The Current Situation

After the final “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” a tale of two videos

Trump’s video You’ve probably heard about the AI-generated video that Trump posted to Truth Social, where he interrupts Stephen Colbert’s…

4 weeks ago

Happy Mother’s Day 2026 — from Shaft!

It’s that time of year, and this is that kind of blog, so here’s the 2026 edition of my traditional Mother’s…

1 month ago

The sad horse arrived!

Last month, I wrote about a manufacturing mistake that became a hit for the Year of the Horse: the Sad…

3 months ago

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Adding potato would also be acceptable.

3 months ago

It’s the Year of the Sad Horse!

Today — Tuesday, February 17, 2026 — marks the start of the Lunar New Year, and this year is traditionally…

4 months ago

The Boston gig where you get paid to watch “Melania” has been canceled

I’ll let the updated posting in Craigslist explain: *******UPDATE PLEASE READ******* Thank you for your interest in “Melania: Twenty Days…

5 months ago

Craigslist Boston gig: Someone will pay you $50 to watch “Melania” this weekend!

Trump and the MAGA crowd like to talk about “Soros-funded paid agitators,” partly because they can’t imagine anyone doing something…

5 months ago

What a year, huh?

It’s going to be one helluva year, I think. Take care of yourselves. Thanks to Lenar Mukhamadiev for the find!

5 months ago

Homeland Security’s increasingly unhinged social media posts

This trash recently appeared on my Facebook feed: Jim Stewartson, author of the newsletter MindWar: The Psychological War on Democracy, has…

6 months ago