Joe Biden – The Super-Candidate

This article from The Federalist had fun noting some of the many anomalies associated with the last election. Enjoy. 5 More Ways Joe Biden Magically Outperformed Election Norms By J.B. Shurk – 23 Nov 2020 Surely the journalist class should be intrigued by the historic implausibility of Joe Biden’s victory. That they are not is …

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Lincoln on Dedication to Truth

Abraham Lincoln loved telling jokes. He believed that a humorous story was often the best way of teaching something. This was a favorite joke he was known to have told his sons… “How many legs would a dog have if you called its tail a leg?” “Five!” his sons would answer. “No, it would have …

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A Friendly Reminder from Tommy Toilet

Who would have thought that nearly 50 years after this was first published the nation would once again take this to heart. I suspect this is the real reason for the recent toilet paper panic. Image by R. Crumb More at CRISIS-19 Public Forum Robert Crumb – Wikipedia Welcome to rcrumb.com – The Official Crumb …

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Mother’s Day Quote for Rahm Emanuel

Wow, what a neat guy… “Mother’s Day is a tough holiday for Rahm Emanuel because he’s not used to saying the word ‘day’ after ‘mother’.” — President Barack Obama, 2009 White House Correspondents’ Dinner For those who do not know, I love gutter humor. I post this simply to note the holier-than-thou hypocrisy of the …

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Pachelbel: Canon in D

Written in the late 1600’s for three violins and one cello, Pachelbel’s Canon in D has certainly withstood the test of time. This rendition from Australia, a String Quartet, with three women and one man. Beautiful, on so many levels, if you are able to see and hear it… imbibe it even, while you still …

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Racism Test

How to tell if you are a Racist: Place small mirror under your nose. Breathe normally. Remove mirror. See test results below. Results: 1. Mirror is fogged. You are a racist. 2. Mirror is not fogged. You are dead. You are no longer a racist. Foolproof. Works for all ages. Patent Pending

Stop! Don’t eat that food!

Long ago I decided that the majority of what I was told or taught about food was most likely bullshit. One of the bonuses of being a cynic is that you assume that pretty everything you are told or taught is that way. You learn to do a lot of your own research, and your …

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a time when humor was actually funny

A liberal-leaning friend chastised me recently for something I said on spacebook. I joked in passing (in the comments of one of my own posts) that I had had a friend in the early 1990’s who had made a real nuisance of himself, calling every night and talking at length about how bad his life …

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Making Oneself a Disagreeable Companion

RULES, by the Observation of which a Man of Wit and Learning may nonetheless make himself a disagreeable Companion. Your Business is to shine, therefore you must by all means prevent the shining of others, for their Brightness may make yours the less distinguished. To this End: If possible engross the whole Discourse; and when other Matter fails, talk much …

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Lincoln on Gender

Abraham Lincoln loved telling jokes. He believed that a humorous story was often the best way of teaching something. This was a favorite joke he was known to have told his sons… “How many legs would a dog have if you called its tail a leg?” “Five!” his sons would answer. “No, it would have …

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Racist Airports

Why do we still have Customs at the airports? It seems pretty racist to question people why they are coming into the country. How would you feel if Israel, Saudi Arabia, Japan or Canada wanted to know why you were coming into THEIR country? Jerks. Here are the 5 questions one is most likely to …

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