The latest from the folks at Bad Lip Reading: Link: https://youtu.be/nranUeNkXpM Also, in case you haven’t seen it, some scenes from Marvel’s new series for Country Music Television: Link: https://youtu.be/OOQnk-hRVuc by … Continue reading
From The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, a catalog of people President Trump has complained about so far in 2017. (There’s still time for more, and I’m not sure this list is actually complete.) Link: https://youtu.be/eMPm9pDKu_U by … Continue reading
When Stephen Colbert shows a photo of someone in the news, he routinely gives an alternative description based on how they look in the picture, as in “White House spokesperson and angry woman behind you at Target Sarah Huckabee Sanders.” … Continue reading
In parallel with the recent debate over Confederate statues and other memorials in the U.S., South Africa has its own debate about memorials to the colonial and Apartheid eras. This 9-minute segment from PBS Newshour (broadcast November 10) presents multiple … Continue reading
Jimmy Kimmel has lately been urging Donald Trump supporters to sign up for health insurance through Trumpcare, which offers comprehensive coverage at affordable prices. Moreover, it’s insurance through private companies, not the government. A lot of Trump fans have taken … Continue reading
Depending on whether you observe it on a weekday (as government offices do) or on the traditional November 11, today or yesterday is Veterans Day. It started as Armistice Day, commemorating the armistice that ended the fighting in World War … Continue reading
As you’re probably aware, the partially autonomous Spanish region of Catalonia has voted in favor of independence and the Spanish central government has intervened to block it. I don’t know enough to have a strong opinion either way. On principle … Continue reading
Pediatrician and medical school professor Dr Aaron Carroll summarizes (in eight minutes) the research on abstinence-only versus comprehensive sex education: Link: https://youtu.be/0BkFQ0oUncE The title at the top of the window above — “The Evidence for Abstinence-Only Sex Education Is Scant” … Continue reading
As I don’t have to tell you, the first and last days of October saw multiple people murdered in attacks in Las Vegas and New York. The one in New York was carried out by a fanatic radicalized over the … Continue reading
In a Mexican restaurant the other night I saw the U.S. soccer team fall to Trinidad y Tobago and thus get eliminated from next year’s World Cup competition. (It said it on the screen: “EE UU eliminado.”) Except that this … Continue reading