“Legitimate Political Discourse””…???
While I get people supporting conservative policies and limited government, I find it increasingly hard to understand how anyone supports the Republican Party.
In a resolution formally censuring GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the Republican National Committee on Friday described the events surrounding the January 6, 2021 insurrection -- which have been at the center of a House probe -- as "legitimate political discourse."
The RNC tried to parse the language after the fact, but their resolution said the two lawmakers were "participating in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse" from their perches on the House select committee.
Sickening that they can characterize January 6 as legitimate political discourse. If they really condemn the violence of that day they’d want an investigation to dig into it more.
Just call the RNC the Trump Party and be done with it.
Get it right
It amazes me how frequently I still see people wearing a mask with their nose hanging out. The masks are not fun and not perfect protection but they help slow the spread somewhat, and work with other preventive measures to provide layers of protection.
And we’ve been doing this a while.
I almost understand more the people who refuse masks altogether. These who leave their nose hanging out are not making a statement or resisting the rules. Just being a jackass.
The Cost of “Freedom”?
Someday, Americans who refused to follow simple preventative steps to slow the spread of COVID and reduce the death toll will be forced to look at the price of their actions.
Currently, the US is seeing over 2,000 people die from COVID each day. The cartoon below does around 2,000 stick figures. Each of those represents an American person who died from COVID yesterday. The vast majority of these deaths would have been prevented with simple and readily available protective measures (vaccines, boosters, and masks).
The share of Americans who have been killed by the coronavirus is at least 63% higher than in any of the other large, wealthy nations. Estimates show that 45% of Americans aged 65 and older have not received a booster shot.
Lockdown
A Tennessee school board has decided to ban from district schools “Maus,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, due to a couple of curse words and nudity depicted in scenes at Auschwitz.
Just another example of us focusing on the wrong things in America.
How will it happen this time?
I think I’d like the Democratic Party more if they didn’t feel so inept at getting things done. Often feel like we’re just waiting to see how they’ll shoot themselves in the foot this time. Sigh.
Neil Young or Joe Rogan
Neil Young told Spotify to either remove Joe Rogan and his vaccine misinformation or to remove Neil Young’s music. Spotify said they’ll remove Neil Young’s music at his request.
So now millions of users are left with no Neil Young but lots of Joe Rogan.
And that seems so fitting for the world in the past couple of years. Sigh.
Substitute Teachers
Thanks to Omicron, many schools have been struggling to fill their classes with substitute teachers. Hopefully this improves as the Omicron wave subsides.
How’s that NFL boycott working out for folks?
Back in June 2020, when the NFL took a stand against racism and systematic oppression, a bunch of people loudly claimed they’d never watch NFL games again.
Hoo, boy, did they miss out!
That might have been the greatest weekend of football games ever. Four playoff games that came to the final seconds or overtime. All nail-biters.
Don’t worry, folks, the NFL is just fine.
Movie Time?
A movie just feels like such a long commitment.
Resting Anxiety Face
The stress has definitely built up over the past couple of years. You can see it on people’s faces. Hang in there folks, and reach out to friends and family when you need someone to talk to.
Beware of Wordle
There’s a new infection spreading like wildfire. It’s symptoms are the sharing of strangely-colored squares and random fractions in sixths. It’s infected so many people in my social media timelines and I fear it’s becoming a new epidemic.
Beware of Wordle.
Buncha Jackasses
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch refused to wear a mask in court to protect another Justice he sits next to. Unvaccinated tennis star Novak Djokovic thinks the rules shouldn’t apply to him, and when he says he tested positive for COVID he was out about in town, in violation of local laws on quarantine. Unvaccinated Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers thinks he knows better than epidemiologists and medical professionals about when he has to wear a mask or not, so misled folks about being “immunized” and wouldn’t wear a mask at press conferences, in violation of rules established by his union.
Buncha jackasses.
And these are just a few examples of the toxic individualism and disregard for their role in protecting others in society that helps drag out this pandemic.
Jackasses.
Stay Home from School
I’m frankly amazed the kids haven’t played this card more.
MLK Day
On MLK Day we see many people, companies, and politicians taking the day off or posting something to commemorate MLK, while they work to undermine the core of his message and what he fought for. Isn’t it ironic? Don’t you think?
Book of Boba Fett
I hate to say it, but The Book of Boba Fett is not good. They grossly overestimated how much I want to see of Tusken Raider culture, and grossly underestimated how much crime world stuff the crime lord show should have. This show needs to be a lot more Sopranos, less Dances With Wolves. The attempt to make the ruthless, mercenary bounty hunter into a nice guy seems… wrong. And this latest episode featured the lamest speeder chase ever.
As a lifelong Star Wars fan, I admit I’ll continue to watch the rest to see where it goes. But this is me going on the Internet within minutes, registering my disgust throughout the world.
Reality is stranger than fiction
Yes, there’s a real story about people who think drinking urine can cure COVID. Yes, people can be even more stupid than we think.
