Sunday, May 1, 2022

Althouse

"Whoever thought we’d see the day in American politics when a senator could be openly bisexual but a closeted Republican?”
"The world is different than it was when I was a little kid. What I always thought was funny as a little kid isn’t necessarily the same as what’s funny now."
"This is the first time the president has attended this dinner in six years. It’s understandable. We had a horrible plague – followed by two years of Covid."
At the Sunrise Café...

"Whoever thought we’d see the day in American politics when a senator could be openly bisexual but a closeted Republican?”

Posted: 01 May 2022 05:43 AM PDT

Quipped Trevor Noah, about Kyrsten Sinema, at the White House Correspondents' dinner, quoted in "Trevor Noah roasts lawmakers on both sides of aisle in correspondents' dinner remarks" (The Hill).

"The world is different than it was when I was a little kid. What I always thought was funny as a little kid isn’t necessarily the same as what’s funny now."

Posted: 01 May 2022 05:35 AM PDT

"Things change and the times change so it's important for me to figure it out. I think it's a sad dog that can't learn any more. I don't want to be that sad dog and I have no intention of it."

Said Bill Murray, quoted in "Bill Murray admits behaviour on set towards a woman led to halt to film/Actor describes incident that took place during production of Being Mortal as a 'difference of opinion'" (Guardian).

"This is the first time the president has attended this dinner in six years. It’s understandable. We had a horrible plague – followed by two years of Covid."

Posted: 01 May 2022 06:18 AM PDT

Quipped President Biden at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, quoted in "A horrible plague, then Covid': Biden and correspondents joke in post-Trump return to normality/White House Correspondents' Association dinner is first attended by a sitting president in six years after Donald Trump's snubs, then pandemic" (Guardian).

Perhaps the biggest laugh came when Biden made light of the "Let's Go Brandon" slogan, which has become rightwing code for swearing at him. "Republicans seem to support one fella, some guy named Brandon. He's having a really good year and I'm kind of happy for him."

At the Sunrise Café...

Posted: 30 Apr 2022 06:29 PM PDT