Kevin Drum at Mother Jones offers up a useful reference guide to Trump’s key advisors. I found this both pretty funny and pretty chilling: Jared Kushner = Rasputin Michael T Flynn* = Dick Cheney Reince Priebus = H.R. Haldeman Steve … Continue reading
The is easily one of the strangest, funniest, and most obscene superhero movies I’ve ever seen. It breaks the fourth wall so much you expect to see the title character stealing handfuls of your popcorn. He even comments on breaking … Continue reading
This is from September 9, four months ago (on the 50th anniversary of Star Trek), but it’s still entertaining, particularly the reenactment of a minor classic Trek cliché: Link: https://youtu.be/OAMKtLYs0jI Takei has led an interesting life, including time in an … Continue reading
A lot of politicians from multiple parties showed up on The Late Show with Steven Colbert during its first year on the air, and a lot of them tried to show they had a sense of humor. Some of them … Continue reading
NPR, which stands either for National Public Radio or News for Pigs and Rabbits, has managed to find ten things about this year’s election that weren’t awful. The full list is here and includes Bill Clinton playing with balloons, Bernie … Continue reading
Entrepreneur and new father Hank Green tells 41 bad dad jokes in under four minutes, interruptions included: Link: https://youtu.be/FFym8JwlYxY by … Continue reading
Here’s another amusing short film with a Christmas theme, this one from the UK, where cats are often called Moggie. (Running time 3 minutes and 20 seconds.) Sainsbury's 'Mog’s Christmas Calamity' from Outsider on Vimeo. Link: https://vimeo.com/145612004 by … Continue reading
I’m really, really late posting this. If I’m not mistaken, it dates back to the July 21 edition of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, back when they were broadcasting live every night after the Republican National Convention. But there’s … Continue reading
Samantha Bee urges Democrats to continue their historical support for working people and civil rights. I could quibble about some things, but on the whole I agree with her. One point she could have added is that by far the … Continue reading
A few years ago a friend of mine, who at the time worked for a great metropolitan newspaper (let’s call her Lois), told me that the paper had installed exercise equipment in the offices for free use of the staff, … Continue reading