1/. If the deposition texts and emails detailing how Fox lies was a surprise to you, you are
obviously a Republican Trumpie....
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In 2021, Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News. The company accused Fox personalities of repeatedly airing debunked election-fraud theories involving Dominion’s voting machines, which saw heavy use in the 2020 election. It’s notoriously difficult to win defamation cases in American courts; Dominion must prove that Fox News hosts knowingly disseminated falsehoods to their viewers. To that end, the company subpoenaed extensive internal text messages and emails from and between prominent names in the Fox News infrastructure, including Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and Rupert Murdoch himself.
2/. An amusing montage from Bill Maher on Tucker Carlson's version of Capitol events.....
3/. A very interesting story on poverty in America, what causes it and how the poor are ruthlessly exploited so that they can never escape the poverty wheel....
It's a sickening story of greed and corruption that allows leech companies to basically ruin peoples lives....
Excellent story from the Times.....
In the past 50 years, scientists have mapped the entire human genome and eradicated smallpox. Here in the United States, infant-mortality rates and deaths from heart disease have fallen by roughly 70 percent, and the average American has gained almost a decade of life. Climate change was recognized as an existential threat. The internet was invented.
On the problem of poverty, though, there has been no real improvement — just a long stasis. As estimated by the federal government’s poverty line, 12.6 percent of the U.S. population was poor in 1970; two decades later, it was 13.5 percent; in 2010, it was 15.1 percent; and in 2019, it was 10.5 percent. To graph the share of Americans living in poverty over the past half-century amounts to drawing a line that resembles gently rolling hills. The line curves slightly up, then slightly down, then back up again over the years, staying steady through Democratic and Republican administrations, rising in recessions and falling in boom years. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/magazine/poverty-by-america-matthew-desmond.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
4/. Norfolk Southern appears to be an evil company....sometimes a toon says it all.....
5/. You may have heard about the carried interest loophole that gives hedge fund managers billions in tax breaks....
Professor Richard Wolf explains how it works...clear and simple.....
6/. Very good question - why isn't Rupert Murdoch settling the Dominion case?
Rupert Murdoch is no stranger to getting sued. His international media company, News Corp, often finds itself at the center of gruesome scandals stemming from Murdoch's freewheeling attitude about journalistic and business ethics. A defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News, Murdoch's biggest American company, is but the latest example on his long history of being on the receiving end of righteous litigation. A little over a decade ago, for instance, Murdoch's British newspapers were embroiled in a sprawling case of journalistic malfeseance involving hacking the phones of politicians, celebrities and even crime victims in order to publish stolen materials. News Corp ended up settling out of court with hundreds of victims, including actor Hugh Grant and soccer star Wayne Rooney.
7/. Tom Tomorrow on our Florida fascist.....
8/. He's following the Hungarian model of authoritarianism.....
Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor, and his cronies, not content with destroying free speech in public schools, have set for themselves a new target: destroying press freedom and every Floridian’s right to criticize public officials. Along the way, they aim to overturn the most important first amendment US supreme courtdecision of the 20th century.
9/. John Oliver devoted his show to our Florida fascist Ron, and did his best to expose what he is up to
and how dangerous it is....some decent jokes, but painful too.....
10/. Amusing....
11/. He is crippling all of Florida's Universities.....
Over the past decade, a liberal faction within America’s colleges and universities, corporate America and the media has promoted goals of diversity, equity and inclusion, endorsed regulations restricting “harmful speech,” encouraged the ostracization of dissenters and sought to grant enhanced status to the previously marginalized.
12/. Someone, somewhere.....
13/. Love this one......
14/. Bob Lefsetz and the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank, and his musings on life and business.....
I really like his style....
“Silicon Valley Bank Fails After Run on Deposits”: https://nyti.ms/3Jc9PXr
I’ve been avoiding this story all day long.
You see it was the headline on the NYT, the WaPo, the WSJ, everywhere but the LAT, which was eclipsed in its blizzard reporting by the NYT. That’s like Celine Dion making the best rap record. Unfathomable.
So if you’re addicted to the news apps…
Well, maybe you’re not. Good for you. As long as you’re not testifying as to the truth. Because you’ve got to read ’em all, constantly, to get a feel for the pulse of the country, which no one seems to have anymore.
15/. An amusing Weekend Update segment on the Oscars.....and Pinkie Johnson of SNL....
16/. The trouble is they're winning!
17/. Are you a liberal? Own a Tesla? Feel a little uneasy about it with all of the Musk-ism's out there?
Read this......you'll feel worse.....
Tesla had me convinced, for a while, that it was a cool company.
It made cars that performed animatronic holiday shows using their lights and power-operated doors. It came up with dog mode (a climate control system that stays running for dogs in a parked car), a GPS-linked air suspension that remembers where the speed bumps are and raises the car automatically and “fart mode” (in which the car makes fart sounds).
18/. Duh.....
19/. Bob Lefsetz with a review of "History Of The World Part @"......it's stupid, but funny .....
Interesting in this post he has a go at Bill Maher, which has resonated with a lot of Lefsetz's readers.....
Are you watching this? It’s so STUPID!
Which is why it’s so great.
The “Curb Your Enthusiasm” takeoff is genius. Even down to the staring contest between Judas and the Roman soldier.
The original “History of the World,” you know, “Pt. 1,” was uneven. It’s hard to do comedy, it’s hard to be consistent. Mel Brooks’s best work was “The Producers,” and “Blazing Saddles.” But it looked like he was losing his touch, but “Part II” Shows he has not.
Thoughts on Bill Maher from the Lefsetz readers.....I don't totally agree, but Maher sounds like a right winger sometimes with the false equivalence
of how bad the left are [on pronouns for example], but ignoring the fascism constantly coming our way.from Republicans.......
