Too Stupid for Words category archive
A Question of Timing 0
Aside:
I think making daylight savings time permanent is a profoundly stupid idea. It’s been tried–and failed–before. But we seem to have become a society incapable of learning from–indeed, even hostile to–history.
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . and see the America close up.
Breaking Wind 0
What’s with Donald Trump’s weird hangup with windmills?
Blights of the Open Road 0
David comments on the convoy of crazy. (Short commerical at the end.)
We are a society of stupid.
“Facts Are What People Think” 0
At the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Patricia Murphy discusses a number of absolutely screwy proposals that have lately been introduced in the Georgia legislature. One, for example, would drop the requirement to vaccinate dogs and cats against rabies, a requirement that has been validated by over a century of science and experience.
You can read the full story at the link. Indeed, I urge you do do so–some of these bills are completely unmoored from reality.
I point only to this telling excerpt to illustrate that some in our polity have chosen to live–and vote–in a fantasy world:
“Actually it’s well documented,” state Sen. Elena Parent responded.
“Well you have your facts, I have my facts, so that’s fair,” he reasoned.
Taking a beat, Parent responded, “Um, no.”
Maskless Marauders 0
Rex Huppke minces no words about the maskless morons who saw fit to invade a public library.
A reasonable person might ask, “Why is there a threat to health and safety at a public library?” The answer, not surprisingly, involves a number of unreasonable people acting like jerks.
On Jan. 18, a group of 30 to 40 unmasked people took a bold stance against rule-following and trotted into the library’s youth service department to protest the library board’s mandatory mask policy, which is in line with the statewide mask mandate. This unsafe and truly pathetic act is apparently what passes for “patriotic” among those who think posting videos of themselves doing childish, unfunny things on social media is a path to right-wing-goober celebrity status.
More unminced words at the link.
