programming note: many people took me to task for identifying Jerry Garcia as half-Mexican in yesterday's post. he's not, he's half-Spanish. as a long-ago internet-level-semi-famous deadhead, you would think I would have not fucked that up. oops
I just had a puzzling thought. MAGA wants to rehabilitate Hitler, and they totally love Bibi Netanyahu. I think that may say something about Netanyahu.
True. A more true and useful term than antisemitism would be anti-bibism. He should be (but isn't) ashamed of the antisemitism he's unleashed in the world just trying to keep his own sorry ass out of jail.
For years, Bibi's master plan to wreck the two-state solution was to play Hamas and the PA off against each other. As part of this, the Israeli government allowed the Qataris to regularly ship suitcases of cash to Hamas across the Gaza border. This continued until October 7. Just as Netanyahu profited then by funding terrorists, he's profiting now by using them as an excuse to ethnically cleanse Gaza. (Plus the added benefit of staying out of jail as long as the war continues.)
I was shocked at first when I read about that, then I read more about his extreme right-wing "cabinet" one of whom went to jail for his part in the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.
"Netanyahu first came to power in the 1996 election that followed the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by an Israeli extremist opposed to the Oslo Accords.
Early polls showed Rabin's successor Shimon Peres comfortably ahead...
Determined to sabotage Oslo, Hamas embarked on a ruthless suicide bombing campaign that helped Netanyahu pull ahead of Peres and win the election on May 29, 1996. Today, some of the same extremists who called for Rabin's death hold power in Netanyahu's government. Just two weeks before Rabin's assassination, a young settler extremist posed for the cameras with a Cadillac hood ornament he said he had stolen from Rabin's car. "Just like we got to this emblem," he said, "we could get to Rabin."
Today, that young man, Itamar Ben Gvir, is 45 years old and has eight Israeli criminal convictions — including convictions for supporting a terrorist organization and incitement to racism. Once he was rejected by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for his extremist views. Now, Israel's police must answer to him as Benjamin Netanyahu's minister of national security.
There's quite a lot of "Indigenous" in Mexico, although Mexicans whose ancestry is mostly Spanish tend to dominate in public positions. Sort of like USians whose ancestry is mostly western European.
And have some African ancestral bloodlines as well, many Cubans have African descent for instance. My Peruvian girlfriend is of Japanese descent (second gen) but married a local, so the kids are really stunning.
My ultra-white niece married a handsome, medium brown-skinned Aframerican. Their son is just so-so but the two girls are, well, yes, "stunning" would be a word.
Actually, Mexicans who first came to California (to settle the Bay Area around 1775) had a great deal of African ancestry, as did many of the settlers along the border inside Mexico.
Learning the truth of history is important. And knowing that much of California & more states were taken from Mexico is also important. As long as we keep the truth alive then the white nationalist will not win the knowledge war.
Unfortunately, the knowledge war is not what the white nationalists want to win at all, rather their goal is to infect every brain with the same “brain worm” that’s infected RFK, Jr ‘s brain and every other member of the team of barbarians currently occupying or entering the house that slaves built.
They will kill their own first by their bad medical statements. Hopefully more people who believe in science will be the ones left. The way Bobby Jr. is going I will be surprised if he last very long on this earth.
I picked her up from nursery school after school program one day and the woman that had her group told me that she was reading a book about different places to them, and my daughter had immediately recognized The Great Pyramids at Giza. She said my daughter is very smart, and isn't my husband a scientist. I could not think what him being a scientist had to do with her recognizing The Great Pyramids at 3, until I found out that unbeknownst to me, he was watching these concert videos while he was watching her. So, she learned that, not PBS kids.
Oh. So she did see a video about it. My husband, being a musical type, and the family was invited to Pete Barsotti's weekend house in Groveland (CA) so we went. I think it was his 50th birthday party. So I'm looking at the pictures on the walls, and I asked Pete if they were from their trip to Egypt and he said yes. Anyway, Pete (or Peter, as he was known when he was older) was the road manager for the Dead. The party for his memorial was held at the Old Fillmore auditorium and we went to that too. We've known the family since high school...
Yes she did. Apparently more than once. While we had a rule no tv watching at that age, she did get in some concert videos. My husband grew up in a small city in Germany and never got to go to concerts. So, this is the closest he could get. He also played their music when she was driven to school for a year and a half.
How cool that your husband knows the road manager for The Grateful Dead.
CBS is dead to me too. All of corporate media is also on the dead list. CBS is lying about losing money on "The Late Show". "The Late Show" was the only reason I stayed up late other than watching old Perry Mason reruns. It was their streaming service that's the money loser, not television production. We need to continue boycotting all major corporations that have bent the knee to Taco Don and hurt them in the wallet.
