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Cartoon: Trump Spots The Enemy From His White House Perch
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Cartoon: Trump Crossing The Street
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The Borowitz Report: "Trump Offers Stimulus Checks To Anyone Willing To Come To His Next Rally"
"Trump Offers Stimulus Checks To Anyone Willing To Come To His Next Rally"
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Borowitz Report)—Hoping to avert another debacle like the one at his rally in Tulsa, Donald J. Trump said on Tuesday that he was offering economic-stimulus checks to anyone willing to come to his next rally, in Arizona.
Displaying a sample check in the Oval Office, Trump said that he hoped eventually to put millions of unemployed Americans back to work as full-time audience members at his rallies.
“The dishonest media are saying that people wouldn’t go to one of my rallies if I paid them,” Trump said. “Well, we’ll see about that.”
Larry Kudlow, Trump’s economic adviser, said that the twelve-hundred-dollar stimulus checks would be paid “in installments, based on how long the recipients actually stay at the rally.”
“If you walk out after the first hour, you only get six hundred,” he said. “You’re really going to have to earn the full twelve hundred.”
Andy Borowitz is a Times best-selling author and a comedian who has written for The New Yorker since 1998. He writes The Borowitz Report, a satirical column on the news.
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Borowitz Report: "Trump Offers Stimulus Checks to Anyone Willing to Come to His Next Rally"
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Borowitz Report)—Hoping to avert another debacle like the one at his rally in Tulsa, Donald J. Trump said on Tuesday that he was offering economic-stimulus checks to anyone willing to come to his next rally, in Arizona.
Displaying a sample check in the Oval Office, Trump said that he hoped eventually to put millions of unemployed Americans back to work as full-time audience members at his rallies.
“The dishonest media are saying that people wouldn’t go to one of my rallies if I paid them,” Trump said. “Well, we’ll see about that.”
Larry Kudlow, Trump’s economic adviser, said that the twelve-hundred-dollar stimulus checks would be paid “in installments, based on how long the recipients actually stay at the rally.”
“If you walk out after the first hour, you only get six hundred,” he said. “You’re really going to have to earn the full twelve hundred.”
Andy Borowitz is a Times best-selling author and a comedian who has written for The New Yorker since 1998. He writes The Borowitz Report, a satirical column on the news.
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Knuckle-Dragging Trump Is Devolution's Cutting Edge
Are We At That Point Where "The Sapiens" Are Again Separating From "The Neanderthals?"
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A Great "Read" About This Unexpected Moment... And How The Outcome Can Go Either Way
This is an important peek at our possible futures. Interestingly it affirms the theory of socio-political change posited by Ibn Kaldun in the 13th century:
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Van Morrison: Caledonia Soul Music: Two Chords, Sixteen Minutes
Van Morrison: Caledonia Soul Music
Studio Riffing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1ecN3rOoFQ
Polished Performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F34zwWJ4bP4
Polished Performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F34zwWJ4bP4
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Quora Discussion Pursuant To The Question: "Why Is Socialism So Popular?"
Freaking Out Over "Socialized Democracy" ("Democratic Socialism") Is Like Being Afraid Of Oz
Capitalism is by far the most efficient system for maximizing the productive output of a society, but in its pure form, it only passes down the bare minimum amount of revenue required to get a low skilled worker to show up. If it’s enough to survive, then it is enough to motivate labor. That increases when the labor supply is in shortage, but in times like the late 19th and early 20th century, it’s easy to see that this was not always the case, which brought terrible consequences to the working class throughout the industrialized world.
Now this system fueled some serious unrest in societies where it was practiced, which is why it was eventually tempered with implementations of some socialist programs, creating what we call mixed market economies. These include:
- Public schooling
- National Parks
- Nationalized Healthcare (Medicare and Medicaid)
- Public Police forces
- Public Firefighters
- Social Security
The USA is one such mixed market economy, as are all the countries of Europe. Some have programs with a larger scope than others.
What is happening when socialism is becoming popular is not a revival of the Bolsheviks.
What is happening is that people want to increase the number or scale of some of the socialist programs, so that the balance between productive output and personal economic security leans more toward the latter.
So far, the “big scary communist proposals” that have everyone pissing themselves doesn’t even add anything to that list. It simply expands on two currently existing programs. Increasing public schooling from 12 to 16 years, and increasing the age and income range where people can get access to Medicare.
Given the economic instability since 2007, this was a very predictable political outcome.
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Crazy Talk From Trump Loon Peter Navarro: COVID "A Product Of The Chinese Communist Party"
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The First Commandment's Counsel On Statues Depicting Slave Owners And Confederates
Alan: Not one professed Christian in a thousand knows The First Commandment in its entirety.
