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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Satire: Daft Punk Disses Colbert, Teaches America How to Fight Back NSA Big Brother

3 funny Colbert videos.
From Denny: Hey, America, take a page from Colbert's book of what to do when President Obama and Congress break their promises to you and cancel. Democracy got shipped overseas because of low wages and tax breaks, good jobs never to be seen again as Obama waved a tepid goodbye. Health insurance costs skyrocketed under the much touted savior ObamaCare without any regulations from the President to keep costs down low enough that minimum wage workers or the sinking middle class can afford it.

Is the New Police State in America getting you down? Tired of stop and frisk? Tired of anal police probes when stopped on the highway for possibly absolutely nothing but a pervvy desire to bully? Fed up with your DNA taken without a search warrant for a speeding ticket?

Disgusted with the pervvy NSA viewing all your texts, photographs and who knows what else when they get into your home computer? Follow Stephen Colbert's example and dance all over the faces of the folks that dissed you. After all, Colbert can't sue the summer megastars French electro-pop group, Daft Punk, that agreed to appear on Colbert for the Song of the Century performance and interview.

You see, Daft Punk was to "surprise" appear on the MTV Video Music Awards too, a conflict with The Colbert Report to which they made a previous commitment. Guess what; MTV owns Comedy Central and The Colbert Report. We all know what Colbert says to anyone who pulls rank on him, "You aren't the boss of me!" and said it to his MTV bosses. Can't sue when you are the injured party? What can a person do?...

Wizard Knows People 17" Laptop Sleeve

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Funny Fathers Day Story: Happy Fathers Day Everyone!

From Denny: Well, it's Father's Day and a hearty congrats to all the Dads and just regular non-Dads out there around the globe. There really are some cool men who are supportive of women every day in quiet ways and you deserve some serious kudos!

Funny Hello Meoow iPad Switch Case

Is your cat giving you "face" with this large meow and mugging you for treats?

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State of the Economy, Oprah, College Grads, 2012 Election, Cartoons

From Denny: Today President Obama's political team demanded $60 million from high roller campaign donors in Chicago, to be delivered before the end of June. Uh, there isn't even anyone to face yet in the Republican camp. A little over reaching, don't you think?

2012 Presidential Campaign

But hey, Mitt Romney jumped up and officially announced he is running for president. In case you have followed so many of his flip-flops of where he stands or doesn't stand - on just about any issue - he is running on the Republican side of the political aisle. Not to be confused with a guy not born in Kenya by the name of Obama. :)

GMail Hacked from China

More fun today for top government officials as hackers from China got into their gmail accounts. Oh, how thrilled was Google. You would think the American government would have the good sense to take excessive precautions for all government workers' emails, even the personal ones.

Come on; the Chinese so love espionage. They have been masters at it for thousands of years. Today, in this century, they are the world's most persistent hackers, always looking for a way into government computers so they can reverse engineer new technology.

I get phishing emails from them all the time and discard them. Lately, there are plenty of Arab world phishing schemes trying to hack my email. They get deleted and filtered out as well. Doesn't the government have good security ware on those gmail accounts as an added precaution?

For the most recent information on hacking and how to prevent it, check out this blog, Contagio.

American economy

The news is typical of a rocky economy. Unemployment is officially listed as around 9 percent but the new reality is it is around 16 percent. That's on the conservative side. The real numbers are so high no one wants to admit just how bad is bad in this economy. After all, who wants to get downgraded to junk bond status for a country?

The jobs growth is dismal. Home prices have plummeted. Pending home sales dove down last month, most likely because people can't get financing. Banks just are not in the loaning mood, preferring to fee to death their customers and use government monies to plunk down on their profit line each quarter. Sooner or later that strategy will no longer work. We may be coming to the end of that idea.

Mississippi River flood

Supposedly, the recession ended two years ago. Yet here we are still mired in an economy that just can't seem to stand up and dance. The latest after the BP Oil Spill still has the Gulf Coast reeling is now the flooding of the Mississippi River from the Midwest to the Deep South. Oh, sweet.

Around here in south Louisiana we have been holding our breath, watching the above flood stage of the River, wondering if the earthen levees will hold. The $2 billion River economy is shaky and holding too. Currently, the River is looking good since we are in a drought.

