On tonight’s Travelin’ Music, Justin Bieber … NOT!
When I heard that some unknown jazz newcomer had beaten out the hyperpopular Justin Bieber as Best New Artist at the Grammys last weekend, I was intrigued.
When I learned that the artist in question, Esperanza Spalding, played a stand-up bass — my favorite jazz instrument — and also sang — I love female vocalists — well, it wasn’t hard to pick this week’s kickoff tune for Travelin’ Music.
Here is Miss Spalding performing in a recent tribute to Stevie Wonder at the White House. (I don’t believe I’ve ever featured Stevie, which is a terrible injustice to the man that I’ll have to correct soon.)
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Southern Comfort
February 21st, 2011
7:32 am
RW
I didn’t see the paper, but I did watch the race…
Southern Comfort
February 21st, 2011
7:34 am
Normal
Productivity per person is up. The best way to get more productivity out of your workers is to have them scared sh*tless that they could lose their job tomorrow.
Normal
February 21st, 2011
7:34 am
…And “Good morning” to the rest of the Day Crew, too. Seems we need a morning funny to smooth the way…hope this works…
http://news.icanhascheezburger.com/2011/02/18/political-pictures-protest-puns/
stands for decibels
February 21st, 2011
7:40 am
Heinz57 @ 7.25, I imagine Maddow’s people are aware of this (see comment #13):
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/18/6082177-ahead-on-the-218-maddow-show#comments
She typically acknowledges any errors she’s made, and if the numbers hold up as published in the Politifact piece, I’d be surprised if she doesn’t do so here (today–the piece came out fairly late on Friday.)
Also, I see that Ezra Klein has addressed this issue as well:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2011/02/unions_arent_to_blame_for_wisc.html
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
February 21st, 2011
8:05 am
Well, we don’t pay attention to this President’s Day stuff. We don’t beleive in honoring a President that burned down Atlanta and made us get rid of slavery. We would of been alot better off if we had of stuck to the Old Ways right now. Most of the slave owners were kind to their slaves anyway.
Glad to see josef is on his way to work. Unlike those WI teachers and the other worthless guvmint workers. No offense to Southren Comfort.
Have a good day everybody.
Normal
February 21st, 2011
8:08 am
Hmmmm, It seems that, except for a drive by by Redneck, my funny must have bombed, so I’ll try this one…
http://news.icanhascheezburger.com/2011/02/18/political-pictures-fire-turkey-is-not-pleased/
By the way,
Good morning, Redneck!
Normal
February 21st, 2011
8:10 am
OMG, I nearly forgot! During my wife’s and my birthday party Saturday, be were informed that we were going to be Great Grandparents again! Number three in September. Another left wing liberal coming into the world…gotta love it.
Southern Comfort
February 21st, 2011
8:11 am
Normal
Have you seen the Geico commercial with the dog chasing the cat? If not, you have to check it out on youtube….
btw… good morning sir!!
Southern Comfort
February 21st, 2011
8:12 am
Another left wing liberal coming into the world…gotta love it.
damned liberals… taking over, I tell you….
Normal
February 21st, 2011
8:12 am
SoCo,
Haven’t seen it…I’ll check it out at home. Thanks!
stands for decibels
February 21st, 2011
8:14 am
What’s that? there could be a downside to trashing the US economy for the sake of your precious tax-cut fairy belief system? Why that’s crazy talk.
In a New York Times/CBS News poll in January, 43 percent of respondents said job creation was the most important issue for Congress; 14 percent cited reducing the federal deficit.
Michael Dimock, the associate director of research for the Pew Research Center, said its polling had found that while voters were eager to reduce the deficit, they also supported increases in spending on Social Security and Medicare and believed that tax increases would be needed to balance the budget.
“The spending-deficit issue is the trickiest issue for Republicans,” Mr. Dimock said. “It’s clear that the public is with them in principle — smaller government doing less — but it’s unclear whether they’re with them in practice.”
stands for decibels
February 21st, 2011
8:15 am
be were informed that we were going to be Great Grandparents again! Number three in September.
