Cornwall, UK 2017
Month: July 2026
Today’s Earworm
I always liked the original (despite Neil Young ugh), but this cover is absolutely delightful.
And “The Brothers Comatose”? Best band name since “The Dead Kennedys”, and they sound better than the DKs.
Rising Rage
Having been crucified by the godless trolls of the IRS many times in the past, I loathe those bloodsucking thieves — not personally, but the system which recruits and nurtures their behavior. What exacerbates this loathing is what my (and everyone else’s) tax “donations”* are mostly funding.
If you thought “Welfare” (37%), go to the head of the class.
And if you want to see why that 37% is so high, all you have to see is this little exchange: as the man says: “The fact this one dude – by himself – can walk into any state and find blatant fraud everywhere he goes proves two things: 1) the fraud is rampant at an unprecedented scale and 2) the government agencies who are supposed to protect our tax dollars are either completely incompetent or complicit in the fraud.”
In other words, that 37% is a target for embezzlers and fraudsters, and the government either doesn’t care or actively allows their activity. (And depending on which department we’re talking about, one could add “encourages” to “allows”.)
I’m not even sure that going to the range is going to help this one.
*”donations” collected at gunpoint.
Quote Of The Day
From these guys, talking about the response of Virginians to the latest round of socialist-inspired gun restrictions:
“When government signals that it wants to restrict a constitutional right, people often become more determined to exercise it.”
Which is what happened in Virginia. Somewhere out there, I can hear the chuckles of native Virginians Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.
Random Totty
For some reason, the baking Texas heat outside always brings to my mind the visuals of people not like me, i.e. people who sunbathe:
And then we have the people who suddenly feel an unstoppable desire to cool off:
Quote Of The Day
“A prospective employee today saying that they don’t use A.I. is the equivalent of a prospective secretary in 1995 saying that she doesn’t use a PC.” — Scott Galloway
I hadn’t thought of it that way before — being preternaturally suspicious of A.I. as I am — but the more I read and speak to people, the more I’m starting to see why the above is true.
I’m just glad I’m not part of today’s prospective employee group.