Belgium has just lost its semi-final World Cup match against France. The British have a positive genius for coming up with derogatory names for the people of any ethnicity other than white and any nation other than their own. Monty Python noticed that they had not come up with a slur against Belgians and decided to find a good one.
Tom Tomorrow outlines the possibilities.
She had a good show yesterday that had this ringing, no-holds-barred endorsement of abortion rights. This is why we need more women political comedy talk show hosts like Wolf and Samantha Bee. They address topics and take stands that men may find uncomfortable addressing, however progressive they may be.
Cartoonist Jen Sorensen shows how to do it.
Here is a photo of a woman who is clearly shocked by something she sees on her phone.
She's easily shocked when looking at screens. pic.twitter.com/uEjlVAgflE
— Ernie Smith (@ShortFormErnie) June 25, 2018
Mark Frauenfelder points many photos that Ernie Smith has found where this same woman is shocked.
She really should get some help. It is not good to be shocked so often and so easily by so many things.
One periodically reads news stories of spokespersons for Donald Trump going on news talk shows (other than Fox News) and then being taken to task by the hosts for their evasions or lying. “That’s great!” you think, someone is finally telling it like it is to these people. But Michelle Wolf, in a very good segment, exposes this for the charade it is. It is all a game played by the media and politicians and their spokespersons to provide entertainment to the rubes, with the same scenario played out over and over again.
The story about the children of undocumented immigrants being separated from their parents and being sent to destinations unknown and where reunification becomes difficult for long periods because of the lack of a proper paper trail is bad enough without the additional stories about the abuse suffered by the children while in custody.
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Stephen Colbert attacks the policy.
TONIGHT! There is the right side of history and then there is the side of history where the Trump admin defends their policy of separating children from their parents. #LSSC pic.twitter.com/Wneh1PHgzR
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) June 19, 2018
He makes two points: One is that there is no law that demands it be done as Trump and his people maintain, and that the Bible is a terrible basis for any governmental action.