Here's an idea: they can replace it with another mindless "reality " tv show. The late night slot would be perfect for a show featuring incels, focusing on their sexual practices. That would be a real hit at the White House.
CBS’ Big Brother is the most moronic show out there- even more than the Bachelor crap. That’s the kind of imbecile programming they like - fodder for the
Yup, that's why I call it the "Touching Little Children " channel to remind people of that. And didn't they do those creepy child beauty pageants where they tart toddlers up to look sexual, with makeup and inappropriate clothes? I mean who else but pedophiles WANT to see that! And don't get me started on the male judges.
It's really gross they are cult breeders for Jesus, they are Quiverful members, but on the show they pretend to be mainline Baptists. They purposefully don't educate the girls so they will be more baby breeders, and they can't escape the cult. Sick cultists.
I’ve always been too busy, for such idiocy Hannah. I’m older now, and can’t see the point of owning one, when this world is such a chaotic mess, and knowledge is at your fingertips!!
I wish I could afford an alternative to Cable TV. which is ridiculously expensive . I can barely pay my bills anyway , & TV is my only source of entertainment. So goody for you non TV
I am deeply, terribly distressed by cbs' capitulation. They bought the rights to all of Star Trek and produced some of the most inclusive and diverse productions in recent history. I honestly thought they'd decided to be a lone holdout in the trump vs America hunger games.
People must understand that this IS Fascism. We’re not barreling toward it, we’re in it. I have written to my Congress members numerous times. Pretty sure they’d recognize my name if I wore a name tag at a political event. Anyway, the military - U.S. Marshal has every right ro remove the seditionist. The Declaration of Independence gives us (people) the right to disband the government due to tyranny! But how do we do this without any other help? Civil War? There are plenty of Vets angry about this too.
Seriously! I sometimes wonder…since our military ignores their oath and does NOT protect us from domestic enemies, will we end up turning to the international community? Trump is a certifiable Seditionist. It makes his occupation of the White House illegal. But NOT ONE brach of our government steps in. Everyone acts like WE must still follow the law while Fascism kills us off. DO NOT COMPLY…why do we make it so easy for the illegal occupation?
Mark E, Fantastic idea that should be implemented immediately. I know that my governor (JB Pritzker) and Newsom spoke of this & I’m sure the Blue State governors are discussing actions they can do together.
Starve the monster! I hope this happens. I have changed my own shopping habits. Difficult at first, now I’m getting used to it. I love Ace Hardware & another Chicago great…Clark Devon Hardware. Clark Devon was the only place I could find toilet paper during Covid. Fortunately, in Chicago, there are many independent stores.
As an investor, I see that many in the markets are greed driven to the exclusion of all else, resulting in naive optimism and blithe ignorance. Besides Musk’s Nazi proclivities, competition in the EV market is increasing, and Tesla’s quality has always been suspect. Much of his market capitalization derived wealth is grossly inflated. Tesla’s earnings are declining and yet its P/E as of today is 175.6. I wouldn’t touch it, even if Musk weren’t a fucking Nazi
To be fair, CBS wasn't lying when they said shitcanning The Late Show was a financial decision. The merger will be worth far more than revenue from the show. They get the added benefit of not having Colbert be a headache for them. Now that Steven has his pink slip, I hope he says whatever the hell he wants between now and the last night. I haven't watched network TV in years. I catch the Colbert monologue on YouTube. Not to be entirely ungrateful, I have a house because I worked on several TV series produced by Paramount/Viacom that initially aired on CBS. They're on cable apparently in perpetuity. I'll deposit every residual check from now on with added satisfaction. Good luck to the Jimmys and the Daily Show.
I don't own a TV. Haven't for years. People look at me funny but I don't care. I've subscribed to several news outlets and, one by one, I'm getting rid of them. Now I follow Substack, the Guardian and Reuters. Sort of. And I use YouTube although at times it tends to be a little on the sensationalist/tabloid side. But I'm happy to say that the news I get keeps me sad, angry, depressed, and sleepless. Who needs a TV when they have a laptop?
FREESPEECH TV has been removed from my Cable service. I used to watch Thom Hartman, I used to watch Stephanie Miller a while back but she started to really annoy me.
Colbert now has 10 months to let it fly as Dear Cheater deals with clots and prayers. Hoping that Kimmel isn't next but you know wherever these two are, they will continue to do what they do best and annoy the living hell out of that demented, thin skinned FOTUS. I look forward to the continuing laughs that Colbert, Kimmel and Tiedrich give us to help us survive this daily shitstorm.
Sad that these corporate titans are moving in this direction, killing shows that annoy the peckerhead in chief but in the process also curtail the jobs of the entire staff at the Late Show. Sad fucking commentary.
This is why Republicans make lousy comedians -- they love abusive power and prefer to suck up, while they're punching down at the most vulnerable. It takes wit to be funny and they lack that. They're too insecure, narcissistic, and fraudulent to create great satire. But they make good fertilizer for it.
