I am happy to announce that at 00:01 on Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 noted Racist Stephen King was defeated by Randy Feenstra in Iowa’s 4th Congressional District Republican Primary according to The New York Times.
Category: News
Jun 02 2020
Dailyish Last Nightly (New & Improved)
Now with double the columns, in half the space! Thanks for the tips EK. Instead, We Have Donald Trump Trump has RoboCop thinking about a career change James Smartwood’s White Guy Womb Killer Mike: Learn From Jane Elliot Experience The Upheaval Of The 1960’s All Over Again Trump’s Response to Floyd Protest: A Closer Look …
Jun 02 2020
Apostolic Succession
Who was the first Bishop of Rome? It’s generally accepted that it was the Apostle Peter, you are the Rock on which I will build my Church Thrice Denying Peter. You know, on what basis are you claiming to be a Christian if you don’t know the Grips and Words? Anyway in the Western (Roman) …
Jun 02 2020
Rot From The Top
Perhaps you have heard about the dismissal of Louisville Kentucky’s Police Chief Steve Conrad after the murder of David McAtee, a kindly Restauranteur who frequently comped Cops free meals. Well, it’s about as bad as you might think. Louisville Police Left the Body of David McAtee on the Street for 12 Hours by Aída Chávez, …
Jun 02 2020
Pondering the Pundits
Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news media and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …
Jun 02 2020
Thoughts on Policing
I worked for a time at the Research Company my Brother works for and a great deal of their work centers around Traffic Studies for State and National DOTs and the IIHS. How’s business? Not as bad as it might be. Many States have taken advantage of a moratorium from US DOT on submitting certain …
Jun 02 2020
Cartnoon
John Chapman was a real live jive guy and it’s true he was considered a bit eccentric if only because of his lifestyle and mode of dress, but if you’ve watched any of the Bushwacking shows a Pot is a handy thing to have and if you wear it on your head you have both …
Jun 01 2020
Voting by Mail
Last Week Tonight is late posting their video so I’m going with a secondary source that may or may not stay up.
May 31 2020
Ok, this is a Rant.
I can’t not include this part- Ian Bremmer mentions Greenwich (pronounced Gren-itch) Connecticut. It’s exactly like that in Stars Hollow too. The little town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve. All the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average. But it’s not Greenwich, they’re …
May 31 2020
Not the only epidemic.
Diabetes is a disease that was already at epidemic levels pre-Corona. I’ve known several people with very bad conditions and some were careful and some were not. It raises your likelihood of dying from Corona by like a thousand percent (20% of Diabetics admitted for Corona die vs. 2% of a more general population). There …
May 31 2020
No Sports?
Perhaps you’re curious about the Formula One eRacing. Well, nobody got suspended for deliberately driving into others, but a driver from Formula E (would that be eeRacing?) hired a Gamer Ringer as a substitute and got busted for it. Anyway, here’s eMonaco. They could do that every year and I’d be just as happy. I’m …