‘Lection News<\/b><\/p>\n
Yeah, I’m late to the news, but boy that was a lot of v*ters feeling the Bern last weekend. If Hillary and her superdelegates manage to hold on to the nomination through sheer force of establishmentarianism, what’s her slogan going to be?<\/p>\n
“Almost a mandate!”<\/p>\n
“Not a mandate, but I still won, suckers.”<\/p>\n
“Corruption pays!”<\/p>\n
“Suck it up; you’re stuck with me.”<\/p>\n
“You don’t have to like me. You don’t have to trust me. But you better v*te for me in the general election ’cause the alternative’s even scarier.”<\/p>\n
“Mine’s still bigger than The Donald’s.”<\/p>\n
—–<\/p>\n
Speaking of The Donald’s, is it true that Larry Flynt has invited Trump to come in and have the item he boasted of at that debate “scientifically” measured? <\/p>\n
Friends who came over for Easter brunch swear it’s so. I didn’t even realize Flynt was still alive. <\/p>\n
But if so, his<\/i> slogan is easy: “Still tasteless after all these years.”<\/p>\n
—–<\/p>\n
But as somebody hinted in comments a few weeks ago, our motto is likely to be more along the lines of “Clowns to the left of us, jokers to the right … or vice versa.”<\/p>\n
—–<\/p>\n
Peeps! And microwaves.<\/b><\/p>\n
It being Easter, my guests turned up with a box of Peeps (BLUE Peeps, thus the title of this post) and a chocolate “Peter Cottontail,” complete with storybook (which is currently in the freezer along with the choco-wabbit).<\/p>\n
And my friends had NO idea about the almost magical properties of Peeps when fired upon at the range! Oh boy, have they got some fun ahead — and now, post Easter, all those Peeps will be half price.<\/p>\n
My friends had, at least, heard rumors about what happens if you put a Peep in the microwave (an experiment I declined to try, referring them to YouTube, where everything possible either already has been or will soon be done to some poor Peep<\/a>).<\/p>\n Before leaving they confessed they had once put a container of gasoline inside an operating microwave in the middle of a field, testing the theory that the vapors would eventually expand from the heat, possibly ignite, and blow the microwave to smithereens. Or at least blast the door off. When nothing happened, they then shot at the microwave with .22s and ended up murdering the microwave’s motor before discovering whether the gasoline would turn the appliance inside-out.<\/p>\n “It’s a guy thing,” the husband explained. I’m not so sure. The wife and at least one set of parents participated.<\/p>\n Ah! Good, clean fun. It’s sad how dead set the fedgov is on preventing anybody from blowing anything up, even such educational purposes.<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n Both my friends used to have jobs in county government and even though they’re out of that now, their F*c*b**k friends are still heavily into law enforcement and other such interesting activities. He was shaking his head over the authoritarian “right-wing” rantings of one local police chief (“but at least he’s pro-gun, so that’s something”). <\/p>\n As a lot of others have done lately, my friends have de-politicized themselves, and they’d like to be away from the ranting. But once you’re on FB, how do you (dare) unfriend a police chief? This could be very bad for your long-term health.<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n Their de-politization extended even to getting rid of their old Loompanics books and their copy of The Anarchist’s Cookbook<\/i> on the theory that if they’re not actually going to do anything subversive they don’t want to get caught with “subversive literature” should TS ever HTF in any personal way.<\/p>\n Only problem is, of course, that virtually any literature beyond Maeve Binchy novels and Fifty Shades of Gray<\/i> can get you labeled subversive when Authoritah has a mind to do the labeling. The Hunger Games<\/i> or Harry Potter<\/i>? Tres anti-authoritarian. Encouraging kids to rebel against established authority. Books on edible wild plants or expedient shelters? You crazy survivalist, you. Nice little Mormon guides to putting food by? Reloading manuals? And Boy Scout manuals! Oh my, don’t even think about the implications of those. <\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n Speaking of literature (and other things), thanks for continuing to use my Amazon links<\/a> with such enthusiasm even durning this time of “lite” blogging. I’m doing my darnedest to keep the blogging as worthwhile as ever, even if it’s not every day. Your v*te of confidence is much appreciated.<\/p>\n —–<\/p>\n