That drought is keeping the levees so dry they can afford to soak up some extra water without breaching. Who knew a drought could be a happy event? The water is not expected to go down until sometime in late July or August so I'll keep you posted.

Rising gas prices - again

The latest is that gas prices are going up again. When will President Obama get serious and rein in Big Oil? What is he doing giving 13 Gulf of Mexico oil leases to BP? Why does he not tie Big Oil into feeding the American market first and the leftover oil goes elsewhere? Those oil leases are public land. Should not the American public get the benefit first - and the best pricing?

Sliding wages, soaring prices killing the economic recovery

Currently, employers say they are not hiring because they fear higher taxes for next year. Congress playing games with getting the debt ceiling resolved isn't helping the perception of our economy by the business sector that worries about America's long term finances.

Stop all foreclosures for several years to help stabilize the economy

If Obama had an ounce of sense he would stop all foreclosures, on businesses as well as residential. Why? Because tossing people out into the street is not the answer. As it is most of those home mortgages are owned by the government.

When people are homeless it sends them cascading into a regular ugly travelogue of issues that takes years, sometimes decades from which to recover. They end up on food stamps and on long lists for government housing. Would it not be more cost effective to the government to keep them in their homes, restructuring their mortgages realistically in this depression economy - with an eye toward restructuring again when the economy recovers?

I'm amazed at the short-sightedness of banks and mortgage companies, a lack of willingness to work with the homeowner to keep them in their homes. The harsh reality is that our economy simply cannot absorb millions of foreclosed properties. The Baby Boomers are the largest group foreclosing, followed by the smaller group of Gen X'ers.

There is not the population level to purchase that many foreclosures and the inventory will stand for years, unattended and deteriorating. Then crime moves in to the neighborhood, depressing the values of all the surrounding homes.

Millions of foreclosures are not the answer in an economic depression. It just makes for a rockier economy as people are struggling to get back onto their feet financially. Keep them in their homes at a nominal amount to cover the taxes and interest rates and restructure the loans when their income recovers. It just makes good sense and helps to promote stability throughout the economy.

Escalating prices destroying the middle class stability

How long does President Obama think the middle class can sustain these constant price increases with sliding wages? Here in the Gulf Coast we have been trying to absorb escalating prices for over five years now since Hurricane Katrina.

This is getting old with no real leadership from Washington. I really expected better from my Democrats. Watching a greedy grasping $60 million demand of campaign donors by Team Obama is disgusting when money like that could be used throughout the country for more important issues. Apparently, I am not alone in my opinion that the country is not getting its needs met.

Check out the cartoonists' opinion:

Afghan War - so expensive it is a tremendous drag on our economy:

Oprah, the bright spot in our lives, leaves network TV, developing her OWN channel:

College Grads facing down tremendous college debt and only minimum wage jobs that cannot possibly pay off their debt:

When you find the economic news disappointing, then do like I do: Turn on the food channels - learn something new, cook up a storm - and forget-about-it until the next quarter. It's called "creative coping skills." :)

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Sunday, April 17, 2011

The Ridiculous: Funny Donald Trump Cartoons, Late Nite Jokes

From Denny: OK, with a show of hands, who really thinks Trump is serious about running for President? Yeah, I agree with you. He's a complete clown no one would take seriously - except for the Republicans. Can you believe Trump last week's poll says he is tied for first place for the GOP nomination? Just goes to show acting strange and exaggerated appeals to Republican voters who lost their minds long ago when they signed up on the Karl Rove-Bush's Brain Express.

The Donald Trump Exaggeration: his reality TV shows, the beauty queens, the weird hair and his gold-plated billionaire real estate empire.

It appears the Republicans are equally nonplussed as to the sudden show of The Donald for the nomination. Of course, ego-bloated windbags like Rush Limbaugh have to be jealous The Donald can suck more oxygen out of the room than they can so the sibling rivalry has started flinging from the playground:

"What is he doing? What is his objective? Could all this be some sort of sinister plot to split up the Republican vote? Some people think that he's actually running at the behest of Democrats."

In the end, Donald Trump is not running. Do you really think this overly private narcissistic and paranoid billionaire is going to open up his financial books to the public scrutiny? I doubt it.

