Here are two excellent "explainer" videos about what the Paris Climate Accord is, and the significance of the U.S. dropping out of the agreement. The first is by Hank Green, one of the vlogbrothers. If you are not familiar with their YouTube channel, I highly...
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Pope actually smiled during Trump visit
In the video coverage of Trump's visit with the Pope, the Pope rarely smiled and did not look engaged. Same goes for many of the photos published, like the one below. One blogger titled these portraits, Pope meets the Addams Family. Hilarious, but I wondered if this...
Trump touches orb with Saudi King & Egyptian President
This now famous image of Trump, King Salman of Saudi Arabia, and President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt touching some kind of glowing orb has generated a lot of buzz and memes. The truth turns out to be pretty straight-forward. The occasion was the opening of a new...
“Trump is a low-information voter who got elected president”
I was watching the May 12th edition of Real Time with Bill Maher, and Obama's former speech writer Jon Favreau was on and said this about Trump: Trump is a low-information voter who got elected president. ~ Jon Favreau, Former Barack Obama speechwriter Exactly right!...
U.S. has its own pre-existing conditions
According political cartoonist Mike Luckovich, here are the pre-existing conditions of the U.S. Ryan: Heartless — McConnell: Soulless — Trump: Mindless Source: 05/03 Mike Luckovich: Very sick. | Mike Luckovich