UN audience literally bursts out laughing at Trump’s speech.

He had ’em in stitches with his jokes and wacky faces.

Once again he proves to be 100% correct. He’s been saying all along that the world is laughing at us.

Related:  What the world thinks of the USA, and specifically of Trump.

The Onion’s take: Everyone At U.N. Watching Trump Speak Can’t Believe They Used To Consider U.S. A Superpower

The incompetent youthful obsessions of geniuses:

Two small robots have begun hopping around the surface of asteroid Ryugu.

It’s a tricky process. Ryugu is tiny and has very little gravity, so the rovers there move around by hopping. When they land, some 15 minutes later, it is usually quite far from where they took off. On Saturday, Rover 1A returned an early picture of its new home world during one of its first hops.

This picture is indecipherable, but they are hoping for many more photos from the robots, as well as other forms of research. One goal of the project is to take surface samples and send them back to earth. I’m not talking about sending the analysis back to earth, but the actual, physical sample!

Ryugu comes very close to Earth – within a quarter of the distance to the moon at the closest point.

Two pictures of Zooey Deschanel

In one, she came ever so close to appearing in public without covering her breasts. In the other, she was briefly topless in Gigantic (2009). That was her only screen nudity.

Chloe Grace Moretz in a bikini with a low-cut bottom

I haven’t seen Lara Belmont in years, but her performance in The War Zone was the talk of the town back in the late 90s, as was the graphic nudity therein. That film was the directorial debut of actor Tim Roth, and the acting debut of Colin Farrell.

It remains the only film Roth has directed, despite positive reviews and a solid 7.4 at IMDb.

Ivana Spanovic is a world-class long jumper from Serbia. She also strikes a handsome figure.

Here’s a video of her in action.

Chanel Iman seductively removes her top in Dope (2015)

2018 College Football Rankings – Week 5

Nothing really worth mentioning. Everything proceeded according to expectations, possibly excepting the appearance of Duke in the Top 25.

Sagarin’s computer ratings present a somewhat different take on the matter. He ranks some two-loss teams pretty high based on the strength of their schedules.

(Texas A&M is ranked #12 by Sagarin, for example. They are not in the top 25 in the AP poll. The computer rating of the Aggies actually makes sense given that their two losses are to the top two teams in the country, and they came close to beating Clemson, although they were pummeled by Alabama. But then, who doesn’t get pummeled by Alabama? The Aggies lost by a “mere” 22. ‘Bama’s other opponents have lost by 37, 50 and 55.)

Will Joe Arpaio’s pardon be invalidated?

The legal debate hinges on whether the President has the power to override a contempt of court citation (as opposed to a jury decision).

There’s a reasonable case that such a pardon violates the constitutional separation of powers.

“PDP cites the Supreme Court opinion in the 1987 case Young v. U.S. ex rel. Vuitton et Fils S.A., which said the criminal contempt power is so central to the judicial branch, it may not be left to the mercy of the executive branch. The power to punish those who disobey judicial orders is essential to vindicate the authority of the courts, and should not be dependent on the legislative or executive branches.”

Maybe so, but the Constitution places only these limits on presidential pardons: (1) they are limited to offenses against the United States, so he may not pardon somebody for violating a state law; (2) they cannot be applied in impeachment proceedings.

In other words, both sides have a case to argue. I’m not sure how the hearing will go next week, but the Supremes will ultimately have to rule on it.