Archive of entries posted by Oppo

Straight Line of the Day: Per the City Desk Editor, Just Make Up a Headline So We Can Make Up a Story To Go With It

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(In the comic strip “Tumbleweeds,” there was a newspaper editor who took exactly that approach.)

In the comic strip “The Washington Post”:

DOJ sees fallout after push to prosecute former FBI director James Comey
Washington Post via MSN | May 9, 2026 | Perry Stein

… Others [sic] prosecutors have voluntarily decamped or scrambled to find new jobs, fearful they could be asked to work on cases that violate their principles, according to 10 current and former prosecutors familiar with the office and the case. Major cases, including one involving a terrorist attack in Afghanistan, have been hobbled by the turmoil.

Side note: the DOJ is investigating a terrorist attack in Afghanistan?

Promoted Song: If You Are a Rich Man

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from our own Bob B:

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If you are a rich man,
We will take your money, buck by buck, accounts we’ll surely drain
All day long we’ll tax and fine and fee
‘Til you’re not a wealthy man.
I wouldn’t have to work hard.
Living off the grift that fraud-based NGOs always obtain
If you’re even a little bitty rich
You’re a target of our evil plan

I’d build a big McMansion from your former riches,
And so will a dozen of my pals
I’d get a new EV with the stolen loot I took
There might be one long lawsuit filed in the courts
And one IRS probe coming down,
But they will all lead nowhere, ‘cus you’re a schnook

Once you’re not a rich man,
We’ll move on and find another sucker we can bleed wealth from
Anyone who has that thing we want
All day long we’ll break ‘em to a bum.

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Let x = 1.5

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OK, say I. Let it. Doesn’t bother me.

“If x + y = 7, . . .”

. . . which is as likely or unlikely as x + y equalling 6 or 8, and furthermore is assuming facts not in evidence . . .

“then what is y?”

What, indeed?

Why drag y into this at all?

If you’re able to assume the godlike power to deem that x has a certain value — out of infinite possibilities — why, then, can’t I do the same for y? Let someone else reconcile the discrepancy in the equation. We’ve both made our cases, and I say they stand on equal ground.

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Promoted Song: The Thug’ll Come Out Tomorrow

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by our very own Bob B:

The thug’ll come out tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar, that tomorrow there’ll be fun
Just thinking about tomorrow
Antifa brings riots, and the sorrows just begun


When I’m stuck with some gay that’s gray and phony
I just print more ballots, and grin, and say, oh
Hamas’ll come out tomorrow
Oh, you gotta hang out tomorrow, come what may


Tomorrow, tomorrow, a new cause tomorrow
Your troubles won’t go away


The taxes come out tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow there’ll be more!
Just grifting some more tomorrow
‘Til we ruin the rich folks and the rest become poor


When I’m stuck for some words that are vague and phony
I just call AOC or Gavin and say
These are our best hopes tomorrow
Oh, we’ve gotta hang on ’til tomorrow, come what may


Tomorrow, tomorrow, you’ll find out tomorrow
Can’t trust anything they say
Tomorrow, tomorrow, we’ll fool you tomorrow
No answers, you’ll always pay

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Here Is Probably Why Movies Generally Suck

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Come to think of it, it’s why all levels of government generally suck. I’m looking at you, SCOTUS.

Racist criteria suck.

The Four DEI Standards
To qualify for Best Picture consideration, a film must satisfy the following criteria:

Standard A: On-Screen Representation. The film must meet one of three conditions:
Cast a lead or significant supporting actor from an underrepresented racial or ethnic group.
Ensure at least 30% of the ensemble cast consists of women, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, or underrepresented racial/ethnic groups (from at least two of these categories).
Center the main storyline or subject matter on an underrepresented group.

Standard B: Creative Leadership. At least two department heads (e.g., director, cinematographer, editor) must be from underrepresented groups, with at least one being a person of color. Alternatively, the film can meet this standard by employing six or more crew members from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups in technical roles, or having 30% of the entire crew come from at least two underrepresented categories.

Standard C: Industry Access. The film’s distributor or financing company must provide internship or entry-level opportunities to at least two individuals from underrepresented groups.

Standard D: Audience Development. The studio’s marketing, publicity, or distribution units must include at least two senior executives or consultants from underrepresented groups, including at least one person of color.

Straight Line of the Day: How To Know if a Toddler Is Racist: …

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I seem to remember that FrankJ riffed on this once upon a time, in reference to his own kids being judged, but what the heck.

In Britain, Daycare Workers are Told to Report ‘Racist Toddlers’ to the Police
Breitbart | May 7, 2026 | Christian K. Caruzo

Nurseries in Wales have been instructed to report incidents of toddlers engaging in “racist” behaviour to the police in accordance to taxpayer-funded guidelines backed by the Welsh Labour-run British government.

The guidelines are reported to contain a extensive list of instructions for childcare workers to respond to “racist incidents” involving babies, toddlers, and children below the age of 12 and assess if an event would constitute a “hate crime” before reporting the case to the British police. It is stated the instructions’ ultimate goals is to turn childcare centres into “anti-racist” environments.

The Terrible Twos: “If they pitch a fit, you must acquit.”

Always taking a knee — usually Grampa’s — during football games.

Maybe if they’re coloring with Ku Klux crayons?

Maybe it’s the fault of those damned full DEIpers!

They always out-reason AOC.

This latest crackdown on baby racism follows similar childhood indoctrination campaigns in not-so-Great Britain, including … a government investigation of a child who asked his school teachers why he had to celebrate Ramadan when he is not a Muslim.

Leftism: A Religious Cult for Psychopaths and Crazies
American Thinker | 13 May, 2026 | J.B. Shurk