Good morning, my wonderful blog readers, hope you’ve got some fun plans for today. I’m thinking my “fun plans” involve finding an air-conditioned locale and coming up with excuses for staying there. Ha. So let’s check out this week’s blogroll, and there’s some good stuff here. Trust me on this. Have a great weekend, everybody!
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Lauren Boebert’s feckless apology
Last week, Colorado representative and all-around Freedom Caucus troll Lauren Boebert showed her true, disgusting colors, when someone handed her a pin in commemoration of a child who died in the 2022 Robb Elementary School gun slaughter in Uvalde. Boebert took the pin, and dropped it into the nearest trash can she could find –…
Read MoreSAG-AFTRA and the WGA have been battling AI for 20 years now.
The other day, a Facebook friend posted a question about whether anybody should really care about the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. I mean, as far as my friend was concerned, it was just millionaires arguing over millions, while our cable bills and streaming services increase their subscription fees. Well, that’s kind of a straw man…
Read MoreFor Lauren Boebert, GOP = Guns Over People
I am truly disgusted by Lauren Boebert, the Colorado representative to Congress. She’s a racist, she’s a bigot, she’s a homophobe, and she’s a gun zealot. And that was totally obvious yesterday. In all the disgusting ways possible. See, yesterday, some people handed Boebert a little cloisonné pin, with the hopes that Boebert would understand…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, June 24 2023
Good morning, my wonderful blog readers. It’s time to rise and shine, get that cup of coffee in you (or Red Bull for me), and let’s get started with our regular Saturday recap of the best posts, blogs and photographs from my personal blogroll. Have a great weekend, everybody!
Read MoreRomance at the edge of the world
A while back, I was at the Helderberg Escarpment at Thatcher Park. For those who are not familiar, the Helderberg Escarpment is an overlook that gives a fantastic view of Albany and the surrounding counties. Heck, on a clear day you can even see Vermont’s White Mountains. There’s also a solitary tree that grows between…
Read MoreWhen the Sweet isn’t sweet and the Vogues aren’t in vogue.
Yesterday’s announcement of the “Alive at 5” summer concert series in Albany’s Corning Park caught my attention – especially the notice of July 13th’s “Classic Rock Night” featuring headliners The Sweet. You remember The Sweet, don’t you? All those big hits – “Fox on the Run,” “Ballroom Blitz,” “Love is Like Oxygen,” “Little Willy,” all…
Read MoreWhy I’m boycotting the Yellowstone TV show (and so should you).
Zooey Zephyr is a duly elected representative for the Montana state legislature. And she has spoken out against transphobia in the state legislature, including debating AGAINST those who would ban gender-affirming care to minors. In other words … Montana is voting against the rights of trans people. And for that … Zooey Zephyr’s legislative microphone…
Read MoreThis is why some comments to my blog end up in the trash.
When my blog was part of the Times Union’s collection of community weblogs, there used to be a rule among approval of comments. All comments had to be approved, no matter whether they disagreed with you or not. It was only under unique circumstances – i.e., clearance with the Times Union blog leader – that…
Read MoreDavid Eastman to abused children: Drop Dead!
I’ve heard this speech several times, and each time it makes me want to puke. David Eastman, a member of the Alaska State Legislature, in the middle of a conference, belched out this statement regarding abused children. “In the case where child abuse is fatal, obviously it’s not good for the child, but it’s actually…
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