“Sam Kinison Sings “Are You Lonesome Tonight” And Sits Down With Johnny – Carson Tonight Show
Original Airdate: 05/24/1989″
It’s curious that Sam was not an atheist…because his metamorphosis from pentecostal preacher to stand up comedian, feels totally in line with becoming an atheist.
It’s curious that Sam was a pentecostal preacher, who didn’t really stop believing…but expanded into more of a dual, seemingly contradictory person.
I remember quite well back then…People found it a head trip, that Sam had been a preacher…and pentecostal, at that…
…Even in the baptist church, we considered the pentecostals to be crazy extremists…That’s saying a lot.
“A pro-Trump social media influence named Brandon Straka is not happy that media outlets were able to get court records unsealed recently that show how Straka cooperated with investigators looking into the Capitol Riots. Straka received a reduced sentence earlier this year for the role he played in the riot, but his sentence was lightened because of how much information he gave about his friends. In other words, he ratted them out, and now he’s scared because that information is public. Farron Cousins explains what’s happening.
*This transcript was auto-generated. Please excuse any typos.
Towards the end of this past week, a pro Trump social media influencer, actually the guy that, uh, kind of founded the walk away movement, he’s a former liberal encourages other liberals go join the Republican party, man, by the name of Brandon strata, Mr. STR got angry because media outlets successfully filed motions with the court to unsealed documents related to his cooperation with federal investigators in connection to the capital riot. You see Mr. Strauka was at the Capitol during the riot. He’s been caught on video and he of course, was sentenced earlier this year to, uh, two months house arrest, three years probation, a relatively light sentence. And as we learned at the time of his sentencing, that was because Mr. Strata was cooperating so very well with federal investigators, given him names, identifying people that were there, basically, as some people would describe it, he became a rat trying to save himself and, uh, through a lot of other people under the bus, but those records were sealed.
So we didn’t know exactly what he said, who he was talking about because it was sealed. But like I said, the media outlets were able to get their hands on some of that information this week. And once they did, Mr. Strauka was noticeably upset. So he got on a, a getter and he posted this message. Uh, it was a lengthy message. This is just an excerpt. There is nothing wrong with talking to the DOJ and telling them your friends are innocent. I hope at some point people pull their heads and and be pull their heads out and begin focusing on the actual horror here that sealed court documents were leaked from within the DOJ to the liberal media, they weren’t leaked. They, they were released because the lawyers for the media outlets were apparently better than the lawyers you hired. So if you wanna be mad at somebody, you need to be mad at your own legal team for not being able to efficiently refute the request from these media outlets to the court, right?
That’s where your anger should be. These documents were not leaked at all. They were given to them. They were unsealed. Some of them, not all of them, but some of them. So his statement right here contains a massive factual error that of course paints the media outlets and the DOJ in a negative light, but it also contains another factual error. He says, as I mentioned, and I was just telling him my friends are innocent. Yeah. The documents tell a different story though, bud. So let me read this. This of course is from NBC news. according to prosecutor Strauka is really underselling the assistance he provided in their prosecution of the woman. He now calls a friend DOJ wrote in their own memo that Strauka gave federal investigate investigators,
Critical information in the case because he provided the government with voicemail messages that he received from, uh, Simone gold that were valuable in the government’s prosecution. Gold was sentenced to two months in prison in June. Strauka according to the government also provided quote beneficial information about a man who like him was also present outside the capital and was not previously identified by the FBI prior to Stocker’s identification. Strach provided the information on the man. He also, according to the documents, um, was, uh, uh, he named individuals. It doesn’t necessarily say what he told them, but the stop, the steel organizers, Ali Alexander, Amy Kremer, Kylie Kremer, and Cindy sheen. Those were also people that he talked about to the federal investigators. We may not know exactly what he told them about him, uh, them, excuse me, but, uh, Simone gold. Yeah. She’s she’s off to jail.
And according to the documents, it’s because of what you told them. And over here it says some of the information that Strauka provided to the FBI was derogatory in nature and could support criminal charges. So you’re telling all your little fans that, Hey, I was just telling ’em all my friends are innocent. And then the documents say, oh no, because of the information you gave us, people are going to jail. And you know what?”
“Here’s something to think about, Australians waste two billion dollars every year on often useless and sometimes fraudulent health care. Not you? Well how long since you visited a ‘traditional’ therapist, a naturopath for example, had them do tests on you, or sold you a vitamin formula? More and more Australians are going for alternative treatments, with women outnumbering men three to one. On Sunday night, we’ll bring you face to face with two of the top crooks taking people’s money in the name of natural medicine – one of them even had a patient die under his care. What’s truly disgusting is that these ‘low-lives’ keep getting away with it and, disgracefully, health funds even pay rebates on their services.”
I’m not especially negative on natural remedies and healthy living…In fact, I’m rather sympathetic to the concepts…
…In addition…normal, modern medical procedures are often quite extreme and barbaric in their own right…It’s completely understandable, why people don’t want to endure the current medical system…its surgeries and its drugs.
That being said…there’s a lot of people out there, who don’t know what they’re doing…yet they pass themselves off as “experts” of some kind…and they exploit money out of desperate people who don’t want to die…
…And following their fees, advice and oversight [sometimes dissuading pursuit of other options]…their “patients” still die.
I think they are criminally responsible…even if it is the patients right, to seek and choose their own path in confronting their illness.
I’m just unsure what, exactly, is the proper response to this issue.
“Buckingham Palace is full of ornate decor but its most useful treasure is its magnificently woven carpet. It’s perfect to sweep royal scandals under. The latest one involves serious allegations the Duchess of Sussex intimidated and belittled her staffers. When the claims were first reported, the palace announced it was conducting an enquiry, but now it’s said it won’t release the findings. That’s left many wondering what was uncovered. Could it be that the facts really reveal instead of being the bully, Meghan is actually the one who’s been bullied?”
