1/. Lindsey Graham is a piece of work, and he proved it again in the Ketanji Brown Jackson
hearings.....read how bad he was.....
He’s back! Photo: Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images
Republicans participating in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson can mostly be sorted into two groups. Some are being fairly civil and more or less relevant in their questioning, pausing frequently to congratulate themselves for behaving better than Democrats did during Brett Kavanaugh’s hearings (which involved serious sexual-assault allegations). But some Republican senators aren’t behaving well at all, and their outbursts often have little to do with Jackson.
2/. Tom Tomorrow spells out exactly what's happening with Covid.....
3/. Want to know what's behind the vicious attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson? Read this
chilling analysis by Heather Cox Richardson, who gives you the reality of what's coming
to this country.....
Excellent as always - Mary and I read HCR's letter every morning....
In confirmation hearings this week for her elevation to a Supreme Court seat, the highly qualified and well-respected Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson endured vicious attacks from Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, who vow to reject her confirmation despite the fact that her record is stronger than those of recent Republican nominees and that 58% of Americans want her to be confirmed. (In contrast, only 42% of Americans wanted Justice Amy Coney Barrett confirmed.
4/. "The Oligarchs", an investigation by Al Jazeera into Ukrainian oligarchs and how they
siphon off their corrupt money and hide it globally.....interesting, and if you want a clue as to why Russia invaded Ukraine part of the reason may have been the flow of money was slowing down with an honest politician in charge [Zelensky]. This was made in 2018, but not much
has changed since then.....50 minutes....
5/. Ron DeSantis is poised to run in 2024 as an even worse version of Trump.....and the base loves it....
Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor of Florida, is giving Donald Trump a run for his money as the most divisive politician in America.
“We want people that are going to fight the left, and that’s what we need to do in this country,” DeSantis declared in an interview with Fox News on Feb. 8. “That’s what we’re doing in Florida, standing up for people’s freedoms. We’re opposing wokeness. We’re opposing all these things.”
6/. It's not just Joe Manchin who is an evil bastard - it's his whole family......an appalling
story of their greed in West Virginia....
WHEN THE SENATE finally passed its $1.5 trillion spending bill on Friday, sacrificing critical funding for pandemic control measures like coronavirus testing and popular climate initiatives like the Civilian Climate Corps, Sen. Joe Manchin was not left empty-handed. https://
7/. Desi Lydic from the Daily Show Foxsplains Ketanji Brown Jackson....two funny minutes.....
8/. A wonderful Lefsetz rant.....he makes a lot of sense, well worth reading about
patriotism and sacrifice.........
Sacrifice
You can’t have it all.
That’s what they told women, back in the seventies, at the height of the liberation movement, that they could have it all. But you can’t. You’ve got to give something up. Sure, you can have a high-powered job and kids, it’s just that you might not be home when your child speaks their first word.
But this isn’t about women. They were held down and still are, but it’s representative of the seventies.
9/. Honest Trailers does the 2022 Oscar nominees.....one of their best ones yet.....amusing,
and in a few cases informative....
10/. Think Putin is bad? Look at the Republicans.....
11/. Remember the 2020 Democratic debates, and Tulsi Gabbard? Look where she is
now, a talking head on right wing media.....
Early on in the 2020 Democratic primaries, now former Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii won praise from the progressive left for what seemed like her principled stance regarding America and its allies’ interventions turned to disasters in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and elsewhere. This position was given further legitimacy by her military service in Iraq, where she did a tour in a medical unit, as well as her continuing role as an officer in her country’s Army reserves, where she has attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
12/. Bill Maher with a really good "New Rule"....
13/. How Brevard County, FL is the center of MAGA politics.....
Brevard County, Florida, home to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and the SpaceX project, typically makes headlines for sending people beyond Earth. Recently, however, it has drawn attention for a different reason: the number of residents it sent to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.
14/. The deadpan comic Stephen Wright meets a nymphomaniac.....
15/. Oscar movies you can stream now.....
Perhaps more than ever before, this year’s Oscar nominees are living on streaming platforms. Multiple films from the nominations lineup originated on streamers—Netflix has The Power of the Dog and Don’t Look Up, while Apple TV+ enters the race with CODA and The Tragedy of Macbeth. As such, it’s never been easier to watch the theatrical noir of Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley (four nominations) or the towering visualsof Denis Villeneuve’s Dune (10 nods) without leaving home. With only days to go until the 2022 Oscars, all 10 best picture nominees are now available to stream, with the arrivals of Licorice Pizza, West Side Story and Drive My Car on streaming platforms this month.
16/. Like sci-fi? The Guardian recommends two TV shows..
