Here’s the truth, Republicans: You are Donald Trump, and Donald Trump is you!
Author: Alan Vanneman
Paul Ryan not a total douchebag, study shows
Well, as much as I hate to admit it, the rumor appears to be true: there is a limit to Lyin’ Paulie’s douchebagginess. According to this report from Politico by Rachel Bade and Kyle Cheney, that limit is being reached by Paulie in response to efforts by unlimited congressional mouth-frothers Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Jim…
Nnenna Freelon and Diana Krall—“In Walked Bud”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=labAEcmkcMA Nnenna Freelon and Diana Krall, vocals; Clark Terry – trumpet; Jacky Terrasson, piano; Ron Carter, bass; T.S. Monk, drums. Wonderful, too short take. There doesn’t seem to be anything else available from this set. Posted by leoshephard. Need more Monk? Yes, you do. Go to Mostly Monk and continue your education.
Jay Leno’s Garage: Have Penis Substitute, Will Travel—Fast!
What’s that you say, Bucky? You hate your job? Put your foot in it! You hate your wife? Put your foot in it! Your kids hate you? Put your foot in it! Yes, for Jay and his many buddies, who fill the YouTube episodes of Jay Leno’s Garage with thousands of gearhead comments, there is…
Jurassic Park V—Not Bad!
I’ve already lurched and lumbered my way through the first four Jurassic Parks, so there’s no reason to keep quiet about No. 5, aka Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom—which I would rate as actually the third best in the franchise. My rankings are quite idiosyncratic, because I give first place to the generally unloved Jurassic Park…
Cat Fight! Cat Fight!
Whoa! This is intense! Emerald Robinson said mean things about Jonah Goldberg and Michael Doran1 said she was “brilliant” and Jonah said no she wasn’t and so Michael said mean things about Jonah and then Jonah said mean things back and there you are. Well, if you have the patience to wade through all of…
David Ignatius, inadvertently stepping on his own phallus
Writes Dave, “With Trump’s acquiescence, Russia’s successful military intervention to rescue Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has made the Kremlin the new indispensable power in the region — simultaneously maintaining close relations with Israel, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.” Why, it’s almost as if none of these countries are really that…
Rowdy, partisan Democrats prevent Republicans from cutting out an FBI agent’s heart
Those Republicans and Democrats! Those Democrats and Republicans! They fight like cats and dogs! It makes you want to throw up your hands in disgust, amirite? That’s the way such reliable purveyors of “fake news” as the New York Times (“Hearing for FBI Agent Devolves Into Debacle”) and the Washington Post (“Shouting, bickering, and other…
Fred Hersch—“In Walked Bud”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw58HK3GYAg Fred Hersch is a pianist of outstanding intelligence and technique, but I’ve sometimes found his work too precious. Such is not the case with this performance, which treats Monk’s tune with impressive crispness and swagger. Posted by Scott Morgan Need more Monk? Yes, you do. Go to Mostly Monk and continue your education.
Jonah Goldberg, not much pleased to be called an old man
“There’s always a trade-off,” announces the National Review’s Jonah Goldberg—sounding a bit, to my ears at least, like Jane Austin remarking on the marital inclinations of single men in possession of good fortunes1—“in calling attention to trollish, attention-seeking writers who don’t deserve a response on the merits.” Well, with a throat clearing like that, you…