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Too Stupid for Words category archive

The Crypto Con 0

Bloomberg columnist Allison Schrager muses on the implications of the crypto crash. A snippet (emphasis added):

My second worry is the blow to the credibility of the financial system. Instead of being more explicit about the true nature of the risk, the system has instead gone along with the idea that it’s possible to get something for nothing.

Barnum was wrong. There’s not one born every minute.

There’s one born every second.

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Headline of the Day 0

Car struck by train in Surprise.

No surprises here.

I worked for the railroad for many years. We used to say, “Don’t race a train to the crossing. If it’s a tie, you lose.”

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Portnoy’s Complaint 0

Case dismissed.

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Twits Own Twitter 0

The twit who owns Twitter gets fact-checked on Twitter just as said tsit fires the Twitter moderator.

To echo Atrios, “Oh, Elon.”

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The Candidates Debase 0

I must say, I find this person’s profession of ignorance to be somewhat questionable.

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Assault with a Dildy Weapon 0

Florida Woman.

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The Graham Cracker Grumbles 0

Emma and the crew discuss Lindsey’s Graham’s defense of Herschel Walker’s Republican Family Values.

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Twits on Twitter, Vaccine Nation Dept. 0

Virginia’s Governor Trumpkin.

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Republican Family Values 0

He couldn’t wait till he got home.

The stupid.

It burns.

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Here Comes the Judge . . . 0

. . . and now we know what he wears under his robe.

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You Can Bank on It 0

Florida Man.

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Twits Who Would Own Twitter 0

SFGate’s Drew Magary phones it in.

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

The fiendliness is mushrooming.

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Vaccine Nation 0

Rebecca Watson quantifies the quackery.

Transcript here.

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

They are fiendlier than ever before.

We are a failing society.

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First Date 0

Florida Man.

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There Must Be Something in the Water 0

I’ve noted Florida Man.

Then Florida Woman.

Now there’s Florida Family.

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When the Lights Go Out . . . . 0

Frame One:  Man readubg newspaper with the headline,

Click to view the original image.

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Clouds of Witless* 0

The stupid. It burns.

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*With apologies to Dorothy L. Sayers.

If you haven’t read Dorothy Sayers, today would be a good time to start. Murder Must Advertise is my favorite.

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Joy Ride 0

Florida Man.

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