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12.08.2025
If you didn't see Last Week Tonight with John Oliver last night, his Main Story was about Immigration Enforcement. Not surprisingly, it was detailed, interesting and teeth-gnashingly galling. ...
Almost every time that Trump is asked about the Epstein files, he refers to it all as a "hoax" and has also called it "bullsh*t." While these are his common words for dismissing such things, in...
11.08.2025
The guest on this week’s Al Franken podcast is writer Michael Lewis. And the two look at the damage done to the country through Elon Musk and DOGE, and the massive cuts of tens of thousands of...
On this week’s episode of 3rd & Fairfax , the official podcast of the Writers Guild of America, the guest is writer Terence Winter. Among his many credits and long career, he wrote the...
10.08.2025
On this “The Weekly Show” podcast with Jon Stewart, his guest is Mehdi Hasan, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of ZETEO As the show writes, “As mainstream media finds itself outplayed by Trump,...
We have a new one this week. The contestant is Joanna Zeleznik from Salt Point, New York. I didn’t have the slightest idea of what the hidden song was – and neither did the contestant or...
09.08.2025
Once again, in their second episode of the season, the creators of South Park have show that they are not back down, but rather will be unrelenting. The episode was hilarious and...
A friend in Texas, who keeps me apprised of redistricting conditions there, keeps asking me what the situation is in California with Gov. Gavin Newsom's efforts to counteract gerrymandering here. As...
08.08.2025
And so, the headline early in the day yesterday was, like this from an MSNBC tweet – “BREAKING: Source reports that Maxwell said she saw no wrongdoing by Trump in conversation with Blanche”...
There's a very long story about how I came across this video, far too long to go into. But the extremely short version is that I was doing research and came across a British production company,...
Two good turns deserve another. And so, to end our three-part gala, here’s the third of the wonderful 2-minute commercials for Warburtton’s bakery the U.K. All of which star major movie stars...
This requires a bit of a background, to do it justice. At first, I only read the text and thought, “Hunh?,” but then I looked at who posted it. The background is that Norm Ornstein wrote to...
Yesterday, I posted a joyously wonderful 2-minute commercial here for Warburton’s bakery in the U.K. It starred Oscar-winning Best Actress Olivia Colman (and chairman of the company, Jonathan...
Not that I want to wrote another article about Trump and his dementia – at last so soon after the one I posted on Monday – but dementia is, after all, degenerative, so it’s not like Trump is...
03.08.2025
On this “The Weekly Show” podcast with Jon Stewart, his guest is Rory Stewart, former British Cabinet Minister and current co-host of “The Rest is Politics.” As the show writes, “As...
From the archives. This week's contestant is Shawn Weil from Melrose, Massachusetts. It took me a while to even get a sense of the hidden song, but eventually I did pick something it out and was...
02.08.2025
This is largely of interest to readers here in California, about a new driving law that went into effect in June that I suspect many don't know about. But since it may be a blueprint for future...
I've periodically mentioned my Internet friend Peter Breiner. He's quite an accomplished fellow -- composer, arranger and conductor. And not only has he made over 290 recordings (I don't even...
01.08.2025
There was a video yesterday of a panel that Trump was on, and as Mehmet Oz (who currently is serving as Trump's administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) is speaking, Trump --...
Robert J. Elisberg is a political commentator, screenwriter, novelist, tech writer and also some other things that I just tend to keep forgetting. Elisberg is a two-time recipient of the Lucille...
It turns out that SOUTH PARK is not backing down. Here's their trailer for the upcoming episode. [Side Note: I missed one subtle thing, but in reading an article it explains that the hairstyle here...
As readers here know, from the videos I post about the otters Kotora and Hana (I haven’t had one in a while, so I’ll get back it soon…), I love otters. So, here’s the tale of another one...
A couple of weeks ago, Rep. Kim Schrier, who represents Washington state's 8th District, was questioning the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert Kennedy Jr. at a House committee hearing ...
If you didn't see Jon Stewart's Monday hosting of The Daily Show, his Main Story was about Trump's Really Bad Terrible Awful Trip to Scotland. That's pretty much all that's needed here -- the...
30.07.2025
If you didn’t see Last Week Tonight with Jon Oliver on Sunday, the Main Story was on the databases that are put together to determine if someone is a gang member. It turns out that the process is...
Very sad to hear that the great Chicago Cub Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg passed away yesterday of cancer. He was 65. Ryno had previously had treatment and been declared in remission. But a few years...
29.07.2025
We have a new one this week. The contestant is Brian Coyne of Mt. Vernon, Washington. It’s a well-hidden song that the contestant couldn’t get either. When pianist Bruce Adolph slowed the...
I was sorry to see that the great Tom Lehrer passed away yesterday. Given that he was 97, at least he had a long run. As readers of these pages know, I was a huge admirer of his work, and posted a...
On this The Weekly Show podcast with Jon Stewart, his guests are former US Attorney Preet Bharara, host of Stay Tuned with Preet " and Dan Pfeiffer, co-host of Pod Save America and author of Message...
The guest on this week’s Al Franken podcast is Washington Post columnist and co-host of MSNBC's The Weekend, Catherine Rampell. As the show writes, “We’re joined by Catherine Rampell who...
Live from Boston, on this week’s ‘Not My Job’ segment of the NPR quiz show Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me! , the guest contestant is Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame outfielder Jim Rice. He has...
On Saturday, MSNBC host Ali Velshi had Democratic Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state as a guest. The congressman had tremendous, almost 7-minute, blistering attack on Trump. Three things...
16.07.2025
If you didn't see Jon Stewart's Monday hosting of The Daily Show, the Main Story was about the maniacal Epstein circus in MAGA world. Though to get there, he goes through a very funny,...
About 10 days ago, I wrote a long article about my efforts to get Steve Carell's commencement address at this year's Northwestern University graduation ceremony posted on YouTube. It wasn't there,...
Gee, and it seemed like such a good idea at the time... Readers here may recall an article I posted here a few weeks ago about a crackerjack plan by the National Park Service to put up signage that...
15.07.2025
Stephen Sondheim's song “Getting Married Today” from the musical Company is a breathtaking tongue twister. However, the full number is sung by three people, each with a separate part, so the...
Trump had a big meltdown weekend. Most notable, which got all the attention, was his bizarre, incredibly long rant about the Epstein list. It was so weird that people were posting on social media...
14.07.2025
We have a new one this week. The contestant today is Diane Lusk from Southport, North Carolina. If you don’t get the hidden song within five seconds, you’re not trying. If you don’t...
The guest on this week’s Al Franken podcast, the guest is his former Senate Communications Director and Deputy Chief of Staff Ed Shelleby. As the show writes, “n this Best Of episode, we...
13.07.2025
On this week’s ‘Not My Job’ segment of the NPR quiz show Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me! , the guest contestant is Nathan Lane. It will not shock you that his conversation with host Peter...