As cartoonist Ruben Bolling explains, for all the scaremongering by right-wingers, the people who today are advancing in the US policies on taxation that are branded as socialist would be seen as far too timid by their predecessors in the 1950s.
Tom the Dancing Bug 1429 socialists from the future
Piling on someone whom the internet has decided is worthy of public shaming is now a commonplace phenomenon. John Oliver has an excellent segment on when public shaming is justified and when it is horribly wrong.
The second half of this segment features an interview with Monica Lewinsky who was viciously and unjustifiably slut-shamed twenty years ago. She has weathered the storm that surrounded her and which could have easily destroyed her. Remarkably, she seems to have come through that ordeal and the interview reveals her to be a delightful person who deserves an apology from all those who attacked and ridiculed her.
American cartoonist Scott Bateman tries to make sense of the state of affairs involving Brexit and prepared a handy flowchart to help people outside the UK understand the various options. Unfortunately, they all seem to lead to the same final result.
I supported Beto O’Rourke when he ran for the Texas senate seat because when your opponent is Ted Cruz, you don’t really need a platform other than “I am not Ted Cruz”. But it has never been really clear what he stands for and so I am a little surprised that his announcement that he is running for the Democratic nomination for president is being taken so seriously.
Seth Meyers looks at this and other issues.
Samantha Bee lays out a convincing case for him having three titles to his name: racist, misogynist, and white nationalist. To those you can add homophobe.
This Pearls Before Swine comic strip from two days ago seems apropos regarding my post from last week on how one’s attitudes change when one becomes old enough to die.
He looks at this problem that has got so bad that I now never answer the phone if the number is unrecognized, though even there it is possible to be spoofed.
How can we laugh at the absurd things that Donald Trump does, given that he is such a dangerous and despicable person?
If you cannot see the embedded video, try here.
Because if you do, he turns into something much more frightening than the Incredible Hulk.
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After showing that Blackadder clip a couple of days ago, YouTube (as is its wont) promoted another funny scene from the same show, this time about a famous theater superstition involving the play Macbeth.