Legal humor here “Sorry, dad, but you’ll never land me with that line! Ha, ha, just kidding. Who do I have to fuck around here for a rimshot?” “Don’t cast at the target, cast through the target.” “So when do you turn into a handsome prince” Because if you don’t, I am so out of…
Imaginary Conversations: John Boehner and Paul Ryan
Boehner: OK, I got BO to buy into that budget package you put together. I’ll announce it, you’ll denounce it, the freaks will bite, we’ll pass it anyway, and you’ll have smooth sailing until the election. Ryan: You’re a prince, JB, a prince! Boehner: I’ll remember that when I need a favor. If I ever…
The Democratic Hole
Matthew Yglesias has a piece over at Vox that is deservedly getting some recognition: “Democrats are in denial. Their party is actually in deep trouble”. But while Matt talks a lot about the facts on the ground—deep weakness at the state level and in both house of Congress, with no obvious way out—he doesn’t talk…
Chris Christie, move over! (if you can!)
New Jersey Governor/lardbutt Chris Christie has noticed that the percentage of Republican primary voters who are black approaches zero, while the percentage who are, um, totally fucking racist is a lot higher, which is why he says things like this (via Rena Flores, CBS News): “The problem is this, there’s lawlessness in this country” Christie…
Herbie Hancock & Ron Carter—“Blue Monk”
What is there to say? Performed at the Monk Institute’s inaugural concert “A Tribute to Thelonious Monk” in 1986. Posted by the Monk Institute
Jurassic Parks, Part 2
(NOTE: Jurassic Park is one of the best franchises on film, particularly if you like dinosaurs. Over the next eight or nine weeks I’ll be running a strikingly unbalanced review of the four films, because I’m a big fan of parts 1 & 3, while distinctly unenthusiastic over parts 2 & 4.) Jurassic Parks, Part…
Excuse me. When did Israel turn into the stupid country?
Over at Politico, Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., has a piece, “Ten Deadly Lies about Israel”, that has to rank as one of the clumsiest hack jobs I’ve ever read. Dermer’s “discussion” over the violence erupting in Jerusalem can be boiled down to “Israel 100% right, everyone else 100% wrong.” Dermer’s rap is…
Paul Ryan, taking more, giving less, aka More Gratuitous, Uninformed Political Speculation!
Consider yourselves warned, eh? Yes, Paul Ryan says he’ll take the job of Speaker of the House of Representatives, but only if the Republicans really, really love him. This means, among other things, that they all have to vote for him, that he gets his weekends off, that he doesn’t have to spend a lot…
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here “The good news is, it’s free. Although, naturally, we do accept bequests.” “Officially, this is a confessional, but if you just feel like complaining, I’ll understand.” “Another good thing, you can fidget as much as you want.” “Trust me. What an MRI is going to tell you, you don’t want to know.”…
Sylvain Neault—“Bye ya”
Pièce interprétée au récital de fin de maîtrise en violon jazz de Sylvain Neault au TCU (Université Laval, Québec), le 13 mai 2015. Les musiciens: Sylvain Neault, violon ; Martin Desjardins, sax ténor ; Sébastien Champagne, piano ; Alexandre LeBlanc, contrebasse ; Olivier Forest, batterie. Posted by Sylvain Neault