This would hardly be the first time a snotty, self absorbed U.S. actor screwed things up for a lot of other people.
“Donald Trump believes he has the solution to homelessness, and it involves constructing massive tent camps on the outskirts of cities, then bringing in doctors, psychologists and other professionals to help the recently relocated unhoused individuals adapt to their new circumstances. The tents could all be constructed in a single day, Trump enthused. Yes, it’s a terrible idea on a number of levels, but at the very least Trump is talking about the homelessness problem – something Joe Biden and most Democrats are NOT doing.
Jimmy discusses the ways various communities, from Houston to Mississippi to the nation of Finland, have dealt successfully with this problem with a program called “Housing First.”
Just goes to show how fucked up the USA is…
…Gee…maybe they can find a whole bunch of Harry Potter tents for the homeless…
…”Magic can make life in a tent luxurious!”…Yeah…Sure…
Politicians refuse to do what needs to be done.
It’s insane that the silence of most politicians, is making the words of Trump seem progressive in comparison…They’re just gifting him this free and easy ride.
Despite everything going on right now…those assholes just might find a way to toss victory out of their own pocket, and hand a re-election to Trump.
Never underestimate the corrupt apathy and incompetence of the democrats.
01) Nichelle Nichols dead: Trailblazing Star Trek actor dies but her ‘light’ will shine on
“Star Trek icon Nichelle Nichols has died, her son has confirmed in a moving tribute on social media.
The actress played Lieutenant Nyota Uhura on Star Trek: The Original Series between 1966 and 1969.
Nichelle’s acting career was impressive, lasting more than 40 years. She is known for making incredible waves in Hollywood for the representation of woman of color on television.”
Nichelle Nichols, trailblazing ‘Star Trek’ actress, dies at 89:
“Star Trek has a long, rich history spanning movies and television shows. After all, it’s the original cinematic universe. But it can be very overwhelming, trying to start watching this 55 year franchise. So we’ve compiled a recap of all things Star Trek, leading up to the beginning of Picard Season 2.
0:00 Star Trek, Explained
1:00 Ancient AI, Eugenics Wars, and World War 3
2:54 Zephram Cochrane, Vulcans, and Utopia
4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise and the Birth of the Federation
5:35 Discovery and the Klingon War
7:18 The Original Series, Kirk, Spock, and Khan
8:52 The Next Generation: Data, Q, and the Borg
11:36 Deep Space Nine
14:25 Voyager and Seven of Nine
15:30 Mars Attack and Romulan Supernova
17:31 Picard Recap
Star Trek Picard is about to debut it’s second season, after a couple years’ worth of COVID delays. So, maybe you forgot a lot of what happened in season 1.
Or maybe you’re a Star Trek novice, and you’re not sure where to begin in this nearly 60 year old cinematic universe. Or maybe you’re just like me, you love Star Trek, and you think it’ll be fun to relive the history and then nitpick in the comments with quotes from memory alpha.
Star Trek takes place in a Utopia 3 to 4 hundred years in the future, when humanity has finally sorted itself out and we’re exploring space. It’s a series about exploration, discovery, and believing in the best of humanity. This recap will try to cover the basics of all the main shows, while focusing on what you’ll need to know for Picard season 2.
So, eons ago, before humanity existed, a very powerful race of artificial intelligent beings moved 8 suns near one another, and left a message at the center. The message is intended for other artificial life forms, and basically said:
Hello, we are other super intelligent life forms from the distant past. If you ever want to, like, kill organic life forms or stuff, you should summon us. That would be cool.”
Let’s fast forward to the 1990s, when the timeline splits off from our own timeline. Genetic manipulation created a race of super-beings called the Augments, who rose up to conquer huge chunks of earth, kicking off the eugenics wars. Millions of people died, and humanity entered a new Dark age as one of these Augments, Khan Noonian Singh, conquered over a fourth of the planet. But humans fought back, overthrew Khan, and he fled earth with a bunch of his fellow supermen.
After this, wealth inequality choked the government, and the US forced people into slums called Sanctuary districts. In 2024 a riot broke out in San Francisco, dozens of people were killed, and this made people start focusing on actually improving the world instead of sweeping their poor people under the rug.
But, a couple years later that didn’t matter much, because world war 3 kicked off and lasted nearly 30 years, reducing huge chunks of the planet to radioactive waste.
Afterwards America was fractured into smaller firms, led by tyrants like colonel green. And then in the post atomic horror that followed, many societies were reduced to barbaric tribes that held witch trials
But then, from a small refugee camp came a rock n roll loving scientist named Zephram Cochran who invented warp travel, which allows you to travel faster than light.
IN the year 2063 his first flight caught the attention of some aliens who were passing by. They were called Vulcans, and they are a race that has expelled all emotion and operates slowly on logic. Except for like, once every seven years during the pon farr and then they fuck like people.
Thousands of years before the Vulcans had a civil war, where they split off from another group who became the secretive, emotional Romulan empire.
But back on earth, things are great. First contact with an alien race unites humanity, and people finally put aside weath, money, racism, and influencers to build a perfect society. Cochrane becomes a hero, and he gives a speech that’s a mission statement for space expiration.
Over the next 90 years, the Vulcans are very slow to share their technology with earth, until we get our shit together. Finally–in the year 2151–we created our first deep space ship, the Enterprise–with a Vulcan advisor on board. And there is a weird sexually tense massage gel scene in the first episode.”
Our Love Frontier 