1/. We can only hope this is true....he's falling apart....
Donald Trump is doing his best Wizard of Oz imitation. These days, Trump is not looking like the “winner” he needs voters to believe him to be. Like the title character in L Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s fantasy and the 1939 movie, there is less there than meets the eye. The 45th president’s lead in the polls evaporates while his cash stash shrinks.
His upcoming felony fraud trial in Manhattan looms. For the record, he is zero for three in his bids to adjourn the trial, and lawyers are expensive.
2/. SNL Cold Open - they did a remake of the Alien Encounters with Kate McKinnon and Ryan Gosling......it's pretty good.....
3/. I have to say I'm so glad we are on Medicare and don't have to deal with these evil health insurance companies.....
Weeks after undergoing heart surgery, Gail Lawson found herself back in an operating room. Her incision wasn’t healing, and an infection was spreading.
At a hospital in Ridgewood, N.J., Dr. Sidney Rabinowitz performed a complex, hourslong procedure to repair tissue and close the wound. While recuperating, Ms. Lawson phoned the doctor’s office in a panic. He returned the call himself and squeezed her in for an appointment the next day.
“He was just so good with me, so patient, so kind,” she said.
4/. Taylor Swift gave the American Music Awards - Best. Show. Ever.
Eleven minutes of nonstop performances.......really impressive, and you can see why she's made it....poor Travis.....
5/. If Biden is re-elected [please please please] Thom Hartmann has a way to deal with the crazies
on the Supreme Court.....investigate them, just like Nixon did!
When the Mifepristone case came before the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito bizarrely brought up their desire to see the Comstock Act again enforced.
Even arguably worse, they’re in part responsible for giving Trump months of delay in the case Jack Smith has brought against him for trying to overthrow our form of government. As Liz Cheney, apparently quite pissed off at the Court herself, said this week:
“[Trump] now is pushing this idea that a president should have complete immunity against any criminal prosecution for anything he does in office and he’s pushed this appeal to the Supreme Court; I think it’s very important that the Supreme Court recognizes what he’s doing is a delaying tactic.
“It cannot be the case that a president of the United States can attempt to overturn an election and seize power and that our justice system is incapable of holding a trial and holding him to account before the next election.”
https://hartmannreport.com/p/so-what-can-we-do-about-the-naked-6b2?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=302288&post_id=143053645&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2cwgv&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
6/. What's in Trump's $60 Bible? Read on.....
7/. Publix - "Where shopping is a pleasure", is a good supermarket but a ruthless lobbyist for anything that would block some of their profit.
This is why you won't see EV charging stations in their parking lots.....
Grocery store giant Publix Super Markets pushed Florida lawmakers to kill local rules meant to support electric vehicles, according to an email obtained in a public records request.
Records show that a lobbyist for Publix emailed a key lawmaker partway through this year’s session of the Florida Legislature with a proposal to stop cities and counties around the state from enforcing any local laws related to electric vehicle charging stations.
The Publix lobbyist sent the proposed legislation to an aide to Rep. Bobby Payne (R-Palatka), who was sponsoring a sweeping energy bill that also made it easier for gas companies to build pipelines, prohibited the development of offshore wind energy, and erased most references to climate change in state law.
8/. Weekend Update #1 - not bad at all, some good zingers...
Weekend Update #2 - good....
Weekend Update #3 - Michael Longfellow, reasonably amusing....
Weekend Update #4 - Caitlin Clark [Yes, Caitlin Clark!] visits with Michael Che......she's a charmer.....
9/. If you have ignored any articles about 'trans" as being a subject you don't care much about, you
might want to read this by Andrew Sullivan......most interesting and challenging.....
Tribalization does funny things to people. If you’d told me a decade ago that within a few years, Republicans would be against Ukraine defending itself from a Russian invasion, and Democrats would be pulling the Full Churchill to counter the Kremlin, I’d have gently asked what sativa strain you were smoking.
If you’d told me the Democrats would soon be the party most protective of the CIA and the FBI, and that Republicans would regard them as part of an evil “deep state,” ditto. And who would have thought that a president accused in 2017 of having “no real ideology [but] white supremacy” would today be doubling his support with black voters, and tripling it with black men? Who would have bet the Dems would go all-in on Big Pharma when it came to Covid vaccines? And who would have thought Republicans who long carried little copies of the Constitution in their suit pockets would lead a riot to prevent the peaceful transfer of power? You live and learn.
10/. This is flat out the absolute funniest sketch I have seen on SNL for a while....
Beavis and Butthead are back, and Heidi Gardner loses it.....
11/. Tom Tomorrow with a serious tone.....yup, Republicans.....
12/. Interesting story about a DC law firm that was part of the Dominion case against Fox, but has since gone
right wing.......if you like TV legal dramas, this story is for you.....
Last April, dozens of lawyers and their guests gathered at the Columbus Inn in Wilmington, Del. The revered restaurant, with roots tracing back more than two centuries, was once a hangout for Buffalo Bill. Yet on this cloudless night, the crowd would have been happy to be partying almost anywhere.
Hours earlier, the lawyers and their client, Dominion Voting Systems, had negotiated an extraordinary $787 million settlement with Fox News. The deal was struck moments before opening arguments in a hotly anticipated defamation trial, in which Fox was accused of airing inflammatory lies that Dominion had thwarted Donald J. Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
Now the company’s two main law firms could enjoy the spoils.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/business/media/clare-locke-dominion-voting-fox-defamation.html
13/. Five kitchen myths debunked, interesting!
