If 17 matter here but not 50,000 there, it’s not about kids Status update: Flu: day the next. Facebook: still a parade of sanctimonious headlines. Running out of fucks to give. Yes, […]
Dead kids and funhouse mirrors
Frank Balsinger
Lifelong student with interests a mile wide and an inch deep. Autodidact. Pedant, hopefully of the slightly more pleasant sort. Sharer of things learned along the way. Lately of a creative bent.
Is your Congresstitute selling you an assault weapons ban in exchange for your vote?
Caveat emptor: you’re not getting what you think you’re getting Attn: gun nerds…if there’s an error in here, please let me know. I will gladly update accordingly with corrections) With all due […]
War. On. Everything: the Republican prescription for America isn’t safe for anyone
That doesn’t mean the Democratic one isn’t just a placebo…or worse Update 17 Feb 2018 Now even less safe for work. [NSFW WARNING: Graphic content. You do NOT want to see the […]
What about poor Scott Pruitt and his delicate security detail?
Apparently snowflakes melt and fade away when they can’t stand the heat. “But Barnet said that Pruitt’s travels grew so tense that by May the agent in charge of his security detail […]
18 school shootings this year? Not so fast, ABC
Good arguments require good facts My job as self-appointed Gadfly Supreme, Pedant General, and Defender of Truth, Justice, and /or the American Way is simple. I generally try to put my own […]
SNAP subsidies for the candy and soda industries
I’m all for food assistance. I’m not for junk food and luxury assistance. I’ve tried to make it a rule of thumb that if I’m typing furiously because someone is wrong on […]
Let’s talk about oil pipelines, for instance
Wherein I try a new troll…#indiesplaining As with everything else, I’m no expert. I’m just some rando doing some supposing about things when a headline catches the eye. Right now I’m thinking […]
N-bombs in American cultural treasures
Huck Finn and Harper Lee in the crosshairs Fox reports (yeah, yeah, I know): Minnesota school district removes To Kill a Mockingbird, Huckleberry Finn from required reading due to n-word. “It’s wrong. There […]
New study appeals to bias, probably still right?
I’m almost embarrassed for The Guardian for pushing this story Fake news sharing in US is a rightwing thing, says study “Low-quality, extremist, sensationalist and conspiratorial news published in the US was […]
Let’s talk, America: Why are we hearing about this #deepstate now? Hint: thank the Russkies
And thank the beleaguered supporters of the Trump administration In today’s episode, your friendly gadfly talks about why this is even a thing now. Spoiler: I don’t know why we should thank […]