Adam Scott in Severance on Apple TV+. Photograph: Atsushi Nishijima/Apple TV+Fri 18 Mar 2022 07.44 EDT
At the start of January I burned through what I was sure at the time was the nailed-on best show of 2022. Station Eleven (available on HBO Max in the US and Starzplay in the UK), which I’ve already wanged on about a couple of times in previous newsletters, is a drama set in the aftermath of a deadly flu pandemic that manages to be simultaneously gripping, deeply sad and quietly optimistic about the future of humanity.
17/. Wow - an impassioned review of "Flee", an animated movie entered in the Oscars.....
It's on Hulu, and Amazon Prime for $2.....
18/. Most interesting ranking of Best Actress Oscars over the last 20 years, with some surprises .....if you like movies, this is an excellent article...
What’s both gratifying and infuriating about the Oscars is encapsulated in who’s received Best Actress statuettes over the last two decades. On the one hand, this category has honored plenty of Hollywood’s current acting royalty, including Helen Mirren, Cate Blanchett, Olivia Colman, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard — and even a few Americans here and there. That being said, it’s shocking how rarely our finest actresses have won for their finest roles, with the Academy often favoring showy over simmering, flash over finesse. Many of these women did far better work in other films, but that’s the Oscars for you: They often honor the greatest talents for their work in movies that almost never end up being their high-water marks. (Spoiler alert: We’re very afraid the same thing may happen with this year’s Best Actress race.)
Today's video - a tribute to Peter Seller's wonderful Inspector Clouseau....five minutes....
Today's golf joke
Tiger Woods & Stevie Wonder are in a bar...
Tiger says Stevie, "How's the singing career going?"
Stevie replies, "Not too bad. How's the golf?"
Woods replies, "I've had some problems with my swing,
but I think I've got that right, now."
Stevie: "I always find that when my swing goes wrong,
I need to stop playing for a while and not think about it.
Then, the next time I play, it seems to be all right."
Incredulous, Tiger says, "You play GOLF?"
Stevie: "Yes, I've been playing for years."
Tiger: "But -- you're blind! How can you play golf if you can't see?"
Stevie: "Well, I get my caddy to stand in the middle of the fairway and call to me. I listen for the sound of his voice and play the ball towards him. Then, when I get to where the ball lands, the caddy moves to the green or farther down the fairway and again I play the ball towards his voice."
"But, how do you putt" asks Tiger.
"Well", says Stevie, "I get my caddy to lean down in front of the hole and call to me with his head on the ground and I just play the ball towards his voice."
Tiger: "What's your handicap?"
Stevie: "Well, actually -- I'm a scratch golfer."
Woods says to Stevie, "We've got to play a round sometime."
Stevie: "Well, people don't take me seriously, so I only play for money, and never play for less than $10,000 a hole. Is that a problem?"
Woods thinks about it and says, "I can afford that; OK,
I'm game for that . . . $10,000 a hole is fine with me.
When would you like to play?"
Stevie: "Pick a night."
Today's blond jokes
As the crowded elevator descended, Mrs. Simpson became too furious with her husband, who was delighted to be pressed against a gorgeous blonde. As the elevator stopped at the main floor, the blonde suddenly whirled, slapped Mr. Simpson, and said, "That will teach you to pinch!" Bewildered, Mr. Simpson was halfway to the parking lot with his wife when he choked, "I...I...didn't pinch that girl." "Of course you didn't" said his wife, consolingly. "I did."
A blonde is overweight, so her doctor puts her on a diet. “I want you to eat regularly for two days, then skip a day, and repeat the procedure for two weeks. The next time I see you, you’ll have lost at least five pounds.” When the blonde returns, she’s lost nearly 20 pounds. “Wow, that’s amazing!” the doctor says. “Did you follow my instructions?” The blonde nods… “I’ll tell you, though, I thought I was going to drop dead that third day." “From hunger, you mean?” said the doctor. “No, from skipping,” replied the blonde.
One day a blond walks into a doctors office with both of her ears burnt. The doctor asks her what had happened. She says, "well... when I was ironing my work suit the phone rang and I mistakenly picked up the iron instead of the phone. "Well that explains one ear, but what about the other." "The bastard called again"
Today's college football jokes
Ohio State's Urban Meyer on one of his players: "He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear. In fact, I just saw his grades and he doesn't know the meaning of a lot of words."
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Why do Tennessee fans wear orange?
So they can dress that way for the game on Saturday, go hunting on Sunday, and pick up trash on Monday.
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What does the average Alabama player get on his SATs?
Drool.
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How many Michigan freshmen football players does it take to change a light bulb?
None. That's a sophomore course.
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How did the Georgia football player die from drinking milk?
The cow fell on him.
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Two West Virginia football players were walking in the woods.
