Hump Day Tabs
- Via LGM: Tim Walz and Holocaust education.
- Via NPR: 162 lies and distortions in a news conference. NPR fact checks former President Trump. To quote Journey: “it goes on and on and on and on.”
- Via NBC News: Harris shutting down ‘lock him up’ chants shields Trump’s federal Jan. 6 case from even more delays.
- Via The Independent: Kamala Harris could make history as the first president to work at McDonald’s. Something I have in common with the Vice President. Given the proximity of our ages, she probably wore the same brown polyester uniform that I did.
- Via ABC News (of the Australian variety): ‘Neoliberal capitalism’ has contributed to the rise of fascism, says Nobel laureate.
- Via the Texas Tribune: Texas House Republicans petition State Fair to rescind gun ban.
- Via the AP: Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are turned away from ERs despite federal law.
- Speaking of Joe Rogan, Michael Ian Black notes: Joe Rogan says “faggot” and the crowd goes wild.
Let me be clear: I’m not offended in any sense other than I’m offended at Rogan’s laziness and cruelty. Because that’s what this entire joke is, a lazy riff on naughty words that, allegedly, people are “no longer allowed to say.” It’s bigotry as victimization. And, like Rogan, it’s stupid.
Just as Rogan’s schtick was already tired when he first achieved mainstream success, his current “white dude pity party” is just as tired now. We get it, Joe. White dudes want to be able to make fun of trans people and Black people and Asians and whoever they set their little eyes upon – not because they have a point to make – but because Mommy told them no and it makes them sad.
With respect to the 162 lies and distortions, the MAGAs at Lucianne.com and Townhall.com say that NPR pointing them out just proves that NPR is in the tank for Harris.
From the LGM tab: Tim Walz and Holocaust education.
To also quote Journey, there is no such thing as “South Detroit”. South Detroit would be Windsor, Ontario. Steve Perry misinterpreted a street direction sign, apparently. That’s the story, anyway.
There *is* a township in northern South Dakota fairly close to Aberdeen called South Detroit. Unincorporated. No street light people up and down the boulevard. No town, no boulevards, no street lights. Just rural land.
Probably a lot of soy beans and / or sugar beets.
Michael Ian Black is a comedian and writer. Writes a lot with David Wain. You’d know him from The State show, or Wet Hot American Summer, or remember those shows on VH1 back in the early aughts like We Love The 80s! He was a talking head along with Rachel Harris and Andrew W.K.
Chances are you’d def recognize him if you saw him. Lanky, sardonic black haired fella.
The State troupe was stacked. Reno 911! was basically their follow-up show.