1/ Frank Rich on the Bolton book and other topics....excellent as always...
Is he really worth the trouble? Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
Most weeks, New York Magazine writer-at-large Frank Rich speaks with contributor Alex Carp about the biggest stories in politics and culture. Today, John Bolton’s memoir, Neil Gorsuch’s surprise decision, and #Rampgate at West Point.
The Trump administration has sued John Bolton in an attempt to stop his upcoming memoir, despite its publisher having already printed and distributed copies. If the book is, effectively, already out, what is the point of the lawsuit?
This is something of a mystery.
2/ I know you aren't going to buy John Bolton's book, so watch Trevor Noah give you the
highlights....and some good laughs too....8 minutes...
3/ The corporate Democrats are scared to death of progressives, so they are desperately sabotaging the Senate
race in Colorado of Andrew Romanoff....interesting....
The Democratic donor class does not want progressives anywhere near the levers of power — even in races where they could clearly win. That's why they're backing centrist millionaire Democrat John Hickenlooper over a proponent of Medicare for All and the Green New Deal for a Colorado Senate seat.
4/ Another great ad from the Lincoln Project...."Distracted"...
5/ You may have heard of CHOP or CHAZ, Seattle's autonomous zone. If you watch Fox, it's a scary place with anarchists and
antifa [whatever that means] terrorizing everyone. The reality is different, as this story in Rolling Stone says....
Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood is the heart of queer Seattle, where last year’s Trans Pride Seattle March drew thousands. It’s a place battling gentrification, where residents and small business owners feel caught in a stranglehold. It’s a parking nightmare, where meters operate 14 hours a day, six days a week. It’s a foodie wonderland, where you can devour a late-night Polish sausage or dine on $17 Thai water beetles. It’s a nightlife Mecca, where spirits flow and music throbs. Just about anything you want to find in Seattle, you can find on Capitol Hill – and lately, that includes what some call the city’s only “cop-free zone.”
6/ Jay Pharoah is on SNL, and he recounts how he was stopped by police and had a cop's knee on his neck.
This is a powerful, moving video. A must see...four minutes.
7/ Climate change and the 30 year mortgage.....things are a'changing....
WASHINGTON — Up and down the coastline, rising seas and climate change are transforming a fixture of American homeownership that dates back generations: the classic 30-year mortgage.
Home buyers are increasingly using mortgages that make it easier for them to stop making their monthly payments and walk away from the loan if the home floods or becomes unsellable or unlivable
8/ Sam Bee on Republican voter suppression....a very good four minutes...
9/ A good Thomas Friedman column - is Trump trying to spread the virus?
When the full record of the coronavirus in America is written, historians may argue that President Trump’s biggest mistake was not what he failed to do in early 2020, when the right strategy for combating the virus was widely debated, unproven and hard. No, they will point to what Trump failed to do in June 2020, when the right strategy was clear, proven and relatively easy.
10/ Trump walking down a ramp like there's something wrong with
him.....hmmmmm....one minute...
11/ Which leads to....the wonderful and amusing new Biden ad....one minute....
12/ Why does Trump lie? Michael Tomasky with a good story from the Times...
The lies and obfuscations pile up. No, it wasn’t tear gas used to clear Lafayette Park for President Trump’s Bible-waving photo-op last Monday night, Attorney General William Barr said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday. Rather it was “pepper balls,” he said. “Pepper spray is not a chemical irritant. It’s not chemical.” Wrong, according to The Washington Post; pepper balls are very much a chemical irritant. The paper awarded the nation’s top law enforcement officer four Pinocchios for his claim.
13/ Fox News contributors who have had some legal problems....hypocrites....2 minutes....
14/ Matt Taibbi on why policing is broken....always an interesting viewpoint...
15/ Tom Tomorrow....love his toons....
16/ Fox News caught manipulating images....bastards...
17/ "Fox and Friends" ad from the Lincoln Project.....a wonderful minute that shows how evil they
are.....and the dumbass "base" believes these assholes....
18/ Florida may surprise you in November....
State’s broken benefits system could see voters turn on Republicans as hundreds of thousands struggle to file claims
19/ Interesting column from the Times by Peter Wehner, a Republican. He looks at the
brilliant way Trump has made us all begin to doubt reality...
No president in the history of our Republic has been as disorienting as Donald Trump. His goal, even before he became president, was far more ambitious than to tell mere lies. It was to annihilate the distinction between truth and falsity, to make sure that we no longer share facts in common, to overwhelm people with misinformation and disinformation. It was to induce epistemological vertigo on a mass scale.
20/ The Lincoln Project ad - 'China".....wonderful!
21/ Jordan Klepper interviews Trump supporters in February this year while the impeachment trial was winding
down.....seems like another time completely, doesn't it...
22/ Looks like a fascinating documentary on HBO....Roy Cohn....
