Tom Homan, Donald Trump's hand picked "border czar", just made a critical mistake.
This clueless jackass went on CNN & Fox No News, whining about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) hosting a webinar in which she schooled migrants on their Constitutional rights.
Farron Cousins breaks it down.
Let me ask you something, Homan. Do you like playing dumb? Or were you just born that way? What you have basically told the world is that you think migrants don't deserve to have Constitutional rights, from which, oh by the way, the Miranda Rights the Police read off, are derived, in case you didn't know. You're inviting trouble by picking a fight with AOC, and you should've asked Empty-G, Lauren Balloon, Timex Cruz, and other Republicans who've made that same mistake what happens. AOC has already mocked Homan on social media, so, there's that.
Homan gets both the Dunce Cap and the Weasel ears this week, plus this warning that he ignored:
Tobacco giants Brown & Williamson and rival American Tobacco sponsored radio shows with 2 of the biggest names in comedy back in the 40's. Jack Benny was associated with Lucky Strike. Red Skelton had two stints with Raleigh. B & W would eventually acquire Lucky Strike in the 70's.
Skelton's association with Raleigh began in 1941, and ended the first time when Skelton served in World War II. When Skelton was discharged in 1945, he relaunched The Raleigh Cigarette Program for another three years before Brown & Williamson pulled out, to be replaced by Procter & Gamble's Tide detergent.
Tide, however, backed out after a year, replaced by Norge appliances until the radio series ended in 1953, at which time Skelton was already on TV.
The radio cast during the first run included Ozzie & Harriet Nelson, who'd later spin off to their own show, both on radio & television. Composer David Rose replaced Ozzie Nelson as Skelton's bandleader when the series returned in 1945, and would remain with Skelton to the end of the TV run in 1971. Radio vet Lurene Tuttle was part of the repertory company, along with comic Wonderful Smith and voice actress GeGe Pearson.
DeadEye, not yet a sheriff, is the focus of this 1948 entry.
As you can hear, announcer Rod O'Connor took part in some of the skits, too, and was a great foil for Skelton.
In the 70's, Kraft was trying to compete with everyone else on almost everything.
Take, for example, Koogle peanut butter spread. With Koogle, Kraft was trying to make inroads with the big 2 peanut butter brands of the day, Jif (then a Procter & Gamble product) and Skippy.
Actress-singer Alice Playten plays the parent in this spot. Banana flavored peanut butter?
Unfortunately, Koogle was gone at the end of the decade.
Today, Tom & John Keane are songwriters and composers. In the summer of 1977, the sons of a record producer had their own summer replacement series on CBS, which lasted a month. The Keane Brothers Show would have one big name guest star, such as, in the opener, Burt Reynolds, but, airing on Fridays, didn't draw much of an audience.
Let's take a look at said opener. Closing credits were edited off.
I never saw the show, as I was with a youth ministry at the time. No rating.
In 1974, Jim Henson was commissioned by ABC to produce a pilot featuring The Muppets, as ABC was looking at a possible primetime series.
As we all know, The Muppet Show arrived 2 1/2 years later in syndication for a 5 year run. Part of the reason for that was because ABC didn't seem pleased with the first pilot, "The Muppets' Valentine's Day Special", which aired two weeks before Valentine's Day, with Mia Farrow (ex-Peyton Place) in a rare return to network TV. The only familiar faces here are Kermit, Bert & Ernie (crossing over from Sesame Street, like Kermit), and a prototype for Gonzo, only shaped like an aardvark here. I think that mad bomber character made it to The Muppet Show, too, but I don't recall.
Mia performs two musical numbers, including "Those Endearing Young Charms".
A 2nd pilot was shot and aired in 1975, but we already know the rest of the story. ABC wouldn't give the Muppets a primetime berth until Muppets Tonight, more than 20 years later.
Phil Collins covered the Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love" for his 1982 album, "Hello, I Must Be Going!", said title taken from a line attributed to comedy legend Groucho Marx.
Collins lets his ham out as he has multiple images of himself in this clip, something he'd done with 1980's "I Missed Again", and would revisit one final time with "Two Hearts", off the "Buster" soundtrack, a few years after this video.
Mr. Bailey is the attorney general of Missouri, a Republican, and another one too far lost in the past to understand today's hiring practices.
Bailey has filed a lawsuit against Starbucks. I'll turn it over to Farron Cousins before I continue.
Let me offer an example of how Bailey can be so, so wrong.
Until it was closed for remodeling this week, the Dunkin' at Congress & 3rd streets in the hometown had a small workforce, equal amounts of white and African-American, and mostly women. There are at least 1-2 male employees. Dunkin', in particular, has been suffering from a lack of available workers during the morning rush most days, maxing out at 4 people in the eatery, which gets most of its business through drive-thru service. Unfortunately, the drive-thru lines also cause delays for customers inside the store itself, and there's just not enough help to handle the potential overflow. Bailey is playing the race card at Starbucks to get attention. What it gets him is a set of Weasel ears for being so ignorant and self-serving.