Sam Bee

Samantha Bee - Puerto Rico etc

How Do You Solve A Problem Like Korea

Another good Randy Rainbow parody:

Today's Tweet

This is one very good reason why you get up off your butt and not only go vote, but find others who might agree with you and get them out to vote too.

Our little experiment in self government goes down the shitter if we don't do the work.

Just so we're clear what's going on here, the GOP is using its stolen SCOTUS seat to devastate a major source of Democratic political power. https://t.co/0Kq8jG4AtH

— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) September 28, 2017

Goin' Deep

I only wish we could take Sagan's poetry and put it together with DeGrasse's showmanship.

But then again, this one's pretty great. Always been one of my faves.

Trevor Brings It

It's wrong to do it in the streets
It's wrong to do it in the Tweets
You cannot do it on the field
You cannot do it if you kneel
And you don't do it if you're rich
You ungrateful son of a bitch
Because there's one thing that's a fact
You cannot protest if you're black

New On Comedy Central

This is kind of a variation on Colbert - on steroids - but I'm hoping they let Jordan Klepper get his feet under him and find his audience.

If they can keep it moving and not get too hung up in simple mockery, they might be making something pretty special. Fake Jesus knows they're not likely to run out of raw material any time soon.

Today's GIF

Google fractal

Not Just Another Dumb Jock

Gregg Popovich struggles at times to find the words, but if this is at all representative of how people in positions of influence are thinking, then we're doing better than I thought.

And Steve Kerr talks about the Warriors taking a pass on their White House visit - making a very solid statement on values:

BTW - nobody is protesting the national anthem, and nobody is protesting the flag.

BTW2 - stop telling me 45* has accomplished something positive. You might as well say it was a good thing those 300 passengers were killed in just about the most gruesome way imaginable because we got all these great new data points on how to improve airline safety.

Keith

Don't stand for this shit

Keith

A little impluse control goes a long way. Which is why 45* will never stop punching down instead of lifting up.

Today's Quote

Let me get this straight, America. You terrorize and enslave an entire race for over 300 years; ban them from your privileges for the next 100 years; fill two-thirds of your prison cells with them until today - and you're angry with them when they don't applaud your history.

--Chris Silber

Today's Tweet

PoliticusUSA:

Opinion of the Republican Party is at its lowest point since CNN began poling the question in 1992.

While nearly 6 in 10 Americans are mad at both parties, opinion of the Republican Party has hit an all-time low according to a new CNN poll.

While 41% approve of the Democratic Party and 51% disapprove, only 29% approve of the Republican Party while 62% disapprove.

pic.twitter.com/Tds6VWCCT3

— Jeffery Olin (@jeff_olin) September 25, 2017

Kinda Quote

Sometimes I wonder if the government is being run by smart folks who are putting us on, or total idiots who aren't.

--unknown

A Podcast

Thoughts:

• The power of the narrative is in the power of naming things
• Whatever it is, call it what it is
• Hillary failed (and we failed along with her in very much the same way) because she couldn't switch from Wonk to Story-Teller.

Some other thoughts:

• The distraction machine
• We create consumers, not thinkers
• If both sides are the same, then I don't have to make a decision
• You are the product, and you're being sold to the advertisers
• Companies have a vested interest in you becoming dumber and dumber

The Professional Left

send 'em a check:

PO Box 9133

Springfield IL 62791-9133

Look for their Amazon link:

Every Man A Millionaire

Warren Buffett is currently sitting on $100 Billion Cash.

One Hundred Billion Dollars - CASH

Mr Buffett is known as one of the good-guy rich guys, and he knows he shouldn't have that kinda scratch lying around doing nothing.

But not even Warren Buffett knows what he oughta do with all that money when stock prices are crazy high, and most companies worth buying are over-valued, and and and.

He's said recently that the market (Wilshire 5000) is currently valued at about 140% of US GDP, and that usually means there's a "correction" coming.

The word "correction" in this context generally means "Honey, I won't be home for supper tonight because I plan on stepping in front of the train".

Typically, markets collapse right about now.

So here we go again.

BTW, we have a simple response to the GOP's favorite bromide of Tax Cuts for Over-Privleged Entitled-Feeling Rich-As-Fuck Elitist Assholes will boost the economy, create a gazillion jobs and increase federal revenues:

We're left with only one really great way to use all that money, and it ain't Supply Side. After 35 years of trying really really really hard to make it work, and trying even harder to get everybody to pretend it works, we now know the single most important thing about it -  that shit don't work.

I hate saying it, but we prob'ly need to tax the fuck outa some folks and put the money into Education, Trades Training, and Infrastructure.

It's called Keynesian Economics and it works.  We know it works because it always works because that's how a modern economy fucking works.