Let us commence with the par - taying! :D
Tonight, I'm doing a double - shot "this day in history." One is for tonight; the other is for Sunday when your faithful diarist "turns 20 again" + 1. ;D On previous May 25ths, Oscar Wilde was convicted of a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison in 1895, Babe Ruth hit the 714th and final home run of his career in 1935, Star Wars was released in 1977, and Ian McKellen is 73.
My birthday coincides with the following notables! :D In 1647, Alse Young became the first person executed as a witch in America when she was hanged in Hartford, CT (EEK!). In 1963, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, which featured the song "Blowin' in the Wind," was released (Better!). And, the Golden Gate Bridge will be 75 on Sunday.
It's time for SPARK! :D "My guy" Richard Wolffe should get a chance to do this, don't y'all think? File this story under "Holy $hit!!!" Paging Dr. Freud? Finally, sign me up for this tour!
On with The Rachel Maddow Show...
"When You Start to See a Pattern, I Think It's a Little More Worrisome" - We started the show with a lovely history of bat$hit horrible bomber, Eric Rudolph. And, remember Richard Jewell got raked through the coals when folks thought he did it? Georgia is the latest state to enact a horrible draconian anti - abortion law. Women's clinics since then have been harassed even more. {Sparkin' feed is cutting in & out again. *&^%$#@!} Anti - abortion bat$hitters are stealing computers with names & addresses of abortion providers. Kathy Spillar gets draconian anti - abortion duty and sees an absolute connection between doctors speaking out & the upturn in violence in GA. Eric Rudolph may not have acted alone? Oh goody. *&^%$#@!
"This Isn't Just a Three Day Weekend" - All the graves at Arlington National Cemetery will have flags on them by Monday. VP Biden had some very powerful words to say about his son's tour in Iraq & other tragic events in his life. Wow, can y'all just imagine DICK making a speech like VP Biden did?!
"Poor Relations" - There's Mittens elevator for his fancy shmancy cars! He's filthy stinkin' rich, ya' know. He is less - than - elegant when talking about money & class issues. If he wins in November, he'll raise taxes on poor people on purpose. ALL RIGHT! *&^%$#@! A whole mess of MENSA folk don't think a lot of people on the lower end of the economic spectrum pay taxes at all, so they want those tax dodgers to PAY. The stinkin' rich need all the tax breaks they can get or else they'll have to trade their solid gold $hitters for silver $hitters. Ezra Klein gets poor taxing duty. Most poor people & middle class families pay PAYROLL taxes - money taken out of paychecks. Grover Norquist is actually kind of sort of consistent on the not - raising - taxes memo, but he's not going to make too big of a fuss about the poor paying more.
"Courage!" - I know my Cowardly Lion dialogue, too! :D Trump the Rump is actually being quite vocal in his support for Mittens - no slinking behind elevator doors for him! He sure as $hit better not be robocalling me! Trump the Rump is still trying to make political hay from birther $hit. Can you imagine a meal with Mittens & Trump the Rump?! *&^%$#@! They'd both be eating New York pizzas with sparkin' forks!