Too Stupid for Words category archive
The Parent Flap 0
The Idaho State Journal’s Mike Murphy tries to make sense out of something nonsensical.
Vaccine Nation 0
I was under the impression that a certain amount of knowledge and intelligence was requisite for university admission.
How did these folks manage to circumvent those requirements?
Computer Illiteracy . . . 0
. . . is a thing in the Missouri Governor’s mansion.
Maskless Marauders, Making Sense of Stupid Dept. 0
Writing at the Idaho State Journal, Mike Murphy offers a theory as to what’s behind the mania of the maskless marauders.
His piece is so well crafted–well, just go read it for yourself.
Vaccine Nation 0
A Florida state senator proclaimed that he wants=ed to “review” vaccine mandates for such illnesses as measles, mumps, and rubella, then, after the public reaction, he denied that he had said what he had said.
The Orlando Sentinel’s Scott Maxwell comments; follow the link to finish the article.
Clogged pipes? Call a plumber. Stalled car engine? Rely on a mechanic. But when it comes to a deadly virus, some people would rather listen to gasbag politicians or Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend.
I’m convinced that if Twitter and Facebook had been around when the polio vaccine was invented, we’d still be dealing with polio.
We are a society of stupid.
Death and Taxes 0
What happens when someone makes a typo that results in the SSA or the IRS deciding that you are dead?
Sally Parsons can tell you. A snippet:
Her saving grace is a 2013 apology letter from the Social Security Administration, which reads: “Our records incorrectly showed you as deceased. However, we have since found that you are alive.”
In the last year, she tried to refinance her home but underwriters told her she was dead. She can’t get rebates for the solar panels she installed on her house. She didn’t receive any stimulus checks, and she paid her taxes but didn’t receive any tax refund.
The Vaccine Nation Goes to School 0
Writing as a guest columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, University of Georgia professor Peter Lindsay is less than sanguine about the Georgia University Board of Regents policies in these viral times. He points out that, in the name of “freedom,” the Board has acted in questionable ways, eschewing mask mandates and vaccination requirements; indeed, they have prohibited teachers from so much as inquiring about students’ vaccination status.
A snippet; follow the link for the rest:
Vaccine Nation, Dropping the Ball Dept. 0
Field seems concerned that our media and, for that matter, our polity don’t have their eyes on the right ball.