Tom Weiser, with Paul Fowler on piano and Bijoux Barbosa, bass. Performance at the Canyon Theater, Boulder Public Library, March 20, 2012. Posted by Tom Weiser
Yes, let’s get away from that blame game thing
Today’s Politico features a story by Anna Palmer and Manu Raju on the difficulties Republicans are having raising money on Wall Street. The article quotes billionaire Republican John Catsimatidis, who recently announced he was running for New York City mayor, as follows: “If President Obama shows that Washington is more the middle of the road,…
Pseudo-New Yorker
Legal humor here. “Sure. There will be lots of TV shows about New York. Millions of them. But there will never be another 30 Rock. My heart is in the coffin there with Liz Lemon, and I must pause till it come back to me.” “OK, suppose we do get our own horse in the…
Tim Geithner, not that innocent, not that competent
Tim Geithner is gone, and good riddance. I was quite surprised when Matthew Yglesias, who’s usually to my left, wrote Tim an all but gushy send off, “Five Smart Things Tim Geithner Said on his Way out the Door.” Let’s take a look at two of them: The most frustrating part of this work, but…
Republicans to Tea Party: Remember what we said about immigration? Yeah, it was all bullshit.
The Republican Party Establishment, which has been kissing Tea Party ass for the past four years, is up on its hind legs and shouting again. All the “experts,” like Charles Krauthammer and Bill Kristol, agree: we need to learn to speak Spanish! Florida Senator Mario Rubio, whose name even sounds Spanish, is the self-anointed leader…
Acela Republicans Unite! You Have Nothing To Lose But Your Egos!
Yeah, like that’s going to happen! David Brooks, who’s been pretty damned tired of being a member of the, well, the Yahoo Party, wants to be able to go to a party and have a glass of decent port* without getting an earful of Jesus at the same time. So now he wants to have…
Ben Webster—“Perdido”
Ben Webster in Germany in 1972, not long before his death, with Oscar Peterson, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, and drummer Tony Inzalaco, featuring an excellent bass solo from Pederson. Posted by erwigfilms
Pseudo-New Yorker
Legal humor here. “You never change, Charlie. And thank God for that!” “The idea is, the things we take to be real are only shadows, shadows cast by a flame in Plato’s cave. Makes you think, doesn’t it?” “OK, Charlie, you are one tough nut. But this one will make you laugh.” “So he says,…
Krauthammer doubles to right
As the few who read this blog know, there are few people I dislike more than arch neo-con Charles Krauthammer. But, as a stopped clock is right twice a day, so Krauthammer is right twice a decade. In a recent column, he whales away mightily at President Obama’s Second Inaugural, accusing the President of “clinging…
Paul Ryan: Pretty but Dumb
Republican pretty boy Paul Ryan gets thoroughly hoisted, if not on his own petard then Ezra Klein’s, who ably dissects Paulie Boy’s duck and weave, bob and bounce, shuck and jive performance before a gaggle of reporters at a recent shindig organized by the Wall Street Journal, whose editors probably wish they hadn’t let Ezra…