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
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 Problems include outdated technology, problems staffing the centers, … Continue reading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
Jackie Broyles and Dunlap discuss Republicans (including Jackie) who won’t support Donald Trump. The clip runs under 2.5 minutes not counting the bit at the end where they talk about their new posting schedule. Link: https://youtu.be/khAaKMBB84M For extra amusement, try … Continue reading
I don’t want this to turn into a full-time bathroom blog (though now that I think of it, somebody might want to consider starting one), but I’ve run across a couple more things related to North Carolina’s HB2 not mentioned … Continue reading
There are a still a lot of misconceptions about HB2, North Carolina’s so-called “bathroom law.” News media have contributed to this — as I confess have I in previous posts — by not making it clear how limited and unenforceable … Continue reading
Jackie Broyles and Dunlap sadly accept that Donald Trump is almost certain to be the GOP nominee. Dunlap gets a little foul-mouthed about it. Link: https://youtu.be/fnPmIxWQoTk by … Continue reading
This is pretty hilarious. Following up on Us Magazine‘s feature on 25 things you didn’t know about Hillary Clinton, Bill Maher provides a preview of 25 things you didn’t know about Ted Cruz. This is of course an excerpt from … Continue reading
Brothers Hank and John Green talk succinctly and intelligently about the tax proposals of the remaining major-party presidential candidates. Follow the links below the videos to other information sources. First Democrats Clinton and Sanders: Link: https://youtu.be/Ml5RFrVzArk Then Republicans Trump and … Continue reading