Mastodawn

🎵Voy a cantar estos versos aunque yo no soy de aquí
Yo soy un gran pendejo de condado de Queens
Estafando y estafando he llegado a la Mar-A-Lago
El único trato que hice fue con el Diablo. 🎶

(Disculpas a Santiago Jiménez Sr., Louis Ortega, Flaco Jiménez, Freddy Fender, Augie Meyers y Doug Sahm)

#taco #worldpeace #TexasTornados

davidnewman Apr 5

Farewell to James Gadson, prolific R&B drummer and a master at doing a lot with a little. RIP.

#rhythmandblues #funk #funky #drummer #givethedrummersome

https://youtu.be/LuzlbR5V_hc?si=FOMzXUOQ-EM1d40m

Bill Withers - Use Me (Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972)

YouTube

davidnewman Mar 17

Cancer knows no political boundaries. I wish Ms. Wiles a full and speedy recovery.

I also wish a full and speedy restoration of funding to the NIH, CDC, and other institutions doing essential work in cancer research.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/us/politics/susie-wiles-breast-cancer.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#cancer #brca #breastcancer #cancerresearch #nih #science

Susie Wiles, Trump’s White House Chief of Staff, Has Breast Cancer

Ms. Wiles said that the disease was caught in its early stages and that she would remain in her role.

The New York Times

davidnewman Mar 13

I cannot prove he is Putin’s puppet.

What I can observe is that for a man of so few fixed principles, acting in ways that benefit Russia is always one of them. Always.

#democracy #putinspuppet #oil #usa #russia

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/us/politics/trump-russia-oil-sanctions.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it was “unfortunate” that the move could benefit Russia, but maintained that it was only for the short term.

The New York Times

davidnewman Mar 11

MAGA: Stop comparing us to Nazis!

Also MAGA: Papers please!

davidnewman Mar 8

For the first time since the 1960s, the pay disparity between US men and women widened over a two-year period. This is data reported in September 2025 for 2022-2024, the most recent span for which full-year data is available.

And International Womens Day has 23 hours this year. I’m not a fan of pay inequality, or time changes.

#interationalwomensday #payinequality #equalpay #timechange

davidnewman Mar 4

Someone at the California Fair Political Practices Commission has a sense of humor. The music on hold is an instrumental version of “Knocking on Heaven’s Door.”

https://youtu.be/8kp4ei5TYBA?si=5OCJrFKHWyS1i-Ok

#politics #democracy #california #patgarretandbillythekid #bobdylan

Bob Dylan - Knocking On Heavens Door Instrumental

YouTube

davidnewman Feb 20

Show thread

Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor Feb 20

@lawyersgunsnmoney @ai6yr 🎯 My mom read about this and called me outraged in that way that only a nonagenarian Jewish grandmother can. She is 89 (90 in April) and remembers classmates who died of polio, measles etc etc in the 40s and 50s. Within living memory! I am similarly livid that these antivax flat-earth fuckwits are going to make us repeat communicable disease history in the worst possible way.

davidnewman Feb 19

pfriedma Feb 19

Just a friendly reminder that every single PII data breach could have been avoided by not collecting and retaining ID document information in the first place.
Age verification should be correctly perceived as the future yet another data breach risk it is.

davidnewman Feb 9

This evening in the United States of America.

#america #immigrants #badbunny #superbowl