This presidential run "noise" is more about publicity and running down Obama's image, trying to get traction for the Republicans. Of course, from the Republican strategists' point of view it helps to get really rich candidates to run for this office, especially when you have a really tough time raising big money. The hope is they will be as stupid as Meg Whitman and Carla Fiorina, spending millions of their own money on fruitless campaigns.

While reasonable people find The Donald ridiculous, one thing is for sure: the restlessness of the American voter. Absolutely no one is satisfied with what we are getting from both parties - or from Washington.

Expect to find lots of political surprises on both sides of the aisle come election day in 2012 as everyone will get turned out on their deaf ears. The real question is when the voters act will their new choices finally get the change and a better economy, putting America back to work, that everyone craves?

Donald Trump on Donald Trump:

On his failed marriages: "It's very difficult for a woman to be married to me because I work," he said in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network. "I work all the time."

On his relationship with various voting blocks - like they are "things" not people - I find his attitude disturbing. It's like he's announcing for a sports network: "I have a great relationship with the blacks," he said on Albany, N.Y., talk radio. "I've always had a great relationship with the blacks."

On his ideas about Muslims in America: Where else but an interview on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor," Bill O'Reilly asked Trump, "Is there a Muslim problem in the world?"

"Absolutely," Trump said. "I don't know the Swedish people knocking down the World Trade Center."

On President Obama's citizenship. "He hasn't proven, he hasn't shown his birth certificate, he shows a piece of paper that has nothing to do with a birth certificate," Trump said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.

To date President Obama has produced a certificate of live birth: go here. The silly issue has been discredited and discounted months ago except by the bizarro political fringe groups who fixate on things which won't change the course of history. They know it's so strange that the media will give them news coverage.

Late Night Comedians' Opinion of The Donald:

I've made a lot of jokes about Donald Trump running for president, but in all honesty, I'll be making a lot more. – David Letterman

Donald Trump said he can't make a final decision about whether he will run for president or not until this season of 'Celebrity Apprentice' is over. Which is maybe the best excuse from a guy who might run for the presidency ever — I am unable to decide on whether or not I will run for President until I decide whether Latoya Jackson or Jose Canseco will be my new Apprentice. – Jimmy Kimmel

Maybe he should ease into this — by running for a lower office first, like President of the Hair Club for Men. – Jimmy Kimmel

Trump said he can’t run because he has the #1 show on NBC. Which is kind of like having the nicest house in Haiti. – Jimmy Kimmel

If Donald Trump wins, my guess is America will look a lot like it did in 'Back to the Future 2,' when Biff was in charge. – Jimmy Kimmel

Trump is doing well in the polls. He's in second place among Republican voters. Among Tea Partiers, he's in first place. Although to be fair, in the Tea Party poll, Chuck Norris is in second place and third place is an AK-47. – Jimmy Kimmel

Donald Trump came in second place in a poll asking people who they want for president. I wouldn't get too excited. It was a poll of Democrats. – Craig Ferguson

Donald Trump is saying President Obama doesn’t have a birth certificate. Let’s just say he doesn’t. What are we going to do now? Make him go get one? – David Letterman

If Donald Trump loves America so much, why does he keep outsourcing the job of his wife? – Seth Meyers

Donald Trump announced he got his own segment every Monday morning on Fox News. Just what Fox News needs – another blonde airhead. – Bill Maher

Donald Trump showed his birth certificate to reporters. Who cares about his birth certificate? I want to know if that thing on his head has had its vaccinations. – Craig Ferguson

Donald Trump might be running for president and he just released his birth certificate. It lists his eyes as 'blue' and his hair as 'ridiculous.' – Conan O'Brien

Donald Trump called George W. Bush 'the worst president in the history of the United States.' Then he added, 'Until, of course, I'm elected.' – Conan O'Brien

Donald Trump came out as a birther, which is Republican for, 'I'm running for president.' – Lewis Black

Stupid presidents, smart presidents, white presidents, black presidents - doesn't work! What this country needs is a crazy Third World dictator. And Donald Trump has what it takes to be that. He's already got a plane with his name on it, solid gold buildings, a harem... – Lewis Black

A new poll shows that Donald Trump could beat President Obama in 2012. The poll was taken by Trump Polls International. – Conan O'Brien

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