Did the White House really, really, really release a photo of Obama awkwardly “shooting skeet” and issue an order not to Photoshop it? Yes, they did that. Turns out the “no-Photoshop” order is standard with all official WH photos. But that doesn’t make it any less hysterical. And of course, the entire blogosphere immediately read that as an invitation. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha (or maybe not so ha, but there were justifiably a lot on this theme) And this theme, too Ha And another bitter ha (H/T c.h., c-b, and a bunch o’ others.)
Category: Humor
I intended to write a long (and no-doubt Deeply Profound) meditation on the above. And on how, even if we were all flying around in those personal gyrocopters the futurists of the 1950s were all so certain we’d own now, life would still be pretty much life, humans would still be oh-so-very-human, and time would still be pretty much wasted. But my brain has been feeling soggy and loggy the last few days, as if somebody left it in tepid bathwater and it got all pruney. That may be a good sign. Sometimes I get like this when Ye Olde…
I was happily ignoring the fact that today is the re-crowning of our Wise Monarch. Then Certain Persons (you know who you are, damn you) called it to my attention. Which did not brighten the day one bit, I have to tell you. But then one of those Certain Persons made up for it by sending a cartoon that perfectly expresses the situation in terms that … well, I can relate to:
I have spent decades trying to turn political dirt into philosophic gold. I have yet to discover the alchemist’s trick, but I still have fun with the dirt. I have sometimes been mistaken for a troublemaker. My work has been publicly denounced by the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Postmaster General, and the chiefs of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, International Trade Commission, Drug Enforcement Administration,Agency for International Development, and Federal Emergency Management Agency. Yet, I was merely seeking to help Americans…
Deadly tactical assault rock — now in even more deadly black! From the famous CroMagnum Arms International. Oh. Wait. The auction’s over. And that might have been your last chance. Oh no. Whatever will we do? (H/T A.G. and be sure to scroll down to the Q&A and click to read more; there are four pages of “deadly serious” questions.)
Banning those “clips” is working up to be such an exercise in futility. (H/T J and others) The people of Colorado (and elsewhere) are beginning to wake up to the fact that police have become wanton killers of their four-legged family members. On the other hand, there are blessed exceptions. An announcement from the Galactic Empire Public Relations Department on Earth’s refusal to build a Death Star. (H/T C^2) How it’s likely to turn out when the feddies decide to start measuring our happiness. I knew the name Tim Racer through dog rescue. He and his wife founded BadRap, one…
In 2009, her young husband was killed in an accident. After the shock of coping with the planning he and she had left undone, Chanel Reynolds started a website whose name the New York Times is too proper even to print. It’ll help you Get Your Shit Together. We have met the 1% and he is us. (H/T S) Some people have doubted that the White House can give an interesting answer to one of those WhiteHouse.gov petitions. Think again. (Via several people including S, who offers to build a Death Star for a mere $450,000,000,000,000,000.) Stealth wear anti-surveillance fashion.…
Five facts on guns and violence. Inside the snakepit of ignorance that is Dianne Feinstein’s office. And DiFi’s gun policy. Three hundred cats. Not crazy. The thing that makes this article interesting is that it comes from Mother Jones and not Fox News. You go, Wyoming! Once again, a kingpin gets off lightly by snitching on his underlings. (H/T J.) Things that are more popular than Congress. 🙂
Hey, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals says it’s okay to flip off a cop. Not necessarily smart, but okay. You can tell the nice officer that between taser zaps. (H/T to JW for the good news.) And speaking of police: Rapid DNA: a new tool coming soon to a thug near you. (H/T to J for the bad news.) Oh, c’mon. Did somebody in Congress really tell off Freedom Feens? Nawwwww. Really? It’s true Congressional staffers have committed some pro-government vandalizing at Wikipedia, so who knows? Well, that’s one way to get your stolen cellphone back. A French court…