A CURIOUS MIX OF BRITISH FOLK MUSIC AND AMERICAN POLITICS
Eric Trump’s response was not exactly on-message with his father’s campaign. “His exact words were: ‘come on, man, don’t believe everything you read, we’re not going to do that’
He followed her eyes to the seat next to his, where he saw the famous man, unmistakable, wearing a blue sweater emblazoned with his family crest. “I’m like: are you kidding? Eric Trump?” [ . . . ]
Read Entire Story: Comedian Mo Amer sat next to Eric Trump on a flight: I said ‘I’m a Muslim’ | US news | The Guardian
When Network was released in November 40 years ago, the poster warned audiences to prepare themselves “for a perfectly outrageous motion picture”. The film was written by Paddy Chayevsky (Marty, The Hospital) and directed by Sidney Lumet (Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon), both of whom made their names in television in the 1950s, and both of whom believed that the industry, and the world, had been in decline ever since [ . . . ]
Source: BBC – Culture – The ‘outrageous’ 40-year-old film that predicted the future
While visiting Chicago recently, Scotsman Billy Connolly commented on Donald Trump (before the disastrous election results.)
“He wants to be the President, (the) place would be a toilet if he became President.”
Aye.
Senator Aodhán O’Riordáin, recorded on November 11, 2016.