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‘There’s nothing interesting about me – and no interest in me’: how Larry David’s new biography nearly didn’t happen

Trump seems to have a severe case of CRS, Can’t Remember Stuff. It seems as though he is asked something substantive, he claims to know nothing about it.

Trump is right. The US has given $billions of aid to Ukraine and Ukraine did not give him the investigation of the Biden family.

Cartoonist: Mike Luckovich

Donald Trump celebrates live streaming an execution youtu.be/trUQiuOuKOA?...

John Kennedy is a literal Rhodes Scholar who then ran for office as a Republican & now talks like a man named Earl who steals chickens.

Let’s fantasize that Robert Kraft owned venue in 1939 where the Tommy Dorsey band was going to perform and Frank Sinatra, in an earlier performance had said on the stage “free the German Jews”. Do you think Robert Kraft would have demanded that Dorsey cut Sinatra from the upcoming performance?

Regarding the regulation of atomic energy, we have the domestic Atomic Energy Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency. We need similar regulatory agencies/commissions for AI. Fat chance with the current White House and Congress.

The Trump-Netanyahu war against Iran is metastasizing. When will the Pakistanis and Turks get involved now that the Saudis have been attacked? Doesn’t the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement call for this? They had to disturb the hornet’s nest, didn’t they?

Recently there have been a number of news articles about the danger of AI destroying humanity. What about the dangers of a demented person with the authority to start a nuclear war?

Trey Parker & Matt Stone announce that ‘SOUTH PARK’ will be renamed to ‘SOUTH AMERICA’. “Inspired by the bravery & patriotism of Apple & Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA. We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount -- a Skydance Capitulation.”

The enemy of my enemy is my friend? Why does MSNow have John Bolton on its shows as a guest to criticize Trump’s Iran war? Bolton was an ardent Iran hawk while he served in Trump 1.0.

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will prevent me from voting in person on Nov. 3 if the USPS fails to deliver to me my absentee ballot. And when I vote, I’ll remember the candidates who acquiesced to the efforts to prevent me from receiving an absentee ballot.

Why does the term gonif come to mind when I listen to Lutnick?

Two paths diverged in the woods and America took the psychopath.

If economic autarky is considered a punishment for Iran, why does the president think that it is a benefit to the US?

Either every single media organisation in the UK doesn't understand their audience or people are lying to pollsters. I genuinely can't make up my mind which it is.

Postal Service Publishes Finalized Plan to Restrict Mail Ballots www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u... Does this mean that the USPS won’t deliver a mail-in ballot to my house if the state in which I vote has not or will not comply with sending its voter rolls to the federal govt?

BBC World News Service tv is one of main sources of news. I’m disappointed that an extraordinary amount of time is being devoted to Harry and Meghan’s return to residency in the UK. I realize that BBC’s primary audience is the UK, but still.

www.nixonlibrary.gov/news/pomp-an... Remember the ridicule surrounding this? It was small potatoes compared to what is going on at the White House these days.

Just saw Gina Raimondo on Zakaria’s Sunday show. She’s a problem solver. I think she would be an excellent presidential candidate for the “sensible center”. Doubt she would advocate for eliminating ICE. But I bet she would be in favor of REFORMING ICE.

POTUS imposed tariffs on drones and components. Today, shares of domestic drone manufacturers that the Trump family has an interest in rallied. I guess it’s another example of grift while you have the opportunity.

It was Festivus tonight at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. There were a lot of grievances aired.

My wife thinks Jimmy Hoffa is buried under the Reflecting Pool!

I can’t believe Tom Tiffany bought advertising time on MSNow during the president’s babbling tonight. Keep throwing your money away, Tom. I question your intellect.

The more he babbles, the more US stock futures fall. Note, correlation is not causality, but …

Here’s how to lie with statistics. Nonfarm payrolls ARE the highest in history. So is the national debt. Without comparing each to some other measure, there is no meaningful relevance to these stats.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru... Is this an excuse to purge the US military of females?

I’m a regular listener to BBC radio. But I can’t conceive of how 1 program on Radio 4, “You and Yours”, persists. It hit a new low today in its inaneness with an extended discussion of FOUNTAIN PENS! Guests included merchants and collectors. People called in discussing their experiences. Holy sh*t!

A few words on the passing of South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham, who spent the last ten years of his life eagerly helping Donald Trump in his quest to destroy American democracy. youtu.be/z4HMequIiiY

Aren’t there any black singers in the Joint Armed Forces Band?

Netanyahu is getting the “Zelenskyy treatment” from the current administration. Netanyahu deserves it. Zelenskyy didn’t.

Prior to the Trump presidency, did we use the term “deals” when referring to agreements between or among nations?

Where is Steve Kornacki tonight on MS Now?

Anderson Cooper just said that Trump couldn’t polish the turd of the California primaries being rigged. He actually referenced one of my favorite expressions: you can’t polish a turd.

They “think” Mr. Cole fired a firearm once? I’m no ballistics expert, but I’ve stayed in a Holiday Express and I’ve watched enough police procedural shows to believe that the FBI could determine definitively as to whether Mr. Cole got off a shot.

Yet another weekend in which the World waits with bated breath. Will he or won’t he? He continues to dominate the global news.

I hope Peter Magyar’s election victory in Hungary means that Russian frozen funds can now be thawed to aid Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression.

I guess changing the name from Department of Defense to War was prescient.

I think the prime minister of Pakistan should be nominated for the Nobel Peace prize.

Did Trump say ANYTHING about Artemis II, a marvelous example of American ingenuity, today at his war news conference?

BBC World News and Sky News left the babbling of Dear US Leader long ago and is carrying Artemis II news.

US cable news is easily distracted and can’t seem to cover more than 1 or 2 stories a day. Today it’s all about Pam Bondi and Artemis II. Has the shooting stopped in Ukraine, Iran, Lebanon or Gaza? Have all of the Epstein files been released?

Is it Festivus? He’s airing grievances again.

Putin can’t believe his luck. His oil revenues are up, scarce anti-aerial weapons that might have gone to Ukraine are now in the Mideast and the NATO alliance is splitting more.

Just watched General James “Spider” Marks work the magic screen on Erin Burnett’s CNN show. The general was good!

@tamronhall.bsky.social If you are the Tamron Hall who used to be with a Chicago news tv station, you looked marvelous tonight hosting the Oscar’s Red Carpet. You interviewed me (an economist) years ago. I was impressed with your spirit and sense of humor.