The Trouble With Journalism Today

Let's say there's a story - The Annual International Eight-Ball Tournament.
 

On the US team we have:

• Ronnie Monroe "Fast Eddie" Allen
• Rudolf Walter Wanderone, AKA Minnesota Fats; New York Fats; Double Smart Fats; Triple Smart Fats; Fats; Fatty; etc.
• Billy Joe Burge, AKA “Cornbread Red”
• Earl "The Pearl" Strickland
• Efren "The Magician" Reyes

The tournament comes to an end. Here are the headlines:

U.S. Wins 8-Ball Tourney

U.S. Pounds China at 8-Ball

China Beaten at 8-Ball

China Finishes Last in Int'l 8-Ball Contest

China Comes in Second at 8-Ball Contest

And so on.  The number of teams?  Two.  The U.S. versus China.

United at a Price

I've been more than a little depressed of late.  A pair of incompetents (Joseph Robinette Biden Jr and Kamala Devi Harris) have been fraudulently elected to the office of the President and Vice President, respectively.  Both are liberal Democrats; both are conspicuously unscrupulous and incompetent to serve.

Plenty of rants and criticisms have already been written about these two, and more will be written over the next four years.  It's during this time that the GOP must mount an effective offensive against the moonbats.  I sincerely doubt they'll be able to achieve anything meaningful, but if they want to keep their respective seats and honor their commitment of service to their constituents, they must try.

This, while the moonbats howl in joyous schadenfreude, while chanting slogans about peace and unity.  Just what would it take to unite the Left and the Right?

Season of Prolonged Drought

On December 18, 1917, a Tuesday (which is a dumb day anyway), the geniuses in the U.S. Congress proposed the notorious Eighteenth Amendment, which prohibited alcohol in the good old U.S. of A.

Warning: The only meaningful part is at the end of this missive.  Click at your own risk.  Not safe for work.  Your mileage may vary.  Void where prohibited.  The sleeves will ride up with wear.  Do not use near fire or flame.

Electronics Repair and Good Fortune (Five Stars out of Five)

If you got a good woman
Better pin her to your side
Now if you got a good woman
You better pin her to your side, yeah
'Cause if she flag my train Buddy
I'm bound to let her ride

 - Matchbox Blues by Blind Lemon Jefferson; played by Albert King

If you were standing next to me, you'd know I was listening to music from my iPod - which is nothing short of a minor miracle.

Industrial Grade Stupidity and Ignorance

I shouldn't take credit for the title, and in point of fact, I don't.  The phrase, industrial grade stupidity, was coined by Sarah Hoyt (see the link below the fold), and it defines our new not-a-president and his elite cadre of devil worshiping officials quite neatly.

Election Fallout - One Example

I'm depressed over today's outcome for two reasons.  One, President Donald Trump only has 14 days remaining as President of the United States.  Two, this election was fraudulent.  The moonbats don't care, and the wingnuts won't begin to fix it.

I remind myself that we elect presidents, not god-kings.  That said, when Joe Biden finds his way to his new office, many people will write not my president as a way of protest.  Not so.  Joe Biden is not my president; Joe Biden is not a president, and that's the way I'll refer to him.  

Joe Biden, not a president.