Congrats, normal!
Funny thing is, I learned over the weekend that my neice is great with child, her second.
Another left wing liberal coming into the world…gotta love it.
mwahh ha ha ha ha…
jack bull
February 21st, 2011
8:17 am
i want to make sure i got this right, according to some, Mubarak should have been ousted, but Saddam Hussein shouldn’t have?
stands for decibels
February 21st, 2011
8:19 am
i want to make sure i got this right, according to some, Mubarak should have been ousted, but Saddam Hussein shouldn’t have?
Your major in college, was it False Dichotomy, perchance?
Southern Comfort
February 21st, 2011
8:20 am
dB
Did you catch this one over the weekend???
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/states-ignored-warnings-on-845625.html
Republican Mark Butler, Georgia’s labor commissioner, said his state had one of the lowest unemployment insurance tax rates in the nation when the tax holiday was enacted.
“The decision to do this was not really based upon any practical reasoIt was based on a political decision, which I think, by all accounts now, we can look back on and say it was the wrong decision,” Butler said. “Now we find ourselves in a situation where we’ve had to borrow money and that puts everyone in a tight situation.”
A Georgia Republican saying a tax cut was purely political and was the wrong decision…. I never thought I’d see that happen….
Doggone/GA
February 21st, 2011
8:21 am
“but Saddam Hussein shouldn’t have?”
Sure he should have. How many troops did WE sent to Egypt to oust Mubarak? See, if we’d just been patient and waited 10 years…instead of starting a war against a country that did not attack us and was no threat to us…HIS OWN PEOPLE would probably have tagged along with this revolution wave and done the job for us.
And saved us the lives of 5000 US soldiers, and untold numbers of their own people – that were just “collateral damage” that we didn’t even bother to count.
stands for decibels
February 21st, 2011
8:24 am
A Georgia Republican saying a tax cut was purely political and was the wrong decision…. I never thought I’d see that happen….
well, he backs into it, and weasel words it, and he can always say it was all the fault of those incredibly LIBERAL GA Democrats that used to run things, back when the initial report came out.
But, point taken. I too like to acknowledge the green shoots when they appear, so to speak.
stands for decibels
February 21st, 2011
8:26 am
Anyway, Jack Bull, if you want your fix of Obama-bashing over how he handled Egypt, I’ll give you this nice present. It’s from the left.
http://www.salon.com/entertainment/comics/this_modern_world/2011/02/14/this_modern_world
(I love Tom Tomorrow, but I happen to disagree with his take, this time… Funny stuff though.)
Normal
February 21st, 2011
8:27 am
Thanks Stands!
I see that Glenn Beck is predicting the end of the world is almost here.
I wonder if he has stock in canned goods or something. I’m waiting for him to stalk New York City street corners wearing a burlap sack and sandals waving a sign of “Repent Sinners”. Man, this guy has really flipped….or maybe his ratings have gotten so bad that he just HOPES the end is near…
Normal
February 21st, 2011
8:30 am
…OH! and another Cousin for Stands! Congrats, too!!
stands for decibels
February 21st, 2011
8:30 am
Man, this guy has really flipped….or maybe his ratings have gotten so bad that he just HOPES the end is near…
Nah.
You have to remember this guy’s background. He was a wacky morning-zoo-type radio DJ; when ratings dip, you try to find something even goofier. You keep at it until they finally fire you.
That’s what Beck’s all about, I think. I just worry, obviously, for the people foolish enough to take him seriously.
TaxPayer
February 21st, 2011
8:33 am
Where are those jobs the Republicans promised. Georgia’s unemployment rate is what now, 10.2%. On top of that, Georgia has already shut down another 20 banks this year and those of us that use the remaining banks have to pay for all those failed ones through less interest and higher fees.
jt
February 21st, 2011
8:35 am
thanks for mentioning that Neck……………on our Presidents day…………………….
