1/ Frank Rich is worried, which means we all should be.....
Many people waited several hours to vote in Georgia on Tuesday. Photo: Erik S Lesser/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Most weeks, New York Magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich speaks with contributor Alex Carp about the biggest stories in politics and culture. Today, a possible turning point in the Trump presidency and the rebuilding of our nation’s newsrooms.
After the most transformative week the country has seen during his presidency, Donald Trump’s public approval is slipping in a wave of new polls, and a number of prominent Republicans have begun to publicly withhold their support. Have we reached a turning point?
2/ Great ad about the excretable and two-faced Lindsey Graham.....30 seconds of pleasure....
3/ Most interesting story from the Guardian about how our late night comedians have become
comedic reporters....all of the names you see here on DDD.....
Late-night hosts are, by conventional wisdom, comedians – entertainers who commune with “our moment” somewhere on a spectrum between playful to biting. Which is a tall order, as our moment keeps getting darker, flooded with bullshit increasingly exposed but rarely expunged.
4/ Sarah Cooper with "How To Water"....these are his actual words people....
5/ John Oliver with his excellent comedic reporting on police brutality, and he explains what defund the
police means....it's not what Fox News says it is....
6/ This is a big portion of "the base"....yes I know it's bad and unfair...
7/ In spite of his obvious derangement Trump retains the unwavering support of Republicans, and
the Guardian looks at the quandary many Republican politicians are in....they are all terrified of the base....
Now they were truly on different sides of the fence. Donald Trump, the 2016 Republican nominee for president, spent Sunday tweeting from inside the White House. Outside the fortified cage, Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee, wore a face mask and joined marchers supporting Black Lives Matter.
It was a symbolic standoff between the new Republican party and the old.
8/ Jimmy Kimmel with an ad for the Trump Army....join now!
9/ As far as the virus goes we are in an information void.....we don't believe anything the gub'mint tells us because they have lied so often, and in the last month the fewer federal authorities have basically shut down and it's now up to the states. For Florida, we know they are cooking the numbers so who do you believe? Who can you trust?
This article is the closest I have seen to straight talk, no BS about the virus. And it's not pretty....but I don't know about you but I would rather have the facts so at least you know what's coming....
We’ve been told alternatively to not wear masks, to wear masks, to stay home, and to get out and reinvigorate the economy. Hydroxychloroquine and remdesivir both got our hopes up but now have largely fizzled. We’ve heard estimates that as many as two million Americans will die and now, with 100,000 deaths, we’ve heard we’re near the end of the crisis. Is a vaccination forthcoming? How likely we to get the disease? What exactly should we do with our aging parents who are at the most risk?
To get some clear answers, I called Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH, an internationally known expert in infectious disease epidemiology who has advised both Democratic and Republican Presidents.
10/ Says it all.....Trump called Putin before he made his "dominate" speech....
11/ Matt Taibbi on the media and the way we are being manipulated by the "woke" mania going on right now....Taibbi tackles the stories no
one else will touch - he's like Bill Maher in that way....
I'll bet if you read this the next time you read or see a story on the riots or Covid, you will think and question.....
Sometimes it seems life can’t get any worse in this country. Already in terror of a pandemic, Americans have lately been bombarded with images of grotesque state-sponsored violence, from the murder of George Floyd to countless scenes of police clubbing and brutalizingprotesters.
Our president, Donald Trump, is a clown who makes a great reality-show villain but is uniquely toolless as the leader of a superpower nation.
12/ Honest Trailers looks at "Aliens".....three minutes....These are amusing [sarcastic!].....
I'm sure this article from the Times is relevant to most of you....who is most likely to die from the virus!
Months into the coronavirus pandemic, scientists have identified some clear patterns in which people who suffer from Covid-19 are most likely to die. Pre-existing medical conditions are one important factor. As of June 3, roughly nine in ten New Yorkers and Chicagoans who died of Covid-19 suffered from underlying chronic conditions. But those underlying conditions don’t affect everyone equally. They are much more prevalent among lower-income workers, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Samantha Bee explains defund the police very well....a good and amusing six minutes....
An interesting essay on how things aren't as bad as you think they are, they're much worse. This piece reminds me of a more understated, less
passionate but relentlessly logical Umair....
Forewarned is forearmed....a good discussion of the state of our nation...
Everybody’s on a high as a result of the last two weeks of protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.
But was it even murder?
A wide swath of Americans don’t believe it was so.
You think the only white nationalists, the only Republicans, the only deluded are out there protesting at statehouses for the reopening of America and the right not to wear masks. But there are tens of millions more sitting at home, a great number of them wealthy, who like things just the way they are and despite not going on the record, always refusing to talk politics, are gonna vote for Trump.
Because it’s good for them. Lower taxes. Unrestricted business dealings. Few consequences. What’s not to like?
