1/ Frank Rich with his take on the news of the week.....the master....
Most weeks, New York Magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich speaks with contributor Alex Carp about the biggest stories in politics and culture. Today: the reaction to the New York and New Jersey bombings, the presidential polls, and Jimmy Fallon’s softball Trump interview.
Writing in the wake of this weekend’s bomb attack in Manhattan, the media critic Jack Shafer argued that alarmist coverage of the story turned a “brush fire” into “a mighty conflagration,” and is part of what’s helped make Americans unable “to place pressure-cooker bombs of the type that [Ahmad] Rahami is alleged to have built in their proper perspective.” Is he right?
Of course Shafer is right.
2/ You absolutely have to watch this......Zach Galiflanikis has a strange schtick called "Between Two Ferns", where he tries to derail celebrities with insane and inane questions, and it's actually quite funny......
This interview is with Hillary Clinton, and she comes off well.....it's one of the few times we have seen her unscripted, and she's pretty human - a good five minutes...
3/ The news has been relentless this week that Hillary's lead is slipping in the polls.....is it true? I don't believe these stories any more because big media desperately wants this to be a contest, which is why they are so down on Hillary.....
Anyway this is an interesting story that kind of confirms your bias - what is polarizing this country is education, and the more educated you are, the more you avoid Trump. Yup - it's the stupids that like the orange one....
4/ Jordan Klepper from the Daily Show with a funny five minutes, interviewing Trump supporters......it's amusing, but it's disturbing as well seeing how crazy they are....
(Credit: Comedy Central)
Jordan Klepper of “The Daily Show” has done yeoman’s work surveying Donald Trump supporters this election season, and his latest dispatch may provide the most hilarious (or depressing) insight into the base of the modern-day Republican Party yet.
Klepper attended a rally for the Republican presidential nominee to ask some of his most ardent supporters about their crazy conspiracy theories surrounding Hillary Clinton’s health.
“It turns out Trump’s followers sort of predicted Hillary’s health problems before they were revealed,” Klepper said. “I went to a Trump rally to find out what they know that the rest of us don’t.”
5/ Paul Krugman speaking to anyone tempted to vote for Gary Johnson or Jill Stein.....don't....
Does it make sense to vote for Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate for president? Sure, as long as you believe two things. First, you have to believe that it makes no difference at all whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump moves into the White House — because one of them will. Second, you have to believe that America will be better off in the long run if we eliminate environmental regulation, abolish the income tax, do away with public schools, and dismantle Social Security and Medicare — which is what the Libertarian platform calls for.
But do 29 percent of Americans between 18 and 34 believe these things? I doubt it. Yet that, according to a recent Quinnipiac poll, is the share of millennial voters who say that they would vote for Mr. Johnson if the election took place now. And the preponderance of young Americans who say they’ll back Mr. Johnson or Jill Stein, the Green Party nominee, appear to be citizens who would support Mrs. Clinton in a two-way race; including the minor party candidates cuts her margin among young voters from 21 points to just 5.
So I’d like to make a plea to young Americans: your vote matters, so please take it seriously.
6/ An older "Funny Or Die" video with a feminist twist - women should wear "Forehead Tittaes" so men will look in their eyes, not at their boobs.....
It's mildly amusing, but it's surfaced again because it features Marion Cotillard who is allegedly the third party in the "Brangelina" divorce......Brad Pitt's new friend.....
Anyway, two minutes....
7/ Why is Hillary so hated? An interesting story from Rolling Stone with the answer.....almost 30 years of relentless negativity from the right wing media....
Hillary vs. the Hate Machine: How Clinton Became a Vessel for America's Fury
Decades of right-wing attacks turned a crusader of women's rights into a major target of hate
"The underlying thing about Clinton and her candidacy is it's not normal. Normal is a male candidate, a male voice, a male tie."
