Today is Presidents’ Day and the GOP shows its true colors

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Steve

Firstly, from a non-partisan standpoint, February is technically not the best month since more US presidents were born in October (six) versus the four on this month. When I was growing up in IL, there was no such holiday, we and KY celebrated Lincoln’s birthday by getting a day off from school every 12th. State employees too! The whole nation would observe Washington’s birthday on the 22nd or maybe whichever Monday was closest. The governments (state and Federal) consolidated these together to save money or something in the Eighties. I think it failed. Friends back in IL said they still get Lincoln’s b-day off. Personally, I suspect the Republicans pushed this because St. Reagan’s is in February as well and ever since he was inaugurated in 1981, they’ve been canonizing him as if he belongs on Mt. Rushmore, our currency and in the same breath whenever you mention the ones who were truly great. Meanwhile, they’re quiet about the other loser lumped in…William Harrison, you know, the guy who died in 30 days. He was also the oldest guy elected (68) until St. Reagan, Stonewall Jackass and then Grampa’ Brunch beat it. They had reason for concern in 1841 since few people lived past 70 and they weren’t always in the best shape. I’d say it’s not any different 120 years later.

Anyway, as you can see in their tweet, they couldn’t resist taking a cheap shot while lacking the self-awareness regarding the other eight choices surrounding Biden.

  • Two rapists (Girth Vader, St. Reagan when he was prez of SAG)
  • Two are drunks (Tricky Dick near the end of his days, Dubious)
  • Five eco-terrorism enthusiasts (my term for golf)
  • Five guilty of war crimes if put before the Hague
  • Seven guilty of crimes against humanity (sadly, Honest Abe is one)
  • Two placeholders that didn’t do much (Ike make the green in two, Coolidge)
  • Five who pulled the US into brutal conflicts on bullshit intelligence

Why didn’t they go with some better choices? Lincoln gets a pass easily for being the first Republican prez, winner of the Civil War and using a clever legal maneuver to end slavery before the 13th Amendment. I would also give Coolidge slack for only one reason, he wasn’t keen on the racism growing within the GOP as he told another Republican to “cut the shit” on attacking a Black candidate running for office with their party. He also did a good job separating himself from the Harding administration’s Teapot Dome scandal and given what little the veep’s duties were in the Roaring Twenties, it probably wasn’t hard to prove his innocence.

Here are three Republicans I would like to recommend in place of the three most odious ones in the graphic (Tricky Dick, Dubious and Agent Orange Buffoon).

  1. Theodore Roosevelt: Despite his support for eugenics, he used his time to help end the Gilded Age and start our National Park system. He also ushered America into its salad days of becoming a world power.
  2. Ulysses S. Grant: He upheld the rights of Black Americans by sending the Army after the KKK. His only failing would be trusting others too much which led to a nasty recession. Grant’s reputation suffers courtesy of NeoConfederate lies.
  3. Chester A Arthur: He used the murder of Garfield to make civil service reform happen while pissing off his corrupt allies. His biggest sin? Signing some ugly immigration restrictions even though his father emigrated from Ireland.
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One Thousand Days!

Posted on February 20, 2022 by Steve

Not bad, it just took me about 6.75 years to do this and sadly I managed to get here without going to the gym every time. All those recent, stressful days involving the floor installation or when walking all over Las Vegas counted toward closing the Move Ring. It doesn’t matter if I closed the ring within 30 minutes or over a few hours, closing is closing. I think the Watch Engineers need to set up a goal or award for when people close the Exercise Ring 1000 times. Now that’s an accomplishment!

I’m glad I hit the milestone today by going to the gym. It would’ve felt pretty hollow if I did it by wandering around Costco trying to find that brand of cold-brew coffee they still don’t carry, right alongside Home Run Inn frozen pizzas.

Let’s see if I can make it to 2000 in less than 6.75 years. What’s a good target…how about within 3.25 years…well before I turn…60! Ugh! The big six oh. Now I don’t want to think about reaching the next landmark. OK. I do. I need to strive harder to make sure I have the longevity in my DNA my maternal grandparents had with the aid of weight loss, exercise and less sugar. They did it without any of those good habits! Ergo, I could make it to the magical 120! The difference will be me enjoying my ancient years, unless I survive to be the old fart telling kids what the world was like before it got all Mad Max’d up.

