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Let's look back on past July 18ths. On July 18, 1936, the Spanish Civil War began as Gen. Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops based in North Africa. Yea, y'all know what clip's coming next! :D
On this date in 2005, an unrepentant Eric Rudolph was sentenced in Birmingham, Ala., to life in prison for an abortion clinic bombing that killed an off-duty police officer and maimed a nurse. I hope he has a very active amorous cell mate.
On a much more happy note, Martha Reeves, R&B singer (Martha and the Vandellas), is 71 today; let's dance!
It's time for SPARK! :D Every once in awhile, British humor is actually funny. Ya' know, a lot worse has been done in fast food prep! Finally, the accused killer of Trayvon Martin is getting spiritual advice from a lovely source. *&^%$#@!
On with The Rachel Maddow Show!
{Pray for minimal interruptions in the show feed tonight to whatever deity you choose or do not choose.}
"Battle Him" - Fast & Furious is back? How can we miss it if it won't GO AWAY?! The Moonie newspaper folk in DC just won't let the mother go - even though the whole conspiracy thing has been proven to be absolute bull pucky. John Wayne told "the Gipper" to stop being so damn conspiratorial about the Panama Canal? HA! Both of them would be dirty sparkin' hippies in today's MENSA party. Also, remember both men were big 'ol war mongers who never saw a lick of combat. There's Senator McCentury telling the crazy - haired woman in the red shirt that Barack Obama wasn't a Muslim - way too late after $aint $arah from Wasilla and her bat$hit minions had stoked that fire. Wasn't John Sununu one of those Iran - Contra dudes who got off scot free?
{OK, gonna try restarting computational machine in time for Bob Herbert - may have to search for a different live stream}
"Battle Him Part Deux" - So, Mittens has gone birther? Whatever...Here's Mr. Herbert. Why did he bring up the whole Reagan - Philadelphia, MS thing? Is he trying to link that to what President Obama's gone through in his presidency? Hell, I'd be willing to bet Saint Ronnie had absolutely no idea what had happened in Philadelphia, MS. Mr. Herbert thinks GOBP bigotry began there. Well...it might have been simmering under the surface, but once an African - American male won the Oval Office, all that simmering boiled over. They can't say "the 'n' word," so they say "foreign" or "un - American" or some other ilk.
"Tilt!" - TX might be a swing state??!! R...i...g...h...t... And, monkeys will fly outta my hind quarters. President Obama is kicking Mittens sorry behind among Latino voters - despite the 'ol college try at Spanish from 1 of Mittens sons. GOBP states are trying to make it more difficult for anyone who might vote Dem to actually cast a vote; yea, we've known this for a long damn time. A lot of these states are basically asking people to pay a poll tax because it costs money to get some of the documentation needed. And, there's my fair state on the list for strict voter ID laws. Well, we did it first! Hell, we don't even want nuns to vote! *&^%$#@! Michael Waldman is in studio to talk about all this odious voter ID $hit. Yea, the MENSA folk might say "All people are created equal," but they think "But, some people are more equal than others." Again, 1984 is not an instruction manual! I thought the DOJ was going after some of these more icky new laws. And, all this "voter fraud" these laws are supposed to prevent rarely RARELY happens to begin with; lightening will strike you more often than these instances of "voter fraud" these laws are trying to prevent.
"...Rapidly Spinning Out of Control..." - So, will the bombing in Syria today that took out a couple of the defense dudes make a difference? Syria has chemical weapons? Thank you, Russia! I think the Red Cross has officially called what's going on there a civil war. And, unless someone finds oil there, I wouldn't hold my breath for this country to get involved. Why did we act in Libya & not act in Syria (at least to this point)? Is Richard Engel IN SYRIA? $hit!!