The Current Situation

Tweet of the day: On the subject of statues

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4 years ago

Happy Juneteenth!

Juneteenth — the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States — dates back to…

4 years ago

The Gartner Hype Cycle for emerging quarantines

Tap the graph to see it at full size. Where are you on the cycle? Thanks to Mitch Wagner for…

4 years ago

Karen of the day: “I yield my time to the representative from Ventura County’s Crazytown”

Deborah Baber (right) and...is it Uday or Qusay? I never can tell which is which. County Board of Supervisors meetings…

4 years ago

“White fascism” is a more accurate term than “White blessings”

During a discussion about race with Christian rapper Lecrae and Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy, Pastor Louie Giglio was on his…

4 years ago

Florida of the day: Tampa Bay Times buried the lede on the “Tampa Bay radio DJs are catching COVID-19” (or: They offer COVID-19 tests at strip clubs?!)

In my opinion, the real take-away from this Tampa Bay Times article is that under the right circumstances, you can…

4 years ago

The Seven Donald Sins

Tap the image to see it at full size. Especially “envy”. Thanks to Jeannie Cool for the find!

4 years ago

Grampa Simpson vs. Antifa

References Police attacking a news crew:   Police stepping over an old man they knocked down:   Police destroying water…

4 years ago

It’s Philippine Independence Day!

In addition to being Loving Day, it’s also Philippine Independence Day, a.k.a Araw ng Kalayaan, which means “Day of Freedom”.…

4 years ago

Happy Loving Day!

On this day in 1967, the United States Supreme Court issued their ruling on the case of Loving v. Virginia,…

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