Michael-Patrick Harrington's Blog, page 25
June 23, 2021
Dave & Dave
Dave Chappelle fronts the Foo Fighters for a cover of Radioheads’s “Creep” at Madison Square Garden…
B-I-N-G-O
Bingo gone horribly wrong… 
Nun admits to stealing over $835,000 from her school to help finance gambling habit, feds say A now-retired nun will plead guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges for stealing more than $835,000 for gambling and other personal expenses from the Southern California school that she ran, federal prosecutors say.
Nun admits to stealing over $835,000 from her school to help finance gambling habit, feds say A now-retired nun will plead guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges for stealing more than $835,000 for gambling and other personal expenses from the Southern California school that she ran, federal prosecutors say.
June 22, 2021
George Washington & the Collapse of the Republican Party
George Washington in his farewell address spoke of putting party before country: “It serves always to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration. It agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.”
SE Cupp: This is a total collapse of the Republican Party - CNN Video CNN’s SE Cupp says by pushing legislation in an attempt to make it more difficult to vote, Republicans have shown they are all out of ideas.
June 20, 2021
Ned Beatty
Ned Beatty, ‘Deliverance’ and ‘Network’ Actor, Dead at 83 Scene-stealing character actor also appeared in Superman, Nashville, All the President’s Men and Toy Story 3
June 19, 2021
Champ
Bidens announce their ‘beloved’ German Shepherd Champ has died The Bidens announced Saturday that Champ, their “beloved” German Shepherd who had been with their family since 2008, has died.
June 17, 2021
Juneteenth
Juneteenth is now a national holiday! Yea! Long time coming. 
Biden signs bill into law making Juneteenth a national holiday President Joe Biden said that signing legislation into law on Thursday establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day -- a US federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States -- will go down as “one of the greatest honors” of his presidency.
Biden signs bill into law making Juneteenth a national holiday President Joe Biden said that signing legislation into law on Thursday establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day -- a US federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States -- will go down as “one of the greatest honors” of his presidency.
Foo Fighters are Stayin’ Alive
Foo Fighters Releasing New Disco Album for Record Store Day 2021 Introducing… the Dee Gees and their debut album Hail Satin
Sleater-Kinney
Watch the great Sleater-Kinney on Colbert.
A Tense Exchange
Disgusting.
Officer injured in Capitol riot blasts GOP lawmaker’s behavior as ‘disgusting’ after tense exchange A DC Metropolitan Police officer who defended the US Capitol on January 6 blasted GOP Rep. Andrew Clyde on Wednesday evening for what he called “disgusting” behavior during a tense exchange.
