Rep who scolded reporter for saying she ignored metal detector is fined for ignoring metal detector

Virginia Foxx is a U.S. representative from North Carolina and not, as you might suspect from her name, a now-bitter original member of Emmet Otter’s Jug Band. Honestly, I’d never … Read More

Former Michigan GOP governor endorses Biden, calls Trump a 'bully'

Well, this sure isn’t good news for the guy who won Michigan by the gross, spray-tanned skin of his weird, wobbly dentures. Seems another GOP stalwart has jumped off the … Read More

Peter Navarro: 'We're all tired of this politicization of the China virus'

Peter Navarro, the Trump administration trade adviser whom Jared Kushner found on Amazon.com (the same place I’ve been vainly searching for a one-bedroom tauntaun carcass to hide in for the … Read More

As predicted, the Tulsa MAGAs are mostly maskless

Today’s blog post is brought to you by Brawndo — The Thirst Mutilator. It’s got what plants crave! So, yeah, as you probably guessed, the MAGAs are maskless in Moronsylvania. … Read More

In three seconds, Trump undermined CDC's COVID-19 health recommendation

Even if Donald Trump had done everything else perfectly, his loosey-goosey attitude toward government messaging on coronavirus mitigation would be one of the biggest scandals in the history of the country. … Read More

'Five-alarm fire' for Trump in suburbs

As Donald Trump’s approval rating has continued to stagnate, and people far and wide have come to see him more and more as just a flailing mass of gelatinous orange … Read More

HBO to Trump: Knock it off with the 'Game of Thrones' tweets

So somehow Donald Trump thinks a report that uncovered more moral rot than a late-night Caligula cotillion totally exonerates him. Then again, he says and does pretty much anything, more … Read More

Legacy of a Nerd

This article was first published on Up North Progressive on December 29, 2018 On Christmas Eve Rick Snyder closed the citizen’s input hotline early to ensure Michigan taxpayers could no … Read More

drumpf Whines About SNL Skit that Portrays How It Could Be a Wonderful Life.

So, our poor poor pitiful me *Resident is whining about a comedy sketch and thinking it should be “court-tested”… Huffington Post “Sounds like President Donald Trump didn’t enjoy this weekend’s … Read More

Odds and Ends About Kavanaugh.

If you live long enough, life does become like that Elton John Song, “I’ve Seen that Movie Too.”  I’m thinking about Kavanaugh and the SCOTUS, or I should say this … Read More

Mean girl Maggie Haberman ABSOLUTELY cuts that nerd Avenatti, Heathers at the media lunch table join

Oh, oh did you see it?  Did you? I mean everybody is going to be talking about it today. Well, I mean Maggie Haberman just put that nerd Michael Avenatti … Read More

The Coming Age of Ghosts: Elon Musk's “Neuralink” and Death

If you’re a nerd, you’ve probably heard of Elon Musk’s latest company, Neuralink, a company “developing ultra high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers.” If you’re really into this … Read More

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL

Dear Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan: I realize the state of Michigan is out of your jurisdiction, but I wanted to bring to your attention that one of your citizens … Read More