The Frankish Reich

I'm not a Jon Stewart fan, but I gotta admit - his commentary on this nails it. Not just the Butker thing, but the outrage media in general. Worth watching.

Might I suggest getting one of those apps?

Somewhere in there is a coherent thought. I read it 3 times, even adding my own punctuation. Never mind, I give up.

The Fake Outrage Machine Must Be Fed! Butker is still welcome to accompany his Chiefs teammates to the White House.

And conservative men pay over $250/night to sit quietly in a dark cave. https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/26/us/aaron-rodgers-darkness-retreat-wellness-ctpr/index.html Or over $12,000 to projectile vomit and hallucinate because they have intentionally ingested poison. https://ticotimes.net/2023/04/30/aaron-rodgers-stayed-at-a-healing-resort-during-his-last-days-with-the-packers#:~:text=Aaron Rodgers – Soltara Healing Center,darkness surrounded by the jungle. And no doubt some of the same people say they can't afford food or gas. Affluenza. Or shall we call it the commodification of leisure, or of the spiritual experience. That's what the Frankfurt School adherents would have called it. And obviously they had a point.

Whatever class that may put her in, she was superb in Tar.

Harrison Butker says no wife of mine is flying the Chiefs flag upside down.

Another asinine comment. Q. So were are all those "women's rights groups" when Hamas attacked Israeli women on October 7? A. They were issuing statements condemning Hamas. https://now.org/media-center/press-release/now-condemns-violent-hateful-attacks-against-israel/ Released on October 7, 2023 National NOW President Christian F. Nunes issued the following statement upon the attacks reported in Israel “A terrorist army has invaded the land of Israel, murdering innocent civilians and taking whole communities hostage. ‘We are at war,’ Prime Minister Netanyahu told his nation, and today, the whole world is holding its breath. While the day unfolds, NOW members are sticking fast to our core principles of human rights and freedom from fear, violence, and division. The rise in antisemitism and violent attacks on Jewish communities here and around the world underscore our alarm. The people of Israel live in constant fear of days like today. This is what happens when hate has no boundaries. NOW supports the right of the Jewish people to live without fear or violence, and we condemn antisemitism in all its forms.” Dear Mike Davis: there's this new thingy called "Google." It found me the answer to this question in 0.3 seconds. You should try it!

Good taste. I mean, horrible taste in politics, but good taste in music. 😁 I'm old enough to have seen Soul Asylum when they were called Loud Fast Rules. The name said it all back in those days. Also incredible live, and really nice guys too. Minutemen were really (liberal) political, but even if you don't like that there was an incredible punk funk bass/drums thing that has never been equaled.

Agreed. This is the latest attempted expansion on Griggs, the case that held that a written test for firefighter candidates was discriminatory because minority applicants tended to test more poorly on average, and the test had no clear relationship to the job sought.

Something to make me feel really, really old: Milo (the guy who famously "went to college" right after that album) recently retired, and had a "mild heart attack" last year. I only saw them once. Fun band, not great live though. The absolute killer live band of that era was The Minutemen.

Cindy Adams, 94 year old gossip columnist. Oh, and she says her sources (what sources? the woman with the walker parked next to hers?) say "both sides" are looking for escape routes. Related: I flipped on the TV this morning to see if Trump had begun his long-promised testimony in the hush-money trial. Oh.

Haha. It's a Daily Mail story. Kind of a more reputable Murdoch version of the National Enquirer, the official campaign outlet for Trump 2016. Mama's Boy Barron is the kind of silliness they specialized in.

Right. Awesome band. I'm glad you picked up on that. I saw them about a dozen times back in the day when I lived in MSP.

Does that mean you don't post hoary old-guy memes?

While we're talking about screen names:

When I ignore someone, I typically don't read/analyze everything they've said. But that's just me.

https://pagesix.com/entertainment/who-is-harrison-butker-wife-isabelle/ Seems like a nice, respectable, pretty, intelligent woman. Maiden name: Tehrani. Good thing Trump's immigration policies weren't in place when her ancestors immigrated.

We really should've forced that backup QB to change his name to Rich. Or, I mean, just to pronounce it like that.

Meet the new boss... Just like Putin, right?

I wonder what those frat boys would've done if one of these commies had displayed the American flag upside down.

https://www.theonion.com/man-knows-unsettling-amount-about-nationwide-age-of-con-1819565878

Also note that Butker works about 6 months a year. Maybe he could do some of these things too?

Cook/Valet Walt Nauta could've come after them with his spatula! Or luggage cart. Or both.