Tag: politics

Kate McKinnon Opens ‘SNL’ As Hillary Clinton Singing “Hallelujah”

Kate McKinnon Opens ‘SNL’ As Hillary Clinton Singing “Hallelujah” :

It was somewhat a surreal moment.. when comedy stops and drama begins. It was also very melodramatic…

This entire week, a certain portion of the nation has felt like the world was ending.. like the end may have already actually happened on November 8 .. The other half is just keeping their heads down and waiting to see how their candidate will govern..

And the protests rage…
And now, SNL stops their comedy and treats the election more like 9/11 than 11/9..

It also shows that SNL’s political stance is solidly blue–we knew that–but that Lorne Micheals isn’t yet sure who will play Donald Trump on the progam. Alec Baldwin was famous for it over the past few weeks. So famous that even then NOT President-Elect Trump tweeted about him not being funny..

Not sure if the President-Elect will tweet about such mundane things now that he is receiving daily intelligence briefings… time will tell.

November 13, 2016
SNL jokes… 24/7 media coverage of the Trump ‘p&*sy’ comments…
SNL jokes… 24/7 media coverage of the Trump ‘p&*sy’ comments to cousin Bush.. and only a 1 point drop?

The POLITICO reports in more detail about the stunning non-effect of the seemingly obvious Trump-plosion:
- A 74-percent majority of all voters had a negative reaction to the video – including 47 percent who said their feelings were a zero (very negative). But there’s a partisan element to voters’ reactions to the video: 69 percent of Democratic voters said they had a very negative impression after watching it, but only 22 percent of Republicans gave it a zero rating. Ten percent of Republicans said the video gave them a positive feeling.
- An even sharper partisan dynamic exists when voters were asked whether the video gives them a more or less favorable impression of Trump. Among all voters, 61 percent say it makes them feel either somewhat or much less favorable toward Trump, while 28 percent say it doesn’t affect their view of Trump; 8 percent said it makes them feel more favorably toward Trump.
- But just 48 percent of GOP voters said it makes them feel less favorably toward Trump, while 36 percent said it doesn’t affect their opinions of Trump.
- Debate tonight.
The world has gone Shocktoberfest mad!

And for those who thought the NFL would be the ratings winner…..think again.
October 9, 2016
Art Bell commentary on 2005 Trump lewd comment tape

The legendary talk show host has taken to Facebook again to discuss his political thought concerning campaign 2016. Bell has made himself a lightning rod for criticism even from fans when he publicly came out in support for Donald Trump. Last night’s 2005 tape bombshell has not changed his mind..

From his Facebook post:

I see the gloves have come off in this crazy campaign. Yes what Trump said was bad but Men’s locker room talk is just that, it will not effect my vote.

Now we learn that Hillary said to Wall St that her Public and private positions are not the same, that you have to lie to be elected. She is for OPEN borders and trade. She supports the pipeline (in private)Wall St insiders are what is needed to fix Wall St! And so much more.

Later in the thread, Bell wrote,

I agree, this changes nothing for me, if you go back in any persons life and record private moments when they didn’t know a mic was hot you will get something like that from Decades ago

October 8, 2016
Did Bernie feel the Bern?

Some call me a conspiracy theorist. I am not. I am an analyst. I enjoy the collection of strange and curious theories … so often the truth penetrates.. but just as often the misfits amongst us get a bit too wild in their approach.

I will offer the next portion of this post and allow you to make your decision and rational conclusion accordingly..

The Republican and Democratic conventions have ended. People can have their TEE VEEs back again.. Children can watch in comfort knowing neither side will begin a hostile takeover of the summertime 10pm hour..

The conventions were weird, though, weren’t they?
Perhaps weirdest: Watching Bernie Sanders the entire four days of the Hillary Clinton coronation.. something seemed odd, didn’t it? The way he went from being all in to being all out? The way he blindsided his fans and most of them became detractors with his ‘endorsement’ of Hillary Clinton..

According to some — and here is the fun little conspiracy theory — Bernie Sanders was physically beaten during the convention ..

You read that right..

Here’s the theory: He loses the nomination and his secret service detail is retracted. No more high powered security. Just a normal Senator. He appears fine one day. The next, he has a large bloody gash on his face. The last day of the convention: he leaves the Democratic party and becomes an Independent again.

Mixed in that theory is some truth..
He did leave the Democrats.. but that is not too far reaching of an issue since he was not a Democratic before, and became one to run in the primary. He also did have secret service removed since he’s a has been of the presidential cycle. The gash on his face? There was one..