And those who have read all the words have Absolutely No Intention of doing what it says.
I have been down this road before...
But I will mention again that the Jewish interpretation of the First Commandment (an interpretation which strikes me as the only possible interpretation) proscribes any representational art that uses creatures as its subject. NOTHING was to come between humans and the contemplation of God's creation.
Such rigid proscription is not a "course of action" I would choose.
But, if people agreed (as Jews and Islamics agree), proscription would be a completely workable solution - as well as a solution that finally obeys The First Commandment.
Ironically, the supposed purpose of statues is to "keep history alive."
Yet "the Jews" - without statuary or any other representational art -- are a singularly historical people.
A convincing argument is made that the historical books of the Old Testament actually merged history with divinity - perhaps a prelude to The Incarnation whereby, mythically at least, the transcendant God was made into the very Flesh of sensory reality.
It can even be argued that Jews invented history, at least as a discipline/pastime revered by "commoners."
Although there are two versions of the decalogue/Ten Commandments in the Old Testament, here is the First Commandment (THE FIRST!!!) as set forth in Exodus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_am_the_Lord_thy_God
A pertinent aside...
I have written at length about strict application of The First Commandment to escape the looming socio-political and semantic ravages of "Deep Fake" technology.
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A Prosecutor's Blistering Rebuke Of Barr's Use Of The Justice Department For Political Advantage
A prosecutor’s blistering rebuke of Barr’s politicized Justice Department, annotated
In the statement issued to the House Judiciary Committee, Aaron Zelinsky describes a process that was at times explicitly politicized, thanks to President Trump’s own interests.
Compendium Of Pax Posts: The Unfathomable Mendacity Of Donald Trump And His Lickspittle Liars
Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Trump And His Cultists' Passion For Lying And Falsehood
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/10/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-on-trump.html
Trump Tells The Truth: "I Lie."
Kimmel Illustrates All 3 Years of President Trump’s 16,241 Lies: "More Lies Than Visible Stars"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/01/jimmy-kimmel-illustrates-three-years-of.htmlTruth Infuriates People Whose Lives Are Lies
American Conservatives Want To Be Lied To, But First Want To Redefine Falsehood As Truth
It's Not That The Assholes Are Uninterested In Truth.
They Are Hostile To Truth.
"The Hardest Truth: People Want To Be Lied To"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-hardest-lesson-people-want-to-be.html
Trump Lies About The "Fully Discredited Fake Dossier"
"Trumpistas Don't Just Lie.
They Are Hostile To Truth"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/10/lies-lies-lies-lies-compendium-of-pax.html
The "MAGA" Hat America Needs
Compendium Of Pax Posts Concerning Trump's Habitual Lying
If Mueller Had Been Given Sodium Pentathol, Here's What He Would've Told Us
VIDEO: Trump Tells More Lies Than Any U.S. Politician. Why Do Patriots And Xtians Believe A Liar?
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/01/video-trump-tells-more-lies-than-any-us.htmlReprise: How Trump "Takes Credit" That's Not His... And The Dimwits Buy It
People Want To Be Lied To: The Convergent Horror Of Faithful Falsehood And Aggressive Ignorance
Trump Could Begin Every Speech With The Words "Everything I'm About To Tell You Is A Lie" And...
Republicans Generally - And Trump Specifically - Are Eager To Lie And Cheat If It Expands Their Power
False Witness
Comparing American Politicians' Lie Rates (From Mormon Press)
How Conservatives Use Decontextualized Shards Of Truth To Tell HUGE Lies
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo
Chris Wallace: "Trump Is Engaged In The Most Direct, Sustained Assault On Freedom..."
Fox News' Chris Wallace: Republicans Angry Because They're "Having Trouble With The Facts"
Snopes Probes Rep. Omar's Foul Mouth: How Fox News Takes Tiny Truths And Twists Them Into Gargantuan Lies
Reprise: How Trump "Takes Credit" That's Not His... And The Dimwits Buy It
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/reprise-how-trump-takes-credit-thats.html
Trump, Obama, Intellectual Rigor And Teasing Out Truth: What Golf Tells Us
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/07/trump-obama-intellectual-rigor-and.html
How Conservatives Use Decontextualized Shards Of Truth To Tell HUGE Lies
How Conservatives Use Decontextualized Shards Of Truth To Tell HUGE Lies
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo
Snopes Probes Rep. Omar's Foul Mouth: How Fox News Takes Tiny Truths And Twists Them Into Gargantuan Lies
Compendium Of Pax Posts Concerning Trump's Habitual Lying
It's Not That The Assholes Are Uninterested In Truth.
