Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz of San Juan, Puerto Rico has become the face and voice of the people who are suffering and dying in the aftermath of category 5 Hurricane Maria. After the slow response of the federal government, she has called attention to the obstacles of getting aid to remote parts of the island …
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Sep 24 2017
Rant of the Week: Seth Meyers – A Closer Look At Trumpcare 3.0
NBC’s “Late Night” host Seth Meyer takes a closer look at the Senate’s effort to pass any health care bill no matter how bad it is. This latest version may well be dead in the water for the same reasons the last one’s failed, no Democratic support and Republicans insistence om doing it without them. …
Sep 22 2017
Autumnal Equinox 2017
Trees snapping and cracking in the autumn indicate dry weather. If, in the fall of the leaves in October, many of them wither on the boughs and hang there, it betokens a frosty winter and much snow. Spring rain damps; Autumn rain soaks. Of autumn’s wine, now drink your fill; the frost’s on the pumpkin, …
Aug 13 2017
Rant of the Week: Stephen Colbert – Don’t Blow Up Earth
“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert doesn’t want Trump to blow up the earth because he has a house here and plans on taking a vacation there later this year. He had a lot of human being fans who agreed.
Aug 06 2017
Rant of the Week: Bill Maher – What If Obama Said It
HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” returned after a month hiatus. Bill’s “New Rules” segment did not disappoint. He conducted an experiment to answer the question of how Republicans would react if President Barack Obama had said some of the things the Donald Trump has with an Obama impersonator who was a dead ringer for …
Jul 30 2017
Rant of the Week: Keith Olbermann – The Case Against Trump
Our old friend Keith Olbermann is still around leading The Resistance, enumerating the atrocities of the Trump regime and making the case for impeachment.
Jul 23 2017
Rant of the Week: Stephen Colbert – Trump Unfiltered
CBS’s “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert was not disappointed by Trump’s unfiltered interview with the New York Times.
Jul 16 2017
Rant of the Week: Dueling Dead Presidents
Only John Oliver and Stephen Colbert stage a battle of insults between two dead presidents, Warren G. Harding and Zachary Taylor, using their wax statues. After agreeing to disagree, the statues kiss and make up.
Jul 09 2017
Rant of the Week: Lewis Black – Evolution
Comedian Lewis Black rants on a number of topics. Enjoy
Jul 04 2017
Waxing Dead Presidents
The Hall of Presidents Wax museum in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania may be gone but the waxy figures “live” on in the homes of very interesting people. You might wonder why anyone would want, or do with, one of these life size replicas, or in the case of John Oliver, host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” five …
Jun 25 2017
Rant of the Week: George Carlin – The Truth About Republicans
George Carlin left us a few years back but much of what he said then is still applicable now. This rant about Republicans was from 1988 but you can just mentally insert the names of the current holder of the office.
Jun 11 2017
Rant of the Week: Stephen Colbert – “Lordy”
Former FBI Director James Comey testimony on Thursday was watched by 19.5 million people and a million or so more streamed it on line. Needless to say, “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert had his way with the testimony Thursday night with the usual hilarious results.