1/ Andrew Sullivan explains clearly what is happening on campuses and left wing circles, and what identity politics actually means. A most interesting column.
His second subject is a discourse on Conservatism.....excellent, and it shows how the Republicans have become hopelessly corrupted....
Over the last year, the most common rebuttal to my intermittent coverage of campus culture has been: Why does it matter? These are students, after all. They’ll grow up once they leave their cloistered, neo-Marxist safe spaces. The real world isn’t like that. You’re exaggerating anyway. And so on. I certainly see the point. In the world beyond campus, few people use the term microaggressions without irony or an eye roll; claims of “white supremacy,” “rape culture,” or “white privilege” can seem like mere rhetorical flourishes; racial and gender segregation hasn’t been perpetuated in the workplace yet; the campus Title IX sex tribunals where, under the Obama administration, the “preponderance of evidence” rather than the absence of a “reasonable doubt” could ruin a young man’s life and future are just a product of a hothouse environment. And I can sometimes get carried away.
2/ Sam Bee with a six minute segment of comedic reporting....first on the appalling Devin Nunes, and then on the FBI and their new campaign to target black extremists.....an excellent piece....
Samantha Bee fears that House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) “isn’t done riling you up” yet.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “Full Frontal,” Bee noted how Nunes’ anticlimactic memoalleging FBI and Justice Department bias against President Donald Trump could be the first of many dossiers to emerge from the congressman’s office.
“Yes, Nunes may release up to five more memos,” said Bee. She then imagined what each of the future documents may contain.
3/ A long and detailed analysis of whether war with North Korea is likely, and what would happen if there was such a conflict. It's much, much worse than you think.....
A scary article....
Here’s what war with North Korea would look like
A full-blown war with North Korea wouldn’t be as bad as you think. It would be much, much worse.
Late last September, I moderated a discussion about North Korea with retired Navy Adm. James Stavridis, whose 37-year military career included a stint running NATO, and Michèle Flournoy, the No. 3 official at the Pentagon during the Obama administration, who has helped shape US policy toward North Korea since 1993.
It was a chilling conversation. Stavridis said there was at least a 10 percent chance of a nuclear war between the US and North Korea, and a 20 to 30 percent chance of a conventional conflict that could kill a million people or more.
4/ Seth Meyers with a nine minute riff on the news of the week....he's very amusing indeed....
Meyers began his “A Closer Look” monologue by bashing Trump about the military parade officials reportedly plan to throw per the president’s request. “Trump wants a military parade,” Meyers explained. “So you’re just going full dictator now? Just d*ck wasn’t enough?”
“If it was anything like Trump’s last parade, there’ll be plenty of room,” Meyers added, showing a picture of the empty bleachers during the president’s inauguration.
Noting Trump dodged the military draft, Meyers argued, “f you want to hold a parade for something you, yourself, actively avoided, why not throw an IRS parade or a parade of personal trainers?”
The host later turned to Kelly’s claim that undocumented immigrants who didn’t sign up for the DREAM Act were “lazy.”
The host later turned to Kelly’s claim that undocumented immigrants who didn’t sign up for the DREAM Act were “lazy.”
5/ Tom Tomorrow on any news cycle for the last year.....all the same, over and over and over....
6/ This is the first time I have seen this subject [not having kids because of climate change] mentioned in any news......I've thought about whether people would stop breeding because they are bringing their kids into a deteriorating world many times, but this is the first story I have seen...
Add this to the list of decisions affected by climate change: Should I have children?
It is not an easy time for people to feel hopeful, with the effects of globalwarming n
A 32-year-old who always thought she would have children can no longer justify it to herself. A Mormon has bucked the expectations of her religion by resolving to adopt rather than give birth. An Ohio woman had her first child after an unplanned pregnancy — and then had a second because she did not want her daughter to face an environmental collapse alone.
Among them, there is a sense of being saddled with painful ethical questions that previous generations did not have to confront.
7/ Stephen Colbert on great form.....four very funny minutes....
Stephen Colbert tried Tuesday to convince President Trump that he should testify before the special counsel, Robert Mueller, something Trump’s lawyers are hoping to prevent. Colbert taunted Trump on “The Late Show,” calling him “chicken” for not agreeing to testify.
“I know Trump watches this show — because it’s on TV. So right now I’ve got a special message for him. Mr. President, ignore your lawyers, sir. You follow your instincts. You sit down with Robert Mueller. Otherwise, everyone’s going to think that you’re scared. But we know you’re not. Oh, oh, your fried chicken has arrived! [grabs paper bucket]But wait, it’s empty. Where is that — oh, I think I know where the chicken is! Buck-aww!” — STEPHEN COLBERT
8/ Fake news is dangerous, and this story from the Scientific American tells us why.....if you are intelligent and can change your mind if presented with facts [liberals], you can still be vulnerable....
