The right-wing Wall Street Journal has been pumping out deeply conservative content for 140 years, and now it’s “fake news?” What’s next? The National Review? Sean Hannity? Rush Limbaugh?
The most powerful man in the world, obsessed with his ratings at a time of international crisis, is mentally ill. I can’t be alone in my belief that this is dangerous.
The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides a remedy for precisely this situation. Can’t we invoke that remedy before it’s too late?
IMO, understanding the full impact and severity of the coronavirus is not an exact science. Here’s how I regard this, given the stats in the U.S. as shown here (as of 1 PM PST, April 10, 2020:
Fossil fuels, of course, are inherently inefficient, since it’s impossible not to waste significant amounts of the energy in each unit of coal, natural gas and oil in the process of combustion. (more…)
The meme here comes from former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich. What does it mean?
Well, at a minimum, it shows that the stock market and the financial well-being of the common American have absolutely no bearing on one another. What’s good for the top 1% has essentially nothing to do with the quality of life for the working class. (more…)
This seems like a bizarre assertion, even from William Barr, a man with no more allegiance to the truth than his boss.
Let’s look at the charts below and ask ourselves: Do the people of the Deep South (living in poverty and ignorance) have a freer society than those of New England (living in affluence and higher education)? Do the Africans (living with disease, malnutrition and tyranny), the Middle Easterners (living in theocratic regimes) and Central/South Americans (living with violent crime and poverty) have freer societies than the Australians, Canadians, and Europeans (living with free education and healthcare, and generous vacation schedules)?
A related question: How much longer do we have to have liars and fools running our country?
Those who remember the 2007 film “There Will Be Blood” will get a charge out of this parody, made by my extremely talented friend, actor, impressionist, artist and comedian Jim Meskimen.
I’m guessing that he wrote this and tweaked it to his satisfaction before the performance, but I’ve seen him do things like this extemporaneously–just amazing.
Borowitz wields an amazing level of talent. We all have access to the same current events, but only one guy was able to weave these two together. So brilliant.
Here’s a conversation about Trump’s firing the Inspector General overseeing the new Pandemic Response Accountability Committee. Jeff is a friend from my school days.
Jeff: President Trump fired another Inspector General today. (more…)