R.I.P. Marty Balin, January 30, 1942 – September 27, 2018

Paul Kantner and Marty Balin both gone now. I can't imagine how Grace Slick feels tonight.



I remember in Grace's autobiography that she wrote about sleeping with every member of the band except for Marty, but she made love to him every night on stage. That's so obvious in some of these duets. The Slick/Kantner mix has one kind of magic, but the Slick/Balin blend of voices was the early Airplane sound.

Our Empathetic POTUS: Who Says that Donald Trump Can't Feel the Pain of Others?

Many people say that Donald J. Trump is incapable of empathizing with anyone other than Donald J. Trump, but there is one exception, men who are accused of sexual assault or harassment. The case of Brett Kavanaugh is not the first case where he seems capable of truly feeling an accused man's pain.

The Finest White Whine: The Mission Statement of Donald J. Trump

"I am the most fabulous whiner. I do whine because I want to win, and I'm not happy about not winning, and I am a whiner, and I'm a whiner and I keep whining and whining until I win." -- Donald J. Trump on CNN, August 11, 2015 

And just in case you think that this quote is just "Fake News" from CNN, there is video of this ultimate #FineWhiteWhine from the current resident of the White House:



This video also shows how the supremely-unqualified Trump was coddled and given free airtime by CNN and the rest of the news-hungry media in the summer of 2015.

A True Blue Liberal Poll Concerning Credibility

With Bob Woodward's upcoming book, Fear: Trump in the White House, getting the current president's knickers in a twist to the point where he's attacking Woodward's credibility on Twitter, it seemed like a good time for another poll.

POLL:
Which man has established more credibility over the course of his long career, renowned #TrumpUniversity founder and prolific Twitterer @realDonaldTrump or ex-@WashingtonPost reporter and presidential biographer @realBobWoodward?
(Consider retweeting for a larger sample.)

— True Blue Liberal (@TrueBlueLiberal) September 5, 2018

This time the results should be obvious and overwhelmingly lopsided (at least until the poll is discovered by Russian bots).

Is attacking Carl Bernstein last week and Bob Woodward this week really the best strategy you have?

Attacking these serious journalists didn't work for Richard Nixon during the first #Watergate scandal; it probably won't be a successful #StupidWatergate defense strategy either,

— True Blue Liberal (@TrueBlueLiberal) September 4, 2018