Third Term or Third Reich?

Plus Jon and Stephen, our usual cartoons, Bruce back at the Stone Pony and McCartney spreads his Wings.

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Jon and Stephen last night:

Andrew Ross Sorkin at NY Times this morning:

After spending billions in the fight against climate change, Bill Gates has just announced a drastic “strategic pivot” on the issue. His latest vision may anger some climate activists….In a memo, titled “Three tough truths about climate,” published hours ago, the tech mogul and philanthropist did not mince words. The “doomsday view” that climate change will “lead to humanity’s demise” is a mistake, he wrote. Worse, he added:

“Unfortunately, the doomsday outlook is causing much of the climate community to focus too much on near-term emissions goals, and it’s diverting resources from the most effective things we should be doing to improve life in a warming world.”

Trump yesterday bragging about his latest dementia test, which he always claims is an IQ test: “I put the star in the star hole. A lot of people can’t do that. They try to put it in the hexagon hole. But I put it in the star hole, and it only took me three attempts. I’d like to see AOC do that.”

And from NYTimes: “Mr. Trump also reiterated that he was interested in serving a third term, saying that he ‘would love to do it’ because of his popularity with his supporters.”

Over at my “other” newsletter, various expert and often scary responses to Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear thriller (now on Netflix), “House of Dynamite.”

Meanwhile, he can still do complete games, even extra innings:

First trailer for next year’s doc about Paul McCartney’s life after The Beatles with Wings (not my thing, but here ya go):

Our friend Little Stevie Van Zandt hosted a benefit at the good old Stony Pony over the weekend and naturally The Boss showed for a few songs, including “Tenth Avenue Freezeout”:

And the great Darlene Love stopped by for the classic Tina Turner/Phil Spector (sometimes called “the greatest flop single ever”), “River Deep and Mountain High”:

From Tunes to Toons

Bramhall:

Clay Bennett:

Rob Rogers:

Steve Brodner:

Photo Finish

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