The Current Situation

Terrible People Tuesday, part three: Atlas Grifted (or: The Ayn Rand Institute took a government PPP handout)

Among the organizations to accept a loan from the government-run, taxpayer-funded Paycheck Protection Program (a.k.a. the PPP) is none other…

6 years ago

Terrible People Tuesday, part one: Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, caught the ’rona

The supremely right-wing and autocratic (and hence, bosom buddies with Trump) president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, announced that he has…

6 years ago

I will do anything for my country…but I won’t do THAT

Big, grandiose, hypothetical gestures? Oh yeah. Small, practical, proven measures? HELL NAW! (And will someone make those “PEE PEE POO…

6 years ago

The story of 2020 (so far) as hilariously told from one of the “Ant-Man” opening scenes

This is a 23-image Facebook find, and you need to read it all. Trust me on this one.

6 years ago

Happy Canada Day 2020!

And is there a better way to mark Canada Day than by watching Stewart “Brittlestar” Reynolds’ YouTube classic, Explaining Canada…

6 years ago

Florida of the day: Please don’t microwave library books

The public library of Temple Terrace (a Tampa neighborhood just a little north of Seminole Heights, where I live) had…

6 years ago

“I’ll give you my Bloody Mary pitcher when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!”

The McCloskeys are the comedy gift that keeps on giving. Thanks to Alistair Morton for the find!

6 years ago

“Karen” of the day

Need context? I’ve got your context right here: St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Couple points guns at protesters marching to St. Louis…

6 years ago