Gene Wilder is All In…Blazing Icon of comedy passes away at 83…
Stick around, more “Juicy fresh content”… from Matt Welch follows.
“Leave the Weiner alone,” says the Reason editor-in-chief…
“and leave the blackface alone,” Chris Hayes, dixit.

Relax Bart…Public Policy Polling* reveals that bedbugs are more popular than Donald Trump. | Fair Use of los Warner Bros.; of the flyest Sheriff in Town, Cleavon  Little;  y  del  “producer”  Mel  Brooks…  and  of  course:                                        Young Frankenstein.

Coming Up: The Brasil aftermath, Dilma Fights back…
but you won’t see that: on MSNBC

TimeStamp: 1100 hrs. CET
It’s Tuesday, August 30 —2016
… and in México, a thug in police uniform gets a pink slip from “el presidente,” it appears, but it is not yet confirmed, however; that the aerial toys, and the “know-how-francés” of the Gendarmerie got “[à] el licenciado” Peña Nieto in trouble—again.

Uso justo de los medios… y del gobernador William J. Lepetomane… en Main.

 …but speaking of the savoir-faire francés
Chris Matthews over at Mr. Peacock Center can rejoice
with the announcement that the non-existent American HighSpeed Rail System,
will be getting the Alstom facelift ¹.

…and Now: it’s Housekeeping and Math*

Arizona will decide [in a few hours] if a Real Purple Heart awardee remains in office; because, who cares about La Florida, Los Delfines de Miami    —y  el  Partido Republicano de los Estados Unidos Americanos… in 2016—copyleft.

It’s marathon Tuesday… we’ll be right back
TimeStamp:  6 h  46 m 7h 16m EST
Morning Joe does not know how to “do” the google…
let me help you out —Mika— with The Original Amnesty Song ²:

“El día que me lo encuentre le voy a escupir la cara, le voy a mentar la madre le voy a decir todo lo que nunca le han dicho en su mendiga vida”, señaló para cantar “Los Mandados”.

ATTE: Vicente Fernández.
Via… La Voz de Arizona.

Translation of ↑ Mr. Fernández’ ↑ warning [directed] to a mail-order bride customer and notorious casino owner:

“As long as You [guys] keep clapping, I will keep singing.”

…It’s almost 4:20 [CET] and the staff is supposed to take a break; after all, this blog is scribbled near BFM TV, and not on the NAFTA/TPP borderlands of TeleMundo TV… In the meantime, here’s some trivia for the Country & Western crowd [at Joe’s Garage]: can you tell why the hero of the fabled West Texas town El Paso, in Marty Robbins [corrido] could not return to Rosas Cantina??? a)_ Because the hero fell in love with Felina. b)_ Because the hero shot a wild young cowboy. Or, c)… because the hero stole a horse. The answer, after i shave.

Read on a Border Wall:

“¿Badges‽‽‽  We Don’t Need no Stinking [media] Badges.

Uso justo de todos los medios [Colorados], de Gene Wilder, y por supuesto de Outlaw Willie… Outlaw Willie doesn’t need no stinkin’ Boy Scout badges.

Next on Willie’s  Top  Ten  Hits…  Ana  Marie  Cox  reviews  The Tombstone Mavericks cover of The Beach Boys: Barbara Ann.

♫ Bomb, bomb, bomb. Bomb Donald Trump

♫ Bomb, bomb, bomb. Bomb Donald Trump.

♫ Bomb, bomb, bomb. Bomb Donald Trump.

Barbara Ann (take my hand)

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The railroad tracks:

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