Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Mueller Report and Opioids II.
Deconstructed: A Migrant’s Journey and refugees to America brought in $63 billion more in government revenues than they cost in the last 10 years.
As Mr. Parrot pointed out: “Why on earth didn’t we [the UK] follow the Code of Good Practice on Referendums which the UK signed up to in 2006? This advocates a referendum as a two-part process, starting with an advisory vote and proceeding to a detailed proposal, with a second vote by either parliament or the people. They also advise that a vote below 55% in favour should be ignored.” (Brexit passed with 51.9% of the vote.)
When Did Faith & Science Become Enemies? Lessons from a Christian Physicist with Dr. David Larrabee.
Selling the Soul of Franklin Graham.
How Sovereign Citizens Helped Swindle $1 Billion From the Government They Disavow.
Do not mess with Katie Porter. EVER.
“I’ve lived long enough to see the triumph of zealots and absolutists, to watch money swallow politics, to witness the rise of the corporate state. See the party of working and poor people become a sycophant of crony capitalism.
Watch the union of church and state become fashionable again. Witness the coupling of news and entertainment. See everyday people cast overboard as the pirates and predators of Wall Street seized the ship of state. I didn’t drift; I moved left just by standing still.”
- Bill Moyers, from an interview at The Progressive in 2014.
Why James Holzhauer Is Bad for JEOPARDY! “If every episode is a blowout in which two of three contestants are basically never competitive, does that not grow uninteresting over time?”
The Tragic Story of Bob Fosse’s Second Wife, Joan McCracken.
What Will Hollywood Do with Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin?
Ken Levine interview with Al Michaels Part 1 and Part 2.
Sesame Street/HBO: Respect is Coming and Respect World.
We stan: Merriam-Webster just added 640 new words.
Just blog it and 101 Blogging Statistics for 2019.
Now I Know: The Surströmming Offensive and Why Do Escalators Have Those Brushes Along the Edge? and The Swimming Pool That Was Literally Blacked Out and The Bug in the Plan.
MUSIC
Wayfaring Stranger – Rhiannon Giddens.
My World is Empty Without You/Maneater – Hall and Oates and The Supremes.
Hail Mary, Gentle Woman – Jamie Biller.
Coverville 1258: Cover Stories for Indigo Girls, Dave Edmunds and Dusty Springfield.
The Grande symphonie funebre et triomphale – Hector Berlioz.
O Mio Babbino Caro Darci (Italian Opera) – Darcy Lynne and Petunia.
Triumphal March from Aida – Verdi.
Greg Burgas: The Unsung – the weirder end of the Phil Collins musical spectrum.
K-Chuck Radio: The many branches of Bruce Channel’s one-hit wonder.
Jupiter from The Planets – Gustav Holst – Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Sh-Boom – Sh-Pony.
Guitarist J. Geils Dead at 71.
Top Ten Most Worthless Records, and I own half of them.
At work, I’ve got an office for the first time in 12 years. I’ve been in cubicles, and for more than two years in a part of a storage space; long story.