In a society that can’t think (or count), one case proves the point. That it’s actually just one bad actor and the other 99.99% are hard-working, regular folks like us is of […]
All actors aren’t bad actors (like Smollett, Huffman and Loughlin)
National Sunshine Week? Hardly.
Too many clouds hamper journalism’s ability to tell you what you need to know. Democracy dies in darkness. — motto of The Washington Post Oh, joy — it’s National Sunshine Week. That […]
Beer & Burritos #2: What to do with Gov. Northam and the Sackler family?
The “Grumpy Progressives” are back, this time taking on VA Gov. Ralph Northam, Kevin Hart, “Justice” Kavanaugh and the notorious Sackler Crime Family. The “Grumpy Progressives” – a name I still don’t […]
“Officer-involved shooting” – what does it mean when people try to mislead you?
Headlines beginning with “officer shoots _________” attract unwanted attention. Passive, beige language encourages us to move on because there’s nothing to see here. Something happened last night. Any idea what it was? […]
Today in the Not News: Senate shutdown-ending bill
Poison pill? What poison pill? Maybe I’m cynical. As I read that, if this were to become law, all an opposition party would have to do to cut funding for a “program, […]
When in Facebook, don’t do as Facebook does
Today’s lesson in caveat emptor Update 1/13/2019 AM: I’ve heard back from the authentic company. They reviewed the information I provided here. They noticed that the Shopify account with the fraudulent offering […]
Mark Zuckerberg, Mitch McConnell and Fake Christians named Donald Trump Assholes of the Year for 2018
We have a tie. Sort of. And we took a long, winding road to reach the destination. The competition for the coveted Donald Trump Asshole of the Year award was fierce this […]
Dr. Tyson, please sue Amet for libel
And have done with it for the sake of justice By now, Dear Reader may have heard that Fox and Cosmos are investigating Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson over multiple allegations of sexual […]
George HW Bush and the Deep State
Let history be our guide One of the few things I agree with the whackadoodle Right about (a very specific subset of the right more generally speaking) is this whole idea of […]
PJScout.com and extortion spam – my cautionary tale
I got tricked into visiting the former resume website PJScout.com, where scammers farmed my email and two old passwords of mine and then used those in a failed attempt to extort money out of me. Here’s how to avoid my fate.