Finally I understand why some mean comedy is hysterically funny and some just makes one uncomfortable and sad. It's not just the stupid, it's the punching down. All my life I've wondered what it is and now I see it. Thank you.
I had a look at Google but I couldn't find the origin either. Next time I'm in the library I'll get reinforcements from the information desk - do they still have information desks? Did Miss Zukas retire?
Well… I was about 10 at the time and one older brother having recently returned from Army service in Germany was in deep philosophical discussion with mom (with a fair amount of spirits consumed) that the above quote found its way into the sponge section of my gray matter. It stuck as I “pondered weak and weary”.
Jeff, all I can say to this Gutfeld idiot Nazi… go fuck yourself. Not funny Gutfeld, nothing is funny about Nazis and you wish to normalize the term? Once again, Fuck You and the FAUX horse you ride in on.
The ONLY person who was ever able to make Nazis funny was Mel Brooks in THE PRODUCERS. And Brooks' shtick--just like Colbert's--was to make that power look absolutely foolish and ridiculous.
I knew we were in trouble when a friend who goes to historical re-enactments said that kids weren’t really aware that the N***s were ‘the bad guys’ @the merch stands… GEEZus our brains are MUSH!
And if our mushy brains AND HISTORICALLY tiny attention spans can be linked to internet/iphone access - then that’s on US… but just mention regulating ANYTHING - and watch ‘em scatter. Good l-rd
“Regulations” has been turned into a dirty word by the lying disinformation specialists at FAUX News. In reality, regulations are the only thing that keeps the greedy muthafuckin corporations from killing us all for profit.
It is a good reason to drop Paramount and get a PBS pass. PBS has historical documentaries to educate people . Then donate the money you would give to Paramount to PBS. I love this idea so much.
After all children are born innocent they learn at home. I noticed in grade school when we would run a mock election you could easily tell what party their patents were clear as day.
I’m thinking that EVERY American -and I do mean EVERY American - should submit an FOIA request to the Department of Justice for a copy of the ENTIRE Epstein file. Unabridged. Unredacted. Every audio tape, every video tape, every photograph, every document.
To submit a FOIA request to the Department of Justice (DOJ), you can do so online through FOIA.gov, or by mail, email, or fax. For the most efficient processing, it is recommended to submit through FOIA.gov.
Link to submitting an FOIA request to the Criminal Division of the Department Of Justice:
A suggestion was also made to Democracy Docket’s Marc Elias to file a class action lawsuit on behalf of ALL AMERICANS re: 🟧 blatantly LYING in response to DIRECT questions as to his connection / knowledge of PROJECT 2025 during the 2024 campaign. ⚖️
The reason they’re canning “The Late Show” rather than handing it over to someone else, in my opinion, is that replacing Colbert is simply impossible. Not only are they likely to be less funny, they’d take on the job knowing the network is completely untrustworthy.
The main thing I’m taking away from this mess is that our old Nazi Greg Gutfeld wants to be called a Nazi more often. I’m willing to help with that.
Jeff, you are not just a gem, you are (I think) an uncancellable gem!
I was going to write this piece ("Hey, Paramount, if you want to cancel Colbert, cancel him, but spare us the hyperbullshit 'explanation.'"), but you nailed it way better, with the rancid pungency it so richly deserves. Paramount seems to have mistaken us for MAGA morons, who have no intelligence to insult.
We have come many years from “a small step for man; a large step from mankind.” We have evolved from the world of Walter Cronkite’s stentorian voice and a Washington Post of “Democracy dies in darkness.” We just sacrificed Big Bird on the throne of some goblin ideology. So yes, rejoice America as CBS gives us “1984” in lieu of the Late Show. Paramount, you jumped the shark. And for PBS: Mr. Roger’s message will be missed
Not only sacrificed Big Bird, but grilled him (plain, because children are allegedly picky eaters who only want chicken nuggets), but then undercooked him, cross-contaminated him with e.coli in the preparation process (everything trump touches dies...except Epstein and e.coli), and then as the final insult, served him with generic, watery, overly-vinegary, "so many YEARS past their use-by date that the liquid separated from the tomato," tomato catsup packets. *sigh*
He's making a pretty good encore appearance as something of a zombie. Zombie Apocalypse wasn't REALLY on my Trump Bingo card, but here we are in that weird upside-down bubble-verse.
It totally is. I thought World War Z was a damn good book, and the movie wasn't bad (just didn't really have much in common with the book except for the title).
It's really trippy to feel like it's sorta-not fiction on the same day I found out that stable transparent aluminum is now real.
Seriously! It's not just from the Star Trek universe anymore.
