President Lame Duck delivers the “most important speech” of his presidency, and predictably, it’s all lies and bullshit.

by Therese Odell, posted in Uncategorized

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Political Crap

December 14 can not arrive soon enough, kids.

Yesterday, from the White House President Chucklehead delivered a 46-minute speech on Facebook, which he called “the most important speech” of his Presidency. In reality, it was just 46 minutes of belly-aching, charts, and bullshittery. It was described by The Washington Post as an “attack on democracy,” “filled with lies” by The New York Times, and “detached from reality” by the Associated Press. I can not wait until this man can no longer use the iconography and symbolism of our country to prop up his nonsense.

You can watch it if you want to set 3/4 of an hour of your valuable time on fire, or you can watch Leslie Jones’ concise review:

Also fucking embarrassing: this woman who is The Girl You Wish You Hadn’t Started a Conversation With at a Party as played by Victoria Jackson instead of Cecily Strong. Melissa Carone appeared with Rudy Giuliani at Michigan’s voter fraud hearing and she was so unhinged, even Rudy tried to pull her back a bit:

And Carone wasn’t the only unhinged monster at the hearing:

Over in Wisconsin, the state Supreme Court declined to hear President Shitshow’s campaign’s challenge to their election results. ~womp womp~

And down in Georgia, Lin Wood and Sidney Powell, two of the lunatics trying to overturn the election, urged Republican voters to not participate in the Senate runoff election next month. I mean, listen, I’m going to enjoy the GOP devouring each other for as long as I can, but methinks on December 15, once the electoral college votes Biden officially as the 46th President of the United States, these looneys will disappear, and Democrats will have to actually fight in this race. (But for now, this insanity is pretty delicious.)

And if you’re looking for real voter fraud, look no further than this Florida lawyer who advocated that people move to Georgia for two months to vote in the Senate runoff, like he’s doing. This Mensa member is now being investigated.

Meanwhile, President Loyalty is reportedly considering firing Bill Barr for daring to say there was no voter fraud in the election.

Crazy times, man.

Black Lives Matter

ViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment Group is committing $250 million over the next three years to grow content from BIPOC and female creators.

And Rotten Tomatoes is changing how they rank their “Top Critics” to add diversity.

It was announced a few days ago that Entertainment Weekly‘s editor-in-chief had been fired but no reason was given. So I waited to post anything about it until it was cleared up: sexual harassment or racial discrimination? Because you know it was one or the other. And sure enough: racial discrimination.

Folake Olowofoyeku, the star of Bob ♥ Abishola says that agents urged her to change her name, which is the least surprising thing I’ve read all day. Hell, even her fictional TV name confuses my spellcheck every single time.

Filmmaker Steve McQueen very nearly boycotted the BBC for their whole N-word debacle.

Andy Samberg doesn’t have time for people who are whinging about the Academy’s new diversity requirements:

“The Oscars thing, people having issues with that, it’s insane,” Samberg said. “The parameters, if you look at them closely, you could have the whitest cast in the history of cinema and still very easily meet them by just doing a few roles behind the camera. People that have problems with it can f*ck off.”

The warmly reviewed Netflix Christmas movie Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey was born out of a need for representation.

Hasan Minhaj spoke some truth about Hollywood’s very low standards of attractiveness for White men, versus men of color. He’s looking at you, Dax Shepard.

Faizon Love is suing Universal for being excluded from the international film posters for Couples Retreat. The film came out 11 years ago.

CHET HAZE HAS TO STOP. TOM HANKS, COME GET YOUR IDIOT SON.

Going Viral

The number of Americans who died of COVID yesterday hit an all-time high. It’s either 2,885 or maybe 2,833, depending on where you look. But in reality, the number is probably higher. Whatever it was, the number was appallingly high–higher than the number of Americans who died on 9/11.

But that’s not going to slow us down! In Chicago, a 300-person party was broken up; in Manhattan, 400 people gathered together, and the fucking State Department is planning on holding a 900-person holiday party. We’re so fucked.

But hey! Vaccines, right? Except law enforcement agencies are already warning that the mafia plans to steal stashes and other criminal organizations are planning on making fake vaccines, so that’s something new to worry about.

Facebook is promising to pull down mis- and disinformation about the vaccine. We’ll see how that goes.

This is going to shock you, so brace yourselves, but businesses that rent space at properties owned by the Trump Organization and Kushner Companies received millions in PPP loans when thousands and thousands of other small businesses who weren’t connected were stiffed.

The Mayor of Los Angeles has ordered people to stay home — except he did so in the most confusing way possible.

Roger Goodell wants you to know that playing football is perfectly safe even though it absolutely not and all the positive cases bouncing around in the NFL would belie that. Meanwhile, now that they are out of the Bubble, 48 NBA players have tested positive ahead of the new season.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hill’s Kyle Richards, Kathy Hilton, and Dorit Kemsley have all tested positive for COVID-19. Production has been suspended.

