Comments on: Friday Talking Points -- A Very Bad Week For Democrats

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 15:30:21 +0000

Can I sneak back in here ... alright, there's no one around, so ... here's a tune I was thinking of playing with all of the Autumn Leaves flying around now but it slipped my sieve for a mind. Hope you all like it. There will be more from Eva this Sunday night!

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 03:00:26 +0000

That is about it for me tonight - a lot of work for work to do tonight before tomorrow morning so, I'll be enjoying all of your selections whenever I take a break ... I'll leave you with something I literally stumbled upon while surfing music videos on Youtube the other day and ended up playing the whole album. Help is an American band from California from the very early seventies (my most favourite decade for music) - psychedelic/acid rock/etc etc genre. They sound pretty good - enjoy! Help - Second Coming (Full Album)

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 02:48:52 +0000

One more Stones favourite ... Paint It Black By the way, has anyone seen the Mick Jagger movie, The Burnt Orange Heresy? Check it out if you haven't!

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 02:45:38 +0000

Live from Texas, 1972 Brown Sugar ... a song that Mick recently said he will no longer perform. As JFC explained to me, this song is a longtime crowd favourite but, it's a song they surely wouldn't have written today.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 02:14:17 +0000

Speaking of UNZIPPED, here is the unofficial theme song for the exclusive Canadian premiere of this phenomenal Rolling Stones exhibition. It will be occupying all three floors and every square inch of theMuseum in downtown Kitchener for three months beginning Nov 30th. "I turned on my boy scout smile; I stood up and gave her my seat. I winked my eye and UNZIPPED my fly and later we went up to her penthouse suite!" Nickels and Dimes ... written by Al Harlow and Lindsay Mitchell (and bridge by a guy named Rod ... yes, THAT Rod! Heh)

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 02:07:21 +0000

JFC,

Big and heartfelf thanks to you, my friend, for your fine recommendations on which Rolling Stones CDs I should get in preparation for their big exhibition, UNZIPPED and the Canadian premiere and only Canadian stop right here in Kitchener later this month.

I have enjoyed listening to all of them, immensely. Over the course of the next couple of weeks I'll be playing them all again. I can hardly wait for the Gala opening of UNZIPPED where there will be a Rolling Stones tribute band on hand for the festivities.

Thanks again, JFC!

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 02:00:22 +0000

Hey, everyone! Welcome one and all music lovers to the CW Sunday Night Music Festival and Dance Party! God knows we've had our fill of politics this week, so ... time to leave all of that behind for a few hours, relax and, to quote a dear friend, "cherish the music - wherever it comes from"! Thanks to Kick for suggesting a London theme. Great idea! For my part, I'd like to start with one of my favourite Rolling Stones tunes in this live performance from England in 2003 ... Gimme Shelter

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:51:20 +0000

They haven't performed without him until now since he joined in 1962. I can only imagine what its like for them to be on stage without him ... :(

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:50:11 +0000

Was there a nice tribute to Charlie?

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:49:56 +0000

Is Mick slowing down any?

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:49:33 +0000

So, Kick ... how was the Rolling Stones concert!?

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:49:05 +0000

Is there anybody out there!?

I know, everyone is resting up for a wild and fun Sunday Night ...

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 13:32:51 +0000

this week the jets chose not to D

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 13:20:57 +0000

Don [24],

Heh.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 13:19:50 +0000

Chris,

So we suppose Biden had a pretty good day, today, but at the same time we just don't feel it was personally impressive enough for him to get the main award.

Is it really so hard to imagine all of the hard work Biden has been doing since he got elected along with a 50/50 senate to get a significant infrastructure bill passed with more than 30 Republicans supporting it, given the sad state of politics in your country?

I sincerely believe that a revision in your thinking is in order with great respect to the MIDOTW award for this week.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 13:10:55 +0000

Kick[17],

IN-BLOODY-DEED!!!

By: italyrusty

italyrusty — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 09:45:18 +0000

And if it isn't impressive to win as a write-in candidate, I don't know what is?!?!?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/nyregion/byron-brown-buffalo-mayor.html

By: italyrusty

italyrusty — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 09:40:22 +0000

And even though they didn't appear on the liberal-outrage media, here are some other impressive Democratic wins.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/11/05/important-local-election-results-you-missed-519669

By: italyrusty

italyrusty — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 09:38:46 +0000

And you really couldn't think of a SINGLE Democrat who deserves the MIDOW? Is it a lack of imagination or your black mood preventing you from considering the following candidates?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-michelle-wu-won-the-boston-mayoral-election-five-takeaways-from-the-precinct-level-results/ar-AAQkudA

