The Friday Link for 9/6/24

Hi all! 

This week I start with something completely political, and if you are a Trump fan, you might want to skip the video.

First this caveat, the New York Times is garbage.  We canceled our weekly subscription a few months back after it was clear they had a much harsher and more critical filter when they looked at President Joe Biden, versus Trump.  Most of the major news media has always treated Trump with kid gloves, and this election cycle they seem determined to put their fingers on the scale to help him out.  A much better synopsis of this flawed national news media can be read in the Guardian with a SPOT ON piece from Rebecca Solnit (The mainstream press is failing America – and people are understandably upset).

That being said, this piece from the New York Times is not so much flawed news coverage, but rather a piece about Allan Lichtman, a historian from American University who has a pretty successful formula for picking the winner of Presidential elections. He looks at the upcoming election and filters the candidates through his formula, and BINGO! He predicts...Harris! 

As positive as I think that outcome is, I will repeat what will be my mantra for the rest of the election cycle:  DONATE, VOLUNTEER, AND VOTE!!!

Okay, onto something else. 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' was a pretty funny show at times, and here are nearly 40 minutes of some pretty good laughs from the show.

The final thing tonight is a clip from Terminator which takes me back. This is from the 4K UHD HDR cut and frankly, this movie looks like it was released yesterday.  It's amazing how clean they can make images from (gulps loudly) 40 years ago look so clean.

It's the scene from the Tech Noir Club, but this scene is wonderfully shot.  It's also somewhat violent, so you've been warned! 

Have a great weekend everyone.  Please be careful in large crowds as COVID is back.  Please make sure you stay up to date on your vaccinations.