The Lincoln regime destroyed the system of federalism, or states’ rights, that was established by the founding fathers. After the war, the union was no longer voluntary, and all states, North and South, became mere appendages of Washington, DC. Lincoln illegally suspended the writ of habeas corpus and imprisoned tens of thousands of political dissenters without due process; waged total war with the bombing, plundering, and mass murder of some 50,000 of his own citizens; signed ten tariff-raising bills; imposed heavy “sin taxes” on alcohol and tobacco; introduced the first federal income-tax and military-conscription laws; introduced an internal-revenue bureaucracy for the first time; executed thousands of accused deserters from the army; shut down hundreds of opposition newspapers in the Northern states; went off the gold standard and nationalized the money supply; introduced massive corporate-welfare schemes; deported an opposition member of Congress; and exploded the public debt, among other sins.
It must NOT be forgotten, also, that the Emancipation Proclamation was “limited and provisional” in that “slavery was to be abolished only in the seceded states [where the government had no power to free anyone] and only if they did not return to the Union.
Happy Presidential Tyranny Day.
Southern Comfort
February 21st, 2011
8:43 am
dB
He left that window open because you know he’s gonna get hammered with that in the next election cycle. His conservative creds will be on the line…
stands for decibels
February 21st, 2011
8:45 am
what-evah, jt.
A spirited case for regarding Lincoln’s immediate predecessor as the Worst President Evah, here:
http://www.salon.com/books/history/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/02/21/worst_president_buchanan
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“Secession is neither more nor less than revolution. It may or may not be a justifiable revolution; but still it is revolution.” By inserting the word “justifiable” in this last sentence, one could detect Buchanan faltering, his knees buckling like a boxer who’s about to collapse to the mat. Sure enough, Buchanan also declared in his message that he and Congress lacked the authority to force any seceded state back into the Union. “The power to make war against a State,” he contended, “is at variance with the whole spirit and intent of the Constitution … Our Union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war.”
But he said this 17 days before South Carolina or any other Southern state had left the Union. He was, in other words, providing the South with a handy justification for secession and letting them know the federal government would do nothing to stop the disintegration of the nation. No longer did Buchanan rattle sabers, as he had done in Utah or had threatened to do in acquiring Cuba or invading Mexico. When it came to the South and secession, the president professed to be powerless. In the North, his professed impotence seemed inexcusable, especially among those anti-slavery Democrats who remembered how Andrew Jackson had effectively handled the Nullification Crisis of 1832, when South Carolina tried to void a federal tariff law. Jackson had responded by threatening to use military force against South Carolina, which wisely had backed down. Stephen Douglas was right, though: Jackson was dead, and Buchanan was nothing like him.
Buchanan’s lack of resolve, once South Carolina and the other states of the Deep South did abandon the Union, opened the door for those rebellious states to take possession of federal property — forts, armories, post offices, customs houses — without hindrance. Fort Sumter in South Carolina, which sat on a small island in the middle of Charleston’s harbor, was among the few federal military installations that remained in the hands of the U.S. government. The fate of Fort Sumter threw Buchanan into a fit of indecision. Always something of a sponge who absorbed the ideas and strength of others around him, like W did under the mesmerizing influence of Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, Buchanan continued to listen to his Southern advisors who told him to tread carefully or not at all. Throughout the month of December 1860, Buchanan nearly suffered a complete breakdown: He cursed aloud, he wept, his hands trembled, he could not remember orders he had given or documents he had read. Some mornings he found it difficult to get out of bed. Observers noticed that there was a constant twitching in his cheek, an indication that he might have suffered a minor stroke as the crisis mounted. Finally, he decided not to give up the fort, and the Southern members of his Cabinet resigned in protest. Buchanan replaced them with Cabinet officials who were more decisively Unionist in their sentiments.