Watch this, and whatever you might think of Ivanka she comes across as clueless and stupid in this
Supercut....what a horrible person, and the husband is worse....
To the tune of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", here is "Vote Him Away"....amusing and inspiring....
Rebekah Jones was fired by De Santis because she wouldn't "cook the numbers" on Covid cases....so she started her own website with the real numbers....and they are a lot more than the official Florida DOH...
Former Health Department geographic data scientist Rebekah Jones has created FloridaCOVIDAction.com
“I decided to stop wallowing in self-pity and do something constructive, something useful with the skill set I’ve been using for so long,” Jones said. “People have a right to know what’s going on in a straightforward nonpolitical kind of way.”
This is the Florida dashboard for coronavirus cases....at the top right hand corner is a dropdown for your county....
Todays video - at the bottom of your screen...an interview with Muhammed Ali....funny and relevant!
Todays cruise ship joke...
A magician is working on a Cruise Ship…
He has a parrot to spice up his routine.
Sadly, the parrot has the habit of ruining his show.
Whenever the magician makes something disappear, the parrot announces:
“Saw it! You palmed it and hid it up to your sleeve!”
When he does a card trick, the parrot says:
“Saw it! Every card in that decks the same!”
He does this every routine, much to the magician’s dismay.
After a week of this, the cruise ship gets shipwrecked.
In the ensuing chaos, the magician manages to save his belongings and the parrot, but ends up alone with his bird in a lifeboat.
For the first time, the parrot is completely silent.
Two days later, the bird says:
“Alright, I give up. Where's the ship?”
Todays hotel joke
A Hotel guest calls the front desk and the clerk answers, "May I help you?"
The man says, "Yes, I'm in room 858. You need to send someone to my room immediately. I'm having an argument with my wife and she says she's going to jump out the window."
The desk clerk says, "I'm sorry sir, but that's a personal matter."
The man replies, "Listen you idiot. The window won't open... and that's a maintenance matter."
Todays sports jokes
"Last year we couldn't win at home and we were losing on the road. My failure as a coach was that I couldn't think of anyplace else to play."- Harry Neale, professional hockey coach"Blind people come to the ballpark just to listen to him pitch."- Reggie Jackson commenting on Tom Seaver"I'm working as hard as I can to get my life and my cash to run out at the same time. If I can just die after lunch Tuesday, everything willbe perfect."- Doug Sanders, professional golfer"All the fat guys watch me and say to their wives, 'See, there's a fat guy doing okay. Bring me another beer.'"- Mickey Lolich, Detroit Tigers Pitcher"I found out that it's not good to talk about my troubles. Eighty percent of the people who hear them don't care and the other twentypercent are glad you're having them."- Tommy LaSorda, LA Dodgers manager"My knees look like they lost a knife fight with a midget."- E.J. Holub, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker regarding his 12 knee operations"My theory is that if you buy an ice-cream cone and make it hit your mouth, you can learn to play tennis. If you stick it on your forehead, your chances aren't as good."- Vic Braden, tennis instructor"I don't know. I only played there for nine years."- Walt Garrison, Dallas Cowboys fullback when asked if Tom Landry ever smiles"We were tipping off our plays. Whenever we broke from the huddle, three backs were laughing and one was pale as a ghost."- John Breen, Houston Oilers"The film looks suspiciously like the game itself."- Bum Phillips, New Orleans Saints, after viewing a lopsided loss to the Atlanta Falcons"When I'm on the road, my greatest ambition is to get a standing boo."- Al Hrabosky, major league relief pitcher"I have discovered in 20 years of moving around the ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats."- Bill Veeck, Chicago White Sox owner"Because if it didn't work out, I didn't want to blow the whole day."- Paul Horning, Green Bay Packers running back on why his marriage ceremony was before noon."I have a lifetime contract. That means I can't be fired during the third quarter if we're ahead and moving the ball."- Lou Holtz ,Arkansas/Minnesota/Notre Dame/South Carolina football coach"I won't know until my barber tells me on Monday."- Knute Rockne, when asked why Notre Dame had lost a game"I tell him 'Attaway to hit, George.'"- Jim Frey, K.C. Royals manager when asked what advice he gives GeorgeBrett on hitting"I learned a long time ago that 'minor surgery' is when they do the operation on someone else, not you."- Bill Walton, Portland Trail Blazers"The only difference between me and General Custer is that I have to watch the films on Sunday."- Rick Venturi, Northwestern football coach
Todays flight attendant joke
A businessman in the first class cabin decided to chat up the
drop dead gorgeous flight attendant:“What is your name?”
Flight Attendant: “Angela Benz, sir”
Businessman: “Lovely name ... any relation to Mercedes Benz?”
Flight Attendant: “Yes sir, very close”
Businessman: “How close?”
Flight Attendant: “Same price".
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