Here in guilt-free Florida we’re often asked if Ron DeSantis is really worse than Donald Trump. Not long ago the question would have seemed ludicrous because Trump had set the bar of execrable behavior so high. Who could outpander the most prolific panderer of all time? Who could be worse for democracy than the person who snuggled up to murderous dictators, spoke fondly of white supremacists, smeared Mexican immigrants as rapists and killers, tried to overturn an election, and incited a goon siege of the Capitol? The list goes on.
2/ Tom Tomorrow on Kevin McCarthy's bold, dynamic leadership.....
3/ Sydney Blumenthal says to Democrats - stop whining about Biden being too old, and buckle up.....
Good article....
‘The intensity of concern among Democrats about Biden is in direct proportion to their panic about Trump.’ Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images ow ends our summer of discontent. Nearly half of Democrats fretfully tell pollsters that President Biden is “too old”. Fifty-eight per cent of all Americans, including 30% of Democrats, do not approve of his handling of the economy. Twenty-one per cent of Democrats rate him unfavorably. If these discontented were to change their opinion, his favorability would be near or above 50%. Depressed Democrats hold down his standing.
4/ The Lincoln Project with a new ad with footage from Fox News, pointing out the
obvious, which is Trump is close to full scale dementia.....
5/ Andrew Sullivan spells out the coming disaster with migrants and immigration if we cannot control the border, which at this point we can't.
Democrats have to get this under control..........
Lampedusa is a picturesque, rocky Italian island in the Mediterranean between Tunisia and Sicily, with gorgeous beaches and a small population of around 6,000. In just five days last week, its population tripled, as 11,000 migrants showed up in at least 199 boats, overwhelming resources. The center for accommodating migrants was designed for 600. So far, in this year alone, some 127,000 migrants reached Italy, more than twice the numbers who arrived in all of 2022.
6/. A long and disturbing story about a Doctor who sexually assaulted hundreds of patients at
Columbia University, and how the school covered it up.
Institutions, like the Catholic Church and Columbia, have a history of refusing to deal with abusers.....
Laurie Kanyok was 38, a professional dancer on the cusp of retirement, when she learned she was pregnant. She had already suffered one miscarriage and had recently undergone a spinal treatment that she feared would increase the risk of birth defects. Kanyok booked an appointment with an obstetrician, Dr. Robert Hadden of Columbia University. She felt grateful to be in the care of someone who had spent his entire career at such a distinguished institution.
7/. Rupert Murdoch has stepped down, but his legacy is the broken country we have now.....is this a strong statement?
Have a look at this supercut of all of the lies Fox has dribbled into the brains of the gullible over the years.....over and over and over....
Watch the video on Twitter halfway into the article.....
9/. Pete Buttigieg has to be one of the smartest people in public life today....
Republicans tried to intimidate him in one of their committees, and he nailed them every time....
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday, where he was forced to educate Republicans on a wide variety of topics, from climate change to not needing passports to fly domestically, to subsidies for oil and gas companies.
In one heated back-and-forth, U.S. Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), who has been fighting a subpoena from Special Counsel Jack Smith, blamed Secretary Buttigieg specifically for “killing” the auto industry by supporting electric vehicles.
10/. The best words ever [not] from the orange genius.....
Watch the video on Twitter halfway down the story.......
11/. The mainstream media is failing us all - they are treating Republicans as a normal political
party, and looking for equivalence where there is none.
‘The problem is that the mainstream media wants to be seen as non-partisan – and bends over backwards to accomplish this.’ Photograph: Mike Theiler/UPI/Shutterstock Christiane Amanpour has reported all over the world, so she recognizes a democracy on the brink when she sees one.
Last week, as she celebrated her 40 years at CNN, she issued a challenge to her fellow journalists in the US by describing how she would cover US politics as a foreign correspondent.
“We have to be truthful, not neutral,” she urged. “I would make sure that you don’t just give a platform … to those who want to crash down the constitution and democracy.”
It’s an important call to action. But so far, the American press is failing to meet its responsibility to adequately emphasize the stakes of the coming election.
12/. The best of Weekend Update where the lads read jokes they haven't seen before.....very amusing....
13/. Check your cold remedy cupboard.....and throw away the duds that contain phenylephrine...
Cold season just got trickier.
On Tuesday, an advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously said that a popular ingredient found in oral cold and allergy decongestants is ineffective.
The F.D.A. will make its own decision on whether to remove medications containing the ingredient, phenylephrine, which is found in products like Sudafed P.E., NyQuil Severe Cold & Flu and Tylenol Cold & Flu Severe. But in the meantime, and as cold and flu season approaches, consumers will need to weigh their options.
14/. Jennifer Lopez wins a home makeover.......amusing SNL skit.....
15/. Interesting and scary article - most of the abortion loonies are "Christian" men.....
Wendell Shrock doesn’t believe in condoms. “We should leave the uterus to God,” the street preacher from Tennessee tells States Newsroom in front of an abortion clinic outside of Atlanta, mid-morning in late July. Sweat drips from his cowboy hat into his salt-and-pepper beard that stretches halfway down his red-plaid shirt. The retired police officer is running security for the conservative Christian group Operation Save America’s annual national event. Their followers interpret the Bible literally. Some believe constant procreation is God’s will.
