SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2025
Telling this story is hard: At one point, the Harvard Law School graduate said it, though only perhaps in a dream:
I was never a D-minus student, but I play one on cable TV.
At one point, she may have said it. Last night, we were stunned by the manifest dumbness of the first twenty minutes of the Jesse Watters Primetime show. Then, this very morning, Fox & Friends Weekend offered a bit of self-revelation of an extraordinary sort.
As we told you long ago, it's all anthropology now. And as we've told you again and again, the major news orgs of Blue America refuse to report, discuss or critique the very strange behavior which occurs on Fox News Channel programs.
Also this:
Even after he demolished one part of the White House, those heralded news orgs refused to ask this obvious question:
Is something wrong with this man? Why does he do these things?
If something is wrong with the person in question, that is, of course, a personal tragedy—a loss of human capability. And the evidence suggests that there isn't quite as much of that capability floating around as a person might once have thought.
We're going to stop to ponder now. Telling this story is very hard. Come Monday, where should we start?
ReplyDeleteAsking "Is something wrong with this man?" is the easiest thing on Earth to do. You pharisees love doing it.
Instead, why wouldn't you, Bob, ask, at least occasionally: "is something wrong with me?"
Nah, never mind, too unlikely. Carry on, and we'll see what happens.
"You pharisees".
DeleteThat would put either you or Trump in the role of Jesus, trumptard. Which is it?
I’m Pontius Pilate.
DeleteBob just discovered that TV provides low IQ entertainment. The rest of us made this discovery 75 years ago and called it an “Idiot Box.”
ReplyDelete“”idiot box" is a slang term for a television set, used to suggest that television is a mindless and passive form of entertainment. The term originated in the mid-20th century…”
Nope. Wrong again.
DeleteBob's complaint today is not about the quality of TV entertainment, but about the quality of TV news reporting/analysis. Two very distinct items.
The smartest Congresswoman of all time.
ReplyDeletehttps://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/nancy-pelosi-made-130-million-in-stock-profits-in-her-37-years-in-congress-a-profit-of-16930/
Nancy Pelosi has a husband who also contributes to their joint income. It takes money to run for office in CA, so she most likely came from a family with wealth before entering politics. The Republican implication (without looking any of her background up) is that she engaged in insider trading, but that is a crime that could and would have been investigated if she were as criminal as Trump or any of his cronies. Her enemies would have prosecuted her if she were doing anything illegal during her tenure as a powerful Democrat.
DeleteDems keep trying to pass legislation banning stock trading for Congress (with over 70% support from the public), but outside a small handful, Republicans keep blocking it.
DeleteThe Dow Jones Industrial Average has grown 23x in the years that Pelosi held office. It doesn't take any particular smarts or insider information to invest and hold.
DeleteQuaker -- Thanks for pointing out the DJ growth of 23 times. According to the article, Pelosi's stocks grew 169 times.
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DeleteQuaker in a Basement at 1:19 PM wins "the most idiotic Soros-monkey comment of the week" competition.
Nancy Pelosi’s father, Thomas D’Alessandro Jr, was a congressman from Maryland and then the mayor of Baltimore. Later still, he served on the Federal Renegotiation Board.
Delete"According to the article, Pelosi's stocks grew 169 times."
DeleteAssuming quarterly compounding and re-investing, Pelosi would have had to average just over a 14% annual return to turn the $785k into $133.7 million in 37 years.
The S&P 500's average annual return over the last 50 years is 10.5%. So with her husband the venture capitalist running her portfolio, how unreasonable is the 14%?
"According to the article, Pelosi's stocks grew 169 times."
DeleteWhat Hector said. Also, the Post acts as if all of the growth in Pelosi's portfolio came from investment returns. Over the course of 37 years, that is an unlikely assumption. It is more likely that she and her husband made additions to their invested capital.
Sez me.
DeleteAlso, the Post's reporter only tells half the story about the $NANC ETF fund--or maybe less than half.
DeleteThe fund doesn't track Pelosi's trades alone. It tracks all trades made by congressional Democrats.