They Are Hostile To Truth.
"The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich": Hitler And Goebbels' Replacement Of Truth With Falsehood
VIDEO: Trump Tells More Lies Than Any U.S. Politician. Why Do Patriots And Xtians Believe A Liar?
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/01/video-trump-tells-more-lies-than-any-us.htmlReprise: How Trump "Takes Credit" That's Not His... And The Dimwits Buy It
People Want To Be Lied To: The Convergent Horror Of Faithful Falsehood And Aggressive Ignorance
Verbatim Trump Quote: "Any Negative Polls Are Fake News."
"Millions Of Deplorables Voted For Trump Because He Was The Only Candidate As Crazy As They"
"Trump's Bullshit"
Christian Ministers Have A Moral Obligation To Call Bullshit On Trump Cultists Spreading Lies
https://paxonbothhouses.
"Donald Trump Just Makes Shit Up"
"Donald Trump Just Makes Shit Up"
Bullshit And Bafflegab: How To Separate Truth From Conspiratorial Falsehood
Republicans Generally - And Trump Specifically - Are Eager To Lie And Cheat If It Expands Their Power
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Trump's Tulsa Rally: A Photograph That Needs No Caption
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"Infotainment" And The Lethal Epistemological Crisis All Across America
Right-Wing Radio And Television Hosts Are Well-Paid Trolls
The End Of Civilization As We Know It
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/12/internet-trolls-and-end-of-uplifting.html
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/12/internet-trolls-and-end-of-uplifting.html
Alan: The essential strategy of the Republican Noise Machine is to make political points through innuendo, suggestibility, unfounded hypotheses and whole cloth lies.
You can get the full scoop by googling "Pax On Both Houses""Compendium Of Voter Fraud And Voter Suppression Posts" complete with both sets of quotation marks.
"Infotainment" has been normalized as a bona fide way for America's to "be informed."
WTF!
This is like watching a Stormy Daniels' porn film and coming away with convinced that unprotected casual sex is a Great Idea!
A pox on Fox.
You can get the full scoop by googling "Pax On Both Houses""Compendium Of Voter Fraud And Voter Suppression Posts" complete with both sets of quotation marks.
"Infotainment" has been normalized as a bona fide way for America's to "be informed."
WTF!
This is like watching a Stormy Daniels' porn film and coming away with convinced that unprotected casual sex is a Great Idea!
A pox on Fox.
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A Spontaneous Collaborative Dog Resuce That Will Lift Your Spirit (From Mark Hamill)
A Spontaneous Collaborative Dog Resuce That Will Lift Your Spirit (From Mark Hamill)
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Yankees Get The Job Done. "Johnny Reb" Can Be Counted On To Bollux Damn Near Everything
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This is a national moment when we need a Winston Churchill to lead us in the fight with the coronavirus. Instead, President Trump reassures us that “it’s going away” — his words as he spoke in Arizona at a packed megachurch where few people wore masks. Instead of Churchill, we have a leader who tries to deceive us, not the enemy, and then helps that enemy infiltrate our homes and churches. |
As this map by my graphics colleague Nathaniel Lash suggests, some 27 states are reporting increasing numbers of cases, while just 10 and Washington D.C. are reporting falling numbers (the rest are holding steady). Arizona has the highest number of new cases per day per million population, and Texas, California, Arizona and several other states have reported record numbers of cases in the last few days. |
That’s my column today. Brace yourself. |
The Economic Disaster Ahead |
Whenever I talk to epidemiologists, I’m struck by the gulf between public opinion and expert opinion. Most people and the financial markets seem to think that we’re going through a tough period but that it will be over soon. Epidemiologists on the other hand, think that for at least the next year we’ll be fighting the virus, losing friends and family, and suffering from a depressed economy. |
Likewise, the I.M.F. says it expects the global economy to shrink 4.9 percent this year and to recover more slowly than many expect. And remember that disasters sometimes feed on each other. The economic crises could increase the risk of upheaval in Saudi Arabia or Iran that would interrupt oil supplies, or could increase the chance of Chinese adventurism in the South China Sea or the Taiwan Strait. In other words, I fear that this will be a longer and more painful road than many expect. |
The Times is providing free access to much of our coronavirus coverage; this newsletter, as well as our Coronavirus Briefing newsletter, are free. Please consider supporting our journalism with a subscription. |
