Category: current events
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glow
I know our problems down here on earth are so very huge that it seems nobody has the enthusiasm left over to care about what’s going on it orbit or on the moon or even on Mars, but take a gander for just a moment, won’t you, at this awesome freaking photograph. (If you click… Read.
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blocked
Well, I’m stuck. I have no idea what to write about. Whenever I try to think of a subject worth writing about, Michelle Bachmann pops into my head. Talk about writer’s block. It doesn’t get any more blocked than that. I had the same thing when Donald Trump was running for president. Whenever I tried… Read.
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bang
We finally have a law allowing everyone in Wisconsin to stuff handguns down their pants if they want to. This is so very important that the fine people of our state legislature passed this law before they passed a budget. And of course the law comes with the usual restrictions: You can’t take a gun… Read.
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ouch
This literally makes my head hurt: Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, listening to testimony regarding man-made climate change, asked a witness if any thought were being given “to subsidizing the clearing of rain forests in order for some countries to eliminate that production of greenhouse gases?” Ouch. Really? Ouch. Yes, really. Ouch. Leaving aside the question of… Read.
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twilight
I just heard a right-winger and a left-winger on a morning talk show debating the latest political circus acts here in the great state of Wisconsin, the most recent being the enactment of a law requiring citizens to present two forms of photo identification in order to vote, but touching on other topics such as… Read.
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consider
Nathan Bootz, Superintendent of Ithaca Public Schools, in an open letter to Michigan Governor Rick Snyder in the Gratiot County Herald Consider the life of a Michigan prisoner. They get three square meals a day. Access to free health care. Internet. Cable television. Access to a library. A weight room. Computer lab. They can earn… Read.
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baby!
Jumping on the internet bandwagon, here are the few thoughts that buzzed through my brain cell at the sight of TSA goons frisking an eight-month-old baby: Ah. Well. They’re doing that to be fair. Yeah! That’s the ticket! They grope everybody else, so it’s only fair that they give the baby a patdown, too. Babies… Read.
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Surprise!
I turned on the radio this morning and guess what? Osama bin Laden’s been killed! When did that happen? How did I miss that? I must’ve been in a coma! Or maybe it’s because I’m living under a rock! Wow! I sure hope I can catch the news at the top of the hour so… Read.
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Being bin Laden
Bin laden bin laden bin laden. Bin laden bin laden. Osama bin Laden. Bin laden bin laden osama bin laden. “Osama bin laden bin laden osama bin laden,” osama bin laden bin laden bin laden. Osama bin laden bin laden osama osama bin laden bin laden. Bin laden bin laden osama bin laden. Osama. Osama… Read.
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Royally
I understand somebody in the royal family of Britain is getting married. I had this admittedly vague bit of information stashed away in the back of my brain cell, ready to whip out in case I heard somebody talking about it, but nobody did, so I pretty much forgot about it until this week. This… Read.
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