Too Stupid for Words category archive
Stay Thought 0
Not all nuts come in bags.
Customer Satisfaction 0
Bob Heghmann, 70, filed a lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court, saying the national and Virginia Republican parties and some GOP leaders raised millions of dollars in campaign funds while knowing they weren’t going to be able to overturn the law also known as Obamacare.
This suit doesn’t have a prayer, of course, as it is completely detached from objective reality.
As are most Trump supporters.
Details at the link.
Da Mooch 0
Well, that didn’t take long.
Civic Duty 0
I might have jury duty tomorrow. The way it works here is that, if you receive a summons for jury duty, you call or check the city website the evening before to see whether you must actually report.
I’m not looking forward to it, primarily because I will have to up and at ’em before I’m usually up, as the Court House is way on the other side of town. On the other hand, if I’m called, I’ll take along that book I’ve been meaning to read.
You can, nevertheless, be assured that, whatever else happens, I won’t do this.
Return of the Know Nothings 0
Excerpt:
. . . this is only the second time in the history of the United States that being stupid is a political virtue.
Who Woulda Thunk? 0
Some automated lady has been kind enough to leave a message on my machine–several messages, in fact–informing me that my 14-year-old pick-up with 135 thousand miles on it (and still running just fine thank you) is out of warranty.
Whatever shall I do?
How Now, Brown Cow? 0
Vance Lehmkuhl wonders why Americans are so ignorant about cows and milk. Here’s a bit:
It’s one data point in a survey the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy conducted among 1,000 American adults testing folks’ knowledge of agribusiness. But the dairy-backed survey skipped a few other basic questions people might have trouble answering.
My answer is that, thanks primarily to “social” media, ignorance and a willingness to believe anything they see on a computer screen when they wouldn’t believe the same thing in print seems to have become a default setting. Follow the link for his answer.