One of them said, "Look, a dead bird."
The other looked up in the sky and said, "Where?"
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A University of Cincinnati football player was almost killed yesterday in a tragic horseback-riding accident.
He fell from a horse and was nearly trampled to death.
Luckily, the manager of the Wal-Mart came out and unplugged the horse. ___________________________________________ ______________________________ _____________
What do you say to a University of Miami Hurricane football player dressed in a three-piece suit? "
"Will the defendant please rise."
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If three Florida State football players are in the same car, who is driving?
The police officer.
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How can you tell if an Auburn football player has a girlfriend?
There's tobacco juice on both sides of the pickup truck.
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What do you get when you put 32 Arkansas cheerleaders in one room?
A full set of teeth.
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University of Michigan Coach Brady Hoke is only going to dress half of his players for the game this week;the other half will have to dress themselves.
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How is the Indiana football team like an opossum?
They play dead at home and get killed on the road.
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Why did the Nebraska linebacker steal a police car?
He saw "911" on the side and thought it was a Porsche.
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How do you get a former Illinois football player off your porch?
Pay him for the pizza.
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Today's dumbass jokes....
I am at Walmart scanning and bagging my almost $300 worth of grocerieswhile the employee that makes $15 an hour "monitors" and then thishappened.Her - why are you double bagging all of your groceries?Me - excuse me?Her - you are wasting our bags!Me - if you don't like the way I'm bagging the groceries, feel free tocome on over here and bag them yourself.Her - that's not my job!Me - okay, then I will bag my groceries how I please if that's all rightwith you.Her - why are you using two bags?!Me - because the bags are weak and I don't want the handles to break orthe bottoms to rip out.Her - well that's because you are putting too much stuff in the bag. Ifyou took half of that stuff out and put it in a different bag thenyou wouldn't need to double bag*10 seconds of me just staring at her.Me - so you want me to split these items in half and put half of them ina different bag so that I don't have to double bag.Her - exactly.Me - so I would still be using two bags to hold the same number of items.Her - no because you wouldn't be double bagging.Me - pressing two fingers to my left eye in an attempt to make it stoptwitching.Me - okay so here I have a jug of milk and a bottle of juice doublebagged. If I take the milk out and remove the double bagging and justput the milk in the single bag and the juice in that single bag I'mstill using two bags for these two items.Her- no because you are not double bagging them so it's not the samenumber of bags.Me - looking around at about 10 other customers who at this point areenjoying the show.Me- is this like that Common Core math stuff I keep hearing about?Her- never mind you just don't get it. And with that she went back toher little Podium so she could continue texting or playing games onher phone or whatever it was she was doing before she decided to comeover and critique my bagging skills.------------------------------------------------ My husband and I went through the McDonald's driveway window and I gavethe cashier a $5 bill. Our total was $4.25, so I also handed her25c.She said, 'you gave me too much money.'I said, 'Yes I know, but this way you can just give me a dollar back.'She sighed and went to get the manager who asked me to repeat my request.I did so, and he handed me back the 25c, and said 'We're sorry but wedon’t do that kind of thing.'The cashier then proceeded to give me back 75 cents in change.Do not confuse the people at Mac D's.---------------------------------------------------- We had to have the garage door repairedThe repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not havea 'large' enough motor on the openerI thought for a minute, and said that we had the largest one made atthat time, a 1/2 horsepowerHe shook his head and said, 'You need a 1/4 horsepower.I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4 and he said, 'NOOO, it's not.Four is larger than two.'We haven't used that repairman since...------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ I live in a semi - rural area.We recently had a new neighbor call the local city council office torequest the removal of the DEER CROSSING sign on our road.The reason: 'Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! I don't thinkthis is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.'------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------ IDIOT SIGHTING IN FOOD SERVICE.My daughter went to a Mexican fast food and ordered a taco.She asked the person behind the counter for 'minimal lettuce.'He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg lettuce.------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an airport employeeasked,'Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?'To which I replied, 'If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?'He smiled knowingly and nodded, 'That's why we ask.'------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- The pedestrian light on the corner beeps when it's safe to cross the street.I was crossing with an 'intellectually challenged' co-worker of mine.She asked if I knew what the beeper was for.I explained that it signals blind people when the light is red.Appalled, she responded, 'what on earth are blind people doing driving?!'She is a government employee.....----------------------------------------------------------- ------------ When my wife and I arrived at a car dealership to pick up our car aftera service, we were told the keys had been locked in it.We went to the service department and found a mechanic workingfeverishly to unlock the driver’s side door.As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the doorhandle and discovered that it was unlocked.‘Hey,' I announced to the technician, 'it’s open!'His reply, 'I know. I already did that side.'
