CBS broadcast eight Jesse Stone TV movies from 2005 until 2012 that starred Tom Selleck as a former Los Angeles cop turned chief of police of Paradise, a fictional town in Massachusetts. The movies were based on a series of … Continue reading
A roundup of science news (link) on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show blog includes this rather disconcerting entry: The best new species discovered over the last year include skeletal sea dragons and giant carnivorous planets. I suspect that last word should … Continue reading
Ukrainian-American comedian Yakoff Smirnoff once said that when he became a naturalized American citizen the first thought that entered his mind as an American was “I hate these foreigners. They come here and take our jobs!” And of course that’s … Continue reading
The latest XKCD web comic: Link: http://xkcd.com/1686/ In more or less the same vein, consider this: Below courtesy of YouTube are the first two episodes of the Buck Rogers Saturday matinee serial starring Bust Crabbe, which premiered in 1939, the … Continue reading
Early voting starts tomorrow here in North Carolina for a special election. The primary will select each party’s candidates for congressional representatives based on a new district map. The whole process is tainted by political corruption and efforts to stop … Continue reading
This is an old bit, but it was new to me. Basically, YouTubers Rhett and Link wrote and performed a skit, then did it again but with dialog picked up from YouTube’s less-than-perfect automated captioning of the original. The result … Continue reading
John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight on HBO continues to do some of the most important journalism on television. Here the topic is the fragmented 911 emergency call system in the United States. Problems include outdated technology, problems staffing the centers, … Continue reading
Here’s Bill Maher’s followup to 25 Things You Didn’t Know About Ted Cruz: Link: https://youtu.be/CKGIO7wgs7M by … Continue reading
In yet another report worth seeing both for the factual content and the entertainment value, John Oliver addresses some problems with science, including insufficient replication, doubtful forced results (“p-hacking”), and especially sloppy science reporting in the media, notably on morning … Continue reading
In a post a few weeks ago I embedded an a video mashup combining dialog from Friends with scenes from Game of Thrones. The same talented person or persons, based in France, have done a lot of others along the … Continue reading