The Best of 2019

Since this blog began in 2017, I have presented a blog topic on the best of the year with regard for the videos which really made an astute observation on anything of politics. (This is influenced by a period I had of reading year-end, best-of lists, particularly in entertainment, timed near the end of every December.)

When it comes to citing particular following videos, I tend to list just one from a given program.

Here are four short form videos (typically well under an hour), as well as a long form bonus video (an “Honorable Mention” with a running time well past one hour) which stood out in 2019:




1. “NYTimes Journo Melts Down On Joe Rogan’s Show” 
(The Jimmy Dore Show; 02.04.2019)
Jimmy Dore—and kudos as well to the term smugnorant by fellow comedian Paul Gilmartin—beautifully summed up the arrogance of “received opinion” New York Times columnist Bari Weiss. She embarrassed herself—and with no sense of shame—as a guest on Joe Rogan Experience when the two discussed 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. Weiss, who was challenged by Rogan, focused on smearing Hawaii U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, could not back up her claims because Weiss did not understand one specific term she used against Gabbard.

2. “High Powered Hollywood Agencies Push Tulsi Smear Campaign” 
(The Political Vigilante; 09.12.2019)
Graham Elwood lets us know, in part, why many of our most famous celebrities are empty. (Reason: They are connected with the Deep State.) Elwood reads Robbie Jaeger’s report (“Tulsi Gabbard Has Enemies In High Places”) on CAA and UTA celebrity clients and how CAA and UTA operate behind the scenes. It is fascinating. And revealing. It helps to get me to better understand why the performing arts—and who are our celebrities—are generally unimpressive.

3. “Saagar Enjeti: A Dire Warning for the American Right” 
(The Hill’s The Rising; 10.30.2019)
As co-host of The Hill’s The Rising, Saager Enjeti, who is a conservative, addresses and confronts the assumptions of self-identified conservatives and Republicans who assume—as if we are still living in the 1980s with then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan—that voters could and would never go for socialism (or anything remotely close).

4. “Mitch McConnell Played Democrats Like A Fiddle on Supreme Court Picks” 
(Secular Talk; 05.31.2019)
Kyle Kulinski published a terrific video that all Proud Democrats should have seen regarding what motivates U.S. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R–Kentucky). While self-identified Democrats—particularly those embracing of the corporate Democrats who like to talk about how the Old Classic Republican Party no longer exists (meaning, the Party of Abe, Teddy, and Ike)—they are delusional. And, from the Republican Party, and for their backers, McConnell delivers.

✩✩✩ HONORABLE MENTION ✩✩✩

“Joe Rogan Experience #1368—Edward Snowden”
(Joe Rogan Experience; 10.23.2019)
The above picks belong in a separate category—they are, in part, critiques. This one is an interview. And what an interview! Host Joe Rogan welcomed whistleblower Edward Snowden, timed with his book release Permanent Record, for a discussion on how the Deep State has violated our trust.

(Next blog topic will be published just as the clock strikes midnight, Eastern Time, on Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Yes, it is a holiday thread.)