But transparent aluminum AND Zombie Epstein? My brain hurts.
programming note: many people took me to task for identifying Jerry Garcia as half-Mexican in yesterday's post. he's not, he's half-Spanish. as a long-ago internet-level-semi-famous deadhead, you would think I would have not fucked that up. oops
Proves what an erudite, cognizant, factually aware following you have.
Contrast those qualities with the MAGA cultists: ignorant, gullible, deceived, unquestioning
Nailed the identity fusion issue of the MAGA naïfs well Doc!!
I just had a puzzling thought. MAGA wants to rehabilitate Hitler, and they totally love Bibi Netanyahu. I think that may say something about Netanyahu.
No one has generated more anti-semitism in this decade than Netanyahu.
Rather than antisemitism, I'd say Netanyahu generates anti- extreme, genocidal Zionism.
It has fed murderous antisemitism that does not distinguish Jews from Israelis from Likudniks.
True. A more true and useful term than antisemitism would be anti-bibism. He should be (but isn't) ashamed of the antisemitism he's unleashed in the world just trying to keep his own sorry ass out of jail.
Ain’t THAT the truth!
Agreed. I used to be a fan of Israel.
and no one has ever inspired so many people to become atheists than trump and the fake christians.
Wow huge statement, I would have to say at least a tie with dear leader if it’s a genocide question BIBI wins but this year is far from over.
Ain't that the truth
Damn straight Sharon!!
For years, Bibi's master plan to wreck the two-state solution was to play Hamas and the PA off against each other. As part of this, the Israeli government allowed the Qataris to regularly ship suitcases of cash to Hamas across the Gaza border. This continued until October 7. Just as Netanyahu profited then by funding terrorists, he's profiting now by using them as an excuse to ethnically cleanse Gaza. (Plus the added benefit of staying out of jail as long as the war continues.)
Sad truths Isaac, it’s insane how few know of Bibi’s traitorous fuckery!!
I was shocked at first when I read about that, then I read more about his extreme right-wing "cabinet" one of whom went to jail for his part in the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.
"Netanyahu first came to power in the 1996 election that followed the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by an Israeli extremist opposed to the Oslo Accords.
Early polls showed Rabin's successor Shimon Peres comfortably ahead...
Determined to sabotage Oslo, Hamas embarked on a ruthless suicide bombing campaign that helped Netanyahu pull ahead of Peres and win the election on May 29, 1996. Today, some of the same extremists who called for Rabin's death hold power in Netanyahu's government. Just two weeks before Rabin's assassination, a young settler extremist posed for the cameras with a Cadillac hood ornament he said he had stolen from Rabin's car. "Just like we got to this emblem," he said, "we could get to Rabin."
Today, that young man, Itamar Ben Gvir, is 45 years old and has eight Israeli criminal convictions — including convictions for supporting a terrorist organization and incitement to racism. Once he was rejected by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for his extremist views. Now, Israel's police must answer to him as Benjamin Netanyahu's minister of national security.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/netanyahu-israel-gaza-hamas-1.7010035?
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Netanyahu is an equally evil monster to P01135809 Kathleen!!
You are forgiven.
But Mexicans are mostly Spanish with a bit of Indigenous in them. Or am I mistaken…
There's quite a lot of "Indigenous" in Mexico, although Mexicans whose ancestry is mostly Spanish tend to dominate in public positions. Sort of like USians whose ancestry is mostly western European.
Good summation Susanna!!
Therein lies the rub. The hard of thinking don't deal well with nuance. When push comes to shove a variable in skin tone triggers them.
Then a self-comforting collective insanity ensues.
Hard of thinking!!!!!
Excellent
I refer to them as an abattoir of wastrels Purple, but I like your point!!
That really created a power image for me!
You are correct. But there is a distinction both ethnically and of nationality between Mexican and Spanish.
Some are Basque, not Spanish, not Indigenous.
I forgot that. Thanks 🙏🏻
And have some African ancestral bloodlines as well, many Cubans have African descent for instance. My Peruvian girlfriend is of Japanese descent (second gen) but married a local, so the kids are really stunning.
My ultra-white niece married a handsome, medium brown-skinned Aframerican. Their son is just so-so but the two girls are, well, yes, "stunning" would be a word.
Actually, Mexicans who first came to California (to settle the Bay Area around 1775) had a great deal of African ancestry, as did many of the settlers along the border inside Mexico.
Learning the truth of history is important. And knowing that much of California & more states were taken from Mexico is also important. As long as we keep the truth alive then the white nationalist will not win the knowledge war.
Unfortunately, the knowledge war is not what the white nationalists want to win at all, rather their goal is to infect every brain with the same “brain worm” that’s infected RFK, Jr ‘s brain and every other member of the team of barbarians currently occupying or entering the house that slaves built.