They were everywhere this summer, the wanna-be statesmen, the failed comedians, the conspiracy theorists and entrepreneurs with political convictions, or absolutely no convictions, selling the national id. In Cleveland, they trawled the streets outside the Republican National Convention, shouting, "Hillary's lies matter!" or "Hillary for prison!" – the slogans stamped on buttons, T-shirts, bumper stickers, decals, trucker hats, hoodies, onesies. At the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, diehards in Bernie 2016 shirts held signs reading "#NeverHillary" or "Shillary," or handed out posters renaming the Democratic nominee "War Hawk" or "Goldman Girl" or "Monsanto Mama." Everywhere the venom was carefully packaged and rigorously on-message. One button, plumbing the depths of the anti-politically correct, read "Life's a Bitch – Don't Vote for One." Another promoted a "KFC Hillary Special: 2 Fat Thighs, 2 Small Breasts...Left Wing." There were images of an angry Hillary giving America the finger and countless others of her yelling, scowling, looking mean. "Hillary sucks, but not like Monica!" yelled one T-shirt vendor, who told me he'd sold almost 500 shirts in Cleveland with that catchphrase. "Trump that bitch!"
8/ Bill Maher with a thoughtful "New Rules", with a ton of zingers....five pretty good minutes.....
Bill Maher says that if Apple wants to do something truly innovative, then it should “try not releasing a new phone.”
The “Real Time with Bill Maher” host criticized the technology company for bringing out new versions of its smartphones at least once every year, on his show Friday.
“Because somebody has to teach Americans that we don’t always have to have something new or better every year, or in the case of our upside down economic system, every quarter,” he said in his “New Rule” segment.
“The only people who really need you to get a new phone every year are the shareholders.” Maher knows his view could be controversial, and went on to hilariously imagine just some of the criticisms he would receive from hardcore Apple fans.
9/ A wonderful, inspiring and sooooooo satisfying video of Elizabeth Warren evicerating the CEO of Wells Fargo.....gave me goosebumps! Eight excellent minutes.....
Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf sat in front of the Senate Banking Committee today for nearly three hours during a hearing on therecently revealed fraud perpetrated by his bank, but he’ll probably remember eight minutes of it better than the rest. That’s how long Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren spent tearing into Stumpf, who has shirked all responsibility for his bank’s misdeeds. “It’s gutless leadership,” she told him.
Warren, who was among a group of Democrats on the committee to request this hearing last week, criticized Stumpf for throwing low-level employees under the bus while reaping enormous financial rewards during his time as CEO. “You should resign. You should give back the money you took while this scam was going on. And you should be criminally investigated,” Warren said.
10/ A heartwarming commercial......one minute......sniffle....
11/ The 20 best and worst moments from the Emmys....from Rolling Stone....
Best: The Ceremony Ended Two Minutes Early
No winner likes having their speeches cut till they're good and ready. (Jeffrey Tambor's "Sheket bevakashah!", Hebrew for "Quiet, please!", was the evening's most endearing dismissal of the exit music.) But for those of us watching at home, those pushy instrumentals are vital; they mean maybe we'll get to go to sleep eventually. While award shows have a tendency to run groan-inducingly long — we're looking at you, Oscars — the 2016 Emmys ended a full two minutes before the scheduled 11pm cutoff. Jimmy Kimmel may not be the funniest guy to ever host, but we'll give him this: He runs a tight ship.
12/ The Royal Ballet of London with an amusing take on "Alice In Wonderland".....three minutes of comedy ballet [?]....
13/ This year will be the year that normal people with a brain [not Republicans] are starting to realize that climate change is real, and the world is in big trouble. It's a time when everyone, especially our readers, should inventory at their homes and look for vulnerabilities to wind, rain and fire......especially rain. It's going to get much worse folks....
