40 Years Ago Today — ‘Oh Boy’
December 8, 2020Tonight 40 years ago, Mark David Chapman shot and killed John Lennon. A recollection via the New York Post this morning: This incident took place on Dec. 8, 1980. Later that afternoon, Chapman did get…
Tonight 40 years ago, Mark David Chapman shot and killed John Lennon. A recollection via the New York Post this morning: This incident took place on Dec. 8, 1980. Later that afternoon, Chapman did get…
As a former resident of Florida — I spent the first big chunk of my life there, attended/graduated from the University of Florida — this news from the Sunshine State isn’t a surprise, considering the…
COVID surge continues as Californbia starts a nearly statewide ‘stay-at-home’ mandate as ICU beds become sparse while the numbers tick upward: Here in the Central Valley (the San Joaquin Valley portion of the state), we…
Hideous in its absurdity (h/t tengrain): And about that amazing, but not surprising story of the day from The Washington Post: Just 27 congressional Republicans acknowledge Joe Biden’s win over President Trump a month after…
Insanity blemished by sanity: Yesterday, the CDC called for wearing masks everywhere outside, death stalks if not — via the Guardian: The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new coronavirus guidelines, including…
Although it didn’t really need a scientific study to reveal this, but it does help — certain media consumption habits predict some Americans’ level of knowledge about COVID-19 and how to handle the pandemic. Not…
Sadly, a pure reflection of the absurdity right now (h/t Tom Sullivan at Hullabaloo): And as a complementary, adsurd side-dish, Rudy farting (h/t tengrain). Add to the horror reality (h/t BJ): And here we be……
Instead of a message of hope in the midst of a runaway pandemic — a self-centered petulant blather (h/t Susie): Beyond the shitty attitude, incompetence and lack of any empathy for any fellow human, the…
Family of the T-Rump need to ready themselves for legal matters: Ivanka is up to her fashion-tinted eyeballs in an example of early-in-the-presidential-game T-Rump grift: She testified in a lawsuit on ‘misuse’ of inaugural funds:…
As we continue this Wednesday down the road toward Joe Biden’s taking office in 48 days, 22 hours and right now, 38 minutes, this country faces a blast of GOP-induced ugly that supports the shit…