Covered this week; Bernie Sanders is already working towards 2020… No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA… Robert Reich’s 8-point plan for the new Democratic Party… As God is my witness, I thought turkey’s could fly… Florence Henderson dies at 82… Ron Glass, dead at 71… Fidel Castro dies at 90… the strangest stuff the TSA has confiscated…
November 21, 2016
“Ordinary people have got to know that the Democratic Party has the guts to stand up to some very powerful people today whose greed is destroying the middle class and working class of this country,” he said. “And if we can’t do that, I don’t see much of a future for the Democratic Party.” Bernie Sanders 2020… the drum beats on…
November 22, 2016
“Green Day stunned the pop crowd at the American Music Awards last night by inserting some punk politics into their performance of their Revolution Radio single “Bang Bang.” Deep into the song, Billie Joe Armstrong led an impromptu chant of “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA,” a catchy, almost cheerleader-like refrain, originally from M.D.C.’s early 80’s ‘Born to Die’, that has caught on with protesters since the election.”
November 23, 2016
“[The new] Democratic Party has got to, number one, turn millions of people into an activist army to peacefully resist what’s about to happen [by] providing them with daily explanations of what is occurring in a Trump presidency backed by a Republican Congress, along with specific tasks that individuals and groups can do to stop or mitigate the harmful effects of these actions.” Robert Reich’s 8-point plan for the new Democratic Party.
November 24, 2016
“As God is my witness, I thought turkey’s could fly…” One of the most famous lines in television history… the last line of Season 1, Episode 7 of WKRP in Cincinnati… filmed at a time when the sitcom was poised on the ledge of cancellation due to low ratings… this link is to a long-form piece on the Classic TV History Blog where many of the primary players, both actors and writers, contribute to the oral history of how this Thanksgiving episode was conceived and then executed…
November 25, 2016
Florence Henderson, known mostly for her role as Carol Brady on the Brady Bunch, died in Los Angeles of heart failure today at 82 years old.
Ron Glass… known for his role as Ron Harris on Barney Miller… an intellectual, fashionable detective who also dabbled as an author. In 1982, the role earned Glass an Emmy nomination in the Supporting Actor category. He died today at age 71.
November 26, 2016
“Fidel Castro, the fiery apostle of revolution who brought the Cold War to the Western Hemisphere in 1959 and then defied the United States for nearly half a century as Cuba’s maximum leader, bedeviling 11 American presidents and briefly pushing the world to the brink of nuclear war, died Friday. He was 90.”
November 27, 2016
“You would think that Americans would by now know that trying to carry a gun-shaped knife, a bullet-adorned gas mask, or an inert anti-tank mine onto an airliner is a very bad idea. But no. Apparently some people still haven’t received the memo.”