He wanted someone — anyone but himself — to find a solution to the nation’s problems. Nevertheless, by the end of December Buchanan ordered a supply ship to Fort Sumter; the effort failed, however, when the ship was forced to abandon Charleston harbor when it came under heavy fire from batteries along the shore. Buchanan decided to do nothing else about the fort and the troops who defended it. In fact, it became clear that he intended to take no action against the South for the remaining eight weeks of his term. When he shared a carriage with Lincoln back to the White House after the new president’s inauguration, Buchanan said, “If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland [his private estate in Pennsylvania] you are a happy man.” Lincoln’s reply, if any, is not recorded.
Southern Comfort
February 21st, 2011
8:46 am
It must NOT be forgotten, also, that the Emancipation Proclamation was “limited and provisional” in that “slavery was to be abolished only in the seceded states [where the government had no power to free anyone] and only if they did not return to the Union.
AMEN!!!!! Yet, we Black Americans of African descent are supposed to worship Lincoln like modern-day GOPers worship Reagan. Nah…. He was a man just like me. We both put our pants on one leg at a time.
RC
No offense taken. I don’t think government workers should strike, especially teachers. Education is far more important.
TaxPayer
February 21st, 2011
8:48 am
If only there were a way to send some people back in time to a life that they seem to yearn for so much. A day when they could own slaves to work their fields and cook their meals and bear their children. Their good old days. Alas. They are stuck here with the rest of us though.
Scout
February 21st, 2011
8:48 am
jt:
Good for you !!
Sounds like you have read “The Real Lincoln” by Thomas DiLorenzo ?
Scout
February 21st, 2011
8:49 am
TaxPayer:
No one is trying to justify slavery. It’s about the truth of history.
Scout
February 21st, 2011
8:50 am
Tucker and Bookman must be sleeping in ……………….. or did they get President’s day off ?
stands for decibels
February 21st, 2011
8:51 am
Yet, we Black Americans of African descent are supposed to worship Lincoln
um, really?
Just about any history I’ve read contextualizes Lincoln’s struggles to keep his country together. The fact remains, however, that nobody told African-Americans to regard him as something of a hero while the man lived, and for many decades after he was murdered–they did that on their own.
Keep up the good fight!
February 21st, 2011
8:52 am
Concern about the distorted “Truth of history”….from a birther… funny!
stands for decibels
February 21st, 2011
8:55 am
Anyway, I gotta go work to keep our Scout in the manner to which he’s become accustomed. Later, all.
TaxPayer
February 21st, 2011
8:56 am
The truth, Scout, is that you have an opinion too.
TaxPayer
February 21st, 2011
8:58 am
What day of the month do you get your government check, Scout.
Scout
February 21st, 2011
8:59 am
stands for decibels:
“Anyway, I gotta go work to keep our Scout in the manner to which he’s become accustomed. Later, all.”
Why thank you ! It is most appreciated. Just like I worked for others before me.
Normal
February 21st, 2011
8:59 am
Here’s another funny…on topic too.
http://news.icanhascheezburger.com/2011/02/21/political-pictures-freedom-of-speech/
Southern Comfort
February 21st, 2011
9:00 am
dB
You don’t pay attention to some of the posts here. That point always comes up when the rant about why Blacks support the Democratic Party instead of the Party of Lincoln. I guess I should have clarified my statement a little more
Scout
February 21st, 2011
9:00 am
Taxpayer:
“The truth, Scout, is that you have an opinion too.”
Exactly. This is an “opinion” blog so thank for reminding everyone.
“What day of the month do you get your government check, Scout.”
I don’t get a check but I do get a direct deposit on the first of each month.
Scout
February 21st, 2011
9:01 am
Keep Up the Pillow Fight !:
That was jt’s post not mine.
Keep up the good fight!
February 21st, 2011
9:05 am
Scout 8:49 was not your agreement with jt?