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Cat-Cow-durday!

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Steve

What timing to get the kitty to peek out from the back of the monitor! Meow! or Moo? Being the proud human caretaker over a tux kitty, Agamemnon is filled with surprises and the majority are good. Let’s see how well he and his sisters react to Nubby and Vegas. The trial runs were alright with him. Isis only hid. Metztli has never met them.

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A great time at the Furniture Mall of Texas!

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Steve

The next step in Operation Manhattan, new furniture! While I had the dumpster, the old bed and couch were ditched! I never liked the couch, it was a piece of crap. The bed needed to go since cats hide under there, not a good thing in an emergency. Jennifer wanted to get a new bed too. Her couch will be alright once we get it out of the POD.

I ridiculed the place I’m about to gush about before while giving it the wrong name! In my defense, I just wasn’t in the mood to shop nor think about furniture. Recently Jennifer mentioned how she wanted the new bed to be one close to the floor so her cats Vegas and Nubby can’t live under it plus it would have drawers for storage, as I have a “small” house. According to my friends in Europe, I have a mini mansion!

During my research for a new bookshelf that wasn’t particle board crap with a funky Scandinavian name, I learned how the FMoT resells locally or American made stuff. I went with Austin’s Furniture in the Raw for my bookshelves but I was hooked on this place on the bed. A very helpful guy gave me the breakdown sheet on the bed Jennifer practically described and informed me about the financing and delivery. We went back last night to follow through! What a great deal too. We got the bed we wanted made to order, the headboard, the color, the two rows of cabinets, nightstands and dressers. Plus delivery, assembly, financing and some protection from sun or scratch damage for a few years. The helpful guy was off for the day but an equally great young lady took it all down. To protect her privacy, I will only say she was thrilled how I figured her first name came from a Roxy Music album her parents loved! Here’s the kicker. If you’ve been following the stories in the media regarding “the supply chain” drama, most new furniture takes almost six months to receive now. We’ll be getting this setup within 12 weeks, slightly under three months. Hot damn tamale, our house is going to look so bitchin’ in 2022.

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Stubb’s Amphitheater acquired by greedy Live Nation

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Steve

Another live venue destroyed by growth, the Pandemic and “progress.” I don’t believe Live Nation for a minute on the changes they’ll implement, except one, jacking prices through the roof. It’s a pisser and I’ll believe it when I see proof the other way. For now, I’ll just reflect on the 20-plus years I enjoyed of possibly 100 concerts since I returned to Austin in 1998. Many as a volunteer for Ecology Action.

Hopefully, the Mohawk can continue the fight to save Red River as Austin is being Houstonized, Dallasified and Californicated.

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P.J. O’Rourke, one more selfish Boomer finally dead

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Steve

The news came rather late about him passing away from lung cancer, I would’ve gone with smug or intestinal cancer from eating his own dog food, a favorite insult I often received from an incredibly lazy Libertarian co-worker. To many, O’Rourke was considered a “good” Libertarian or Conservative. I say…bullshit! NPR often surrenders the microphone to domestic terrorist Grover Norquist and as they saying goes, even the Devil can recite Scripture to serve his purposes. Few people who believe in such a selfish, naive mindset are worth giving air time on the public’s bandwidth.

In short, I can sum up O’Rourke’s life and career. He was another hippie asshole who received the free ride most Boomers had, wrote for the unfunny National Lampoon magazine, became quite wealthy and then realized what taxes were. Since he didn’t want to pay his share and suddenly believed he was self-made, he joined the Libertarian Shitbag generation who created reason. This somehow got him the token gigs with other rags who thought he brought balance: Rolling Stone in particular. It’s not balance, it’s false equivalence when you let in mental midgets like him, Ross Douthat or Sarah Palin.

Now some say, it was all an act because he was a different, kind person in private. Uh huh. Right. So was Rush Limbaugh, a horrible turd utilizing entertainment as cover to spread hate, lies, bigotry, greed and the dismantling of the safety net in exchange for The Gilded Age II. It’s also small wonder why dipshit Economist editor John Fasman, who often fails quizzes regarding his own country on Checks & Balances, is a fan of this Schroedinger’s Douchebag.

