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Spicer blames Obama for Flynn, whom Obama fired
https://youtu.be/05fSqoLy4kk Really, Sean? I can only quote from Hilaire Belloc’s Cautionary Verses: Matilda told such dreadful lies, It made one gasp and stretch one’s eyes.
The Pope’s TED Talk
Pope Francis gave a surprise TED Talk entitled, “Why the only future worth building includes everyone.” This is a good man. He is also a conservative with whom I have…
A gay character in Guardians of the Galaxy 2?
Director James Gunn suggests that the latest entry in GOTG has a gay character. I don’t really care, the whole thing is idiotic, but Chris Pratt is easy on the…
Eulogy in Paris: ‘You lived like a star, you leave like a star’
https://youtu.be/v6HD0LfikdA Andy Towle writes: Étienne Cardiles, the husband of slain officer Xavier Jugelé, delivered an emotional eulogy outside police headquarters on Tuesday. Jugelé was slain by Karim Cheurfi, a 39-year-old…
Corey Stewart, you’re an idiot!
Who is today’s winner of the “You’re an idiot!” rant from “Six Degrees of Separation,” featuring “The Force Awakens” director J.J. Abrams? Why, none other than Confederate wannabe Corey Stewart,…
Cassini’s grand finale: Saturn, life, and a pale blue dot
(From Saturn, Earth appears as a pale blue dot. NASA photograph) Dennis Overbye reports at NYT: On Saturday morning, the spacecraft, which has been circling Saturn and its environs for…
He’s just my Bill
P.G. Wodehouse and Jerome Kern may roll in their graves, but I love this parody by Randy Rainbow.