I am posting this cartoon by Dan Coverly because I found it to be funny but also because it emphasizes a point I made in an earlier post that for some reason the name ‘Bob’ seems to be funny and cartoonists seem to think that giving a doofus that name makes the joke funnier. And it does, at least for me, though I do not know why.
In the latest episode of his show Patriot Act, he takes on the topic of civil rights. In particular, he points out that while much attention is focused on the circus atmosphere that surrounds Donald Trump, this has resulted in little attention being paid to the deliberate dismantling of civil rights protections for minorities and LGBT communities by the departments of housing and urban development, education, justice, health and human services, and commerce.
You can see the full episode.
Last Sunday, my favorite daily comic strip came out with one of its signature themes.
What creator Stephan Pastis manages to pull off is not easy, to elaborately set up a joke without telegraphing the (pun)chline. It was timely too, given the recent release of the Freddie Mercury and Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.
The cartoonist has figured out how to combine what many Americans say they want in a leader with good policies.
The administration of Donald trump is so awash in scandals that there is a danger that people are becoming numb to them. But what about the scandals in the Democratic party among those running for the presidency? Trevor Noah has the lowdown.
Short and to the point.
I do not follow carefully all the stories about Donald Trump and the Mueller investigation and its many ramifications because the ratio of mindless speculation to facts is way too high. I tend to wait for the comedy shows to give me some idea of what transpired during those events. Seth Meyers and Trevor Noah oblige with these synopses of the nine hours of the Michael Cohen testimony before Congress.
Among other things, he looks at Ivanka Trump’s deep understanding of what Americans really want in their hearts and the South African resurrection miracle.
Making fun of psychics is easy and fun but the non-amusing aspect is not only that four in ten Americans believe in them but that they are promoted by mainstream TV shows. These people are not harmless. They scam people out of money with their fakery and give false hopes and unnecessary grief. John Oliver has a good show about how they fool people and the harm that they and their TV accomplices cause.
The Academy Awards show is on tonight and Amber Ruffin and Seth Meyers have prepared a trailer of the always-popular ‘white savior’ film.
Amber Ruffin and Jermaine Affonso of the ‘American Diversity Council’ tell Seth Meyers what the most diverse film of the year was.