Food myths come from many sources, and American cooks (including me) have swallowed lots of them. Some of them used to be truths, like the notion that you should eat oysters only in “R” months. (Before refrigeration, shellfish were safer to eat in the winter.) Some come from restaurant kitchens, like the rule against washing mushrooms. (When you’re ready to use them, it’s perfectly fine to rinse off the dirt. Just don’t store them after washing; they will spoil once wet.) And some just derive from superstition, like the idea that brown eggs are healthier than white ones. (They are identical inside the shell; the color is usually determined by the hen’s feathers.)
14/. Vanity fair lists 25 shows on Netflix to watch......a pretty good list, includes "Borgen" which is amazing.....
15/. "Civil War".....the new movie from Alex Garland.....OMG......here is the trailer.
"Civil War" generated this Times column....
“Not one man in America wanted the Civil War, or expected or intended it,” Henry Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams, declared at the beginning of the 20th century. What may seem inevitable to us in hindsight — the horrifying consequences of a country in political turmoil, given to violence and rived by slavery — came as a shock to many of the people living through it. Even those who anticipated it hardly seemed prepared for its violent magnitude. In this respect at least, the current division that afflicts the United States seems different from the Civil War. If there ever is a second civil war, it won’t be for lack of imagining it.
The most prominent example arrives this week in the form of an action blockbuster titled “Civil War.”
16/. The Times lists the best movies and shows on Hulu.....
The Disney-owned Hulu streaming service is still, more than 15 years into its existence, thought of first as a repository for new television (and, for many cord-cutters, the “live TV” option of choice) and second as a library of indisputable TV classics, usually in their entirety. But savvy viewers can also find a rotating library of movies, both new releases and recent classics, rivaling the collections of many of its competitors — if they know where to look. We’re here to help.
17/. Book review - the Times really liked this new thriller......
Today's BBQ joke
We are about to enter the BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity .
When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:
(1) The woman buys the food.
(2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert. (3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is
lounging beside the grill - beer in hand.
(4) The woman remains outside the compulsory three meter exclusion zone where the exuberance of testosterone and other manly bonding activities
can take place without the interference of the woman.
Here comes the important part:
(5) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.
(6) The woman goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery.
(7) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is looking great.
He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer while he flips the meat
Important again:
( THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN. (9) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces, and brings them to the table.
(10) After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes
And most important of all:
(11) Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.
(12) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed ' her night off ', and, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women
Today's British talking dog joke....
A man sees a sign outside a house - 'Talking Dog For Sale.'
He rings the bell, the owner appears and tells him the dog can be viewed in the back yard.
The man goes to the yard and sees a very nice looking Labrador Retriever sitting there.
"Do you really talk?" he asks the dog. "Yes," the Labrador replies.
After recovering from the shock of hearing the dog talk, the man asks, "So, tell me your story."
The Labrador looks up and says, "Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so I was sold to the SAS. In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one imagined that a dog would be eaves dropping.
I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years".
"But the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting any younger so I decided to settle down.
I signed up for a job at Heathrow Airport to do some undercover security work, wandering near suspicious characters and listening in.
I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded several medals".
"Then I got married, had a few puppies, and now I've just retired."
The man is amazed. He goes back into the house and asks the owner how much he wants for the dog.
"Ten quid," the owner says.
"£10? But your dog is absolutely amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheaply?"
"Because he's a lying bastard, he's never been out of the back yard."
Today's joke for the ladies....
One morning a husband returns to the cabin after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap.
Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat out, since it is such a beautiful day.
She motors out a short distance, anchors, and reads her book.
Along comes a Game Warden in his boat.
He pulls up alongside the woman and says," Good morning, Ma'am, what are you doing"?
"Reading a book," she replies, (thinking, "Isn't that obvious"?)
"You're in a Restricted Fishing Area," he informs her. "I'm sorry, officer, but I'm not fishing, I'm reading."
"Yes, but you have all the equipment. I'll have to write you up a ticket."
"For reading a book"? she replies.
"You're in a Restricted Fishing Area," he informs her again.
"But officer, I'm not fishing, I'm reading."
"Yes, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment. I'll have to write you up a ticket and you'll have to pay a fine."
"If you do that, I'll have to charge you with sexual assault," says the woman.
"But I haven't even touched you," says the Game Warden.
"That's true, but you have all the equipment.
For all I know you could start at any moment."
"Have a nice day ma'am," and he immediately departed.
MORAL: Never argue with a woman who reads. It's likely she can also think
And one for the guys....
Naomi, an elderly Jewish woman who had lost her husband a couple years ago, decided that it was time for a new husband.
So being the old fashioned woman she is, put an ad in the paper.
It stated. Looking for a husband. Must not run around. Must not hit on me but must also be good in bed.
One day she heard the doorbell ring.
When she answered it, she was shocked to see a man in a wheelchair with no arms or legs. Man: afternoon ma'am. I'm here about the ad in the paper.
Woman: you? But you're in a wheelchair.
Man: Well you see I have no legs so I won't run around on you.
Woman: agree's
Man: you see I have no arms so I can't hit on you.
Woman: yes that's true. But are you good in bed?
Man: I rang the doorbell, didn't I.
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