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Gwen Berry finished in third place at the Olympic trials in her sport, the hammer throw. This little bit of news wouldn’t matter to most people, except for those who follow track and field sports. For example, here’s what the hammer throw looks like. Berry was at one point the national record-holder in the sport.…

So there’s been a lot of discussion regarding CRT and why it shouldn’t be taught in school. I say, what’s the big deal? Certainly kids should know all about cathode ray tubes, I mean, they were part of the early construction of television, and for decades the cathode ray tube was the primary manner for…

I haven’t written very much about Madison Cawthorn, one of the assemblage of Republican representatives who have manure for brains. But I do know a few things about Cawthorn. He lied about his college background, and he just praised an American war enemy in a television interview. Granted, the interview was on Newsmax, a broadcast…

Background. Every so often, someone posts this image and asks their friends to share it, as a patriotic reminder of those who served in Vietnam. Of course, it’s a little hard to believe this is a Vietnam war photo, when the three “soldiers” on the far right are Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. (in blackface)…

I hate that people are equating getting vaccinated against a killer virus with some sort of mass discrimination. And I hate that people are taking that self-styled discrimination to an obscene conclusion. But if you’re going to be a racist, anti-Semitic clown with your business, then by all means, please be willing to accept your…

Even casual readers of my blog know that my disdain for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Q-GA) is palpable. Her consistent and vulgar attacks on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and others have been documented, as has MTG’s wild and unbridled prejudice and hatred. Her recent comments in which she equates vaccinations to the Jewish Holocaust is…

All right, blog readers, gather around. The recent announcement from the Centers for Disease Control about new mask requirements has been announced. Fully vaccinated people can attend outdoor events (and some indoor events) without requiring a mask. And some businesses, including Walmart, Trader Joe’s and Starbucks, are allowing their fully vaccinated employees to operate maskless.…

Clout-chasing is a term in which someone tries to build their reputation by engaging someone famous in a confrontation or an argument, in the hopes that such interaction will build their own personal brand. For instance, let’s say unknown rapper MC Dumpy Drawrz starts releasing diss tracks about Jay-Z, in the hopes that Jay-Z will…

I know why she penned this tweet. It wasn’t so much about celebrating mothers as it was about denigrating men and denigrating trans people. First off, the whole “birthing person” rubric came because Rep. Cori Bush (D-MD) testified about the potential loss of two of her children during painful births, in that doctors apparently did…

Stewart’s shops are part of our Capital District culture. Philadelphians have their Wawa stores, but everybody knows Stewart’s is superior. Well, technically, if you’re from up here, it’s not truly “Stewart’s.” It’s “Storts.” Pronounced as one six-letter word. Stewart’s offers a series of beverage “refreshers,” 20-ounce plastic bottles of milk and teas and the like.…