1/. A chilling article by George Monblot in the Guardian - how corporations are
crushing environmental protests....
hy are peaceful protesters treated like terrorists, while actual terrorists (especially on the far right, and especially in the US) often remain unmolested by the law? Why, in the UK, can you now potentially receive a longer sentence for “public nuisance” – non-violent civil disobedience – than for rape or manslaughter? Why are ordinary criminals being released early to make space in overcrowded prisons, only for the space to be refilled with political prisoners: people trying peacefully to defend the habitable planet?
2/. A new Biden ad attacking Trump's mental issues......it starts about 20 seconds in....
He's got dark Brandon at the end too....
3/. Thom Hartmann gives us ways to deprogram your Trumpie friends and relatives..... and good luck with that....
We are living in James Madison’s nightmare.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll right after Trump was handed the White House by the electoral college (after losing to Hillary by 3 million votes) found that fully 16 percent of Americans had stopped talking with a family member or friend because of the poison Trump has brought into politics.
When Madison wrote his first contribution to the Federalist Papers, Federalist #10, he described the greatest threat to our new republic as the growth of a powerful “faction” that might eventually seize control of government itself.
4/ Hmmm.....
5/. MAGA is having a meltdown over Taylor Swift.....
For football fans eager to see a new team in the Super Bowl, the conference championship games on Sunday that sent the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers back to the main event of American sports culture were sorely disappointing.
But one thing is new: Taylor Swift. And she is driving the movement behind Donald Trump bonkers.
6/. Sometimes a toon says it all.....
7/. Interesting....the City of Palm Beach is having an identity crisis, and it's not just Trump.
Read it, you'll feel soooooo sorry for these billionaires.....not.....
The entrance to the Everglades Club, on fashionable Worth Avenue, is almost hidden from view. The mirrored façade, behind carved wrought iron, deflects the intrusive glances of passersby. Its heavy, imposing door rebuffs the curious or unworthy. A strong push and the right pedigree are required to gain admittance, as you might expect from a club that considers itself one of the landmarks of Palm Beach.
8/. Tom Tomorrow is optimistic!
9/. George Monblot in the Guardian with why this country is so polarised......
It's what character traits you were born with......most interesting.....
Many explanations are proposed for the continued rise of Donald Trump, and the steadfastness of his support, even as the outrages and criminal charges pile up. Some of these explanations are powerful. But there is one I have seen mentioned nowhere, which could, I believe, be the most important: Trump is king of the extrinsics.
Some psychologists believe our values tend to cluster around certain poles, described as “intrinsic” and “extrinsic”. People with a strong set of intrinsic values are inclined towards empathy, intimacy and self-acceptance. They tend to be open to challenge and change, interested in universal rights and equality, and protective of other people and the living world.
10/. Our Republican Florida Legislature is about to give DeSantis his own troops to be used at
his discretion anywhere......it'll be like his own SS.....
And this week DeSantis announced he's sending his SS troops to Texas to help lay barbed wire.....
Just over three years ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stood in front of television cameras and called on the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature to resurrect a World War II-era state militia that he could personally command.
Publicly, DeSantis pitched the reconstituted military force — the Florida State Guard — as a means to help the state respond more nimbly to “hurricanes, national disasters and other state emergencies.”
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11/. Love these ads....Duluth Trading.....clothes for MEN!
12/. "You Are What You Eat" is a Netflix documentary about food, using 22 sets of identical twins to study the effect of a vegan diet vs an omnivore one.....
It's very interesting, makes some critical points and you should watch it and make up your own mind.
For myself, I believe in a lot of what they say in the four part video but the Mediterranean diet seems more balanced.....
As I said, we report, you decide.....
13/. Bill Maher with a "New Rules''.....
14/. If you are familiar with Miami, you know Liberty City is a black neighborhood quite close to downtown.....
Now, because it's the highest point of land in Dade County [10' above sea level] it's being
gentrified, and all the black residents are being moved out...