Scout
February 21st, 2011
9:06 am
More “truth” in history:
“Washington: the ‘blackest name’ in America
George Washington’s name is inseparable from America, and not only from the nation’s history. It identifies countless streets, buildings, mountains, bridges, monuments, cities — and people.
In a puzzling twist, most of these people are black. The 2000 U.S. Census counted 163,036 people with the surname Washington. Ninety percent of them were African-American, a far higher black percentage than for any other common name.
The story of how Washington became the “blackest name” begins with slavery and takes a sharp turn after the Civil War, when all blacks were allowed the dignity of a surname.
Even before Emancipation, many enslaved black people chose their own surnames to establish their identities. Afterward, some historians theorize, large numbers of blacks chose the name Washington in the process of asserting their freedom.
Today there are black Washingtons, like this writer, who are often identified as African-American by people they have never met. There are white Washingtons who are sometimes misidentified and have felt discrimination. There are Washingtons of both races who view the name as a special — if complicated — gift.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/21/washington-blackest-america/?test=latestnews
jt
February 21st, 2011
9:06 am
stands for decibels –
Your link was a Decent read for entertaining purposes only. When the author said this…………
“while Bush worked assiduously to dismantle the federal government while trying to fit his presidency into his vacation schedule.”
his reality creedence was thrown out the window….If it wasn’t for Obama, Bush would go down in history as the largest spender in our history..and the greatest grower of the Federal government …evah.
What planet was he on during 2000-2008?
Scout
February 21st, 2011
9:07 am
Keep Up the Pillow Fight ! :
“Scout 8:49 was not your agreement with jt?”
I did agree with him (and he is correct about Lincoln) but it was “his” post so I find it odd that you jumped me about it instead of him.
Some real hatred there ………………..
jt
February 21st, 2011
9:10 am
TaxPayer
“They are stuck here with the rest of us though.”
Right you are, we are ALL slaves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiSx5LCnugw&feature=related
Scout
February 21st, 2011
9:13 am
Gone for the day ……… be nice to each other !!
jt
February 21st, 2011
9:13 am
Scout
Sorry you caught some flak on my behalf.
Cheers!
No revisionist history for us.
Scout
February 21st, 2011
9:14 am
jt:
Yep ………… only hatred.
Keep up the good fight!
February 21st, 2011
9:14 am
Scout….awww…did I hurt your feelings? Reality is hatred? Sorry, we’ve already had this discussion.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 21st, 2011
9:15 am
Adios !
Normal
February 21st, 2011
9:27 am
I bet Jay is at the Lincoln Memorial, sitting on ol’ Abe’s lap…
Normal
February 21st, 2011
9:30 am
Always loved the Lincoln Memorial….never understood the Washington Memorial…it looks like one BIG Pr*ck…you’d a thought the Brits designed it since he was their biggest pr*ck at the time…
Keep up the good fight!
February 21st, 2011
9:38 am
I’d have to go with Lincoln as very moving. FDR is well designed, but I find the entire mall area to be inspiring. The Washington Memorial is probably my least favorite.
TaxPayer
February 21st, 2011
9:41 am
Scout
February 21st, 2011
9:14 am
jt:
Yep ………… only hatred.
You should really try to quit the hating, Scout.
Q&A
February 21st, 2011
9:50 am
Chicago’s population plunged by 200,418 people — a 6.9 percent decline from 2000, according to the official census count released Tuesday.
The drop was significantly more than indicated by previously released census estimates, and over the next decade it could cost the city hundreds of millions in federal funds, which are partly distributed on the basis of population counts.
The loss reverses gains made in the 1990s when Chicago’s population grew by 4 percent, the first increase then in 50 years.
Chicago’s black population fell the most, nearly 17 percent. Today, blacks make up only 33 percent of the city’s population, down from 36 percent 10 years ago.
One likely cause is the Chicago Housing Authority’s Plan for Transformation, in which thousands of inner-city public housing units were demolished.
Is Chicago racist?