23/ Best TV on Hulu....
Lost, one of the many great shows available to stream on Hulu. Photo: ABC
Picking and choosing the best television programs on Hulu is a little different from cataloguing the top-shelf choices available on Amazon Primeor Netflix. Unlike those two companies, Hulu’s main thrust has always been television. It started life as a way to watch last night’s shows today, and that’s still its purpose for a lot of people — meaning that its catalog is constantlybeing updated with new shows.
24/ Looks like a most interesting documentary - "The Pollinators", a film about commercial
beekeeping.....PPV on Amazon....
Every February, Brett Adee joins a caravan of semi-trucks, bound for California’s Central Valley, loaded with millions upon millions of fragile, precious cargo: honeybees. In order for the state’s almond trees to bear fruit – and thus generate an $11bn industry supplying 80% of the world’s almonds – they must be pollinated during the brief window in which the trees flower, from late February through March. And that requires an army of pollinators: some 1.8m hives of honeybees, almost the entire commercial supply in the US, drafted into big agriculture and trucked into central California from as far as the Great Plains and the east coast.
Today's video - a new version of Alexa....an amusing minute....
Todays blonde joke....with a difference!
A blonde city girl named Amy marries a Colorado rancher.
One morning, on his way out to check on the cows, the rancher says to Amy, "'The insemination man is coming over to impregnate one of our cows today, so I drove a nail into the 2 by 4 just above where the cow's stall is in the barn.
Please show him where the cow is when he gets here, OK?"........
The rancher leaves for the fields. After a while, the artificial insemination man Arrives and knocks on the front door.
Amy takes him down to the barn. They walk along the row of cows and when Amy sees the nail, she tells him,
"'This is the one right here."
The man, assuming he is dealing with an air head blond, asks,
"Tell me lady, 'cause I'm dying to know; how would YOU know that this is the right cow to be bred?"
"That's simple," she said. "By the nail that's over its stall," she explains very confidently.
Laughing rudely at her, the man says, "And what, pray tell, is the nail for?"
The blond turns to walk away and says sweetly over her shoulder,
"I guess it's to hang your pants on."
Todays husband joke
Todays Catholic joke
The parish priest went on a fishing trip.
On the last day of his trip he hooked a monster fish and proceeded to
reel it in. The guide, holding a net, yelled, 'Look at the size of that Son of a Bitch!'
On the last day of his trip he hooked a monster fish and proceeded to
reel it in. The guide, holding a net, yelled, 'Look at the size of that Son of a Bitch!'
'Son, I'm a priest. Your language is uncalled for!'
'No, Father, that's what kind of fish it is - a Son of a Bitch fish!'
'Really? Well then, help me land this Son of a Bitch!'
Once in the boat, they marvelled at the size of the monster.
'Father, that's the biggest Son of a Bitch I've ever seen'
'Yes, it is a big Son of a Bitch. What should I do with it?'
'Why, eat it! Of course. You've never tasted anything as good as Son
of a Bitch!'
of a Bitch!'
Elated, the priest headed home to the rectory.
While unloading his gear and his prize catch, Sister Mary inquired
about his trip.
While unloading his gear and his prize catch, Sister Mary inquired
about his trip.
'Take a look at this big Son of a Bitch I caught!'
Sister Mary gasped and clutched her rosary, 'Father!'
'It's OK, Sister. That's what kind of fish it is, a Son of a Bitch fish!'
'Oh, well then, what are you going to do with that big Son of a Bitch?'
Sister Mary informed the priest that the new Bishop was scheduled to
visit in a few days and that they should fix the Son of a Bitch for
his dinner.
visit in a few days and that they should fix the Son of a Bitch for
his dinner.
'I'll even clean the Son of a Bitch', she said.
As she was cleaning the huge fish, the Friar walked in.
What are you doing Sister?'
'Father wants me to clean this big Son of a Bitch for the new Bishop's Dinner'
'Sister! I'll clean it if you're so upset! Please watch your language!
'No, no, no, it's called a Son of a Bitch Fish.'
Really? Well, in that case, I'll fix up a great meal to go with it,
and that Son of a Bitch can be the main course!
and that Son of a Bitch can be the main course!
Let me know when you've finished cleaning that Son of a Bitch.'
On the night of the new Bishop's visit, everything was perfect.
The Friar had prepared an excellent meal.
The wine was fine, and the fish was excellent.
The new Bishop said, 'This is great fish, where did you get it?'
'I caught that Son of a Bitch!' proclaimed the proud priest.
'And I cleaned the Son of a Bitch!' exclaimed the Sister.
The Friar added, 'And I prepared the Son of a Bitch, using a
special recipe!
The new Bishop looked around at each of them.
A big smile crept across his face as he said,
'You fuckers are my kind of people!"
