1/ Who's the snitch? New York Magazine has some theories....
Unsurprisingly, Trump has already formulated a wacky conspiracy theory. Photo: Yuri Gripas/Bloomberg via Getty Images
It’s becoming hard to get excited about every anonymous White House official who regales a reporter with tales of how they’re nobly fighting to keep President Trump from destroying the country — even when the reporter is legendary journalist Bob Woodward — but the latest plaintive wails from Trumpland come in an exciting new package: a New York Timesop-ed titled “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration.”
2/ Jimmy Kimmel with a very good five minute riff on the chaos in the White House.....
On Wednesday night, Jimmy Kimmel speculated as to who is behind the bombshell New York Times op-ed written by an anonymous senior official in the Trump White House.
Kimmel began by reading a substantial amount of the op-ed to his audience, which he called “remarkable.”
“And I have to say, I’m surprised by how good of a writer Ivanka Trump
3/ Look at the disdain and hatred on Kavanaugh's face when he looks at the Parkland father.....what an evil bastard....
Morning Joe has a video of the whole exchange.....Joe was outraged.....
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough dared “pro-life” conservatives to defend Brett Kavanaugh’s snub of grieving Parkland father Fred Guttenberg.
The Florida parent, whose 14-year-old daughter Jaime was killed Feb. 14 in a school shooting, introduced himself Tuesday to the Supreme Court nominee during a break in confirmation hearings — and Kavanaugh turned away and refused to shake his hand.
“It’s one thing that the guy can’t get Congress to do the ring thing thing and pass reasonable background checks, here he can’t even get a judge to shake his hand,” Scarborough said.
4/ Seth Meyers with a closer look at the events of the week, and the start of the Kavanaugh hearing......a good 9 minutes....
5/ Jeff Goodell in Rolling Stone with a story about the seriousness of the Arctic warming up, and how it will affect our weather. Think it's hotter/drier/wetter/colder than usual? You ain't seen nothin' yet....
Excellent story...
Last week, scientists learned that 40-foot piles of compacted sea ice — some of the oldest and most durable clusters in the Arctic — are breaking away from the coast of Greenland and drifting out to sea. One meteorologist called it “scary,” but it was hardly unexpected. As the earth’s climate heats up, the idea of a “blue Arctic” — that is, the disappearance of sea ice for at least part of the year, leaving only open ocean — has long been predicted by climate scientists. Some researchers believe that you might be able to kayak to the North Pole as early as 2030; others think the sea ice might last until 2040 or longer.
The thawing of the Arctic is one of the biggest stories of our time, even if it is playing out at a pace and in a way that virtually guarantees most people will pay little or no attention to it. What’s going on is not a future concern, or simply a tragedy for polar bears; the warming Arctic is already having a tremendous impact on our world and may help explain much of the extreme weather this summer, especially in the U.S. and in western Europe.
6/ This is the two minute Colin Kapernick ad for Nike that has conservatives twisting......it's quite moving....
7/ Big Oil - cojones of steel....destroy the planet then make us pay to protect their investments....
Big oil asks government to protect its Texas
facilities from climate change
Floodwaters cover an access road to oil refineries in Port Arthur, Texas, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita in 2005.
PORT ARTHUR, Texas -- As the nation plans new defenses against the more powerful storms and higher tides expected from climate change, one project stands out: an ambitious proposal to build a nearly 60-mile "spine" of concrete seawalls, earthen barriers, floating gates and steel levees on the Texas Gulf Coast.
Like other oceanfront projects, this one would protect homes, delicate ecosystems and vital infrastructure, but it also has another priority: to shield some of the crown jewels of the petroleum industry, which is blamed for contributing to global warming and now wants the federal government to build safeguards against the consequences of it.
8/ Melania did another photo op in "gardening" clothes and shoes, so needless to say the internet had fun....
9/ Interesting interactive article that asks you to guess the fake Facebook posting.....it's tough but a hint - read the copy carefully.
They give you a choice of two - click on the real FB post....
The latest influence campaigns also imitated posts by legitimate pages and groups on Facebook that advocate political beliefs, making it difficult to tell what was a genuine post and what was not. Let’s compare some to see if you can tell the difference. Spoiler: It isn’t easy.
10/ Stephen Colbert with his opener on Wednesday night, on Bob Woodward's book and the Times Op-Ed....an amusing 9 minutes....
11/ Know anyone with student debt? Read this from Mother Jones and see what they're going through, and send this to them so they know what they are up against.....a nightmare....
LEIGH McILVAINE: University of New Mexico (bachelor’s, 2006); University of Minnesota (master’s, 2008); $70,000 owed at graduation; $50,000 paid back so far; $410 paid per month, on average; 12 months of delayed forgiveness because of FedLoan errors; $70,000 still owed today
The PSLF program, backed in the Senate by Ted Kennedy and signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2007, was the first of its kind, and when people talk about “student loan forgiveness,” they’re usually talking about PSLF. It was implemented to address low salaries in public service jobs, where costly degrees are the price of entry but wages often aren’t high enough to pay down debts. A Congressional Budget Office report last year found that public-sector workers with a professional degree or doctorate earn 24 percent less than they would in the private sector.
12/ Republicans are chipping away at healthcare, but if for some reason [Russians, gerrymandering, fraud?] Dems don't win the House in November Obamacare will be repealed....Paul Krugman giving you another reason to vote....