Climate Change Is Here: Inside the Summer of Hell and High Water
With a catastrophic season of wildfires, megafloods and major hurricanes, the climate-change siege is fully upon us
Firefighters build a fire line during the Blue Cut Fire in California's San Bernardino County in August
Southern California was ready to burn. El Niño rains that topped off reservoirs in the north of the state barely drizzled down south, leaving the region in a worst-in-centuries drought. By June, tree die-off in state forests, accelerated by bark beetles feasting on dry pines, had more than doubled from 2015, topping 66 million. Record heat – 122 degrees in Palm Springs – pushed the extreme fire conditions typical of September and October into midsummer. So when sparks hit the ground in August, fires across the state literally exploded. "It's almost like the mountains are just doused in gasoline," said one fire captain.
14/ I saw this on FB, and it's very disturbing...the premise is that World War 2 was a business enterprise for both sides, with some American and Allied companies funding the German forces.....seven eye opening minutes....look at the comments below, and although there are some inaccuracies in the film the premise is sound.
15/ Sam Bee on the upcoming debate, and the role of Roger Ailes in the Trump campaign.....four minutes....
16/ Fall is when lost of the new TV shows come out, and Vox has ranked all of them....
Every new TV show
of fall 2016, ranked
The 2016 fall TV season is one of the best in recent memory, with a surprising number of promising new shows debuting on all manner of networks. Of course, that's because there are so many new shows overall — nearly 70 in total.
Todays video - funny lady Kristen Wiig on "Ellen"......very amusing, Ellen really gets Wiig's humor.....
Todays joke for husbands.....
What is Celibacy?
Celibacy can be a choice in life, or a condition imposed by circumstances.
While attending a Marriage Weekend, Frank and his wife Ann listened to the instructor declare, “It is essential that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other.”
He then addressed the men:
“Can you name and describe your wife's favorite flower?”
Frank leaned over, touched Ann’s arm gently, and whispered, “Gold Medal-All-Purpose, isn't it?”
And thus began Frank's life of celibacy.
Todays guy joke....
Three guys were at deer camp. They had to bunk two to a room.
No one wanted to room with Steve because he snored so badly. They decided it wasn't fair to make one of them stay with him the whole time, so they voted to take turns.
The first night, John slept in Steve's room and came to breakfast the next morning with his hair a mess and his eyes all bloodshot. The rest of the guys said, "Man, what happened to you?"
He said, "Steve snored so loudly, I just sat up and watched him all night."
The next night it was Garry's turn. In the morning, same thing--hair all standing up, eyes all blood-shot. Once again they asked, "Man, what happened to you? You look awful!"
He said, "Man, that Steve shakes the roof. I couldn't sleep a wink. I just watched him all night."
The third night was Herb's turn. Herb was a big burly guy who loved to fish and hunt -- a man's man.
The next morning he came to breakfast bright eyed and bushy tailed. "Good morning," he said.
The guys couldn't believe it! They said, "Man, what happened?"
He said, "Well, we got ready for bed. I went and tucked Steve into bed and kissed him good night. He sat up and watched me all night long."
Todays joke for farmers....
My wife and I went to the Royal Agricultural Show and one of the first exhibits we stopped at was the breeding bulls. We went up to the first pen and there was a sign attached that said.....
' THIS BULL MATED 50 TIMES LAST YEAR 'My wife playfully nudged me in the ribs ....Smiled and said, 'He mated 50 times last year, that's almost once a week.'
We walked to the second pen which had a sign attached that said,
''THIS BULL MATED 150 TIMES LAST YEAR'My wife gave me a healthy jab and said, 'WOW~~That's almost 3 times a week ! .........You could learn a lot from him.'
We walked to the third pen and it had a sign attached that said,
In capital letters,'THIS BULL MATED 365 TIMES LAST YEAR'My wife was so excited that her elbow nearly broke my ribs, and said,
'That's once a day ..You could REALLY learn something from this one.'I looked at her and said,
'Go over and ask him if it was with the same cow...'
My condition has been upgraded from critical to stable and I should eventually make a full recovery.
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