They will kill their own first by their bad medical statements. Hopefully more people who believe in science will be the ones left. The way Bobby Jr. is going I will be surprised if he last very long on this earth.
Well, those are my hopes!
I live in Mexico and seems to be far more indigenous than Spanish mix
We’ll be here forever untangling the various strands of DNA circulating in this group! 🤣
Those Indigenous people should go back to where they came from!!!
That’s a joke, right?
For the moment
My hubby is a big Deadhead too. In fact, that is why at 3 my daughter could identify the pyramids in Egypt.
"We, the Grateful Dead" I hope, not the trip the Dead did to Egypt, in, oh, it must have been the Nineties?
From being shown the Grateful Dead concert video at the Pyramids from 1978.
https://www.openculture.com/2024/07/when-the-grateful-dead-played-at-the-egyptian-pyramids-1978.html
I picked her up from nursery school after school program one day and the woman that had her group told me that she was reading a book about different places to them, and my daughter had immediately recognized The Great Pyramids at Giza. She said my daughter is very smart, and isn't my husband a scientist. I could not think what him being a scientist had to do with her recognizing The Great Pyramids at 3, until I found out that unbeknownst to me, he was watching these concert videos while he was watching her. So, she learned that, not PBS kids.
Oh. So she did see a video about it. My husband, being a musical type, and the family was invited to Pete Barsotti's weekend house in Groveland (CA) so we went. I think it was his 50th birthday party. So I'm looking at the pictures on the walls, and I asked Pete if they were from their trip to Egypt and he said yes. Anyway, Pete (or Peter, as he was known when he was older) was the road manager for the Dead. The party for his memorial was held at the Old Fillmore auditorium and we went to that too. We've known the family since high school...
Yes she did. Apparently more than once. While we had a rule no tv watching at that age, she did get in some concert videos. My husband grew up in a small city in Germany and never got to go to concerts. So, this is the closest he could get. He also played their music when she was driven to school for a year and a half.
How cool that your husband knows the road manager for The Grateful Dead.
Just watched this. Thank you. 🙏🏻
Why don’t they cancel every show and just run reruns of The Apprentice all day long.”
😂😂. Exactly right.
Colbert will be louder and freer than ever before. And even more popular.
CBS is dead to me-not that I ever watched it that much.
I can’t wait to get past this bullshit…if we ever do.
CBS is dead to me too. All of corporate media is also on the dead list. CBS is lying about losing money on "The Late Show". "The Late Show" was the only reason I stayed up late other than watching old Perry Mason reruns. It was their streaming service that's the money loser, not television production. We need to continue boycotting all major corporations that have bent the knee to Taco Don and hurt them in the wallet.
My mom is going to be so sad 😞, so am I, I'd catch Colbert monologues on youtube the next day to cheer up/start up the day.
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Colbert was THE ONLY thing I watched on CBS.
He's gotten me through the last freaking decade. For reals.
I’m moving my local CBS channel to the bottom of my streaming channel guide, where I’ll never find it again.
Meanwhile, there’s this https://substack.com/@jojofromjerz/note/c-136889550?r=1pv3tg&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
We jumped off ABC cause the fired Terry Moran...now 'see ya' CBS.
Streamers are going to have to be the future. And youtubers.
Corporate media is too full of maga-suckers with deep throats
We need to boycott advertisers!
Good start Seeking, their products and businesses as well!!
exactly
Hit them hard in the pocketbook!
Here's an idea: they can replace it with another mindless "reality " tv show. The late night slot would be perfect for a show featuring incels, focusing on their sexual practices. That would be a real hit at the White House.
BTW check out Kate Morgan Reed's riff on the word "felon" https://verbihundcafe.substack.com/p/meaning-a12
CBS’ Big Brother is the most moronic show out there- even more than the Bachelor crap. That’s the kind of imbecile programming they like - fodder for the
Maga herd.
SO much moronic crap, I'd like to be able to get a streaming service or HBO or I don't know what, but I'm a poor old
nobody.
Thank you for this link! I just read it and have shared it and subscribed. I love words and this one certainly does not disappoint.
Well, they do have VIRGINS, on TLC .🙄
I haven’t turned on a TV for years …however, if there’s virgins on TV they won’t be virgins for long Kristi!!
It is on the same channel as
19 Kids & Counting, about the creepy as fuck DUGGAR family. Speaking of incestuous pedophiles.
Yup, that's why I call it the "Touching Little Children " channel to remind people of that. And didn't they do those creepy child beauty pageants where they tart toddlers up to look sexual, with makeup and inappropriate clothes? I mean who else but pedophiles WANT to see that! And don't get me started on the male judges.
Had to look up Duggar to find out what I might be missing… thanks Kristy, I’ll pat myself on the back for never watching the idiot box!!
