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April 18, 2020

Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz

I haven't heard these assholes speak about the pandemic, but I would love it if somebody would go after them and Fox for providing medical opinions without a license.

April 17, 2020

"After Fauci urges caution in reopening, Fox News asks Dr. Phil"

This headline is from one of my local outlets, but it really makes me wonder, as in seriously...

Does Fox really have that low an opinion of their viewers that they think their viewers will really accept this?

Hey, why don't we ask Jerry Springer next?

April 14, 2020

I'm tired of hearing POtuS is incompetent.

He's not incompetent. He would be if he were just making mistake after mistake while trying to get something done. This person is deliberately fucking things up, thinking only of himself, refusing to listen, and showing absolutely no feelings for the nation he's supposed to be leading.

In my book, that's not incompetence -- it's just being a fucking prick.

April 12, 2020

For you lawyers here: can POtuS be charged with gross criminal negligence re: Covid-19?

Okay, this isn't about whether a sitting president (so to speak) can be indicted, or government immunity, or whether it could happen now, or any of that stuff. That's all a separate conversation. We don't need to go there.

My question is, can a person who has acted in the manner POtuS did, and given what we're finding out he knew ahead of time, be charged with gross criminal negligence?

According to a brief piece in Wikipedia, "Criminal negligence becomes "gross" when the failure to foresee involves a "wanton disregard for human life."

So what do you lawyers here think? Does gross criminal negligence apply here?

March 23, 2020

Why is McTurtle under the radar again in the MSM?

POtuS is getting all the attention, while this little f*ing turdbucket is totally out of sight? He needs to be called out and shamed too.

MSM, ARE YOU LISTENING???????????????????

March 12, 2020

New species discovered

Now and then "they" discover that a species that had already been discovered is actually two separate ones. Well, this has finally happened with us: it turns out that Homo sapiens sapiens is actually two separate species. The one we all know about is Homo sapiens sapiens, and the other one is Homo unsapiens ignoramus. And that second one is more prevalent than "they" ever thought.

Not The Onion: me.

I've noticed this over the past couple of years with all the POtuS supporters and such, but this morning, at the supermarket, I believe I ran into a member of this other species.

There was a bicycle with a trailer perked right in front of the door, along with another bicycle. A woman was standing there ranting about how someone had just tried to go in the exit, and was going on and on about "Exit" and "Entrance," and saying, "Did we forget to take our smart pills this morning?" Just then a lady comes out the exit with a handful of items and puts them in the trailer. Then they both get on their bikes and head out. I don't know if they were together, although it seemed like they were.

But yeah, I do have to believe, in my totally un-scientific viewpoint, that at least of them belonged to Homo unsapiens ignoramus.

February 21, 2020

I refuse to read or listen to anything by or about him

A few months ago I realized I couldn't even look at his photo in the news -- I had to scroll down to hide his face and just read the headline. Then later I realized I couldn't even get myself to say his name. Just now I realized I haven't read or watched anything about him over the past three weeks or so.

And I've been a lot happier for it.

I just hope the Great Gods of Karma hit him with everything they've got -- and then some.

February 5, 2020

All this bashing among the Dem candidates makes me sick.

Ok, I detest politicians. About twenty years ago I spent the better part of nine years working closely with elected and appointed officials on various government architectural projects, and often on two or three projects at a time. One recurring theme came out at every single meeting I had with these people, whether it was one-on-one, or as a group, or at a town hall: every question they asked, every comment they made, every decision they made, was based on "will this get me re-elected?" It took me a while to catch on, but, once I did, it was clear as crystal. It made me sick.

Now I'm seeing the same thing. Given the dangerous state our nation is in, I would like to think our candidates would be more interested in the nation's future than in securing their own power. But all this bashing and divisiveness makes me think otherwise. And it scares me.

February 2, 2020

This may be un-American, but

I don't like watching football on TV. For one thing, too many commercials for my taste.

But I also don't like having two people talking at me for the whole game. And yes, I know I can tun the volume off, but that's not always a choice when watching with someone else, and sometimes you just want to watch with friends.

I don't need the play-by-play: I can see what happened, especially with all the instant replays. But I especially don't care for the color commentators, and I think it's mostly their tone of voice. I can just imagine some of these guys at home, going to the fridge for some milk for their coffee, and saying, in that game voice, "Dear, Junior finished off the milk again, and it's the third time this week he's done that. Last time it was a quarter-full, and the week before it was an eighth. He has an average of six times a month this year, and last year his average was twice a month... "

Now, if I could just find a CD (or something) of just plain stadium noise, I could turn off the volume during the game and play that instead.

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