Near the end of his life, O’Rourke produced a documentary warning us (aka, his socio-economic class) about the dangers of young people falling for the short-term promises of Socialism. The usual gallery of clods are there: Ron Paul, a former member of the Fed and a Republican congressman. I guess convicted wife beater D’Souza was busy. I guess if Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Taiwan didn’t exist, then maybe his infomercial for Koch Industries would be just partly a lie.

When I get around to reading Helen Andrews right-wing diatribe Boomers which blames today’s woes at Center-Left figures, I would like to ask her why was O’Rourke as well as Newt Gingrich omitted? Those two left giant floaters for Gen X and later to clean up too.

Farewell you shitbag! Many said you were the modern-day H.L. Mencken. Racist, yup. A defender of Ayn Rand, probably. Anti-semitic, not in public. Believed democracy was a system in which inferior people rule their “betters,” of course; Libertarians all believe their smarter than everybody. Enemy of government being used to help people, hell yes. If there is a Hell, you’re probably there now having your mouth stitched to Mencken’s asshole.

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My 12 Honey Mustards in Ural will invade Ukraine

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Steve

This is the scenarios I think we’d all rather see since McDonald’s and Chik-Fil-A could cut off Putin’s supply more easily than the EU. I also regret to point out a different theory on the Earth’s actual shape to those Flat Earthers. Sorry, it’s still round but it’s made of delicious, deep fried nuggets which begs me to reconsider our moon being made of cheese.

I love how the photographer laid out the nuggets to practically match the boardgame Risk. So many hours played from eighth grade (when I discovered it) to about college. By the time I graduated, I finally read the rules and to my horror, I found out contrary how I’ve played alongside the computer surrogates…there’s a maximum limit on armies in a territory, 12. You also can’t nickel and dime the invader by rolling one die regardless of how many defenders, you have to go with the maximum too. Definitely speeds up the game in some ways. I wish I remembered what to do with the ridiculous escalations from the card sets. Maybe with this chicken version, the winner eats the territory after successfully invading? Make it a more fattening game.

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Farewell to Home 2 (Hilton) in Pflugerville!

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Steve

Our joint home-away-from-home since January 27th has come to an end! It was mostly for Jennifer since I could still hang out at my place until the contractors showed up and I was with them all day. However, since I was paying for it as I promised Jennifer to compensate all the time delays which cascaded, we know the core story, everything was held up by refinancing. A hotel is alright for a few days but several weeks was a bit much. We could’ve checked out earlier yet I wanted to do it right by having enough time to do it smoothly. This place was similar to most in that you had to get out by 10 AM (I loved the other one for New Year’s which let it slide to noon or 1 PM) so we couldn’t dilly dally. The good part was us being in plenty of time for breakfast, the day they got a pancake maker!

Above is a picture of the room when you enter. Very nice! You can see the kitchenette the right and a workspace/desk. The left is the bathroom. How I wish my dorm room was this well set up given two of the three I lived in were repurposed hotels. This would’ve been a single at Marquette running probably $7000/year when I was there (late Eighties) and while I worked at University Towers, over $11,000/year (mid Nineties).

Now you can make out the couch which just ended up being storage. It’s a nice addition but let’s be serious, 99% of the time you watch TV from the bed! When I lived at Tower and Mashuda, it was either from my top bunk or I was sitting on the floor with Paul’s bed propping my back. Plus, if you crap out watching, you wake up a couple hours later, turn off the TV and return to sleep. I did succeed in making my Apple TV work on their set. I need to send feedback to engineering on how to presenting an interface for joining a captive network (aka, one requiring a password to join). If you can type all the jazz to join Netflix, why can’t you do the same for WiFi?

Now you can see all the great amenities! It was great to have ready access to snacks or leftovers with a full fridge and then clean it all up with a darned good dishwasher. Oh, they provided actual silverware and dishes, no crappy throwaway stuff. Jennifer didn’t want to come over to the house to use her washer/dryer sadly. To save time I did use their gym which was peaceful. Here I had to endure the differences in cycle brand, yeah, First-World Problems! Boo hoo! Trust me on the complaint. I have been spoiled by Planet Fitness and Apple’s choices in which when you stop peddling, theirs act in the same manner as a real bike, the wheels continue to go forward as you coast. It gives you a moment to regain your bearings, adjust your butt since they all have hard seats, check your Watch stats, drink some water, etc. No House 2’s, you stop, everything comes to an abrupt, painful jerk. It did help me keep my weight down until the contractors finally appeared.