It's really gross they are cult breeders for Jesus, they are Quiverful members, but on the show they pretend to be mainline Baptists. They purposefully don't educate the girls so they will be more baby breeders, and they can't escape the cult. Sick cultists.
I didn't watch the show, I only know about it because of the publicity
about the sick QUIVER sect & the
molestation.
May I stand over here with you. I haven't had a tv in years either.
I’ve always been too busy, for such idiocy Hannah. I’m older now, and can’t see the point of owning one, when this world is such a chaotic mess, and knowledge is at your fingertips!!
That's why I pay the very reasonable $5 a month for Jeff Tiedrichs SUBSTACK & the knowledgeable people who do also.
I had KNOWLEDGE of the Quiverful thing. From watching TV. It's not ALL crap
There is/was COLBERT, & a few other programs that AREN'T MORONIC
I wish I could afford an alternative to Cable TV. which is ridiculously expensive . I can barely pay my bills anyway , & TV is my only source of entertainment. So goody for you non TV
people.
Ah the "Touching Little Children" channel.
Yikes Natalie, this world is badly in need of a massive reset!!
It's so awful that they pander to that element.
I am deeply, terribly distressed by cbs' capitulation. They bought the rights to all of Star Trek and produced some of the most inclusive and diverse productions in recent history. I honestly thought they'd decided to be a lone holdout in the trump vs America hunger games.
Might take some time, Trumps eventual demise, should bring back late night comedy… Vance is awfully thin skinned as well though, Susan!!
Susan, I’m losing faith every day this bs continues that we will ever be free of it
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Unfortunately, the best local news in our area is on CBS.
People must understand that this IS Fascism. We’re not barreling toward it, we’re in it. I have written to my Congress members numerous times. Pretty sure they’d recognize my name if I wore a name tag at a political event. Anyway, the military - U.S. Marshal has every right ro remove the seditionist. The Declaration of Independence gives us (people) the right to disband the government due to tyranny! But how do we do this without any other help? Civil War? There are plenty of Vets angry about this too.
I keep thinking that Japan and Germany are going to have to invade the US to save us from ourselves. Oh, the irony!!
Seriously! I sometimes wonder…since our military ignores their oath and does NOT protect us from domestic enemies, will we end up turning to the international community? Trump is a certifiable Seditionist. It makes his occupation of the White House illegal. But NOT ONE brach of our government steps in. Everyone acts like WE must still follow the law while Fascism kills us off. DO NOT COMPLY…why do we make it so easy for the illegal occupation?
Actually we have it, The Mueller Report.
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Simple. Refuse to pay taxes. No Taxation without Representation!
The Blue States contribute the most revenue. I’d like to see how far they’ll get.
Mark E, Fantastic idea that should be implemented immediately. I know that my governor (JB Pritzker) and Newsom spoke of this & I’m sure the Blue State governors are discussing actions they can do together.
Starve the monster! I hope this happens. I have changed my own shopping habits. Difficult at first, now I’m getting used to it. I love Ace Hardware & another Chicago great…Clark Devon Hardware. Clark Devon was the only place I could find toilet paper during Covid. Fortunately, in Chicago, there are many independent stores.
A solid yes. We (our country) continue to ignore the signs.
It would be great if the venal cowardice of Paramount/Skydance backfires spectacularly and their revenues sink like a trump casino’s
Hmmm, how's the old saying go...? Oh yeah: "Everything Trump touches dies."
Can’t wait for all his stooges to find out firsthand
Thanks to Rick Wilson we have "ETTD."
It is within our power. Look at Tesla. That stock is going to $0.
Incorrect Walt
It’s up $100 or so during last 3 months.
The bad news has now gone away / & Musk is out of the spotlight for now
As an investor, I see that many in the markets are greed driven to the exclusion of all else, resulting in naive optimism and blithe ignorance. Besides Musk’s Nazi proclivities, competition in the EV market is increasing, and Tesla’s quality has always been suspect. Much of his market capitalization derived wealth is grossly inflated. Tesla’s earnings are declining and yet its P/E as of today is 175.6. I wouldn’t touch it, even if Musk weren’t a fucking Nazi
Oh geez, Dave! Say it ain’t so.
To be fair, CBS wasn't lying when they said shitcanning The Late Show was a financial decision. The merger will be worth far more than revenue from the show. They get the added benefit of not having Colbert be a headache for them. Now that Steven has his pink slip, I hope he says whatever the hell he wants between now and the last night. I haven't watched network TV in years. I catch the Colbert monologue on YouTube. Not to be entirely ungrateful, I have a house because I worked on several TV series produced by Paramount/Viacom that initially aired on CBS. They're on cable apparently in perpetuity. I'll deposit every residual check from now on with added satisfaction. Good luck to the Jimmys and the Daily Show.
Ann, same here. I don’t watch any standard US stations which are ALL owned by far right trump loyalists. CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, FOX on and on.
