“To be sure, beaver fans have been around for centuries, if not longer.”
Regis Philbin, American icon.
“Petulance is not measured in hoarded blocks and broken crayons but in the demise of our democratic order.”
Everyone’s taking their fast food to go now, and now many fast food places don’t even give you the option to do otherwise.
“Nearly all U.S. states now have designated safe trading stations — mostly at local police departments — which ensure that all transactions are handled in plain view of both the authorities and security cameras.” So that you can pick up the stuff you bought from some rando on Craigslist without getting murdered.
“What Can The Biden Administration Actually Do To Protect Elections?”
RIP, Marsha Hunt, veteran actress of the Golden Age of film, radio and Broadway who later saw her career wither over her protests against the infamous House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).
“Netflix Considering Shift Towards Weekly Releases”.
“For incoming [college students, Hillary Clinton has always had a more significant role in American politics than Bill Clinton.”
Looking for love in all the wrong places, looking for love in too many faces, searching their eyes, looking for traces, of what I’m dreaming of…
In case you were wondering, Ari Fleischer remains a lousy, terrible, no good person.
“Two and a half years ago, the Internet Archive made a decision that pissed off a lot of writers—and embroiled it in a lawsuit that many netizens fear could weaken the archive, its finances, and its services long into the future.”
“The monarchy? I could take it or leave it. But we cannot let the royal goat tradition die. I’d go to war to defend it.”
RIP, Jean-Luc Godard, pioneering French director.
Ken Starr has died. How he rests is not a particular concern of mine.
RIP, Lowry Mays, founder of Clear Channel.
More January 6 Committee hearings. Hopefully followed by more referrals to the Justice Department, and more indictments.
“With all due respect, it is not that the public didn’t like the final score at the end of the term when the lights went out in June. The problem wasn’t just the losses; the problem was that his team moved the game to another field, then stole the ball and replaced it with a time bomb, then changed the rules, then lied about it, and then set the entire field ablaze. Now he wants everyone to shake hands and go home.”
RIP, Fred Franzia, California winemaker best known for introducing “Two Buck Chuck” to the world.
“People have wondered why the former president collected classified intel, speculating that he is just a packrat. But he has a long history of gathering and wielding sensitive info to help himself.”
“What McConnell cared about was not social issues but creating a conservative Supreme Court that would tear down government regulations and rule the Republicans’ way on voting rights, gerrymandering, and campaign finance. Now McConnell has gotten the Supreme Court and the political blowback that he deserves as the abortion decision has mobilized Democratic voters and upended Republican hopes in November.”
The prices of your streaming services to go up soon.
RIP, Rommy Hunt Revson, inventor of the scrunchie.