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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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?
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?
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?
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.
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.
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’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
Dreaming of a future where these moves backfire and PBS and NPR and Stephen are all unleashed and killing it with viewership even more than they are now.
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.
Agreed. I used to be a fan of Israel.
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?
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!!
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.
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.
We’ll be here forever untangling the various strands of DNA circulating in this group! 🤣
My hubby is a big Deadhead too. In fact, that is why at 3 my daughter could identify the pyramids in Egypt.
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.
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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!!
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
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?
May I stand over here with you. I haven't had a tv in years either.
Ah the "Touching Little Children" channel.
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.
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.
😵💫
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.
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.
Same here. I got rid of cable and my television sets several years ago. I don’t miss them at all.
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.
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.
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.
Exactly. Lile in the film IDIOCRACY, where TV is just some poor guy getting hit in the crotch, over & over & it's hilarious. 😮💨😕☹️
A case of… “where ignorance predominates, vulgarity invariably asserts itself”. (Beats me whoever came up with that nugget)
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?
Among conservatives, anger often dominates mirth.
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.
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.
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 ...."
Love you Jeff! You are channeling my thoughts but expressing
them so much better!
Always!
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. ⚖️
Brilliant!
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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👍🥴‼️
One of your best columns ever.
Anyone that is still dealing with CBS or X really doesn't understand their own power. Period.
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.
Dreaming of a future where these moves backfire and PBS and NPR and Stephen are all unleashed and killing it with viewership even more than they are now.
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.