I stream Britbox, Acorn, listen on YouTube, Freespeech tv etc
I don't own a TV. Haven't for years. People look at me funny but I don't care. I've subscribed to several news outlets and, one by one, I'm getting rid of them. Now I follow Substack, the Guardian and Reuters. Sort of. And I use YouTube although at times it tends to be a little on the sensationalist/tabloid side. But I'm happy to say that the news I get keeps me sad, angry, depressed, and sleepless. Who needs a TV when they have a laptop?
Yeah, I don't miss TV at all.
How does a person who doesn't have a TV look ? 🤔
Like someone with a laptop adhered to her face.
Same here. I got rid of cable and my television sets several years ago. I don’t miss them at all.
FREESPEECH TV has been removed from my Cable service. I used to watch Thom Hartman, I used to watch Stephanie Miller a while back but she started to really annoy me.
Laptop time.
Colbert now has 10 months to let it fly as Dear Cheater deals with clots and prayers. Hoping that Kimmel isn't next but you know wherever these two are, they will continue to do what they do best and annoy the living hell out of that demented, thin skinned FOTUS. I look forward to the continuing laughs that Colbert, Kimmel and Tiedrich give us to help us survive this daily shitstorm.
Sad that these corporate titans are moving in this direction, killing shows that annoy the peckerhead in chief but in the process also curtail the jobs of the entire staff at the Late Show. Sad fucking commentary.
Kimmel bugs, because of the laugh track during his monolog for one reason , unwatchable.
That is the way I watch Colbert too. ✊
Colbert should resign immediately. Don’t take that punch in the face from the fucking oligarchs! Rise up Stephen!
I trust he will react in a creative, thoughtful way…
I know he will this is golden do not miss a single episode they will now kill on ratings!
And never forget, Zelensky was a comedian before he became, by vote, President of Ukraine and courageously told Putin to fuck off.
A GOOD comedian is highly intelligent and NEVER PUNCHES DOWN.
This is why Republicans make lousy comedians -- they love abusive power and prefer to suck up, while they're punching down at the most vulnerable. It takes wit to be funny and they lack that. They're too insecure, narcissistic, and fraudulent to create great satire. But they make good fertilizer for it.
Also they have no sense of humor, whatsoever, and hey cannot laugh at themselves.
BINGO! A bunch of sad sacks
That's because they all have big nasty bugs up their keesters.
Finally I understand why some mean comedy is hysterically funny and some just makes one uncomfortable and sad. It's not just the stupid, it's the punching down. All my life I've wondered what it is and now I see it. Thank you.
A case of… “where ignorance predominates, vulgarity invariably asserts itself”. (Beats me whoever came up with that nugget)
Sounds like an Oscar Wilde paraphrase, he and Voltaire had most of the best quotes.
I had a look at Google but I couldn't find the origin either. Next time I'm in the library I'll get reinforcements from the information desk - do they still have information desks? Did Miss Zukas retire?
Exactly. Lile in the film IDIOCRACY, where TV is just some poor guy getting hit in the crotch, over & over & it's hilarious. 😮💨😕☹️
Well… I was about 10 at the time and one older brother having recently returned from Army service in Germany was in deep philosophical discussion with mom (with a fair amount of spirits consumed) that the above quote found its way into the sponge section of my gray matter. It stuck as I “pondered weak and weary”.
Among conservatives, anger often dominates mirth.
He also has a law degree which never gets mentioned. He's no dummy. He and his wife co-own a production studio .
Jeff, all I can say to this Gutfeld idiot Nazi… go fuck yourself. Not funny Gutfeld, nothing is funny about Nazis and you wish to normalize the term? Once again, Fuck You and the FAUX horse you ride in on.
The ONLY person who was ever able to make Nazis funny was Mel Brooks in THE PRODUCERS. And Brooks' shtick--just like Colbert's--was to make that power look absolutely foolish and ridiculous.
".... becaaauuuse it's springtime ...."
I knew we were in trouble when a friend who goes to historical re-enactments said that kids weren’t really aware that the N***s were ‘the bad guys’ @the merch stands… GEEZus our brains are MUSH!
And if our mushy brains AND HISTORICALLY tiny attention spans can be linked to internet/iphone access - then that’s on US… but just mention regulating ANYTHING - and watch ‘em scatter. Good l-rd
“Regulations” has been turned into a dirty word by the lying disinformation specialists at FAUX News. In reality, regulations are the only thing that keeps the greedy muthafuckin corporations from killing us all for profit.
It is a good reason to drop Paramount and get a PBS pass. PBS has historical documentaries to educate people . Then donate the money you would give to Paramount to PBS. I love this idea so much.
After all children are born innocent they learn at home. I noticed in grade school when we would run a mock election you could easily tell what party their patents were clear as day.
