Reality Gets A Shot In The Arm
Bobby Junior’s HHS is the administration’s latest big loser in court. Cameos by Wilco, Janis Joplin, and Bing Crosby. Continue reading Reality Gets A Shot In The Arm
Category: COVID-19
Still Yielding Sweetness
I’m still sold on the idea of a candy-pooping log at Christmas. Continue reading Still Yielding Sweetness
The Bullshit Party Rages On
The Republicans have turned not making sense into a new art form. Continue reading The Bullshit Party Rages On
The Grim Reaper’s Party Of Choice
The Republican Party has become a death cult. Continue reading The Grim Reaper’s Party Of Choice
Whose Economy Is It, Anyway?
The scoop on how to tell the Biden Economy from the Trump Economy: One licked the nattering nabobs of recessionary negativism with the softest landing in the world. The other one just bites. Continue reading Whose Economy Is It, Anyway?
Tariffs As Virus, Starring Wuhan Don & The Enablers
Culpability, coincidence, and context in the current madness. Continue reading Tariffs As Virus, Starring Wuhan Don & The Enablers
Yielding Sweetness Again
The log that poops candy is still an useful metaphor in 2024. Continue reading Yielding Sweetness Again
We Have A Misinformation Crisis
A society so full of misinformation is going to have a difficult time functioning. Continue reading We Have A Misinformation Crisis
The Deadly War On Science
The anti-science movement is stupid in some very terrible ways, for all of us. Continue reading The Deadly War On Science
Peeing In The Pool
Right-wing bullshit infects the entire society. Continue reading Peeing In The Pool
More Fakakta Nonsense From Bobby Junior
Meet Robert Fakakta Kennedy: America’s Crank. Continue reading More Fakakta Nonsense From Bobby Junior
Around The Horn: Climate, Fake Moderates, Gay Office Managers
A lot going on this week. Continue reading Around The Horn: Climate, Fake Moderates, Gay Office Managers
The Quiet Crisis: America’s Life Expectancy Decline
And no, it’s not all because of COVID. It started before the pandemic. Continue reading The Quiet Crisis: America’s Life Expectancy Decline
What Does Death Mean In America Anymore?
“Pro-Life” seems to really depend on the situation. Continue reading What Does Death Mean In America Anymore?
Does America Hate The Elderly?
At least some parts of America really seem to dislike the oldest among us. Continue reading Does America Hate The Elderly?
To Hell With Anti-Mask Shame
An experience during my bout with COVID really drove something home about the deep selfishness of anti-maskers. Continue reading To Hell With Anti-Mask Shame
Jab Talking: Booster Boosting Edition
Of COVID boosters, hurricanes, and Homan. Continue reading Jab Talking: Booster Boosting Edition
A Labor Day Resolution We Can All Get Behind
America’s workers have gone through a lot the last two-and-a-half years. Be nice to them. Continue reading A Labor Day Resolution We Can All Get Behind
The Jubilee Coup
Boris Johnson’s record is even worse than his hair. Hence the coup attempt. Continue reading The Jubilee Coup
The Heat Goes On
Of COVID, Johnny Depp, Rummy, the Trashanova, and cats. Continue reading The Heat Goes On
Black Coffee In Bed
“There’s a stain on my notebook where your coffee cup was.” Continue reading Black Coffee In Bed
You Can Go Home Again
Time and distance and Covid have changed how we all relate to each other. No, not with how we still kiss and hug when we see each other. Instead, we all chose to focus on the joy we had at all being together again instead of the long-running disagreements highly opinionated people will always have. Continue reading You Can Go Home Again
The Runaway Judge
Judging a Trump judge’s judgment in the mask mandate case. Continue reading The Runaway Judge
The Final Mile
Sometimes it happens that the little guys win. Amazon wanted to put a distribution center on a 2 lane country road and then have 87 delivery vans and 14 semi trucks go in and out on it. The neighbors put Amazon up a river. Continue reading The Final Mile
Toxic Levels of Masculinity
Toxic masculinity rears it’s head everywhere these days, from the stage of the Oscars to the misinformationcasts of conservative media to the planning rooms of the Kremlin. Continue reading Toxic Levels of Masculinity
Fawlty Tory
To Quote: “Boris Johnson’s buffoonery contrasts with the courageous leadership of President Zelensky. To compare a referendum to women and children fleeing Putin’s bombs is an insult to every Ukrainian. He is no Churchill: he is Basil Fawlty.”
Some thoughts on Boris Johnson, Basil Fawlty, and clowns running governments. Continue reading Fawlty Tory
Where Are You Now, Jonah Ryan?
You can tell a lot about people from looking at their priorities. Continue reading Where Are You Now, Jonah Ryan?
731 Odd Days
We’ve just passed the two year mark since the first national shelter in place order was issued. Time is right to play the blame game. All the usual subjects, plus one or two you might not have thought about. Continue reading 731 Odd Days
The Unbearable Whiteness Of Being: USA! USA! USA! Edition
I was really interested in the Canadian trucker protest, so when I read that there were American truckers who wanted to imitate it, I was initially worried because of how much Americans love their guns. There was talk of driving into Washington, DC on the day of the State of the Union speech and of driving by the White House to tell President Biden how they felt about mask and vaccine mandates. Washington, DC is shut down pretty securely for the SOTU speech, so the big rally on The Mall turned out about 2 dozen people, most of them there … Continue reading The Unbearable Whiteness Of Being: USA! USA! USA! Edition
What COVID Can Teach Us About Climate Change
We are nearing a million Americans who have lost their life to COVID. It’s one of the leading causes of death in the world, and the level of mortality caused by it is almost certainly undercounted. Despite this, there are still people like Possible Sociopath David Leonhardt who are trying to argue it’s all no big deal. To be fair, no idea if Leonhardt is a sociopath but some of his Tweets and writing are, well, coming off like he has minimal care for his fellow humans and just wants to be able to go to a restaurant without a … Continue reading What COVID Can Teach Us About Climate Change