One answer is in 1980 when Chappaquiddick Teddy lost the nomination to pathetic ineffective ConservaDem Carter who got creamed by Zombie St. Reagan. Things certainly declined rapidly from there. Another answer is they were never funny. The guy doing the prat falls is dead. How do you feel about that? Did you laugh? Why? Does …
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Aug 08 2019
A Case Study In Microeconomics
Not at all wonky. Also some good advice for our ‘Masters of the Universe’ Republican friends.
Aug 08 2019
Full Frontal Jacket
Impossible unless you remove a rib Madder Than A Mudhen Fan It’s the Full Frontal Spring Break (in late summer) Girl First Time Voters Gone Politically Engaged Samantha Beech Part!
Aug 07 2019
Not long, but important.
This is the John Oliver everyone’s been talking about. Normally they don’t let Part 1 stand, so it took some hunting today to find. One thing to remember is that this was filmed before Dayton. Another thing that you shouldn’t forget is that the Gilroy Garlic Festival Massacre is of a piece of this, and …
Aug 06 2019
Tuesday Noon
I haven’t felt very funny this weekend. Trevor, Stephen, and Seth have cheered me up a bit, but I warn you I’ll be traveling again tomorrow so there might be some stuff or maybe not. I’m also very busy today with meatspace so I can’t promise prolific output at all. I probably won’t talk about …
Aug 02 2019
Moving the Needle
Boris Johnswon’s seat as Prime Minister got immeasurably more tippy in a Wales by-election that reduces his Parliamentary Majority to a single vote. In a flash, Boris Johnson’s working majority in Britain’s Parliament is now just one seat By William Booth, Washington Post August 2, 2019 In February, three Conservative members of Parliament quit the …
Aug 01 2019
867 5309
Entirely creepy in retrospect like John Cusack in Say Anything. Look, I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience, At 120+ years I understand how Faxing has taken the country by storm and I hear tell this nefangled email thing is going to make the Post Office obsolete. I …
Aug 01 2019
Beat Bobby Flay!
He is easily the most obnoxious personality on Food Network. Well, if you exclude Mario Batali whom it turns out had Picasso-like relationships with the females in his life. Still, he made you think Italian cooking was totally possible in his presentation though it is fair to say he didn’t emphasize quality ingredients to the …
Jul 31 2019
‘Taint the Players
Maybe it’s the production values. Democratic debate on CNN sees steep ratings drop By MICHAEL CALDERONE, Politico 07/31/2019 The first night of CNN’s Democratic debate in Detroit drew 8.7 million television viewers, a steep drop from last month’s event hosted by NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo. The June event brought in 15.3 million viewers across the …
Jul 31 2019
Great Debate: Part Two Day One
I am voting for Marianne Williamson. Don’t try to argue me out of it, she is definitely the kind of motivational speaker we need to feel good about having burned the planet to a cinder and causing the largest global extinction since oxygen exhaling plants poisoned about every other species. Still working for Mike Gravel …