July 16, 2019

Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 7/15/19

By Attacking Democrats, Trump Unites Them



The President's obviously racist tweets were, well, obviously racist.




The GOP Reacts (And Doesn't) To Trump's Racist Tweets



Following the President's xenophobic Twitter tirade against Democratic Congresswomen, Sen. Lindsey Graham was quick to denounce the hateful rhetoric... of the Democratic Congresswomen?




How To Know When Stephen Colbert Enters 'Full Summer Mode'



If the bandana is on, it means our host has achieved his peak summer form.




The Animaniacs Show Trump How America Works



After suggesting that American-born congresswomen should "go back" to where they're from, Donald Trump gets a geography lesson from Wakko of the Animaniacs.

July 16, 2019

Democratic Congresswomen Urge Trump to Go Back to Russia

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Four Democratic congresswomen issued a brief statement on Monday urging President Donald Trump to go back to Russia and improve the dire conditions of that country.

In the tersely worded statement, the four lawmakers—Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of New York; Ilhan Omar, of Minnesota; Ayanna Pressley, of Massachusetts; and Rashida Tlaib, of Michigan—indicated that Russia was “broken and crime-infested” and required Trump’s immediate attention.

The statement went on to suggest that, once Trump had fixed the problems plaguing Russia, he could return to the United States and “show us how.”

In a tweet, Trump mocked the congresswomen, contrasting them with the “real revolutionaries” honored over the weekend on Bastille Day. “In 1789, these brave people stormed Louis XVI’s airports,” he wrote.


Short article, no more at link: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/democratic-congresswomen-urge-trump-to-go-back-to-russia



Photograph by J. Scott Applewhite / AP

July 16, 2019

Seth Meyers - Trump's Racist Attacks on Democratic Congresswomen: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at the president mounting an appallingly racist attack on four Democratic women of color in Congress.

July 16, 2019

The Daily Show: Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein Arrested for Trafficking Minors

Billionaire child sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein is indicted and arrested in New York for sex trafficking.

July 16, 2019

The Daily Show: Trevor Gets Caught in a Blackout - Between the Scenes

Trevor got caught in a somewhat compromising position during the NYC blackout.

July 12, 2019

The Daily Show - Your Moment of Them: The Best of Dulce Sloan Vol. 2

The Daily Show salutes Dulcé Sloan’s finest work, from her take on black women’s support of Joe Biden to their call for equal pay.

July 12, 2019

U.K. Unable to Find Replacement Ambassador Who Does Not Think Trump Is an Idiot

LONDON (The Borowitz Report)—Following the resignation of its Ambassador to the United States, Kim Darroch, the government of the United Kingdom has disclosed that it has been unable to find a replacement for Darroch who does not also think that Donald J. Trump is a blithering idiot.

At a press conference at 10 Downing Street, the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, revealed that the search for a new ambassador who does not believe that Trump is an imbecile has thus far come up empty.

“We did not want a repeat of the unfortunate Kim Darroch incident, so we made the first question on the job application, ‘Do you think Donald Trump is a moron?’ ” May said. “So far, none of the applicants has checked the ‘no’ box.”

May acknowledged that the government might have to expand its search for applicants beyond those with diplomatic experience in order to find a replacement for Darroch who does not consider Trump a dolt.

“We will search high and low until we find someone in this country who doesn’t think Donald Trump is a nitwit,” she said. “We’re starting by interviewing people who don’t think Boris Johnson is a nitwit.”

While affirming her government’s determination to find someone in the U.K. who does not think Trump is an unmitigated bonehead, May warned that the difficulty of the task must not be underestimated. “This is turning out to be harder than Brexit,” she said.


Short article, no more at link: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/uk-unable-to-find-replacement-ambassador-who-does-not-think-trump-is-an-idiot

July 11, 2019

VW Beetle goes extinct as last one rolls off assembly line

Originally a project under Hitler to project Nazi prestige, the Beetle really came alive after World War II.

By 1955, the 1 millionth Beetle had rolled off the assembly line in what's now the town of Wolfsburg.

The U.S. became Volkswagen's most important foreign market, peaking at 563,522 cars in 1968, or 40% of production.

Frankfurt, Germany — Volkswagen is halting production of the last version of its Beetle model this week at its plant in Puebla, Mexico. It's the end of the road for a vehicle that has symbolized many things over a history spanning the eight decades since 1938.

It has been: a part of Germany's darkest hours as a never-realized Nazi prestige project. A symbol of Germany's postwar economic renaissance and rising middle-class prosperity. An example of globalization, sold and recognized all over the world. An emblem of the 1960s counterculture in the U.S. Above all, the car remains a landmark in design, as recognizable as the Coca-Cola bottle.

The car's original design -- a rounded silhouette with seating for four or five, nearly vertical windshield and the air-cooled engine in the rear -- can be traced back to Austrian engineer Ferdinand Porsche, who was hired to fulfill German dictator Adolf Hitler's project for a "people's car" that would spread auto ownership the way the Ford Model T had in the U.S.

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The U.S. became Volkswagen's most important foreign market, peaking at 563,522 cars in 1968, or 40% of production. Unconventional, sometimes humorous advertising from agency Doyle Dane Bernbach urged car buyers to "Think small."

"Unlike in West Germany, where its low price, quality and durability stood for a new postwar normality, in the United States the Beetle's characteristics lent it a profoundly unconventional air in a car culture dominated by size and showmanship," wrote Bernhard Rieger in his 2013 history, "The People's Car."


Read more (Includes video): https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vw-beetle-production-halted-vw-beetle-goes-extinct-as-last-one-rolls-off-assembly-line-in-mexico/



A 1938 Volkswagen Beetle. AP PHOTO

July 11, 2019

The Daily Show - Your Moment of Them: The Best of Michael Kosta Vol. 2

The Daily Show pays tribute to Michael Kosta’s best work, including his case for reparations and his look at how Trump supporters feel about the Space Force.

July 11, 2019

A container of screws spilled onto an interstate, causing flat tires for miles

(CNN)A container of screws that fell off a vehicle and littered the roadway in Jackson County, Mississippi, caused flat tires along nearly 30 miles of interstate.

Mississippi Highway Patrol responded Tuesday after getting numerous calls about stranded motorists near the Pascagoula River Bridge. When officers arrived, they discovered sheet metal screws scattered across Interstate 10 West. In total, 36 passenger cars and three semis each had multiple flat tires.

"Wrecker response time was upwards to three hours for [motorists] waiting on tow trucks due to the number of calls for service," the Mississippi Highway Patrol said in a statement.

"Troopers assisted [motorists] with changing flat tires and providing lane safety" for those who were stranded.

More: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/09/us/screws-mississippi-highway-flat-tires-trnd/index.html



Crews cleaned up the debris along I-10.