Maybe he should cut the cord.........

 Donald Trump, man & boy, needs to stop rage watching.

In addition to filing frivolous lawsuits against the IRS, to distract from an info dump of the Epstein files the other day, President Onions is threatening one against comic Trevor Noah (ex-The Daily Show), who emceed the Grammys last night in Los Angeles. All because of one joke that encompassed Trump's obsession with Greenland and his alleged association with Epstein in one fell swoop.

Brian Tyler Cohen & Glenn Kirschner break it down on The Legal Breakdown.

Smart money says Dumb Donald won't go through with the suit this time, for the reasons Glenn points out. Still, it illustrates just how hypersensitive Trump is to criticism of any kind, thanks likely to his upbringing. Unfortunately, he can't shake this:

Maybe Melania should cut the cord, and replace the TV with an iPad, so Donnie can listen to his favorite tunes all day.......

Classic TV: The series premiere of Diff'rent Strokes (1978)

 You know the story. A widowed millionaire (Conrad Bain, fresh from Maude) adopts two African American boys, whose deceased mom worked for him.

Diff'rent Strokes spent 8 seasons total between NBC (1978-85) and ABC (1985-6), and, as with many of Norman Lear's series, dealt with real world issues such as racism and kidnapping over the course of the run.

Halfway through season 2, Charlotte Rae's character of housekeeper Edna Garrett was spun off into The Facts of Life, which bowed the following summer. Nedra Volz spent some time as Adelaide before leaving for a recurring role on The Dukes of Hazzard. Mary Jo Catlett took over the housekeeper's role for the rest of the run. Gary Coleman had been tried out in an attempt to revive Our Gang with an inner-city spin that didn't sell, but became an icon with this series, which led to one of his movies, "The Kid With The Broken Halo", spinning off a self-titled animated series in 1982 that lased just 1 season. Todd Bridges came over from Fish to be the big brother.

Following is the series opener, "Movin' In". The theme song was co-written & sung by Alan Thicke.

Rating: A.

Musical Interlude: Principal's Office (1989)

 "Principal's Office" was the follow-up to Young MC's breakthrough debut, "Bust a Move", off "Stone Cold Rhymin'". The video takes Young MC back to high school, and, as we've already seen, it became common for music videos to feature "high schoolers" dancing on campus to the beat......

Insight Sundays: Just Before Eve (1978)

 "Just Before Eve" is a 3-person teleplay set in the Garden of Eden before the creation of Eve. Yeah, they are stretching things a tad with God (Flip Wilson), Adam (Martin Sheen), & Eve (Darleen Carr, ex-Sugar Time!, Streets of San Francisco) in modern clothing, but, well, it is a family show.......

Insight Sundays returns March 1.

Video Valentine: The Things We Do For Love (1976)

 With Valentine's Day two weeks away, let's get the ball rolling with 10cc & "The Things We Do For Love":

Today in GOP stupidity

We've received reports of two incidents of local residents being detained by ICE without any real cause or warrants. One in Albany, one in Clifton Park. The recklessness of these masked agents amounts to legalized racial profiling. They're not following protocols or laws, just following orders not so much from embattled Homeland Insecurity secretary Kristi Gnoem, but from White House deputy chief of staff and head troll Stephen Miller, whose raging xenophobia fuels this.

Plain & simple, the masks have to come off. No more hiding. Accountability is required. Now.

Meanwhile, two journalists were arrested for simply covering anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis last week.

One, Georgia Fort, was arrested in Minneapolis. The other, ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon, was in Los Angeles covering the Grammy Awards, which take place Sunday, when he was picked up. The Department of Injustice, ignorant of the fact that the videos recorded by witnesses of the murders of Renee Good & Alex Pretti, as well as the protests at a Minneapolis church, bear far more weight than their attempts at rewriting history, have no basis for either arrest.

In Los Angeles, actress & activist Jane Fonda spoke out in support of Lemon.

Video from Forbes' YouTube channel:

Lemon has since been released, and will resume covering the Grammys. The charges against him and Fort will most certainly be dropped.

The solution is simple. Subpoena Miller, bring him into a Congressional hearing, and have him, under oath, explain himself. With the risk of perjury hanging over his head, he'd have no choice but to confess. We think.

Family Fridays: The Profit & The Lost (The Big Valley, 1968)

 From season 4 of The Big Valley:

Heath (Lee Majors) saves a gunman, only to learn that the man was sent to avenge a self-defense murder. Robert Loggia (ex-T. H. E. Cat) guest stars.

Very few episodes of this series are actually available for me to pull, since some YouTubers are keeping their copies confined to the site.

In 2 weeks: A Fantasy Fridays special.