Aaron McKinney had high hopes for Liberty City.
In 2015, Miami-Dade county officials announced a $74m development project aimed at revitalizing the historically Black neighborhood in the north-west of the city. The plan was to raze Liberty Square, the dilapidated housing project in the heart of the neighborhood, and build 1,900 new apartments in its place.
15/. There's evil everywhere....seabed mining in the Baja.....
The ship
When it first appeared, it looked like a floating city. For months in the summer of 2012, the ship just sat there – a hulking, confusing presence off the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur.
Florencio Aguilar was worried. A stranger in the waves was a threat. Like many others in the tiny fishing towns of San Juanico, Las Barrancas and others in north-west Mexico, Aguilar relies for his livelihood on the lobsters, octopus and abalone that thrive here. The pristine waters are also home to endangered sea turtles, a breeding ground for giant grey whales and a magnet for surfers, who flock here to ride one of the world’s longest waves.
16/. The best TV on Netflix....from the Times....
Netflix adds original programming at such a steady clip that it can be hard to keep up with which of its dramas, comedies and reality shows are must-sees. And that’s not including all the TV series Netflix picks up from broadcast and cable networks. Below is our regularly updated guide to the 50 best shows on Netflix in the United States. Each recommendation comes with a secondary pick, too, for 100 suggestions in all. (Note: Netflix sometimes removes titles without notice.)
Today's videos - the complete Trunk Monkey series....a couple of new ones too....
Today's airline joke...
A jumbo jet is just coming into the Toronto Airport on its final approach.
The pilot comes on the intercom, "This is your Captain. We're on our final descent into Toronto. I want to thank you for flying with us today and I hope you enjoy your stay in Toronto."
He forgets to switch off the intercom, and the whole plane can hear his conversation with his co-pilot.
The co pilot says to the pilot, "Well, skipper, whatcha gonna do in Toronto?"
Everyone on the plane hears this and immediately begins looking up and down the isles, trying to get a look at the new stewardess.
Meanwhile the new stewardess is at the very back of the plane.
She's so embarrassed that she tries to run to the cockpit to turn the intercom off.
Halfway down the aisle, she trips over an old lady's bag and falls on her face.
The old lady leans over and says: "No need to hurry, dear. He's gonna take a shit first."
Today's joke for the ladies....
Women's Seminar...
The women were asked, "How many of you love your husband?"
All the women raised their hands.
Then they were asked, "When was the last time you told your husband you loved him?"
Some women answered today, a few yesterday, and some couldn't remember.
The women were then told to take out their cell phones and text their husband: "I love you, sweetheart."
The women were then told to exchange phones with another person, and to read aloud the text message they received in response.
Here are some of the husband's replies:
1. Who the hell is this?
2. Hey, mother of my children, are you sick or what?
3. Yeah, and I love you too. What's up??
4. What now? Did you wreck the car again?
5. I don't understand what you mean?
6. What on earth did you do now?
7. ?!?
8. Don't beat around the bush, just tell me how much you need?
9. Am I dreaming?
10. If you don't tell me who this message is actually for, someone will die.
11. I thought we agreed you wouldn't drink during the day.
12. Your mother is coming to stay with us, isn't she?
Today's golf joke
One day out on the golf course, a golfer accidentally overturned his golf cart.
A very attractive woman, who lived in a villa on the golf course, heard the noise, came out onto her balcony and called out to him, Hey, are you okay?
I'm fine, thanks," he replied.
"You look frazzled, " the woman said, "Come up to my villa for a drink and I will help you get the cart up afterwards."
"Oh, come on, " the woman, a gorgeous brunette in a sexy bikini, insisted.
I can see you've cut your head. It could be serious. Let me take care of that right away. I'm a nurse.
She was very persuasive....and he was weak.
"Well okay," he agreed, but added, "But my wife won't like it."