The Post also neglects to mention that there's a companion fund, $GOP that tracks stock trades made by Republicans.
https://www.morningstar.com/funds/2-etfs-that-track-congressional-stock-trades
Trump crime family literally pardoning criminals for stuffing billions in their pockets and you fucking idiots are bitching about a women doing well with investments who is out of government in 13 months. Got it. How's those 12 steps to fascism going you clueless fucking buffoons doing the hard work to make sure billionaires don't pay taxes and rape children without jail time.?
Delete"the major news orgs of Blue America refuse to report, discuss or critique the very strange behavior which occurs on Fox News Channel programs. "
ReplyDeleteThat isn't their job.
Even worse, there is an entire industry that does call out the loony shenanigans of operations like Fox News, and they have a greater audience than the fading "Blue America" corporate media - which is notably right wing (neoliberal), making Bob's misnomer an embarrassment.
DeleteBob is not ignorant of this circumstance, so him willfully clinging to that bit of misinformation, demonstrates that his agenda is different than the one that he puts forth.
BROADVIEW – Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be “no more prayer” in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.
ReplyDeleteA federal representative delivered the news to a huddle of faith leaders and activists standing outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility Friday, speaking after faith leaders were denied entry to the building for the third time Friday.
Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills, whose department helped facilitate the phone call, said that he was “trying to figure out” in discussions with Mayor Katrina Thompson and an attorney if a federal agency could legally ban religious gatherings on land owned by the village. Religious groups previously have been allowed to practice outside the facility, he said.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/feds-tell-faith-leaders-no-more-prayer-outside-broadview-facility/
Thanks for the link, Quaker. The federal authorities are objecting more to the location, than the prayer itself. I assume that they believe that the these prayer groups are interfering with ICE's work. I have little doubt that this is the intention of the demonstrators.
DeleteBTW there are pro-choice precedents that could affect this case. E.g., see Pro-life activist jailed for praying silently outside Michigan abortion clinic appeals to Supreme Court
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pro-life-activist-jailed-for-praying-silently-outside-michigan-abortion-clinic-appeals-to-supreme-court/ar-AA1JJiY5
Supreme Court turns back challenges to laws keeping abortion opponents away from clinics, patients
https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/post/supreme-court-turns-back-challenges-to-laws-keeping-abortion-opponents-away-from-clinics-patients/
Delete"faith leaders and activists standing outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility"
What is stupider:
-- the struggle for women trapped in men's bodies being able to use women's bathrooms
OR
-- the struggle for letting foreigners to come into the country without visas, and stay indefinitely?
Oh, never mind. More, more exciting crusades, idiot-Democrats, please!
You a fucking idjit still Mao.
DeleteIt’s too easy to signal one’s virtue with ordinary good deeds, like donating food or contributing to a hospital. Anyone can do that.
DeleteTo get big-time Virtue Signaling points, one must do something difficult, like putting rapists in women’s prisons or preventing murderers from being deported.
Praying to God for something is the ultimate in virtue-signaling.
DeleteGod already gave us free will.
6:04 That is certainly a mouthful coming from a fucking Trump supporter.
DeleteDavid: The religious groups are not praying on federal property. The groups are exercising their rights as US citizens.
DeleteSo you support any child rapist in the Epstein files going to jail, right fascist fuck face David?
DeleteDavid, since Ice is shooting bullets and chemicals (banned by the Geneva convention) at US citizens don't we have a duty to defend ourselves from an out of control tyrannical government? Ain't that what the 2nd Amendment is all about you fascist ghoul?
DeleteDavid: Your anti-abortion activist wasn't arrested for "praying outside an abortion clinic." He was arrested and sentenced for "trespassing, obstructing/resisting a police officer and disorderly conduct."
Deletehttps://www.theoaklandpress.com/2023/03/31/pro-lifers-jailed-for-misdemeanors-at-southfield-abortion-clinic/.
@10:15, you're wrong about the Geneva Convention
Delete"Tear gas is not banned by the Geneva Convention for use in domestic law enforcement, but its use in warfare is prohibited under international treaties like the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Geneva Protocol. "
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=tear+gas+banned+by+geneva+convention&atb=v426-1&ia=web
Tuesday was a big embarrassment for Somerby, it nullified the agenda he tries to push here.
ReplyDeleteIt has been entertaining observing how Somerby has been twisting around trying to find the right way to save face this week.
Please give an example.
DeleteI make assertions. I don’t give examples.
DeleteFair enough.
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