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"You Can't Always Get What You Want" With Caribou On Guitar
"You Can't Always Get What You Want"
With Caribou on guitar
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Great Live Performance Of "It Ain't Me Babe" By Bob Dylan
Great Live Performance Of "It Ain't Me Babe"
By Bob Dylan
(The video is so poor, you may enjoy the music more if you just listen to the audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwdyHcw9tr4
The Bonus Round
"Desolation Row"
This song alone deserved the Nobel Prize.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUvcWXTIjcU
The Bonus Round
"Desolation Row"
This song alone deserved the Nobel Prize.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUvcWXTIjcU
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Cartoon: How Trump Won In 2016, And How He Plans To Win In 2020
Pax On Both Houses: Compendium Of Voter Fraud And Voter Suppression Posts
Trump, Democracy, Mail-In Voting, And Election Fraud
Cartoon: Republicans Can't Win The Oval Office Without Cheating
Trump, Mail-In Voting, And Election Fraud
9 Facts That Blow Up The Voter Fraud Myth
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/03/9-facts-that-blow-up-voter-fraud-myth.html
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/03/9-facts-that-blow-up-voter-fraud-myth.html
The Daily Show Interviews Republican Official Who Spills Beans On Deliberate Voter Suppression
Masquerading As Prevention Of Voter Fraud
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo
Republican Party Is "Full Of Racists," Colin Powell's Chief Of Staff
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspo
"Dog Whistle Politics": Coded Language And The Rise Of Racially Scornful Political Rhetoric
Dirty Trickster Lee Atwater: The GOP SOB At The Heart Of Republican Barbarism (Hidden Mic)
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"Compendium Of Best Pax Posts About The Pandemic And Trump's Grotesque Mismanagement"
"Compendium Of Best Pax Posts About The Pandemic And Trump's Grotesque Mismanagement"
Fox News: The Most Intriguing Twist Of Fate You'll Hear About Today
History Repeats Itself: Coronavirus And The Spanish Flu Of 1918
"What's Next On The Coronavirus Timeline And What Happens If Trump Opens America Too Soon?"
"Chris Cuomo Interviews His Brother, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo"
"Compendium Of Pax Posts About Coronavirus: Trump's Denial, Ineptitude And Mismanagement"
Borowitz Report: "Trump Practicing Distancing From All His Prior Statements About Coronavirus"
"With Millions Of American Lives On The Line, Trump Finally Agrees With The Experts"
"Trump's Astonishing Coronavirus Quackery Culminating In A Rare Encounter With Truth"
Christian Pastor Who Thought COVID-19 Is Just "Mass Hysteria" Dies From Coronavirus
Trump Moves Goalposts To Another Universe — Says 100K Deaths Would Be "A Very Good Job"
"Coronavirus Capitalism: Same As It Ever Was"
"N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo Just Gave THE BEST POSSIBLE Coronavirus Press Conference"
"Bill Gates Predicted The Coronavirus In His 2015 TED Talk"
"I Don't Take Responsibility At All!" Verbatim Trump "Coronavirus Quote"
"According To Current Data, The Coronavirus Death Rate Is 60% Higher Than The Death Rate For The Spanish Flu Of 1918"
"Trump Sees The Coronavirus Crisis As Clearly As If His Eyes Were Open"
Trump's "Coronavirus Website" Is Non-Existent. He Just "Made It Up" For A Press Conference
"The Borowitz Report: Fox To Address Coronavirus Crisis With Three-Part Series On Hunter Biden"
Free, Online Documentary About The "Spanish" Flu Of 1918 (40 Minutes)
https://paxonbothhouses.
"Trump's Lies Are More Contagious Than..."
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/trumps-lies-are-more-contagious.html
"Trump's Lies Are More Contagious Than..."
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/trumps-lies-are-more-contagious.html
Coronavirus Pandemic: Trump Does Not Intend To Save The U.S. Economy. He Intends To Save...
Coronavirus, Trump Cultists, And The "Intellectual Elites"
A List Of Trump's Dimwittedly Destructive Medical And Public Health Policies Since Taking Office
If You Had Bought Stocks At The Bottom Of Bush-Cheney's Great Recession, You Would Have Done Better Under Obama Than Trump.And That's BEFORE The Coronavirus Collapse!
If People Had Taken Obama's Advice In 2009, We'd All Be Rich
If People Had Taken Obama's Advice In 2009, We'd All Be Rich
Trump Could Use Coronavirus As Cover For War With Iran (White House Coup In The Works?)
Bruce Cockburn Meets Coronavirus: "The Trouble With Normal"
An Audio Commentary On China And Trump's Response To Coronavirus - A Powerful Comparison
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Cartoon: Red States, Blue States
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