Welcome to June, which is, among other things:
I don’t know if anybody’s ever tried to do something to simultaneously celebrate both, but I’m working on it. Watch this space.
Category: The Current Situation
The text of the tweet exchange:
Lauren Boebert: Vladimir Putin is basically calling Biden a senile old man, China rebuffed Anthony Blinken to his face & Kim Jong Un refuses to talk to anyone from the Biden regime… but it’s good to know that America is ReSpEcTeD AgAiN.
Brian Tyler Cohen: Yes, dictators loved Trump and hate Biden. This is not the flex you think it is.
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Happy Mother’s Day 2021!
Once again, here’s my traditional Mother’s Day greeting to all you bad muthas out there.
Pictured clockwise from bottom: Pocket Doge, Flax the Style Destroyer, Gamora Montana, and Edge-Lord.
If you watch only one YouTube video today, make it Last Week Tonight’s piece on COVID-19 vaccines, or at the very least, follow the advice that John Oliver gives at the end:
In researching this pieces, experts repeatedly told us that the vaccine-hesitant generally don’t respond well to hearing from politicians, celebrities, or athletes telling them to get the vaccine.
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I’m not going to be able to convince the people in your life who are hesitant. The person with the best chance of doing that is…you.
So if you know someone who is worried for whatever reason and you want to convince them otherwise, don’t show them this video. But maybe do show them some of the information inside it to tell them yourself.
And when you are trying to do that, don’t dismiss or judge them for having doubts.
I think we should also popularize Oliver’s very apt description of Tucker Carlson:
Here’s the video:
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Happy “Hitler Dead” Day!
On this day in 1945, Hitler did the best thing he ever did. He killed Hitler. In his basement.
It’s a pity I have to point this out to some people, but here goes: “Hitler Dead” is a good thing.