You’ve probably already seen this by now, but in case if you haven’t, it’s Saturday Night Live‘s take from the November 19 broadcast on Trump’s transition planning since the election. Link: https://youtu.be/JUWSLlz0Fdo Trump complained about the show on Twitter, as … Continue reading
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog appears on Stephen Colbert the day after the election to discuss the results. I particularly liked the line about Trump’s plan to destroy ISIS (about 4:20 into the clip). Link: https://youtu.be/rstLxJtQQ30 For more on Triumph … Continue reading
President Obama today awards the Medal of Freedom to Margaret Hamilton, not the late actress famous for playing the Wicked Witch of the West but a pioneering computer scientist who programmed computers for the Apollo missions to the Moon and … Continue reading
Things often involve more than their names might imply. Case in point: Black Lives Matter. A lot of people react to the phrase “Black Lives Matter” without taking time to understand what’s behind it. It was prompted by a series … Continue reading
A few items for political junkies in honor of election day: The North Carolina GOP published a press release today celebrating what they apparently consider good news for Republicans, including: African American Early Voting is down 8.5% from this time … Continue reading
In case you missed it, here’s SNL’s cold open from November 5: Link: https://youtu.be/hxH6bKNPBIA by … Continue reading
In this bit from the October 28 edition of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher Maher takes issue with false equivalency, aka both-siderism, as in “Both sides do it.” A lot of the time they do, but not to the … Continue reading
Novelist and polymath John Green manages to cram a lot of information about the recent history, current state, and possible future of health insurance in the United States in less than ten minutes: Link: https://youtu.be/p3mYrOnq2Z4 For sources and background information … Continue reading
Pediatrician, writer, and medical school professor Aaron Carroll MD discusses the evidence that Medicaid has a large positive return on investment. Link: https://youtu.be/vx1-X9wpUk4 If you’re still young and healthy — just you wait — you might be among the people … Continue reading
As usual, amusing commentary from good old boys Jackie Broyles and Dunlap of Murfreesboro Tennessee. Be prepared for language that may offend some people. It certainly offended Jackie. Link: https://youtu.be/lH-c5AEqm2g (I particularly liked Jackie’s comment on Wikileaks at the end.) … Continue reading