Minyard & Minyard Do a Podcast - A View From the Left.

Ken and Rick have decidedly differing views on how AG Merrick Garland has handled the Trump investigation.  We debate.  We also explore how Evangelical Christians have destroyed their credibility with their slavish devotion to Trump. Lawrence O'Donnell had a monologue for the ages this past week in anticipation of the trial starting in Manhattan, while Trump's attorneys show just how competent they are.  All this and more...minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.comMusic by David Horton

Dating back 200 years or more, with the 'Snake Oil Salesmen', and others hawking their wares door-to-door or at County Fairs or boardwalks, America enjoys a long tradition of pitch men.  We explore some of the best in the past 40 years or so, and ask where the line is between pitch men and grifter.  There is no doubt that there is one who stands out as the best in history.Minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.comMusic by David Horton.

In a wild several days including Trump obtaining both another delay in one case, and a three week warning before a Jury is set to be seated in another...we share some of the Elon Musk interview with Don Lemon that ultimately got Lemon fired on his first day on the job at the app formerly known as Twitter.  Was it the questions about Musk's tolerance of Nazi's and white nationalists?  Or perhaps it was the challenges to Musk's assertions that the old Twitter was a bastion for leftists.  Or maybe the pressure that Lemon offered on Musk's use of Ketamine.  We discuss.Minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.comMusic by David Horton

There is no disputing that America is at a place that we've not been since the 1860's.  We really are two separate nations.  Our differences appear to be irreconcilable. Therefore, instead of taking up arms and killing our fellow citizens over politics and whether we should convert from a Democratic Republic to an Authoritarian form of government, why not negotiate a civil separation and create the Red States of America and the Blue States of America?  Each state can hold referendums on which side they'd like to align themselves with.  We can negotiate all of the various aspects of future cooperation and revenue agreements among the two new countries, elect respective head's of state, representatives and such.  Each state could enact it's own border policies, taxation policies and welfare policies.  Interstate travel would be negotiated, civil liberties would have to be agreed to in advance, but Blue States would be responsible for their affairs, and likewise for the Red States.  A joint defense pact would be negotiated as well.  This way, we can avoid the obvious bloodshed that would arise if we do it the old fashioned way.  We discuss this and much more.minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.comMusic by David Horton

Big week.  MAGA finally ran out the clock on Nikki Haley with the Super Tuesday results. President Biden blew away the low expectations set by both left and right by delivering a forceful State of the Union address, Eric Swalwell schools MAGA members of congress on the border bill, and Marjorie Taylor Greene told a foreign journalist to fuck off when asked about Jewish space lasers.  Just another week.minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.comMusic by David Horton

The election of 2024, and quite probably the future of American democracy comes down to a battle between two grandpas.  One, a kindly and beloved man with a loving family and a history of kindness and caring, and the other a career con man who has cheated and lied his way through life, and is threatening to end our system of government.  We discuss.Minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.commusic by David Horton

This week, psychologist Dr John Gartner, formerly of Johns Hopkins University Medical School, sounded the alarm...on Donald Trump.  Trump's slurring and inability to sometimes formulate complete sentences appears to be a sign of growing dementia and possible early stages of Alzheimer's.  He asserts that Trump is becoming more dangerous by the day. "This is a tale of two brains. Biden's brain is aging. Trump's brain is dementing," he says.  "He just becomes incomprehensible when he engages in free association word salad speech that is all over the place. Again, that's a sign of real brain damage, not being old, not being slow, not losing a step not being, but of severe cognitive deterioration." "What I don’t understand is why those clips aren’t replayed over and over in the mainstream media. Isn’t Trump babbling incoherently the most newsworthy part of his rally? You can be sure it would be if it were Biden." Don't believe him?  We provide ample evidence via those clips in this episode from just one of Donald Trump's speeches this past week.  You decide.

