Statehood becomes a reality along with 2 more Democratic Senators.

The Senate passes the Sanders’ No-More-Billionaires act which restores tax rates to what they were under Eisenhower and taxes Capital Gains at the same rate as income taxes. It includes a financial transaction tax and while it lowers the payroll tax rate, it removes the cap on income taxed. There’s now enough money available to improve social security and expand Medicare even more (and pay for free college tuition).

When the Supreme Court declares the ridiculous Texas Abortion Law constitutional, Joe Biden finally gets over his reluctance to reform the courts. He signs a law that doubles the size of every court in the country including the Supreme Court. And in the interest of real balance, he avoids appointing prosecutors or corporate lawyers to any of the new seats. When the Mississippi Abortion law gets on the docket, the newly constituted court reaffirms Roe v. Wade and the US House of Representatives responds by also making it the law of the land. The Senate follows.

No longer able to gerrymander, a whole lot of red states turn blue in the midterm elections because Americans are waking up to a reality that government can work for them. More and more of the Americans who’d been listening to right-wing hate radio turn it off and start looking for more meaningful ways to participate in civic life.

Manchin and Symema are no longer necessary to preserve the Democratic majority in the Senate. They both resign to become corporate lobbyists. And then, the Senate passes the Warren No-More-Revolving-Door bill that imposes a retroactive 10-year moratoriums on any US legislator becoming a lobbyist after leaving government!

Here's a scenario that could happen tomorrow:
A Democratic Senator in a 'red' state dies unexpectedly. For fun, let's make her Sen. Sinema of Arizona. Gov Ducey immediately appoints a Republican to serve until a special election can be held. For fun, let's make her Sen. Kelli Ward.

The Republicans in the U S Senate immediately demand that the gavel be handed over to the Republicans. But in a stunning decision, they choose Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin as their new leader (hoping that this will guarantee his re-election in 2022.) Democrats refuse to play along, so the Republicans run to the Supreme Court, which issues a 'shadow docket' ruling siding with the Republicans.

I won't continue this scenario, but let your imagination run wild about what happens to 'Build Back Better', the 2022 funding bills, etc.

London

Ah, ye of so little faith. :)

The nation (well, most of the nation at any rate) is aghast. There is just no possible way to spin the fact that Trump quite obviously murdered a federal agent in cold blood, with his own weapon. We can all plainly see it, right there on the videos.

^^^ Lost me here on this one. ^^^

Dozens of videos? Ha! Fox News notifies the gullible rubes regarding the "false flag." Fox reports how their Worship just mercifully killed a member of the "deep state" who had terminal cancer.

Next. ;)

Team S & M announce they will be quitting the Democratic Party and joining the Republicans.

^^^ Okay then. Astonishingly, you had me up until here. ^^^

"S & M" have their faults and all, like everyone else with a pulse, but what kind of self-respecting politician with two brain cells would actually book passage on the Trumptanic at this point? Your Virginia resembles an iceberg.

But artistically speaking, it's far less believable, all the fun involving the infamous "Fifth Avenue" quote aside. Call me a pessimist, but I found #1 extremely scary and depressing, because (of the two) it's easily the more likely one.

Thanks for this! Happy Halloween, and try reading Allan Nevins' "Come Nineveh, Come Tyre" someday. It's the political novel from the late 50s, by a master of the genre, which ends with the US, led by a wimpy liberal president, unconditionally surrendering to the Soviet Union. The final page features Soviet brigades landing at all the major US airports to take control of the country. Top that with your #1's fascist coup, if you will...