Thanks to David Janes for the find!
Youth of America, who describe themselves as “a politically charged pro conservative/libertarian band” based in Reno, Nevada are looking for a vocalist. “Think Rage against the machine vocals and that’s what we’re looking for,” reads their Craigslist ad, before it makes very clear that their politics are more Rage that is very clearly in favor of the machine.
These guys are going to be entertaining, but for the same reasons why there’s never been a conservative late-night comedy show that was any good (or, on the opposite side of the spectrum, why liberals are terrible at talk radio). It’s not one of their strengths.
This sort of musical project generally ends up having some of the form but none of the substance of the real thing. The best/worst example I can point you to is the rap number that Turkmenistan’s president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedow, released in 2018:
If you haven’t seen it yet, you really need to see Last Week Tonight’s piece on Turkmenistan’s wacky authoritarian leader.
Of course, Rage Against the Machine had their reaction to this ad:
Darn you we’ll do *exactly* what we’re told to… pic.twitter.com/tyfNEQNhN1
— RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE (@RATM) January 4, 2020
Tap the photo to see the truth at full size.
Tap the photo to see it at full size.
Here’s the logo on the new food truck at Bearss Groves. Hey, I know I have a dirty mind, but you see it too, right?
Investigators say the victim was sleeping in his bedroom when the suspect somehow entered the locked Bradenton residence on December 24. When the victim awoke around 3:30 AM, his toes were in the creepy stranger’s mouth.
“The victim asked the suspect what he was doing,” police reported. Assuming that he was about to be robbed, the victim declared that he did not have any money. In response, “The suspect told him he was there to suck toes.”
As you can see, the suspect followed only one of Inigo Montoya’s tips for networking success: manage expectations…
Because this is ’Murica, guns entered the picture:
The victim, who was alone in the residence, then began throwing punches at the intruder, forcing him out of the house and into the yard. As he was being driven from the home, the suspect “told the victim that he had a gun and then attempted to fondle the victim’s genital area.”
However, a “gun was never seen during the altercation,” police noted.
Maybe he meant the other kind of gun:
In case you were wondering how far the incident took place from me, here’s a map:
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A very timely New Yorker comic
Comic from The New Yorker, June 20, 2019. Tap to see the source.
If you’ve got “five large” burning a hole in your pocket, Melinda Britt Disbrow has a chicken tender shaped like a manatee that she’d love to sell you!
You can buy it on this page in Facebook Marketplace:
My observations:
- Let us not mock her for the harebrainedness of her idea, but praise her for her entrepreneurial spirit.
- It’s a fraction of the price of that banana duct taped to a wall.
- If I can find a chicken tender shaped like Baby Yoda, I’ll never have to work again!