Popular English comedian Peter Kay plays some easily misinterpreted song lyrics during a live show. (Some are mildly naughty, not suited for prime-time broadcast in the U.S.) Link: https://youtu.be/UMYorpYNMKc A little over five years ago I posted a link to … Continue reading
This piece is very good and very informative, even to those of us who’ve already read and heard a lot on the subject. It also manages to be entertaining and funny despite the serious subject matter. If you’re busy at … Continue reading
From Thursday night’s prime-time episode of SNL’s Weekend Update, two pretty funny bits inspired by the current debate over Confederate statues and related matters. They feature the return of three former SNL regulars, including Tina Fey, my personal all-time favorite: … Continue reading
In this two-minute bit, Stephen Colbert points out that once more and more people turned out to have taken part in Donald Trump Jr’s meeting with the Russian attorney, the cast started to look a lot like that of an … Continue reading
Link: https://youtu.be/GuEcNMiS3qQ More from Rahat here. by … Continue reading
The following clip from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show is (reasonably) funny, but it points out something very serious, namely that a major initiative to help people in Appalachia, including coal miners that the president pretends to care about, is … Continue reading
Saturday’s Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA featured this fun short video from southern Germany in July. Members of a local school’s astronomy club drew a chalk sundial in a city square and took turns acting as the gnomon, … Continue reading
Donald Trump has said several times that he wants the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) to fail. Unfortunately, there are some things he can do to make insurance harder to get or less affordable. He’s already started doing it. The law … Continue reading
As previously noted (see below), PBS News Hour has broadcast a series on the antibiotics crisis, that is, the appearance of more and more deadly drug-resistant germs and the lack of new antibiotics to deal with them. Here are the … Continue reading
Walter Shaub, until last month director of the federal Office of Government Ethics, says he is very concerned by violations of ethical norms by the Trump administration. At a news conference on July 28 he said, “We are truly in … Continue reading