Aside from another mass shooting at a Super Bowl celebration, a massive, multi-hundreds of millions of dollars judgement against Trump and his spawn, the assassination of the leading opposition figure in Russia by Putin a month before the elections there...did anything of interest happen this week?Minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.comMusic by David Horton

Ken has a unique look at what Joe Biden is going through at 81 years old.  He can relate he says.  We discuss.  Also, we focus on how this election is going to have to be conducted in order to keep Trump out of the White House again. And it isn't going to be pretty.  Time to get dirty.Minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.comMusic by David Horton

WE DID IT!  We made it through a podcast and only devoted maybe ten minutes to Donald Trump! Instead, we discuss, at length, the most popular celebrity on the planet, and someone who strikes absolute fear into MAGA brains.  minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.comMusic by David Horton

That's it! Trump has developed a highly-advanced, very sophisticated way of communicating with his cult...MAGAese! It's probably the greatest, most highly advanced form of communication ever.  One that only the true MAGA devotee can fully grasp.  For the rest of us, it sounds clownish, ignorant and, well...just plain stupid.  But to his cult, it's a code. We give examples!  After all, he's taken numerous cognitive tests, and can actually identify a whale from a giraffe!Minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.comMusic by David Horton

The Diseased Brain of Donald Trump was on full display this week for all to see.  Yet, it doesn't appear to have any effect on his cultists.  We devote this episode to the words that come out of Trumps face and those of some of his supporters and lawyers.minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.comMusic by David Horton

As we see time and again MAGA elected officials and supporters make complete fools of themselves by proudly owning their hypocrisy when it comes to their dear leader, Trae Crowder aka Liberal Redneck, has boiled it down for us.  "Trump is awesome, and Biden sucks."  It's that simple.  The mind of MAGA is no more complicated than that.  Today's example is from the Committee hearings this week pertaining to Hunter Biden. Never mind that he was being held in contempt for ignoring a congressional subpoena...wait for it...while in the hearing personally in response to the subpoena.  Nancy Grace was outraged that he attended, asking "WHO INVITED YOU?" You cannot make this stuff up.  Meanwhile, Governor Greg Abbott of Texas laments the fact that they simply cannot shoot migrants there because Biden would charge them with murder.minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.comMusic by David Horton

Joe Biden launched his campaign with what many have been hoping...begging for - a case against Donald Trump that will motivate his voters.  It is being compared by some to FDR and JFK.  Meanwhile, in Iowa, his opponent by contrast, engaged in a series of demented rants about...pretty much nothing. We contrast the two.minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.comMusic by David Horton

Here is the 2023 retrospective in sound.  We cover most of the main topics of interest for the past year in our final podcast of the year.  Sit back, laugh, cry, shout, enjoy.Minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.comMusic by David Horton

In an example of the dedication that we have...yeah, that's it, dedication...we record this episode on Christmas Day. We highlight the sounds of the past week and illustrate just what the next year might bring.Minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.comMusic by David Horton

As we enter into an election year, and our attention is on the holidays and our daily lives, there are elements aligned with the Right in this country who are promising - out in the open - to kill their enemies if the election doesn't go their way.  We had better start paying close attention and prepare ourselves for the inevitable chaos and violence that is promised by this faction.  Don't believe us? Listen to this edition of Minyard & Minyard do a Podcast and see if you don't agree.minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.comMusic by David Horton 

In a week that will be hard to surpass in terms of sheer absurdity, we must stop and really pay attention to what is happening as we enter an election year. We have the MAGA world telling us exactly what they plan to do if they again take control of our government.  They aren't hiding their intentions, in fact they are highlighting them.  And we'd better pay attention.  Scary thing is that apparently, a sizable portion of our population is perfectly fine giving into a Fascist Authoritarian government.  We have the details.  Minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.com Music by David Horton

The smartest man in the world has driven the final stake into the heart of Twitter by telling his advertisers to "Go Fuck Yourselves" when they objected to his anti-semitic Tweets. And Musk doesn't seem to care.  Also, we expose Louisiana Senator John Kennedy as a fraud, and wonder if Donald Trump even knows his youngest son. Finally, some thoughts on George Santos and more.Minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.comMusic by David Horton

Time to stop all of the hand-wringing and pearl-clutching and do what we all know needs to be done with the Orange Menace. We should take the advice of the former head of the Republican National Committee and lock him up.  Minyard.minyardpodcast@gmail.com Music by David Horton