Too Stupid for Words category archive
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
Back when I was on the road for business one or two weeks a month, I spent a lot of time on airplanes.
Mostly, I viewed a flight as an unpleasant ordeal to be endured (in contrast, train travel was fun), even as seats got smaller, amenities disappeared, and complementary meals became a memory. I got quite good at zenning out invoking the relaxation response and ignoring my fellow sufferers.
Nevertheless, I doubt I could have ignored this level down-home stupid.
“Facts Are What People Think” 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., muses on lethal quality of hogwash in our seemingly fact-free society. Here’s how he opens his column; follow the link for the rest.
“Hogwash,” you may recall, was the word a grocery-store owner in Naples used last month in dismissing the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We are a society of stupid.
All the News that Fits, Return of Beyond the Palin Dept. 0
David comments on Piers Morgan’s recent interview with Sarah Palin, who seems firmly entrenched in the Fox News bubble.
“You Can’t Fire Me! I Quit! 0
Farron finds that Donald Trump’s letter resigning from SAG completely congruent with his personality. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Phoning It In 0
Afterthought:
Wearing company gear.
Taking selfies with stolen property, then posting them on the interwebs.
I find myself suspecting the January 6 invaders of the Capitol were slightly less than Einstei–oh, never mind.
