… he would win this election in a walk. Rosie Perez explains why.
The Daily Show suggests that having more frequent elections may be the best way to stimulate economic growth. [Read more…]
David Letterman pokes fun at the photos of Paul Ryan released on the day of the debate. When I first saw them, I thought that they were photoshopped but it turns out that he actually posed for them. It adds to the overall image of a self-aggrandizing narcissist. [Read more…]
They provide one of the best examinations of how the entire ‘plan’ is a fraud. There is no plan. All there is is a bunch of words strung together to make people feel that they will get something for nothing. [Read more…]
When my children used to live at home and they heard me talking on the phone, they said they could tell immediately, even when they were little, whether the person at the other end of the line was of Sri Lankan origin or not, even though I was talking in English. They said they could tell from my choice of words and the inflections in my voice even though I was not aware of making any changes in my speech patterns. [Read more…]
In this old clip from the days when he was on Saturday Night Live, Eddie Murphy goes undercover and discovers a secret known only to white people. [Read more…]
Via Ted Rall, I discovered the official insignia of the US Navy’s Executive Office for the Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons Program. This is part of the drone program that is responsible for the deaths of so many civilians in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, and other countries in the region that have generated so much anger and hostility towards the US. [Read more…]
Jason Jones of The Daily Show looks at a firm that specializes in counseling rich people for the psychological problems associated with having great wealth. It turns out that some of the one percenters can’t handle the fact that they are not universally loved. [Read more…]
There was considerable excitement in the Christian theological world when a Harvard scholar announced the discovery of a papyrus fragment that seemed to imply the possibility that Jesus had a wife because it ended with the phrase “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife . . .’ “. [Read more…]