Going to try something, inspired by S&R co-founder Mike Sheehan’s late great Nota Bene feature. Trump: Florida school officer “didn’t have the courage.” And if there’s anything Cadet Bonespurs knows about, it’s courage. Mike Pence won’t be alone in a room with a woman. Because if he was he’d grab ’em by the pussy. Or … something else… Scientists have created human-sheep hybrids.
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It isn’t just NRA money. Congressional Republicans don’t act because their families aren’t at risk. Did you see this? ‘WTF’: Twitter furious as Florida lawmakers declare porn a ‘health risk’ but block assault rifle ban The vote comes less than a week after the devastating shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school left 17 people dead Less than a week
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Bleib ruhig und mach weiter…
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The Delonas cartoon isn’t journalism. It’s the opposite of journalism. People who green-light overtly racist stereotyping may not be suited for important editorial positions. So, the Albuquerque Journal has apologized. Kinda. I’ve been known for wicked sarcasm and mockery, for double-reverse satire and out and out provocation. I’m used to being misunderstood and have long known better than to calibrate my
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Perhaps the iconic trickster Coyote is a symbol for the frustrations of the smart person in a stupid world.
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Sometimes those who know you the best know you the least.
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Happy Imbolc from S&R…
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No cause for alarm… So, your new tenants have just moved into one of your rental properties in another state. Around 8pm on Thursday you get a brief email from one of the tenants – the man, whom by now you have pegged as the less responsible one – asking: Hi. Can you tell us where the water shutoff valve
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Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle
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Photoshop has a new filter that auto-adjusts a subject’s moral character. What do you think? This caused a bit of a kerfuffle on Facebook yesterday, so if you have objections please log them in the comment box below.
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I think a lot of us have this idea in our heads that if everyone in the world were more like us things would generally a lot better. Maybe we’d even have a utopia on our hands. Mostly we’re delusional, of course. I have one old friend who’d trot out the old “if everybody were more like me” line periodically.
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Justice. Fairness. Sacrifice. Service. Humility. Aren’t these qualities on which we Americans pride ourselves? Few people were more in the news in 2017 than former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, the man who touched off a massive cultural battle over his decision to kneel for the playing of the national anthem during the 2016 season. Oddly, he continued to
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Hey Kids, it’s Howdy Doody time. See you in your dreams.
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As corrupt politicians evolve, so also must journalism. It may be ugly, but perhaps it’s necessary. Scrogue Emeritus Russ Wellen forwarded along Drew Magary’s recent GQ piece on Michael Wolff this morning, and it touched off a bit of reflection on how journalism adapts in the face of an evolving landscape of social, political and economic corruption. Magary says, in part: Everyone
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As always, it was a great year for music – for those willing to put in a little effort, anyway. [UPDATED 1/12/18] Radio and the music industry have long since abandoned any pretense of developing or presenting quality tuneage, so if you sit passively and wait for it to come to you then you’re likely going to conclude that music
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