Random Thoughts: Snopes and Antifa

It used to be when someone said “white supremacy” I’d think “Oh, like the KKK” but now I think “Oh, like breakfast cereal.”

“They won’t listen to scientists or Al Gore, maybe they’ll listen to… some random kid!”

They’re pea-brains and virulent anti-Semites, but I’m not sure what harm they would have done by visiting.

So is it just way too late to tell Randy Newman he doesn’t have a very good singing voice?

If Ilhan Omar is boycotting Israel but then had to spend a week in Israel, wouldn’t she starve to death?

Just when I thought Trump couldn’t possibly be any dumber, he goes and does something like plots to buy Greenland and TOTALLY REDEEMS HIMSELF!

Can we stop pretending either party cares about bigotry?

Or, to put it another way, if caring about bigotry were a golf ball, winning elections would be the sun.

Argument I will not listen to:
“This politician you say is horrible is good actually.”
You make that argument, you’re everything wrong with society.
What I will listen to:
“This politician you say is extra horrible is really just regular politician horrible.”

Man, I honestly thought we were done with the whole Snopes saga and then they commission a friggin’ survey asking if people believe our articles.

Snopes has turned my daughter against me.
“Maybe you shouldn’t make fun of people.”
“I don’t make fun of people. I make fun of politicians.”

My 3yo: “Can you put on the kid’s version of Ain’t Nobody Tell Me Nothing?”

Why are there so many nazis in Portland?

Antifa gets rid of nazis by making them feel redundant.

Ridiculing antifa makes you pro-nazi in the same way ridiculing a bunch of LARPers running around a park makes you pro-orc.

Winchester is almost seven months old, but the other kids still act like they’ve never seen a baby before every time we get him up from a nap.

They call themselves “Proud Boys”? That’s the name they came up with?

It’s hard to believe the people who think Trump is this genius who can never do wrong and the people who think antifa are brave freedom fighters are two different groups as the detachment from reality seems so similar.

I don’t know why companies hire big name stand up comedians for their ads and then apparently write a bunch of unfunny lines for them to say.

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
“But what if we called it an ‘anti-rose’?”
“Oh. Then it would be something else entirely.”

How to Beat Donald Trump:
Try not to be worse than him.

My daughter asked why dollars are valuable. That’s a hard one to explain. I tried the “shared fiction” explanation, but eventually told her “Just try not to think about it too hard or the whole system will collapse.”

If they want to fight fascism, shouldn’t they be backing up the people in Hong Kong?

Why are we still talking about slavery? We ended slavery in the 80s with the “Don’t do slavery” slogan.

The Joe Rogan thing is kind of odd from the outside.
“Oh yeah. He’s like a comedian, I think. I know I’ve heard of him. So he has a podcast? That must be pretty niche.”

I try not to comment on people’s appearances, but I just can’t help it this time: What happened to Al Sharpton? It’s like his body just shrunk. He looks like a bobble head.

There are lots of reasons to criticize Israel that have nothing to do with anti-semitism… but 95% of the criticism they receive is because of anti-semitism.

Doing movie break between show binging, so watching the Rambo movies with my wife. I warned her the first one is way different than you’d think, but it’s all dumb action schlock after that. Never seen the 4th one.
I know this one is the “best” one and I should be enjoying it more, but I really just want to see Rambo kill a bunch of commies like he does in 2 and 3.

I liked the way this review explained the robot Feeb from Hellbender. He’s a robot bound by Asimov’s three laws, but does everything he can to go against the spirit of those laws.

I think it would take a lot to convince the right that any time the left are talking about race they’re not just using it as a partisan cudgel.

Man, I was just telling my wife, “I sure could use another Spider-Man reboot.” So what a great day.

“Also, I’m really curious about what happened to Trinity and Neo after the end of the 3rd Matrix movie.”
“After they died and all the fun was sucked out of that franchise?”
“Yeah.”

“Mr. Anderson, welcome back. We missed you.”
“Really?”
“No. Are you sure you don’t want to spend your time doing another John Wick instead?”

How a real president would have handled it:
“I would like to buy Greenland.”
“We don’t want to sell it.”
“I never asked if you wanted to sell it.”

Suffice to say, if the Trump presidency ends with Greenland still in Denmark’s hands, then it was a failed presidency.

If you hear “Chick-fil-A” and your first thought is “They hate gay people!” you live in a bubble.

“So, Goldfinger, do you expect me to talk?”
“No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die.”
“I don’t have time for that.”

20 Comments

  1. If Ilhan Omar is boycotting Israel but then had to spend a week in Israel, wouldn’t she starve to death?

    She wasn’t visiting Israel she was visiting “Palestine” so she could eat all she wanted. And take home a doggy bag.

  2. Man, I honestly thought we were done with the whole Snopes saga and then they commission a friggin’ survey asking if people believe our articles.

    We shouldn’t? I thought they were future histories.

  3. Suffice to say, if the Trump presidency ends with Greenland still in Denmark’s hands, then it was a failed presidency.

    I misunderstood. I thought he was buying it with his own money. My bad.

  4. t used to be when someone said “white supremacy” I’d think “Oh, like the KKK” but now I think “Oh, like breakfast cereal.”

    Growing up, I read a lot about how the “Red Scare” was a terrible time in our nation’s history, and the people who fought against it were truly committed to our country’s values.

    Any bets on how long before historians call this the “White Scare”?

  5. “So is it just way too late to tell Randy Newman he doesn’t have a very good singing voice?”

    IIRC he’d be the first to tell you that. But they’re great songs and there’s at least some of them that nobody else would have the guts to sing.

  6. “Doing movie break between show binging, so watching the Rambo movies with my wife. I warned her the first one is way different than you’d think, but it’s all dumb action schlock after that. Never seen the 4th one.
    I know this one is the “best” one and I should be enjoying it more, but I really just want to see Rambo kill a bunch of commies like he does in 2 and 3.”

    Rambo 4: John Rambo wholeheartedly accepts his badassness and kills a bunch of bad guys. Any American who doesn’t love it is a commie.

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