Have to give credit to Trump for doing what Obama wanted to do — meet with Kim without preconditions.
After all of the constant ripping into Obama by the fanatical right-wing for his so-called “apology tours,” there’s this. Even Kim seemed surprised by the gesture.
John Oliver’s show is reason enough to subscribe to HBO, which I don’t do, so I feel guilty watching his videos for free on YouTube. Having responsibly fulfilled the duties of Durable Power of Attorney for my father before he died, and since his passing being Trustee of the estate, this installment of “Last Week Tonight” is especially meaningful to me.
At the end you will see some well-aged celebrities, including 92-year-old Cloris Leachman. Here she is in her very first screen appearance, over 60 years ago. Four years ago I embedded this video of one of my all-time favorite movies, and I’m very surprised it’s still here.
Pompeo has that look everybody else in the White House has when Donald starts speaking. He has absolutely no idea what will be said, regardless of what he may have been told the stated position would be. Sometimes I wonder if Trump even knows at any given moment what his next utterance will be.
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about the need for the FBI to protect its informants. The FBI originally had an integrity problem under J. Edgar Hoover, who was a closeted gay man that favored blackmail as a pressure tactic. I used to think that the agency’s internal controls improved after Hoover died in 1972, but only a few years later the FBI recruited the Boston Irish gangster Whitey Bulger as an informant against the Italian mob.
Even after Bulger was on the run in 1995, the FBI continued to hide the fact he had been an informant, until the truth finally came out. Over a period of 15 years the FBI seemed incapable of capturing Bulger, and eventually the U.S. Marshals Service was brought into the manhunt. Bulger was caught nine months later.
King-Size Canary, an MGM cartoon directed by Fred “Tex” Avery, released December 6, 1947.
Uncle Tom’s Cabaña, An MGM Cartoon directed by Fred “Tex” Avery, released July 19, 1947. That was 80 years after the Civil War, and it’s been 70 years since then! Politically correct this cartoon is not. Little Eva, played by Red Hot Riding Hood, was animated by Preston Blair.
This post’s alternate title is, “Trump the Real Estate Mogul.” 😉
