[Jokes from Oct. 4, 2016] “Tonight is the debate between vice-presidential candidates Tim Kaine and Mike Pence. They’re going to debate the economy, foreign policy, and which one of them is Tim Kaine and which one is Mike Pence.” – Conan O’Brien “The first and only vice-presidential debate of this election season was held tonight, […]
Is Weird Al Yankovic running for president? Or just debate moderator?
Donald Trump is completely obsessed with revenge. How do we know that? Because he has talked about revenge and retribution repeatedly himself. In 2013 he tweeted “Always get even. When you are in business, you need to get even with people who screw you.’ – Think Big.” In 2014 he tweeted this quote: “‘Revenge is […]
The Washington Post carefully researched all the conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton and assembled them together into a convenient timeline. Finally, you can see in one place what the alt-right believes about Clinton. After all, everyone knows that she is Satan. It starts back in 1947, when Hillary is a robot constructed by Saul Alinsky. […]
Today on Wordsmith.org, the word of the day is “trumpery”. Yes, it is a real word, whose earliest document use is from 1481. But the best part is its meaning: Something showy but worthless. Nonsense or rubbish. Deceit; fraud; trickery. They even give some examples of usage: “The room was crowded with a chilly miscellany […]
This is a speech that Barack Obama recently gave at a Democratic dinner in Ohio. I set it up to start at 16:55, which is when it gets really good. It reminds me of why I like Obama so much. And he even gets a bit angry a few times and gets into it.
I find this video interesting because it walks the ambiguous line between entertainment and political statement. At first I didn’t like it (and didn’t post it), but after more viewing I think it is actually very powerful. What do you think?
[Jokes from Oct. 3, 2016] “We’re just four weeks away from Halloween: people pretending to be somebody else, going door-to-door for handouts, or as that’s also called, running for president.” – Jimmy Fallon “Mike Pence and Tim Kaine will face-off tomorrow night in the only vice presidential debate of the election. The vice presidential debate […]
The New Republic has an interesting theory about Donald Trump. Trump is losing to Hillary Clinton because he is so completely sexist that he is incapable of taking Clinton seriously. And their arguments are pretty good. In the primaries, his opponents were all men except for Carly Fiorina. Note that all of Trump’s insults against […]
© Dan Wasserman While Trump’s boasts of sexual assault are loathsome, it is ironic that his sexism brought him down more than his assaults on liberty and justice. What happens to the rule of law when a presidential candidate threatens to throw their opponent in jail? When he lies even about things that are easily […]
I never would have believed it if someone told me back in 2008 that the Republicans would nominate someone for president who makes Dubya look reasonable in comparison. This country elected Dubya, and during his watch 9/11 happened. Then he started two disastrous wars from which we are still trying to recover (and deliberately lied […]
Matt Taibi is one of my favorite investigative journalists, and his writing is always worth a read (even when I don’t entirely agree with him). His latest article in Rolling Stone “The Fury and Failure of Donald Trump” is a must read. The article is not so much about Trump as his followers, and the […]
On a radio interview on Monday, John McCain said the following: I promise you that we will be united against any Supreme Court nominee that Hillary Clinton, if she were president, would put up. I promise you. This is where we need the majority. That’s right, it doesn’t even matter who the nominee is, McCain […]
[Jokes from Sept. 29, 2016] “Hillary Clinton actually went to her granddaughter’s second birthday party instead of preparing for the first debate against Trump. I guess she figured being around a bunch of screaming toddlers might help her even more.” – Jimmy Fallon “While speaking to students at the University of New Hampshire yesterday, Hillary […]
Politico, a fairly right-wing news source, is very worried about Trump’s new rhetoric delegitimizing the election. To the point where they are concerned that he could destroy our democracy. They are calling on top Republicans “to defend the legitimacy of the electoral system”. But will rabid Trump supporters listen to anyone other than Trump? It […]
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