This week’s Friday Funnies: Daily Show 2012 classic on “right to work” in Michigan
For your viewing pleasure, Jon Stewart skewering Rick Snyder’s push for right-to-bust-unions “right to work” in Michigan in November, 2012. The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook
Friday funnies, 4-18: cartoonists on athletes and unionization
This week, as long as we’re on the topic of NCAA athletes possibly unionizing:
New history, CLASS feature: weekly Friday funnies
Time to inaugurate a new weekly feature at History, CLASS: the Friday funnies. Today, below the fold, Jon Stewart and cartoonist David Sipress. Enjoy, and enjoy the weekend.
Stay thirsty, my framers
Stanton Peele recently posted noting the prodigious consumption of alcohol at a farewell party for George Washington, near the tail end of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, 1787. Here’s a transcription of the bill for the evening, which is estimated at a 2011 equivalent of $15,400 for “55 gentleman,” thus $280 a head. And those […]
On Presidents Day, Celebrating… Hamilton?
Yep, internet discount site Groupon is festing its customers today by offering them deals to save $10 at local establishments. Them’s a lot of Hamiltons. Next year, maybe they’ll offer us President’s Day deals saving us 10 ten times as much on that other Founding Father non-president by letting us keep more of our Benjamins.