It’s not surprising that a Trump appointee would be a racist. This is what he said. Sad!
Chronology of the “shithole” comments
Here’s the chronology of the Trump “shithole” comments.
Thursday: Trump makes his “shithole” comment in a meeting
Friday: The Washington Post reports the “shithole” comment and states that “White House officials did not dispute the account.” Democratic Senator Durbin, who was in the meeting, says that Trump said “shithole”. Republican Senator Scott says that Republican Senator Graham, who was in the meeting, confirmed the Washington Post account.
Trump tweets that the Democrats made it up. However, he allegedly takes a “victory lap” by phoning people to see how it played out in the press.
Republican Senator Flake, who was not in the meeting, tweets that Trump’s comments “were not “tough,” they were abhorrent and repulsive”
Sunday: Now, Senator Cotton says that Trump did not say “shithole countries”. Why didn’t he remember this on Friday?
Trump said “shithole”, lied about it and is being helped by other Republicans to make it seem like it didn’t happen. Sad!
No more free advertising for Trump
The media should stop referring to Trump’s properties by name. That is giving him free advertising. He should not even own the properties since he is president; that’s a conflict of interest.
We do need to know where he is. They could just tell us the city and state.
Covers: I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock ‘n’ Roll)
Nick Lowe wrote the “I Knew the Bride” but the first and most popular version was by Dave Edmunds in 1977. Lowe and Edmunds played together in Rockpile which performed a really fast live version in 1980.
Lowe recorded solo versions in 1985 and 2009. The 2009 one has a good video illustrating the story of the song.
Rockpile live at Montreaux (1980)
Is the Wall Street Journal fake news?
Trump now claims he was deliberately misquoted by the Wall Street Journal in a taped interview. He blasted it as “FAKE NEWS!” but the Journal has stuck by their article. In the past, the conservative Journal has been supportive of Trump. However, they recently ran a story about a payoff made to a porn star so she wouldn’t talk about her relationship with Trump. I assume Trump’s blast is just retaliation for that. He expects the media to only say good things – everything else is fake. Sad!
Covers: She’s Got You
The original version of the country song “She’s Got You” was by Patsy Cline and was recorded in 1961.
The version recorded by Rhiannon Giddens was released in 2015. The tempo is much slower than the original. I think it’s more appropriate for the sad message of the song. Her excellent recording was followed by live versions available on YouTube.
Rhiannon Giddens at the Grand Ole Opry
Rhiannon Giddens (last.fm sessions) Giddens explains why she recorded the song in a brief introduction.
Covers: Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down
The original version is by Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers and was recorded in 1925. Loudon Wainwright III recorded a two-CD tribute to Poole in 2009 called High Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project which included covers and new songs.
While looking for YouTube links, I ran across a terrific instrumental version by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys from 1940.
Different versions of the song have slight variations on the name of it
Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers (1925)
Good luck with that!
African countries want Trump to apologize for his “shithole” remarks. Good luck with that!
Trump doesn’t apologize. The only time I recall that he has apologized since he started running for president was over the Access Hollywood tape.
Trump now privately suggests that the tape was not real. He has already denied what he said at the meeting where he said “shithole”. If you don’t admit you said it, you don’t have to apologize for it. Sad!
Trump and the porn star
Trump paid a porn star $130,000 before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an affair they had in 2006, according to the Wall Street Journal. It should be noted that the Journal is a conservative paper which has supported Trump. The Daily Beast had been in contact with her for an interview before the election but she backed out.
I don’t think that this would have affected the election had she told her story in 2016. People knew Trump had flaws and voted for him anyway.
I am more concerned about the women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct. I believe them. Trump supporters who believe Bill Clinton’s accusers but dismiss Trump’s are being partisan. Sad!
Spike Jones in Thank Your Lucky Stars
I don’t know much about Spike Jones but I love this clip from the 1943 film Thank Your Lucky Stars . It looks like chaos but must have been orchestrated with precision.