I know Jennifer was very ready to get out. She’s done more traveling is my guess and it isn’t fond of hotel living. Her daughter Cheyenne was very excited too. Nubby and Vegas have been hanging out at the new apartment and let’s just say, those two cats aren’t tidy creatures compared to my sweet trio. Me? I wish they had such a nice place when I “lived” in Las Vegas for a month about 25 years ago. The tech wasn’t there yet with WiFi or flat-screen TVs obviously. I would’ve loved a desk in order to hook up my killer Apple PowerBook 5300c and a Global Village modem to check in home, etc. The kitchenette too. You can only eat at so many buffets or themed restaurants. Another good perk, I helped Jennifer earn a slug of Hilton points! I mean three weeks there must’ve gotten her a long weekend right?

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Day Eight of the floors, it’s over! Dream & Nightmare!

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Steve

More than one thing is off our collective backs. We wrapped up the floors tonight and maybe they’ll come in to clean, for all our care, I just want the furniture put back to where it used to be. I’ll clean up the mess with Jennifer since I’m discovering all the personal belongings they destroyed. No shit, a pitcher and my favorite pasta boiling pan were shanghai’d into mixing grout. So pissed! The cats are very happy though. They can finally roam about the whole house after being cooped up in one room or another for hours/days on end. It was the hardest on Isis since it meant she had to be in the open and let us know, she actually loves Agamemnon as a little brother for snuggling.

I forgot to mention how I’m getting grief from the HOA, yes, I live with one of these archaic scams. They had their undies in a bunch over my dumpster. It left Saturday, before the deadline in which they’d fine me or a second letter. I don’t know and I don’t care. Jennifer’s POD arrived in time to take its place and there’s already their Gladys Kravitz whining over it. They consider this an continuing offense. I’m going with Tom Hanks’ lawyer logic from Bridge of Spies, no HOA, the dumpster is one incident, it’s gone. The POD is a new thing for you to bitch about because it’s a different kind of eyesore. That felt great! I need to find others to band together to dissolve the useless corporation without having to pursue the destruction of our so-called park. It’s really just a giant empty lot dog owners use as a giant toilet.

Pictures will happen, probably after we get Jennifer moved in and enough furniture is in place to show off Castello di Maggi! Soon to be the Second Maggi Republic!

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Six Million Steps!!!

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Steve

Pedometer announced I cross the six million mark! Getting to this quickly after hitting five in August I credit to the house remodel, moving around the hotel and several trips to Costco. Nothing like the latter will put on a few thousand steps as you run around binge buying! Barton Creek Mall and The Domain are good candidates. How could I forget the CPC whenever there’s a Stars game, as last night. They lost to the Griffins, boo!

Meanwhile, the gym continues to be a memory be it Planet Fitness or the hotel’s gear. I promise to get back into the swing. I was so close to Moscow! I will stop eating several ice bars with Cheetos chaser late at night to get through the stress.

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Day Seven of the floors, will it ever end?

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Steve

It’s starting feel like Finals Week at Marquette but it’s longer than a week and I have two exams every day, including the weekends. Above we’re hanging out in will be and had been, my office. It’s the bigger of the two non-master bedrooms. Over the previous few years, the room had been cut off and verboten to all cats as the place was a giant storage and staging area for the suspended Operation: Alexandria. The weather was very nice so I opened the window and oddly Metztli wasn’t interested in taking up the smells outside.

I cannot wait to get my personal and work stuff moved in, I got my eye on this bookcase from a place in Austin which makes them. None of that particle-board, Ikea Bill crap! I’m glad I found them up around Burnet. Seems the old shelf maker I loved in Hyde Park finally gave up the ghost since I’m confident the NeoLiberal Austin Gubmint taxed it into oblivion for Musk Welfare.

The contractors’ continue doing the touch-up things and struggle to solve the master bathroom layout. It’s not their fault. The foundation on the South end was shored up in 2020 plus unless our guest has a toilet or shower emergency, I doubt they’ll see this restroom. For me, the burning task will be getting all the heavy furniture back to where they found it and I can start cleaning all the crap off. My dressers have spots of dust, grout and other goop. Numerous hockey jerseys I left in the closet will need to be washed for the dust too. I fear the particulate matter will be in the air, surfaces and wherever for weeks to come. If you all have suggestions out there, speak up!

