Nearly 2.9 million Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than for Donald Trump (see e.g. The Cook Political Report‘s final tally), but back in late November Trump tweeted that he actually won the popular vote for president “if you deduct the … Continue reading
Here’s the Trump inauguration as reimagined by the folks at Bad Lip Reading. Some of the lines are remarkably plausible. Link: https://youtu.be/gneBUA39mnI In the interest of equal time here’s their version of Obama’s second inauguration, which I thought less inspired … Continue reading
Stephen Colbert and his conservative identical cousin “Stephen Colbert” say farewell to President Obama. It’s reasonably funny but also has some points to make. This was originally broadcast last Thursday, the night before the inauguration. Link: https://youtu.be/0YmCUgacULs There are a … Continue reading
Novelist and blogger John Green muses about out how far back “back” goes in a vlog post that manages to inspire a fair mount of awe in just 3 minutes and 42 seconds: Link: https://youtu.be/qxfD1DhqBiA The time spans he mentions … Continue reading
If you’re in a funk about today’s inauguration, just remember that it could have been worse. No, I don’t mean Hillary Clinton would have been worse. For all her faults, she would be nowhere near as bad as Trump. That’s … Continue reading
One of the best bits on the Key & Peele show had Jordan Peele playing Barack Obama with Keegan-Michael Key as his “anger translator” Luther. It became so popular that Luther appeared with the real President Obama in the 2015 … Continue reading
Pediatrician Aaron Carroll summarizes recent research showing the Medicaid benefits for children end up saving the federal government money. How is that possible? Because children who had health insurance through Medicare grow up healthier and are less likely to be … Continue reading
The Big Short begins with an on-screen quotation: “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” Perhaps appropriately for a film largely about mistakes and fraud, it … Continue reading
On Friday the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced a crackdown on two massive robocall operations as described on their website. Unfortunately the penalties sound less like a crackdown than a wrist-slap. The two “ringleaders,” Justin Ramsey and Mike Jones, along … Continue reading
Brian Keith Dalton makes a good point here about nominees to the Supreme Court: Link: https://youtu.be/Mvzf8nw9KQs In brief, last year GOP leaders in Congress refused for the first time in American history even to consider the president’s nominee to fill … Continue reading