Most interesting article...
“Fake news” is Donald Trump’s favorite catchphrase. Since the election, it has appeared in some 180 tweets by the President, decrying everything from accusations of sexual assault against him to the Russian collusion investigation to reports that he watches up to eight hours of television a day. Trump may just use “fake news” as a rhetorical device to discredit stories he doesn’t like, but there is evidence that real fake news is a serious problem.
9/ A good Bill Maher "New Rules".....his subject is that Trump is illiterate...
Before wrapping up his show Friday night, Bill Maher declared “if you can’t read, you can’t be president.”
“I know Donald Trump is a stable genius, but he handles a teleprompter about as well as The Real Housewives handle wine,” Maher joked. “That’s why it took him an hour-and-a-half to sound out the State of the Union Address. The man is an after school special waiting to happen.”
Maher admitted that Trump can read “a little” just as FDR could dance “a little.” He then borrowed an excerpt from Michael Wolff‘s book Fire and Fury that said that “if it was in print, it might as well not exist.”
10/ The asshole's bad hair day [with video].....for someone as vain as Trump this had to be very painful....yesssssssss.....
Last Friday, at the end of one of those frenetic weeks of news that now happen every week, President Trump boarded Air Force One. The wind whipped across the tarmac with unusual force. Trump, who normally has a MAGA hat for such occasions, was unusually unprepared.
11/ And an incredibly funny Andy Borowitz.....
Kim Jong Un Taunts Trump with Photo of Hair Withstanding Gale-Force Wind
12/ Sexist but amusing cartoon, based on a real story [below if you're interested]!
13/ If you know who Omarosa is, this two minute Stephen Colbert clip will amuse you.....
Stephen Colbert has some tough words for Omarosa Manigault after her first night in the Celebrity Big Brother house.
In a clip that was released Thursday afternoon, Omarosa had a heart-to-heart with fellow roommate Ross Matthews about her tenure at the White House. She told Matthews that she was “haunted” by President Trump‘s tweets every single day.
Well, Colbert didn’t have much pity for her.
“Oh really?!?” Colbert exclaimed. “Oh really, YOU were haunted?!? Out here, it’s been The Trumpityville Horror!
14/ Do you have an "Emotional Support" pet? Then you probably won't like this story....
One day, we may all owe a debt of gratitude to Dexter the peacock.
At Newark Airport last weekend, a woman tried to board a United Airlines flight with Dexter. She described him as her emotional-support animal. But given that peacocks are large birds and there is not much evidence of their therapeutic benefits, United said no, Dexter could not board.
A predictable social-media storm ensued, both pro- and anti-peacock. By late last week, United Airlines decided it had enough of making ad hoc decisions about traveling animals and announced a tighter new policy. Dexter, unwittingly, may have struck a blow for sanity.
Todays philosophical jokes....
♦ I read that 4,153,237 people got married last year. Not to cause any trouble, but shouldn't that be an even number?
♦ I find it ironic that the colors red, white, and blue stand for freedom until they are flashing behind you.
♦ When wearing a bikini, women reveal 90% of their body. Men are so polite they only look at the covered parts.
♦ Relationships are a lot like algebra. Have you ever looked at your X and wondered Y?
♦ America is a country which produces citizens who will cross the ocean to fight for democracy but won't cross the street to vote.
♦ You know that tingly little feeling you get when you love someone? That's your common sense leaving your body.
♦ Did you know that dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish?
♦ My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We'll see about that.
♦ I think my neighbor is stalking me as she's been Googling my name on her computer. I saw it through my telescope last night.
♦ Money talks ... but all mine ever says is good-bye.
♦ You're not fat, you're just easier to see.
♦ If you think nobody cares whether you're alive, try missing a couple of payments
♦ I always wondered what the job application is like at Hooters.. Do they just give you a bra and say, "Here, fill this out?"
♦ My therapist said that my narcissism causes me to misread social situations. I’m pretty sure she was hitting on me.
♦ My 60 year kindergarten reunion is coming up soon and I’m worried about the 175 pounds I’ve gained since then.
♦ Denny’s has a slogan, "If it’s your birthday, the meal is on us." If you’re in Denny’s and it’s your birthday, your life sucks!
♦ The pharmacist asked me my birth date again today. I’m pretty sure she’s going to get me something.
♦ The location of your mailbox shows you how far away from your house you can go in a robe before you start looking like a mental patient.
♦ I think it's pretty cool how Chinese people made a language entirely out of tattoos.
♦ Money can’t buy happiness, but it keeps the kids in touch!
♦ The reason Mayberry was so peaceful and quiet was because nobody was married. Andy, Aunt Bea, Barney, Floyd, Howard, Goober, Gomer, Sam, Earnest T Bass, Helen, Thelma Lou, Clara and, of course, Opie were all single.. The only married person was Otis, and he stayed drunk.
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