16/. The oligarch's ideal Gub'mint....
17/. The gub'mint is giving out free Covid tests again.....after Sept 25 click on the site and they will send you four free tests.....
And how about a "Thanks Joe"....
Click on this....
18/. Luciano Pavarotti and [young] Celine Dion sing a duet......wonderful!
19/. The Times with TV to watch this fall.....
We’ve been here before. In 2020, to be exact, when it was the pandemic that played havoc with fall network television schedules.
The effects of the writers’ and actors’ strikes this year are a little less drastic — they took hold later in the production cycle than the pandemic did, and they only affect American series. But once again we are looking at lineups full of reality programs and game shows. Fox will still have its animation lineup (their long lead times mean more episodes were completed); CBS will repurpose and recycle (“Yellowstone,” the original British “Ghosts”); CW will offer a Canadian smorgasbord. On cable, streaming and PBS, meanwhile, with shorter seasons and more flexible scheduling, the effects are not so noticeable.
Today's video - a classic Bud Lite commercial
Like that one? Here's four more.......
Today's collection of retiree jokes.....
Question: When is a retiree's bedtime?
Answer: Three hours after he falls asleep in the recliner.
Question: How many retirees to change a light bulb?
Answer: Only one, but it might take all day.
Question: Why don't retirees mind being called Seniors?
Answer: The term comes with a 10% discount. Sometimes 15%
Question: Among retirees what is considered formal attire?
Answer: Tied shoes.
Question: Why do retirees count pennies?
Answer: They are the only ones who have the time.
Question: Why are retirees so slow to clean out the basement, attic or garage?
Answer: They know that as soon as they do, one of their adult kids will want to store stuff there.
Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked,
'How old was your husband?' '98,' she replied...
'Two years older than me'
'So you're 96,' the undertaker commented..
She responded, 'Hardly worth going home, is it?
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Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman:
'And what do you think is the best thing
about being 104?' the reporter asked..
She simply replied, 'No peer pressure.'
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The nice thing about being senile is
you can hide your own Easter eggs and have fun finding them.
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I've sure gotten old!
I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement,
new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes.
I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine,
take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts.
Have bouts with dementia.
Have poor circulation; hardly feel my hands and feet anymore.
Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92. Have lost all my friends. But, thank God,
I still have my driver's license.
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I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape,
so I got my doctor's permission to
join a fitness club and start exercising.
I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors.
I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But,
by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over.
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An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and
told her preacher she had two final requests.
First, she wanted to be cremated, and second,
she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart.
'Wal-Mart?' the preacher exclaimed.
'Why Wal-Mart?'
'Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week'
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My memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
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Know how to prevent sagging?
Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.
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It's scary when you start making the same noises
as your coffee maker.
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These days about half the stuff
in my shopping cart says,
'For fast relief.'
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THE SENILITY PRAYER :
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and
the eyesight to tell the difference
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Today's fishing joke
A widow and widower lived next door to each other. They had been neighbours for over 30 years, but each had lost their spouse not too long ago.
Over a number of weeks, they had become close. One day, the man asked the woman if she enjoyed fishing.
Yes, she replied, she used to enjoy fishing with her late husband. The man agreed to pick her up at 6 a.m. the next morning.
They went down to the river at the time they decided the next day, and began fishing.
After a while, the man began to move the boat upstream. They came to a fork in the river and the man asked the woman, "Up or down." Being nice, he wanted to let her decide.
The woman looked around, promptly took off all her clothes and jumped on the old man. They had passionate sex.
After a while, they redressed and resumed fishing.
Later in the day, they came to another fork in the river. Again, the man asked, "Up or down," and once again the woman stripped and another round of passionate sex commenced.
That evening, upon arriving home, the man asked the woman if she would like to go fishing again the next day.
The woman agreed. A little after 6 a.m. the next morning, they got to the river.
As they came across that first fork in the river, the hopeful man asked the lady, "Up or down."
"Down," the woman replied.
A little surprised, the man headed that way. After a morning of fishing, they got to another fork. "Up or down," the man asked.
"Up," the woman said.
"Wait a minute," the man said. "Yesterday, when I asked that question, you took all your clothes off and we had passionate sex. What's going on?"
"Well," the woman replied, "yesterday, I forgot my hearing aid and I thought you said "fuck or Drown!'"
Today's boob joke.....
A flat-chested young lady went to Dr. Smith about enlarging her tiny breasts:
Dr. Smith advised her. "Every day after your shower rub your chest and say, 'Scooby doobie doobies, I want bigger boobies.'"
She did this faithfully for several months and it worked.She grew terrific C-cup boobs!
One morning she was running late, got on the bus and in a panic realised she had forgotten her morning ritual. Frightened she might lose her lovely boobs if she didn't recite the little rhyme, she stood right there in the middle aisle of the bus, closed her eyes and said. "Scooby doobie doobies, I want bigger boobies."
A guy sitting nearby looked at her and said. "By any chance, are you a patient of Dr. Smith's?"
"Why, yes I am. How did you know?"
He leaned closer, winked and whispered......
"Hickory dickory dock..."
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