After she bandaged his wound, she gave him a most welcome brandy.
They talked a little about golf and he discovered she was an avid golfer with a four handicap.
When he confessed to a weakness in his putting, she gave him a putting lesson holding him close and intimately as she did so.
Finally he confessed, "I feel a lot better now, but I had better get going.
I know my wife is going to be really upset with me being here with you."
"Don't be silly! the woman said with a smile, She won't know anything.
By the way, where is she?"
"Under the cart," he replied.
Today's nun joke....
A NUN WALKS INTO THE MOTHER SUPERIOR'S OFFICE AND PLUNKS DOWN INTO A CHAIR.
She lets out a sigh, heavy with frustration.
"What troubles you, Sister?" asked the Mother Superior. "I thought this was the day you spent with your family."
"It was," sighed the Sister. "And I went to play golf with my brother.
"What troubles you, Sister?" asked the Mother Superior. "I thought this was the day you spent with your family."
"It was," sighed the Sister. "And I went to play golf with my brother.
We try to play golf as often as we can. You know I was quite a talented golfer before I devoted my life to Christ."
"I seem to recall that," the Mother Superior agreed. "So I take it that your day of recreation was not relaxing?"
"Far from it," snorted the Sister. "In fact, I took the Lord's name in vain today!"
"Goodness, Sister!" gasped the Mother Superior, astonished. "You must tell me all about it!"
"Well, we were on the fifth tee — and this hole is a monster, Mother — 540 yard par 5, with a nasty dogleg right and a hidden green ... and I hit the drive of my life.
"I seem to recall that," the Mother Superior agreed. "So I take it that your day of recreation was not relaxing?"
"Far from it," snorted the Sister. "In fact, I took the Lord's name in vain today!"
"Goodness, Sister!" gasped the Mother Superior, astonished. "You must tell me all about it!"
"Well, we were on the fifth tee — and this hole is a monster, Mother — 540 yard par 5, with a nasty dogleg right and a hidden green ... and I hit the drive of my life.
The sweetest swing I've ever made. And it's flying straight and true, right along the line I wanted ... and it hits a bird in mid-flight!"
"Oh my!" commiserated the Mother Superior. "How unfortunate! But surely that didn't make you blaspheme, Sister!"
"No, that wasn't it," admitted the Sister. "While I was still trying to fathom what had happened, this squirrel ran out of the woods, grabbed my ball and ran off down the fairway!"
"Oh my!" commiserated the Mother Superior. "How unfortunate! But surely that didn't make you blaspheme, Sister!"
"No, that wasn't it," admitted the Sister. "While I was still trying to fathom what had happened, this squirrel ran out of the woods, grabbed my ball and ran off down the fairway!"
"Oh, that would have made me blaspheme!" sympathized the Mother Superior.
"But I didn't, Mother!" sobbed the Sister. "And I was so proud of myself! And while I was pondering whether this was a sign from God, this hawk swoops out of the sky and grabs the squirrel and flies off, with my ball still clutched in his paws!"
"So that's when you cursed," said the Mother Superior with a knowing smile.
"But I didn't, Mother!" sobbed the Sister. "And I was so proud of myself! And while I was pondering whether this was a sign from God, this hawk swoops out of the sky and grabs the squirrel and flies off, with my ball still clutched in his paws!"
"So that's when you cursed," said the Mother Superior with a knowing smile.
"Nope, that wasn't it either," cried the Sister, anguished, "because as the hawk started to fly out of sight, the squirrel started struggling, and the hawk dropped him right there on the green, and the ball popped out of his paws and rolled to about 18 inches from the cup!"
The Mother Superior sat back in her chair, folded her arms across her chest, fixed the Sister with a baleful stare and said ...
"You missed the fucking putt, didn't you?"
The Mother Superior sat back in her chair, folded her arms across her chest, fixed the Sister with a baleful stare and said ...
"You missed the fucking putt, didn't you?"
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