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RIP Ivan Reitman

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Steve

Ivan has a rather checkered record for me. He was involved with some major movies as a producer, writer and director which are a part of the West’s lexicon and shared experience. I just don’t find the majority to be very good, especially…Ghostbusters. There, I said it and I know you’re not supposed to speak ill of the dead so I’ll focus on the things I am grateful he did work on since these are the works which held up and I appreciated.

Meatballs was amusing even though I never got to do the Summer camp think yet I could relate to Chris Makepeace’s situation and it was a toned down Slobs v. Snobs conflict as Animal House wasn’t for general audiences. Speaking of the imaginary early Sixties, he was involved with the short-lived attempt to continue the Deltas’ adventures on ABC via Delta House. Having seen both the R-rated movie and most of the SitCom’s episodes, the later remains funnier as it was rape free. Bill Murray (best in small doses) teamed up with Ivan again in Stripes an odd flick mocking the US Army when the Republicans were trying to make war cool again. I have a feeling there was no cooperation from the Pentagon on it like Red Dawn or Top Gun. Heavy Metal was a big step forward. Sure, it’s filled with teen boy fantasies as per the magazine but animation aimed at adults had been mostly monopolized by Ralph Bakshi until this. Heavy‘s good elements balance out its sexism and gratuitous violence; it did give South Park a funny episode for us diehards. I readily admit, I have a soft spot for Kindergarten Cop thanks to the catchphrases…It’s not a tumor!

Ivan even loaned his clout and talents to stuff you’d be surprised about: the Beethoven franchise involving the giant St. Bernard, a fave of numerous Mills, The Late Shift how Leno got The Tonight Show when Letterman was the better heir and Trailer Park Boys, an assist to a younger generation of Canadian clowns. I think he also provided the right touch to help his son Jason become a respected director with an individual voice. When Jason was being interviewed on Fresh Air, Terri Gross did ask the obvious question, did being Ivan Reitman’s kid bring about accusations of nepotism. I loved how Jason was honest and human, paraphrasing, “Actually, I was hoping it would help me get started but my dad stayed out and I had to claw my way up.” We all poo poo it and if it helped us, we’d be fools to turn it down. Well, I’m glad it worked out. Jason is impressive.

Meanwhile, thank you for everything Ivan. I apologize for just not being impressed by Twins, Junior, Dave and Ghostbusters. You tried and I never doubted your sincerity. You have to be skilled, likable and credible to succeed while continuing to keep getting work as Show Business is hard. I still thank you for what you’ve added to collective mindset.

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Day Six of the floors, will it ever end?

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Steve

Another morning of sleeping in pissed away. On the upside, the dumpster people towed away their part, thus missing the deadline the nosey HOA was going to fine me. I should rent one more often as part of a Spring Cleaning plan every few years. It was liberating. Sadly, it came in handy for Cristina’s family too. I gave them permission to pitch trash they found. Cristina was very tidy but people need somewhere to ditch stuff in the fridge, maybe things you can’t re-use and whatever, not my concern. I was just hoping to help out. Today is her memorial service. Not a chance I’ll make it as I have to hang out, run to F&D or Home Depot should the contractors need anything further. I also want Jennifer to drop in, point out anything she doesn’t like now before it’s too late.

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Day Five of the floors, it’s kinda’ going and no new pictures

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Steve

We’re at the stage I call Zeno’s Paradox, which is really Zeno’s dichotomy paradox because he came up with many. The dichotomy one involving cutting the distance in half, then that in half, then in half, ad infinitum, is his most famous so it got mislabeled. It’s still an accurate description of where the contractors are with my floor. All the major work is done. What remains are the little elements: baseboards here and there, grout between the tiles to give the spacing the right color (mocha), putting back fixtures they had to remove to install the tiles (toilets namely) and small areas not covered (closets, transitional areas). Hopefully, we can get my furniture I kept back into the right locations, I’m not very strong.

So what little got visually completed means another weekend in the hotel. I will have to show up tomorrow at 7 AM Austin Time yet arriving before 7 AM in real time, giving up going to the gym. Without my gym routine and the exhaustion from this process, I’ve been stress eating to endure. You guessed it, the ~10 pounds I lost over the last couple months, in the metaphorical crapper.

