Finnegans Ache

If you hated Bill Burr for going to Riyadh, you'll hate him even more after his latest remarks. I can't believe I used to like this guy. This asshole is now an unapologetically selfish blood money-taking fascist prick.

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Goddammit. Every major ideological or philosophical concern of our present horrifying age leads back to Karl Popper, doesn't it?

This is my roundabout way of suggesting that you read THE OPEN SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES very carefully. It's amazing to watch him hit Plato, Marx, and Hegel so hard.

How long will it take for them to open up a comedy club in Austin?

If Republicans don’t pass our bill to reopen the government and extend ACA tax credits, millions of families will see their health care costs soar.

Here's just one example of a MD couple who would see their costs nearly TRIPLE — a health catastrophe and another Trump betrayal:

First they came for the frogs
And I said nothing because I didn't have a frog costume
Then they came for the chickens
And I asked myself how many animal costumes I should buy at the Spirit Halloween Store to join the resistance

She called out world leaders for sitting by and watching a live-streamed genocide without taking action.

Cannibalism got Armie Hammer canceled. Now it's a flex?

California Passes Law Banning Loud Commercials On Streaming Services Starting July 1 of next year, Netflix and Co. will need to keep the audio levels consistent from movie and TV shows to advertisements.

An unexpected legislative remedy to the loudness wars? Cc: @ianshepherd.bsky.social

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86-year-old woman who lives near Portland ICE facility says she was pepper sprayed by feds Johanna King, 86, lives in senior housing near the ICE building. She said some family members were chiding federal officers, then all started coughing and choking.

Like this 84 year old woman?
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She's being doing this since summer. Doesn't mitigate her as a threat. MTG is interested in political longevity AFTER the GOP implodes.

This absolute failure to corroborate the answers would be an embarrassment and a fireable offense at any other news org. I guess Tapper knows where a few bodies are buried. Because this negligence is inexcusable.

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Federal agents shoot woman in Chicago neighborhood after allegedly being rammed, boxed in by cars, DHS says The woman, as well as a man whom authorities say was involved in the chaos, were facing charges Sunday morning.

ICE agents shot a U.S. citizen Saturday on Chicago’s South Side
They are creating chaos
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Whoa! The shutdown’s ripple effect starting to hit.

Burbank Airport in LA County has no air traffic controllers on duty due to sick calls, last-minute day-off requests, and staffing shortages.

If you’re flying anywhere in the country, check for delays.

Less than a year into the Trump admin and the National Governors Association, founded over 115 years ago, is on the brink of collapse.

Final three shows of Maron.

Today: Matt Groening (last guest in the garage)
Thursday: Just Marc
Next Monday: Final show, interview apparently already recorded. A "He."

My money is on Jon Stewart, recorded in person on the East Coast, as WTF's final guest, with the two burying the hatchet.

Marc Maron's podcast ends on October 13th. I'm wondering if Jon Stewart will be his last guest and the two will finally bury the hatchet. That would be a fitting end.

The funniest thing about this is how legit terrified ICE looks.

Federal agents fire tear gas, make multiple arrests during protest outside Portland ICE facility Hundreds of protesters marched to facility from nearby Elizabeth Carruthers Park in Southwest Portland.

Federal officers fired tear gas into a crowd of marchers minutes after they arrived outside Portlands ICE building this afternoon:

The Superintendent’s Bio Seemed Too Good to Be True. It Was.

This sucks. Seems like ICE got the right guy www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

How many great artists, intellectuals, and thinkers were lost to human history because they were absorbed into the Platonic ideal of a caste state? And how many will be lost to autocracy because kleptocrats without a shred of ratiocination in obeisance to a mango moron wish to persecute them?

Well, that's very kind of you. Thanks. The only light we had was the ugly fluorescent strips above it. So I'll chalk this up to pale skin and a bald head. 🤣🤣

ARE WE GOOD? is an exasperating but interesting doc on Marc Maron. He obviously has talent, but he's so insufferable that you root for the film crew to leave him in the middle of the desert. There is poignancy, however, with Lynn Shelton, the only person patient enough to love him. Recommended.

increasingly convinced preventing americans from getting their little packages is the thing that will take this government down

The vile clip in question. I would pay good money to watch this man beaten with baseball bats by those who survive this genocide. Who even THINKS this?

Van Jones Apologizes for ‘Hurtful’ On-Air Comment The CNN commentator is under fire for his remarks during an appearance on Bill Maher’s show.

No apology is enough for these repulsive comments about Gaza. Has Van Jones ever known a day without a hot meal? No. Imagine if this sophist motherfucker said "Dead Jew, dead Jew, Billie Holliday, dead Jew" in 1940. Cancel this sophist son of a bitch.

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I don't know why babies on subways take a shine to me, but I just spent three stops making faces and performing slapstick for an adorable smiling baby who couldn't get enough of me. I also received laughs from quite a number of adults.

After hitting a triple (CHALLENGERS) and a homerun (QUEER) last year, Luca Guadagnino strikes out with AFTER THE HUNT, a muddled and grating Bill Maheresque defense of privilege. The one-note performance by Julia Roberts as an insufferable professor doesn't help, but Michael Stuhlbarg is BRILLIANT.

YouTube video by Paramount Movies Nicolas Cage Gives Narcan (Full Scene) | Bringing out the Dead (1999) | Paramount Movies

The two most underrated Scorsese movies are AFTER HOURS and BRINGING OUT THE DEAD. Both should be ranked as high as TAXI DRIVER and GOODFELLAS, yet they aren't, despite great scenes like the below. (I may go through all of Scorsese again, given the upcoming MR. SCORSESE.)

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