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Guns & 2nd Amendment
Bookworm Beat 3/31/18 — even more incredible Second Amendment posters
We will have so many awesome Second Amendment posters that you may get bored with Second Amendment posters (as if!). Plus other cool, funny stuff and dogs! And one more Second Amendment poster. It’s from a Proggie, but I want to show just how stupid it is by juxtaposing it [Read More]
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[VIDEO] There’s something about a baby sloth in a onesie….
If the news is getting you down, I have a video that will provide a true moment of warmth and laughter in your life, as only a baby sloth can. When I was in high school, a place awash in energetic clubs, a friend and I came up with the [Read More]
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Nine things I learned from Twitter — by guest blogger JN
My friend JN sent me the following email about the crazy things on Twitter that took up brain space last week, so I had to share it. Hillary Clinton is as bad as predictions as she is at campaigning. Here’s her tweet (to herself. WTF?) from a year ago… Those [Read More]
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Student Grammatical Train Wrecks, Final Edition
This is the third edition of student funnies for 2017: If the first two editions–available here and here–of my all-time favorite comic student writings weren’t enough, I present this, the final edition (for now). Kids love music, and after listening to and discussing several famous Christmas songs, including Mel Torme’s [Read More]
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Student Grammatical Train Wrecks
By: Mike McDaniel My students, regularly, in their fierce struggles with the English language, say more, less, or something entirely different than they intended. It’s tempting to see these bite-sized bits of mirth as evidence of the supposed deterioration of education, but I’ve found that the worst students, particularly those [Read More]
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(Cartoon) Poor Democrats…Milking A Dead Cow!
By the very talented Gary Varvel…see more of his work at Gary Varvel.com Ah, the plight of the poor Democrats,still hoping to get milk from a dead cow. All the lies, faux indignation and insults as well as the time and money spent have resulted in…absolutely nothing. Except an increased [Read More]
Government
Israel
The Secret behind Amazon’s New Bestseller On Palestinian History
A new book, “A History of the Palestinian People: From Ancient Times to the Modern Era,” has become the number 1 best seller on Amazon in its Israeli and Palestinian History category. Written by Israeli publicist and editor Assaf A. Voll, the book sells for $7.99. Here’s a summary of [Read More]
Elections
Mark Steyn Weighs In On Special Election Outcomes…
The one and only Mark Steyn had a few things to say about the special elections in his own inimitable style: I’m still laughing at Mark Steyn’s characterization of the bogus ‘Russia’ scandal – “Deep State Dinner Theater!” I liked this tweet as well: Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump [Read More]
Culture
How Cats Used Humans to Conquer the World
An amusing and informative piece from the Atlantic on how ancient DNA tells the story of cats, their dispersal worldwide and ummm, dominance! By Sarah Zhang Sometime around the invention of agriculture, the cats came crawling. It was mice and rats, probably, that attracted the wild felines. The rats came [Read More]
Culture
The Elephant’s Graveyard Revisited
When I was a lad, and the Earth was young, there were rumors of a so called “elephant’s graveyard”. Legend had it, that when an elephant realized it was about to die, it instinctively went to the place where all the other elephants went to die, because elephants are excellent [Read More]
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A few more funny United Airlines memes for you to enjoy
No matter your views on the epic battle between Dr. Dao and United Airlines, you have to admit that it’s made for some wonderful all-American humor. I continue to be agnostic about the Dr. Dao versus United Airlines kerfuffle, in that I think all concerned behaved badly. The fact that [Read More]
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Yoga Pants Pollution
By: Mike McDaniel One of my most-read articles was a bit of humor I posted in February of 2015, titled Montana: Yippie Ki Yay Yoga Pants. It was about a Montana—of all places—state legislator trying to ban—of all things—yoga pants. I always thought folks that lived in Montana worked for a [Read More]
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The Boob Effect
By: Mike McDaniel Have I ever mentioned, gentle readers, that I have a deep and serious interest in science? I’ve no doubt that right this moment, as you read these words, scientists around the world, perhaps in the United Kingdom, are laboring ceaselessly to improve Man’s lot on this fallen [Read More]
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Watch Amtrak Train Create Crazy Wave of Snow While Pulling Into Station
Having traveled on New York City subway trains and Amtrak for more than four plus decades to and from school and/or work, I have first-hand experience of the hell New Yorkers are put through during and after a major snowstorm. It is everything you have just witnessed in the [Read More]
Donald Trump
Punching Back Down Under
By: Mike McDaniel Oh Dearie Dear. Remember the Obama Administration’s admonition to punch back twice as hard against people who tend not to punch anyone in the first place? This is an example of punching way, way above one’s weight class, and also, far above the Earth, at the Sydney, [Read More]
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The Necessity Of Tactical Yoga Pants
By: Mike McDaniel Home, home on the range, where the deer and the yoga pants play. Where seldom is heard, a discouraging word, tactical clothing marketers are not pouty all day. Writing for the Internet is sometimes a surreal experience. One of the most popular articles I’ve ever written was Montana: [Read More]