Month: May 2017

Athenae, Congress, Economy, Immoral Values2 Comments

I’m About to Be Uninsurable

Allison Hantschel

Kick has started to ask questions about books. We read a book about Ada Byron Lovelace and she asks WHY Ada loved numbers as a child, why she couldn’t walk. We read a book about a panda that refuses to give people donuts and she asks why he’s being so mean. She used to just sit and absorb everything I read to her. Now she follows the plot, notices if I skip pages (screw you, Wheedle on the Needle, you are twice as long as you need to be) and wants every word defined. The other night, we read Madeline. … Continue reading I’m About to Be Uninsurable

Adrastos, Americans Recaps, Fog Of History, Food and Drink, Television, Twitter

The Americans Thread: Tuan Gone

Peter Adrastos Athas

Family matters dominate the latest episode, IHOP. Philip is obliged to contemplate his real son as well as two fake sons. It’s hard being a spy sometimes. Even worse, Philip’s resolve continues to be shakier than a Jello salad at a Midwestern church supper.

Another main theme of the episode is how overextended the Jennings are between travel agenting, spying, and parenting. In the immortal words of Johnny Mercer: Something’s gotta give. Something’s gotta give. Something’s gotta give.

On that cheerful note, it’s time for our spoiler break. But first, one of the songs I’ve been substituting Tuan for gone in. It’s a weird hobby, but it’s mine all mine:

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Athenae, Stupid Republican Tricks5 Comments

They Just Wanna Say Fuck You

Allison Hantschel

Keep writing thinkpieces about the inner workings of Trump voters. This is what they’re all about:  The Trump administration is discontinuing a signature girls education initiative championed by former first lady Michelle Obama, according to officials. The “Let Girls Learn” program, which she and President Barack Obama started in 2015 to facilitate educational opportunities for adolescent girls in developing countries, will cease operation immediately, according to an internal document obtained by CNN. While aspects of the initiative’s programming will continue, employees have been told to stop using the “Let Girls Learn” name and were told that, as a program unto … Continue reading They Just Wanna Say Fuck You

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media

Sometimes It’s Impossibly Depressing

Allison Hantschel

That these people have jobs, and I’m including Mike “The Next Hurricane Will Give the GOP a Katrina Do-Over” Allen in “these people,” though to be honest the evidence he’s even a mammal is kind of sketch: President Trump got a 100-day gift on Sunday from the paper he had called “totally failing” at a rally the night before: The New York Times’ Sunday Review began a campaign to get readers to “Say Something Nice About Donald Trump,” and a cover story of the section respectfully channeled the Steve Bannon world view. What’s going on here: Neither of the pieces … Continue reading Sometimes It’s Impossibly Depressing

Adrastos, Malakatude, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media, Television

Quote Of The Day: Bill-O Flunks Out Of Old School Edition

Peter Adrastos Athas

Bill O’Reilly is off the air, finally fired after years of allegations of egregious malakatude. Literal malakatude in his case. The last wave of charges were too much for Bill-O’s advertisers to take. That’s right: capitalism, not morality got Bill-O shitcanned. Whatever works. Bill-O has been whining like a big baby. He’s using a podcast at his website as a mini-Factor. It’s more of a platform for whining about how the Media Matters Meanies and other evil lefties hounded him off Fox News. Apparently, it had nothing to do with his inability to keep either his zipper or lip zipped. #sarcasm. He … Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Bill-O Flunks Out Of Old School Edition