Vice President Mike Pence, campaigning last week with Leah Vukmir, a Senate candidate in Wisconsin, told reporters that Republicans would repeal Obamacare if they held majorities in Congress in November.
Let’s be honest: Despite his reputation as a maverick, John McCain spent most of his last decade being a very orthodox Republican, toeing the party line no matter how irresponsible it became. Think of the way he abandoned his onetime advocacy of action to limit climate change.
But he redeemed much of that record with one action: He cast the crucial vote against G.O.P. attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. That single “nay” saved health care for tens of millions of Americans, at least for a while.
13/ Ron DeSantis is a piece of work.....five reasons to hate the bastard even more than you hate him already!
In Florida’s August 28 gubernatorial primaries, Democrats and Republicans both went with non-establishment candidates. Democrats, in a major upset, nominated Andrew Gillum, the left-of-center mayor of Tallahassee and an ally of Sen. Bernie Sanders (who campaigned for him) over centrist establishment pick Gwen Graham (daughter of former Florida Gov. Bob Graham). Meanwhile, on the Republican side, the nominee was Rep. Ron DeSantis, a Tea Party favorite, member of the House Freedom Caucus and far-right supporter of President Donald Trump (who has endorsed DeSantis). The Florida gubernatorial race could become a referendum on Sanders’ ideas versus Trump’s ideas, and DeSantis is way beyond conservative—he is extreme.
Here are five of the most disturbing things about DeSantis.
14/ Bad Lip Reading with NFL 2018 - now the season's under way find out what the players are really saying....five amusing minutes....
15/ Fall TV from the Daily Beast....
LOL there are so many TV shows. What else is there to do but laugh about it? There are more than 500 of them, half of those airing this fall. That’s just scripted shows, too! Get bit by a radioactive spider or fall from Krypton or something and develop the superhuman ability to stop space and time and you’ll still be like, “Ain’t got enough time to watch all these shows!” And that will likely include at least two produced by Marvel and about you.
Todays maternity joke....
A couple went to the hospital to have their baby delivered.
Upon their arrival, the doctor said that the hospital was testing an amazing new high-tech machine that would transfer a portion of the mother's labor pain to the baby's father.
He asked if they were interested. Both said they were very much in favor of it.
The doctor set the pain transfer to 10% for starters, explaining that even 10% was probably more pain than the father had ever experienced before.
But as the labor progressed, the husband felt fine and asked the doctor to go ahead and kick it up a notch.
The doctor then adjusted the machine to 20% pain transfer. The husband was still feeling fine.
The doctor then checked the husband's blood pressure and was amazed at how well he was doing.
At this point they decided to try for 50%. The husband continued to feel quite well.
Since the pain transfer was obviously helping the wife considerably, the husband encouraged the doctor to transfer ALL pain to him.
The wife delivered a healthy baby with virtually no pain and the husband continued to experience no pain. She and her husband were ecstatic.
When they got home they found the mailman dead on the porch.
Todays blond jokes....
Three Women In Mexico
Three women go down to Mexico one night to celebrate college graduation, get drunk and have a wild time. The next morning they wake up in jail, only to find that they are to be executed, though none of them can remember what they did the night before.
The first one, a redhead, is strapped in the electric chair and is asked if she has any last words. She says, "I just graduated from Trinity Bible College and believe in the almighty power of God to intervene on the behalf of the innocent."
They throw the switch and nothing happens. They all immediately fall to the floor on their knees, beg for forgiveness, and release her.
The second one, a brunette, is strapped in and gives her last words. "I just graduated from the Harvard School of Law and I believe in the power of justice to intervene on the part of the innocent."
They throw the switch and again, nothing happens. Again they all immediately fall to their knees, beg for forgiveness and release her.
The last one (you knew it), a blonde, is strapped in and says, "Well, I'm from the University of Kentucky and just graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering, and I'll tell ya right now, ya'll ain't gonna electrocute nobody if you don't plug this thing in.
Two Blondes And A Hammer
Carol and Donna, were doing some carpenter work on a Habitat for Humanity house. Carol, who was nailing down house siding, would reach into her nail pouch, pull out a nail and either toss it over her shoulder or nail it in.
Donna, figuring this was worth looking into, asked, 'Why are you throwing those nails away?'
Carol explained, 'When I pull a nail out of my pouch, about half of them have the head on the wrong end and I throw them away.'
Donna got completely upset and yelled, 'You moron! Those nails aren't defective! They're for the other side of the house!'
Three Blondes Fishing
Three blondes are sitting by the side of a river holding fishing poles with the lines in the water. A Game Warden comes up behind them, taps them on the shoulder and says, "Excuse me, ladies, I'd like to see your fishing licenses."
"We don't have any." replied the first blonde.
"Well, if your going to fish, you need fishing licenses." said the Game Warden.
"But officer," replied the second blonde, "we aren't fishing. We all have magnets at the end of our lines and we're collecting debris off the bottom of the river."
The Game Warden lifted up all the lines and, sure enough, there were horseshoe magnets tied on the end of each line. "Well, I know of no law against it," said the Game Warden, "take all the debris you want." And with that, the Game Warden left.
As soon as the Game Warden was out of sight, the three blondes started laughing hysterically. "What a dumb Fish Cop," the second blonde said to the other two, "doesn't he know that there are steelhead in this river?!"
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