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I’m thinking that EVERY American -and I do mean EVERY American - should submit an FOIA request to the Department of Justice for a copy of the ENTIRE Epstein file. Unabridged. Unredacted. Every audio tape, every video tape, every photograph, every document.
To submit a FOIA request to the Department of Justice (DOJ), you can do so online through FOIA.gov, or by mail, email, or fax. For the most efficient processing, it is recommended to submit through FOIA.gov.
Link to submitting an FOIA request to the Criminal Division of the Department Of Justice:
https://www.foia.gov/agency-search.html?id=10bd62cb-aa01-4e3f-bf90-04a3af627789&type=component
Link to form to enter your FOIA request:
https://www.foia.gov/request/agency-component/10bd62cb-aa01-4e3f-bf90-04a3af627789/
A suggestion was also made to Democracy Docket’s Marc Elias to file a class action lawsuit on behalf of ALL AMERICANS re: 🟧 blatantly LYING in response to DIRECT questions as to his connection / knowledge of PROJECT 2025 during the 2024 campaign. ⚖️
Time to ask ourselves why we tolerate both lying and gerrymandering in our 🇺🇸 politics… for real :/
Brilliant!
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Love you Jeff! You are channeling my thoughts but expressing
them so much better!
Always!
The reason they’re canning “The Late Show” rather than handing it over to someone else, in my opinion, is that replacing Colbert is simply impossible. Not only are they likely to be less funny, they’d take on the job knowing the network is completely untrustworthy.
The main thing I’m taking away from this mess is that our old Nazi Greg Gutfeld wants to be called a Nazi more often. I’m willing to help with that.
Jeff, you are not just a gem, you are (I think) an uncancellable gem!
I was going to write this piece ("Hey, Paramount, if you want to cancel Colbert, cancel him, but spare us the hyperbullshit 'explanation.'"), but you nailed it way better, with the rancid pungency it so richly deserves. Paramount seems to have mistaken us for MAGA morons, who have no intelligence to insult.
It was for financial reasons. CBS hates making a profit.
Exactamundo👍🥴‼️
Anyone that is still dealing with CBS or X really doesn't understand their own power. Period.
One of your best columns ever.
We have come many years from “a small step for man; a large step from mankind.” We have evolved from the world of Walter Cronkite’s stentorian voice and a Washington Post of “Democracy dies in darkness.” We just sacrificed Big Bird on the throne of some goblin ideology. So yes, rejoice America as CBS gives us “1984” in lieu of the Late Show. Paramount, you jumped the shark. And for PBS: Mr. Roger’s message will be missed
Edward R. Murrow is weeping.
Not only sacrificed Big Bird, but grilled him (plain, because children are allegedly picky eaters who only want chicken nuggets), but then undercooked him, cross-contaminated him with e.coli in the preparation process (everything trump touches dies...except Epstein and e.coli), and then as the final insult, served him with generic, watery, overly-vinegary, "so many YEARS past their use-by date that the liquid separated from the tomato," tomato catsup packets. *sigh*
*Epstein DID die, actually😬
He's making a pretty good encore appearance as something of a zombie. Zombie Apocalypse wasn't REALLY on my Trump Bingo card, but here we are in that weird upside-down bubble-verse.
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(Had to point it out tho, bc it’s kinda freaky!)
It totally is. I thought World War Z was a damn good book, and the movie wasn't bad (just didn't really have much in common with the book except for the title).
It's really trippy to feel like it's sorta-not fiction on the same day I found out that stable transparent aluminum is now real.
Seriously! It's not just from the Star Trek universe anymore.
But transparent aluminum AND Zombie Epstein? My brain hurts.
Pretty visceral and apt 😎.
I was more gracious today. I broke out my Tanahk , Talmud and and Greek texts and said fuck it. Hate me now. Christofacists. https://thistleandmoss.com/p/hey-christofacist-bitches-you-cuntpunching
you should see all the fucks I took out of the opening paragraph, at Ms Spouse's urging. it was almost twice as long
"this opening is great if you're trying to sound like a five-year-old who just learned to swear" I believe were her exact words
The mother of the earth loves you Jeff. Honest.
My brother offered to take me to lunch if I promise not to say "fuck" too loud and too often in the restaurant. So we're not discussing politics.
Behind every great writer is a fabulous copy-editor and/or trusted first reader. Although ideally both.
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I fucking LOVE your wife!!
We don’t mind if you leave them in, there's a time when it’s the only suitable word. And we’re in that time.
Trying to get you crossed to my readers. As you no doubt know , you are my most requested cross post uncle Jeff.
Haha! I love Ms. Spouse's editing prowess. She keeps you in check (a little bit).
Keep the fucks!
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And believe me, when she says Greek texts, she means actual New Testament Greek texts.