I did not watch it but Saturday Night Live covered it.
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I did not watch it but Saturday Night Live covered it.
When my daughters were little, I had to get them ready for school in the mornings and this cartoon brought back memories. Poor kids, what pain they stoically endured!
She takes us on an amusing journey to try and understand the writer and his enduring appeal.
It is a bit late I know to reflect on Christmas but I just came across this program by Philomena Cunk who explores the origins, history, and meaning of Christmas in her own inimitable style, utilizing the wide-eyed innocent trope to perfection. As she says, Christmas has exploded all over the globe, and now can be found everywhere, even inside churches. I did learn some interesting history as well, such as that Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas celebrations.
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After having an enjoyable early dinner at a friend’s house with a few people, I was back at home by 9:00pm and in bed and asleep by 11:30 pm last night. I can’t remember when I last bothered to stay awake until midnight on New Year’s eve.
The comic strip Pearls Before Swine has the right idea.
Glenn Beck has been one of the wildest right wing media personalities, advancing all manner of bizarre theories in his time. But for some reason, he took an intense dislike to Donald Trump and has been harshly criticizing him. Samantha Bee decided to see if this shared distaste could form the basis of a more positive relationship and paid him a visit to see what they might have in common.
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Via David Pescovitz I came across this short film from 1991 by Berkeley Breathed.
One of the signs that even the most superficial trappings of democracy are being undermined is when the rules of operation are changed willy-nilly to suit the interests of the ruling party. I have seen this play out in Sri Lanka that when one party gains overwhelming control, they do not use it to just push for the policies they favor (which is what elections are about) but use it to rig the system in their favor to prevent any reversal of power.
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That excellent comic strip Non Sequitur has been running a series of cartoons this week on the phenomenon of people unquestioningly taking fake news that they read on social media as true, and that I wrote about earlier this week. The first two strips from Monday and Tuesday are below and you can see the rest of the week’s strips here.
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