Today's Video
I wonder why Mastercard banned this old commercial....
Today's Philosophical jokes...
Every box of raisins is a tragic tale of grapes that could have been wine.
They say we can have gatherings with up to eight people without issues. I don’t even know eight people without issues.
Theme parks can snap a crystal-clear picture of you on a roller coaster going 70 mph, but bank cameras can’t get a clear shot of a robber standing still.
Someone posted that they had just made synonym buns. I replied, “you mean just like the ones that grammar used to make?” I am now blocked.
Dear paranoid people who check behind their shower curtains for murderers... if you do find one, what’s your plan?
The more I get to know people, the more I realize why Noah only let animals on the boat.
Facial recognition software can pick a person out of a crowd but the vending machine at work can’t recognize a dollar bill with a bent corner
When all this pandemic stuff is over, I still plan to wear a mask. It hides the perpetual look of annoyance I have for most people.
Covid-19 Fact: 87% of gym members don’t even know their gym is closed.
I never make the same mistake twice. I do it like, five or six times, you know, to make sure.
Someone just honked to get me out of my parking space faster. So now I just have to sit here until both of us are dead.
My train of thought derailed. There were no survivors.
If you see someone buying candy, popcorn, and a soda at the movies, they are a drug dealer. There’s no other explanation for that type of income.
After a year and a half of this pandemic, I’m either going out for ice cream or to commit a felony. I’ll decide in the car.
I know it’s time to clean out my purse when my car assumes it’s an extra passenger who isn’t wearing a seat belt.
Dr. Oz says rubbing coffee grounds on your naked body will get rid of cellulite. Apparently, you can’t do this in Starbucks. And now the cops are here.
In the 1980s I fell off my bike and hurt my knee. I’m telling you this now because we didn’t have social media then.
Some people seem to have aged like fine wine. I aged like milk ... I got sour and chunky.
Dear Sneeze: If you’re going to happen, happen. Don’t just put a stupid look on my face and then leave.
Vegetarians live up to nine years longer than meat-eaters. Nine horrible, worthless, baconless years.
I still have a full deck; I just shuffle slower
We all know Albert Einstein was a genius. but his brother Frank was a monster.
Today's Golf Joke....
A group of men lived and died for their Saturday morning round of golf. One
transferred to another city. From then on their games weren't the same without him.
A new woman joined their Club. She overheard the three blokes talking about the situation. She said, "You know, I used to play on my golf team in college and I was pretty good. Would you mind if I joined you next week?"
The blokes looked at each other. Not one of them wanted to say, 'Yes', but she had them on the spot. Finally, one man said it would be okay, but they would be starting early, at 6:30a.m. He figured the early tee-off time would discourage her. The woman replied that it could present a problem and asked if she could be up to
15 minutes late. They rolled their eyes, but said that would be okay. She smiled and said, "Good, I'll be there either at 6:30 or 6:45."
She showed up at 6:30 sharp and beat all three of them with an eye-opening
2-under par round. They were impressed and congratulated her. She was fun and a pleasant person, so back at the clubhouse they invited her back the next week. She smiled, and said, "I'll be there either at 6:30 or 6:45."
The next week she again showed up at 6:30 sharp but this time she played left-handed. They were incredulous as she still beat them with an even par round,
despite playing with her off-hand.
They couldn't figure her out. She was again very pleasant and didn't seem to be purposely showing them up. They invited her back again, but each man harboured a burning desire to beat her. The third week, the blokes had their game faces on.
But this time, she was 15 minutes late, which made the guys irritable. This week the lady played right-handed, yet narrowly beat all three of them.
The men mused that her late arrival was attributable to petty gamesmanship on her part, however, she was so gracious and so complimentary of their strong play, they couldn't hold a grudge.
Back in the clubhouse, all blokes were shaking their heads. This woman was a riddle no-one could figure out. They had a couple of beers. Finally one of the men asked her point blank, "How do you decide if you're going to golf right-handed or left-handed?"
The lady blushed and grinned. "That's easy," she said, "When my Dad taught me to play golf, I learned I was ambidextrous. I like to switch back and forth. When I got married after college, I discovered my husband always sleeps in the nude. From then on, I developed a silly habit. Right before I left in the morning for golf practice, I
would pull the covers off him. If his you-know-what was pointing to the right, I golfed right-handed; if it was pointed to the left, I golfed left-handed."
The men thought this was hysterical. Astonished at this bizarre information, one of them shot back, "But what if it's pointing straight up?"
She said, "That's when I'll be fifteen minutes late."
Today's short drunk joke
I pointed to two old drunks sitting across the bar from us and told my friend "That's us in 10 years".
He said "That's a mirror, dip-shit!
Today's Dear Abby joke
DEAR ABBY:
'I have always wanted to have my family history traced, but I can't afford to spend a lot of money to do it. Any suggestions?'
Sam in California.
DEAR SAM:
'Register as a Republican, and run for public office.'
Abby
Today's "Boss" joke
If you've ever worked for a boss who reacts before getting the facts and thinking things through, you will love this!
Arcelor-Mittal Steel, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hired a new CEO. The new boss was determined to rid the company of all slackers.
On a tour of the facilities, the CEO noticed a guy leaning against a wall. The room was full of workers and he wanted to let them know that he meant business. He asked the guy, "How much money do you make a week?"
A little surprised, the young man looked at him and said, "I make $400 a week. Why?"
The CEO said, "Wait right here." He walked back to his office, came back in two minutes, and handed the guy $1,600 in cash and said, "Here's four weeks' pay. Now GET OUT and don't come back."
Feeling pretty good about himself the CEO looked around the room and asked, "Does anyone want to tell me what that goof-ball did here?"
From across the room a voice said, "Pizza delivery guy from Domino's." |
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