Apologies in advance. The quality of this zine might be swirling down the shitter.My retirement came through on Friday morning, and ever since, I’ve been in a damned fine mood, non-stop. I am singing Broadway show tunes, and seriously thinking about buying comfortable silk slippers. I said ‘Good morning!’ to my flatmate Dean, and meant it. I am the happiest fat schlump you’ve ever seen.But the only shtick I have, only thing I have ever written about, is crankiness and complaining. So WTF, now I’m gonna be Fred Rogers?
We’re up to, I think, five prominent Democrats calling on Biden to step down from re-election. Seems scummy to me, and it’s telling that none of the few Democrats I have any fondness for are among them.
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What’s the end game from such silliness? If Biden doesn’t step down, they’ve weakened his candidacy maybe more than the debate.And if he does step down, who’s the Democratic Party going to turn to instead? Certainly not a candidate that might make voters eager to vote for him or her; Democrats hate that in a candidate. So if Biden gets pushed aside, it won’t be Bernie Sanders for Prez, or AOC; they’ll find someone Bidenesque, someone similarly yawn-inducing but younger.Better to stay saddled to the horse you’re saddled to, even if it’s an old and unimpressive horse, than trying to switch during the race.
This is some clever legal shit, if I’m grokking it right. And I might be grokking it wrong, so straighten me out if I’m mistaken, please.A wingnut kills six people at a school, and gets shot dead by cops. As is the style with these things, he leaves behind journals full of hate and wingnuttery.Now, here’s where it gets weird: The killer’s parents, being decent people, transfer the killer’s entire estate, including the writings, to the victims’ families, and they go to court asserting that any release of the wingnut writings would violate their copyright, as owners of the estate. The judge agrees, so the journals won’t be published, and haters won’t get the hate fuel they yearn for.I ain’t sure whether it’s right in principle — gets complicated, if you think about the possible precedent. But dang me, it’s clever, and if it smothers a dead madman’s free speech rights, well, the world has bigger problems than that.
The Kansas Supreme Court has decided that women are people who have rights, and fetuses are clumps of cells that don’t — so no, the state cannot ban abortion.This is is absolutely the correct and common sense ruling, so I’m astounded that it comes from such a reliably Republican state. There will doubtless be death threats and impeachment hearings…
Meanwhile, another right-wingnut judge (appointed by Trump, Federalist Society, etc) has ruled that the Federal Trade Commission has no authority to federally regulate trade — in this case, by banning non-compete clauses.Bigger picture, this is the strategy that the Republicans’ Supreme Court has endorsed — freedom means no regulation at all, hail Ayn Rand — so expect to see lots more such shit.
Brazilian Presidents are not above the law.
In this satirical city builder, your goal is to convert walkable cities into parking lots, and use propaganda to convince everyone it’s what they want.
⚡ LINKS FOR THINKS ⚡ When it comes to climate, beware the “calm down” guy. It’s all about Biden being old?President Handsome Joe Biden might Lose his job over the vibes of being old, and looking old. And that is ageism. Kinky Friedman (1944-2024) The year of living Constitutionally How the Supreme Court’s Chevron decision fundamentally reshapes how our government functions Eben Byers
⚰️ DEAD PEOPLE ⚰️ Mirta Díaz-Balart
fled Cuba and Castro Ringo Hallinan
good guy Jon Landau
film producer, Honey I Shrunk the Kids
7/8/2024 Cranky Old Fart is annoyed and complains and very occasionally
offers a kindness, along with anything off the internet that’s made me
smile or snarl. All opinions fresh from my ass. Top illustration by Jeff Meyer. Click any image to enlarge. Comments & conversations invited. Tip ‘o the hat to the AVA, Bleepity-Bleep, Breakfast at Ralf’s, Chuff, Dirty Blonde Mind, It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, Lemmy.world, Looking for My Perfect Sandwich, A Sudden Violent Jerk, Mr Souza’s Happy Place, Voenix Rising, and anywhere else I’ve stolen links, illustrations, or inspiration.Special thanks to Linden Arden, Becky Jo, Wynn Bruce,
Joey Jo Jo emeritus, Jeff Meyer, John the Basket, Dave S, Name Withheld, and always extra
special thanks to my lovely late Stephanie, who gave me 21 years and
proved that the world isn’t always shitty.
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