By: italyrusty

italyrusty — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 09:37:05 +0000

There are already myriad theories of why Virginia voters chose a Republican as their next governor. (What's the saying about opinions and assholes?) Perhaps the Republican candidate's message about education resonated and maybe not. But I agree with you 100% on this: 'If Democrats can fight back on the education front, they'll have a chance next year.' Living in California, you probably haven't been paying attention to what has been happening in the rest of the country, especially the South. The Democratic Party has abdicated the WINNING message about protecting public education. Republicans have implemented 'vouchers' and 'school choice' and 'charter schools', while the Democrats remained silent. It is clear that the Republican Party and its wealthy donors intend to gut public education, first and foremost by 'starving it' of funding. The 2022 campaign COULD BE the chance for Democrats to regain the upper hand, uniting rural white voters and urban minority voters to 'protect public education'. In every rural voting district - including where I grew up - there is ONLY one school. The nearest private school was 50 miles away, so even the wealthy of my county send their children to public school. Here are some possible messages: 'What school choice?' 'Taking your tax dollars from YOUR local school to send Mr Fat Cat's children to a charter school.' 'The COVID-19 pandemic showed us what heroes are public school teachers. Now Republicans want you to hate them because of CRT?'

By: italyrusty

italyrusty — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 09:24:16 +0000

This week's introductory essay was no surprise and required little critical thinking. There are so many things wrong with it, but I will limit myself to one: If a) the objective of the 'Build Back Better' legislation is merely 'pass the damn bills in Congress', and b) Senator Manchin is the only obstacle, then Senator Schumer should have just let Manchin write the 'damn bill', right? "But then Bernie wouldn't have!", you say? And it would be a very different starting point and of course you'd be railing against some other Democratic Senator. Or probably not, especially if he's one of your darlings.

By: Kick

Kick — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 06:10:51 +0000

Joe Biden was sold to the Democratic base (during the primaries) at least partly as the guy who could get things done in Congress. He had been in the Senate forever, he knew the ins and outs of passing legislation, therefore he would the second coming of L.B.J. He would, what(?), herald the second coming of L.B.J.? He would portend the second coming? He would be the second coming of L.B.J.? Give me a break! Joe Biden has a 50-50 Senate and a slim majority in the House. L.B.J. had a supermajority of Democrats in both chambers of Congress. Do you doubt for one minute that if Biden had those numbers that he wouldn't be compared to LeBron James!?

By: Kick

Kick — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 05:29:38 +0000

A Very Bad Week For Democrats

Oh, ye of little faith.

Is infrastructure week over yet?

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. ;)

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 05:24:47 +0000

Unless you are living in a 1050's era family sitcom none of what you say there has any resemblance to reality.

what pray tell happened in the 1050's? the real-life macbeth was ruling scotland, but otherwise the time was unremarkable.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 04:45:28 +0000

I've always been guilable, to one degree or another. :)

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 04:07:41 +0000

The president should address the American people and explain - in great detail - how the bipartisan infrastructure bill got passed, finally and what exactly is in it, what it will do for the country as a whole and what needs to come next.

I mean, I don't understand why he hasn't done this. He used to love to talk ... any everytime he did, people could learn something important.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 03:59:05 +0000

I think Biden should start acting like he did when he was president-elect. He was on the TV all the time. He could be on radio, too.

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 03:57:40 +0000

... Biden doesn't have to be Trump, but wouldn't it be nice for him to provide at least one tweet that people actually started talking about?

Twitter? Bad idea!

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 03:49:03 +0000

Well, I think the week is ending rather well, no?

By: Elizabeth Miller

Elizabeth Miller — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 03:46:40 +0000

Democrats better be ready, and they better have a much better plan for countering all the "Critical Race Theory" hornswoggle, because Terry McAuliffe's "I'm just going to ignore this issue and hope it goes away" strategy is just not going to work. Heh.

By: nypoet22

nypoet22 — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 02:51:47 +0000

@andy,

i read children's crusade and i think of the actual children's crusade, like in 1212. not a fun image.

By: andygaus

andygaus — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 02:33:24 +0000

We could use something like a children's crusade. Since our kids are the ones who will have to deal with flooded cities and burnt-out forests, it would be great if some kids could organize a sit-in in front of Joe Manchin's (and Krysten Sinema's) house, asking him to explain why he doesn't care what happens to them.

By: John M from Ct.

John M from Ct. — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 01:29:23 +0000

Excellent rant. The mother of all rants. A rant for the ages.

Thank you for this. Every single word is true.