In the wake of his mishandling of public relations after the Orlando massacre, presidential candidate Donald Trump has finally started to slump in the polls, although he was still only 6 points behind Hillary Clinton. One reason Clinton isn’t pulling further away is because of her own negatives (which I’ve already discussed). However the reason … Continue reading It’s the Stupid Economy
The nice thing about being a genocidal dictator is that you can put economic pressure on other countries to accede to your destruction of an innocent country without thinking they can do the same to you, because, as a dictator, you don’t succumb to economic pressure because you don’t have to care about public opinion. … Continue reading Vkusno i Tochka. It’s Tasty. Period.
So we had what was supposed to be the third presidential debate and was actually the second because Viceroy Trump got himself coronavirus and wouldn’t agree to a virtual debate. This time, both he and challenger Joe Biden were tested on debate night and found negative, so the Commission on Presidential Debates decided to take … Continue reading Third Time’s The Charm. Except It’s The Second.
Time for lust, time for lie Time to kiss your life goodbye Send me money, send me green, heaven you will meet Make the contribution and you’ll get the better seat Bow to Leper Messiah -Metallica, Leper Messiah Before the first presidential debate of 2020, two days before Viceroy Donald Trump was announced as having … Continue reading Stupid and Contagious
“You know the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don’t alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit the views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.” -The Fourth Doctor In the wake of… all … Continue reading It’s Not The Heat, It’s The Stupidity
The big news for Thursday, July 30 – at least for one hour – was that Herman Cain, Republican activist, businessman and former presidential candidate, died today from coronavirus after attending resident rump’s campaign rally in Tulsa in June, in close quarters without a mask. This really isn’t something that deserves either sympathy or gloating. … Continue reading Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes
But the political bargain assumes that those with a monopoly on force are better than us. When it becomes clear that they are not, and that they will not follow the rules they enforce on the rest of us, people start to realize that there is no reason for the public to follow the rules … Continue reading I Predict A Riot
Lie- lie to my face Tell me it ain’t no thing, that’s what I wanna hear Take your lie to the grave That’s what an old friend told me, look what it did for him The truth hurts so bad, wouldn’t you say?So why tell it?If ignorance is bliss, then I’m in Heaven now -Queens … Continue reading Call it Not News
Feburary 7, 2023 President Joseph Robinette Biden Good Evening. My fellow Americans… I had this big, over an hour long speech set up to go, and then I realized it wasn’t gonna make any difference. The State of the Union speech doesn’t change anything, it doesn’t convince anybody who’s not already in the President’s party, … Continue reading What The State Of The Union Speech Should Have Been Like
“And so the first returns are in, and the Silly Party has taken Leicester! What do you think of that- Norman?” “Well, yes, the election went much as I predicted, except that the Silly Party won.” -“Election Night”, Monty Python’s Flying Circus So now, finally, the 2022 midterms are over. In the Georgia runoff, incumbent … Continue reading MAGAGA!!!
The problem with news coming so fast and furious (and with equally silly sequels) is that I really can’t keep up. On the other hand, waiting a little bit to comment means that one catches all the subsequent news that expands the context of the news event beyond the immediate hot take. For example, the … Continue reading Last Month Tonight
The Sunday before last, I got a rough experience in “the new normal.” I work evening shift (covering after-hours) for a call center, starting at 5:30 pm. I got in my car at 4:15 pm thinking I could get some fast food from a drive-thru, and then swing back home in time to finish my … Continue reading Back To Abnormal