A bunch of musicians has donated guitars and other instruments to be auctioned to help raise money for a charity that helps those in the touring industry.

Sundance 2021 will be virtual — but also in person, socially distanced. OK.

Four cases of COVID have been reported at the construction site of Netflix’s new headquarters.

Three production members on Netflix’s Family Reunion have tested positive, but filming was not suspended.

HUGE: Warner Brothers is planning on releasing all of their 2021 on HBO Max before moving into theaters a month later. This includes: The Little Things, Judas and the Black Messiah, Tom & Jerry, Godzilla vs. Kong, Mortal Kombat, Those Who Wish Me Dead, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, In The Heights, Space Jam: A New Legacy, The Suicide Squad, Reminiscence, Malignant, Dune, The Many Saints of Newark, King Richard, Cry Macho and Matrix 4.

All Other TV News

One of the best TV characters of 2020, Ted Lasso, was inspired by two of Robin Williams’ most memorable characters, according to Jason Sudeikis. (And while I could argue that Ted Lasso is reason enough to subscribe to Apple TV+, you might be overloaded with other streamers and unwilling to take on another. However, it’s definitely a reason to use a free sneak preview if one is available to you.)

More Undoing questions answered, this time by Lily Rabe. Spoilers, obviously.

And here’s a good piece on how The Undoing not only squandered an opportunity to discuss domestic abuse and violence in general, but actively made such violence sexy. I’m still pretty angry about this series, by the by.

Here’s some concept art for the dragons on House of the Dragon. Spoiler: they look like Game of Thrones dragons.

You can now have a watch party with friends on Hulu.

Quibi only lasted 8 months, but did you know there was a network that was alive for only a single month?

John Mulaney was investigated by the Secret Service after his SNL monologue in which he alluded to — but never mentioned by name — President Lump in comparison to Julius Caesar. He also is sorry he suggested that Joe Biden and President Covid were equivalent. Good.

Someone has been bitten by a big cat at Carole Baskin’s sanctuary. We’re never going to be done with these people, by the way.

OK, SO! The story is that The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills‘ Erika and Tom Girardi’s divorce might all just be a scam to protect financial assets. But for me, the REAL story is that Erika Jayne and I have something in common: we are both married to wh work on aviation cases. I mean, on opposite sides, BUT STILL. I HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH ERIKA JAYNE. We’re going to be best friends now.

For those of us who live in Houston and use AT&T as our cable provider, here’s why CBS has been blacked out for the last few days.

Two of my favorite movies — if not my actual two favorite movies — are The Godfather, Parts 1 and 2 (I actually think Part 2 is the better film), but let me just tell you what no one has asked for: The Godfather, Part 4. NO THANK YOU PLEASE. And I know this is a movie story, not a TV story, but my blog, do what I want, etc.

Renewals

  • Texas 6 has been renewed at CBS All Access for a second season.

Cancellations

  • DuckTales will end on DisneyXD after the third season.

In Development

Casting News

Mark Your Calendars

  • Call Me Kat will premiere on Fox on January 3.
  • The Masked Dancer will premiere on Fox on January 6.
  • Lupin will debut on Netflix on January 8.
  • Belle Collective will premiere on OWN on January 15.

R.I.P.

Hugh Keays-Byrne, Actor best known as Immortan Joe in Mad Max: Fury Road (and I didn’t realize he had played Toecutter in the original Mad Max film — cool)

Rafer Johnson, Olympian legend and the man who wrestled the gun our of Robert Kennedy’s assassin’s hand

Bruce Herschensohn, Radio and TV commentator and politico

WATCH THIS

Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special: I mean, come for the Mimi wackiness but stay for the song. You know which song.  Apple TV+

Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults: A look at this crazy-ass cult as told by former members and family members who lost loved ones. Premiere. HBO Max

The Hardy Boys: Detective teenagers! Series premiere. Hulu

Earth At Night in Color: Tom Hiddleston narrates this look at nocturnal animals. Series premiere. Apple TV+

Late Night:

  • Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Jason Bateman, Carrie Underwood
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Christopher Krebs, Aubrey Plaza
  • The Late Late Show with James Corden: Bryan Cranston, Rufus Wainwright
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live: Zendaya, Diego Luna, Paris Jackson
  • The Daily Show: The Daily Social Distancing Show
  • Watch What Happens Live: Madison LeCroy, Leva Bonaparte
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(new)		 Mom
(new)		 The Unicorn
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(new)		 World’s Funniest Animals
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NBC The Voice
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One thought on “President Lame Duck delivers the “most important speech” of his presidency, and predictably, it’s all lies and bullshit.”

  1. Many years ago, Queen Elizabeth declared 1992 to be “Annus Horribilus”.
    This raises two questions:
    1) What would she call 2020?
    2) Will she have a knighthood celebration and proclaim the Orange Man to be “Anus Horribilus”?

    Reply

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