The beating?

That is the running theory among some Bernie Sanders fans.

A post on Hal Turner’s website details the supposed beating. And here is an actual Facebook posting to the Bernie Sanders page that details what someone says he heard concerning the gash:

Though some say conspiracy others will mock .. One comment on the conspiracy theory story I read offers up some non conspiracy. And then a new conspiracy:

If you look closely at the photo in the upper right hand corner it looks like there’s a dark mole there. Someone called Jane Sanders and asked about this and was told that the mole was looking suspicious for cancer so he went and had it removed. As for leaving the Democratic party- why in the world would he stay in a party that treated him like they did?

The truth!?

I bet it’s simple.. a dull razor. A dark room. A shaky Communist senior citizen.
Case closed?
Or …. a gash with a threat of cement shoes from goons…?

You be the judge.

July 30, 2016
Campaign 2016: From the desk of Art Bell

Though he is not on the air right now hosting MIDNIGHT IN THE DESERT, the talk show legend is active on Facebook.. A few posts recently have shown his allegiance to Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the campaign for president in 2016..

A few days ago, Bell used the Facebook platform to write two separate posts: One simply said “Clinton” and the other “Trump.” The outrage to BOTH was almost immediate.

The reaction caused Bell to write this on July 24, 2016:

Experiment concluded: as you can clearly see below I simply made two posts without comment, one called Trump and one called Clinton. The results confirmed what I expected. Mostly they were filled with hate directed at me with people thinking it meant I was in support of one or the other, further hate was directed at the Candidates and of course other people who posted. What do you think this means about us?

Art

As the DNC convention continues and Donald Trump’s fiery rhetoric does as well, Art Bell went further in some commentary tonight on the social network:

Does the Democrat party think Trump can turn back time like Direct TV? They keep saying he is calling for the Russians to hack the 30,000+ Emails that Hillary deleted, that Felony already left the station. Come on Media, get it right.

Art

Longtime listeners dating back to the Coast days will recall Art as a renegade libertarian, chain smoking antidisestablishmentarian.. hellbent on questioning the system and authority. He also was not a Clinton fan during the 90s.. the contempt seemingly has continued through this year’s election, with Bell taking a positive position on the Trump candidacy since early in 2015 when the billionaire announced he was running for the White House.

The interesting part of the post today came in the comments. Those following the Art Bell saga know he was sick as of late, with two hospital stays in Nevada. Bell said this in a comment to his own post tonight:

Well I had a very close call, very nearly had answers to the biggest questions I always asked on air. I am trying to get stronger but I had very serious pneumonia, could not get air, now trying to get stronger, it will not be fast

He was close to death… Those ‘big questions’ he always talked about on air? Death and what happens after.

The hope and prayer of fans is that he returns at least in part to the Heather Wade hosted Midnight in the Desert.

Especially during an election.
Especially THIS election.. at this time.

July 28, 2016
Trump social networking

Saw a very impressive DONALD TRUMP meme today on social media..

Trump as the Jack Nicholson version of the JOKER created by a genius only..

As things go, viral, no real credit is paid to jokes that seem to be a higher caliber.. this image is a prize.

We may have only paid attention to it for virtually little to no time online today. But enjoy it.. soak it up.. Print it out.

Love it, random ONLINE REDDIT or Tumblr or 4CHAN user..

March 30, 2016
THE FINCH THAT STOLE BERNIE

Earlier today I reported that Bernie Sanders had a symbolic event: A sparrow landed on his podium.

Perhaps that is wrong. It looks like, instead, it was a finch..

From a contributor on BEFORE IT’S NEWS:

When finches come into our awareness it is a sure sign of prosperous and joyous times ahead. Finches are an omen of high energy and bright days on the horizon. Natives held the finch as a symbol of upcoming celebration. Finches are song birds, and their music heralds the bounty of spring. When the finch sings to our awareness it is a beckoning to unleash our own song. If we’ve been concealing our brilliance from the world – the finch is a sign to start making our value more audible and available to others. Its bird meaning deals with sociability too, and if the finch comes into your life it may be a signal to get more involved with social activities.

The birds feel the Bern..

March 27, 2016
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Jimmy Kimmel’s debate coverage..

October 15, 2015
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Stephen Colbert lampoons the Democratic debate..

October 15, 2015
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Seth Meyers with CNN debate lampooning.

October 15, 2015