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- The Second Amendment is 27 words long. Ammosexuals want us to ignore 13 of them.
- Defendants are found not guilty for myriad reasons: they actually didn’t do it, the prosecutor didn’t effectively make the case, witnesses aren’t compelling, etc. But do not confuse a “not guilty” verdict with innocence. Make no mistake: Kyle Rittenhouse is culpable for his victims, and he will pay for it in civil cases. The verdict in his case means the laws have to be changed so that a 17-year-old wannabe cop who kills two people because he inserted himself into a riot and then got so scared he shot three people is held legally responsible for the damage he did.
- The prosecutor in the Arbury case did the job that prosecutors should do: competently lay out a case, explain the law clearly, present the evidence to convict and secure a guilty verdict. And she did it without making headlines to boost her name or career. A true public servant.
- Someone should create a show like Drunk History, but instead of interviewing drunk comedians about historic events, they should call it MAGA History and ask Republicans to explain significant events in history. We would soon learn that Ronald Reagan personally destroyed the Berlin Wall with a jackhammer, Mike Flynn singularly defeated the Nazis, and Donald Trump is solely responsible for the recovery from the Bush Recession and the elimination of bin Laden.
- Because the new coronavirus variant comes from South Africa, the GOP will claim the only way to control it is to bring back apartheid. “This never happened until there was race-mixing,” they’ll say.
- It’s about time for even the staunchest Ever-Trumpers to dismiss Mike Lindell. Every one of his predictions has landed flat, and he’s not even entertaining anymore.
- Welcome to perfume and jewelry season, to be followed by health club and home fitness equipment season. Commercials, I mean.
- Mexico claims that 70% of the guns in the country were illegally imported from the United States, so they sued American manufacturers in a US court. The manufacturers have a huge interest in keeping the border open because their profits come in the guns smuggled south.
- Cranberry is a good fruit. It makes a good juice. It can be used in pies and tarts. It is NOT a condiment.
- If Die Hard is considered a Christmas movie–and I do not concede it is–then Gremlins, Ghostbusters II and Lethal Weapon must also be put into the genre because they both take place during the holiday season. That’s the only thing that makes Die Hard a Christmas film.
- Pink Floyd’s “Us and Them” has an unusually tranquil effect on me.
- Stephen Sondheim’s passing reminds me how much I dislike most musicals. His productions are better than most: the musical numbers actually make sense in the context of the stories unlike others (like Andrew Lloyd Webber) where the music seems dropped in. Webber’s shows always seem like he said, “We need to have a song here” instead of where it organically makes sense.
- Spinal Tap and Pitch Perfect are not musicals; they are movies about musicians/singers. In a musical, characters must not have conscience that they are singing to an audience and the songs must progress the plot. In ST and PP, the songs are presented as entertainment, not plot progression or character development, and the lyrics have nothing to do with the plot unlike, say Fiddler on the Roof or Hamilton.
- Chicken wing sauces: Buffalo is king. Cajun Dry rub is next. Then a sweet bourbon sauce. Living in Maryland, I must, by law, include Old Bay wings. And the side is celery and blue cheese dressing. Ranch is not allowed.
- Who’s still in a food coma?