Boo hoo! First World Problems! I’m still going to have a great weekend though. Seeing a local stand-up comedian I like and pushing to see my Stars take on my Admirals. Getting to attend the game with my friend Elizabeth will rock too. Another person I’ve been dying to have Jennifer meet.

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Contrite mea culpa bingo card

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Steve

Joe Rogan continues to be the shitty, unwanted gift Austin received during the Pandemic and now he has been outed for saying racist and moronic things. Just like Louis CK or Brett Kavanaugh, instead of sincerely apologizing and cleaning up his act or whatever needs to be done if he truly meant it…he goes on the defensive which just makes him a bigger asshole. Believe me, there’s plenty of room to grow, he’s only 5′ 3″.

To be fair and transparent, what the correct and best course of action is? I don’t honestly know. I feel it varies according to the person, the aggrieved, the level of awfulness and how were the aggrieved harmed. Plus, I readily admit to the crappiness of my past behavior, especially when I was a kid, teen, college student and adulthood. I am evolving and even though I’m an Atheist, I always like to remember something Jesse Jackson said in 1984 when he apologized for calling New York “Hymietown” which is a slur against the Jewish faith if you don’t know. In the apology Jackson stated what he said was very inappropriate and mean spirited but he too was evolving to overcome such a shortcoming as he threw in, “The Lord ain’t finished with me yet.” I have said things I regret all the time. I am glad I have grown up, learned new things to counter such dipshittery and done what I can to make up for it. However, I think the best start is to ask those who are plagued by such hurtful behaviors, “What may I do to help counter this?” since they have a better answer than White Saviors no matter how well intentioned we are. Oh wait, the first steps are somewhat obvious, cut it out and tell others doing it to do the same while reminding ourselves, this is harmful as the “joke” makes some feel less human.

What’s even more exhausting with Rogan and his ilk, these “jokes” aren’t funny anyway. Sure, when Eddie Murphy did his Mr. T bit in the Eighties, we all laughed. Now we look back and react the same way as per a nasty hangover; I believe we were overcome by a mass cruelty brought on by the Conservative Movement taking power since St. Reagan gave the green light to mock those who were different. Sadly, many of us (me too) had a little homophobic, racist, misogynistic, etc. embers smoldering in our hearts which transformed into nasty conflagrations disguised as jokes. Couldn’t have happened at a worse period with AIDS killing thousands indirectly. We shouldn’t have given in to such craven behavior and defend it today with the knee-jerk response of “It was funny at the time,” sans context.

Again, contrary to the Atheist stereotypes, I do believe in redemption (forgiveness is another matter I’m selective on). If there are those who truly want to be “uncanceled,” to be welcome back into the fold of society and forgiven by the people they hurt, there must be a path. If their actions were criminal (Bill Cosby, Jimi Page), then they have their work cut out for them in prison. I may hate Brett Kavanaugh from numerous angles yet he could’ve gone before Congress and said, “I did many stupid and egregious things when I was a young man. I was immature. I thought I was invincible. I wish I could go back in time and tell my younger self to not be such a creep. But over the years, I have worked hard to put it behind me by doing pro bono work for charities, some of which help battered women. I volunteer at my daughters’ school to help not just them but their classmates in the hopes they will pursue careers that women are underrepresented in. If you look at my record for the last 30 years, you’ll see I’ve grown, matured and demonstrated empathy toward the oppressed. I’m glad you’ve brought my accuser too, how I’ve wanted to apologize yet I was too cowardly to do so. In the end, you have the larger picture to examine and it is up to you with this critical, life-time position. I hope you choose me not just for my record. I hope you also choose me for the potential I have on the highest court of the land to wrangle the nation’s stickiest legal conundrums according to the guidelines given from our Constitution.”

Phew! What I wrote is really what a qualified, non-Federalist Society-backed stooge Brett Kavanaugh would’ve said in the Bizarro universe. I definitely need to have this vetted by several women whose opinions I have great respect for. Thankfully, at least one is a lawyer so she has serious gravitas.

Meanwhile, Joe Rogan will survive the 24-hour news cycle because Russia threatening Ukraine is more profitable to the SCLM and Spotify prefers making money over doing the morally right thing; if they kept ripping off 99% of the artists on their service, why should anybody be surprised they’re comfortable with a D-list comedian spreading bullshit if it makes money? I’m going to stick to working on me and striving to be a better person.

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