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Blaming It on “March Madness”

 Posted by at 8:09 pm  Politics
Mar 192021
 

As a U of Illinois alum, I have to admit that (sadly) it’s not all that common for my Fighting Illini to get to the top tier of sporting events.

But this year they did!

Since they’re seeded #1 in their bracket, I’ve been glued to watching the NCAA March Madness Finals.  You have to go back to 2005 before they even made it to the Championship game (they lost to North Carolina).

So I hope you’ll bear with my absence from “Friday Fun” posts for the next couple weeks until my Fighting Illini are crowned NCAA Champs!

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COVID: A Year in Photos

 Posted by at 4:45 pm  Politics
Mar 132021
 

Well, it will be a LONG time before I use photos in a GIF that really require captions for clarity.

It wasn’t that terribly hard to find out how and teach myself, but the process is slow, tedious and boring!

When I learned that Pres. Biden was going to address the nation last Thursday, marking the one-year anniversary of our lockdown, I decided I would do a “photo essay” type of post.

But since it’s been a top story for over a year, I wanted to try to find some photos we haven’t all seen dozens of times – which was a challenge.

And then I wasn’t sure how to categorize them into sections since they obviously all had an underlying common thread.  So there’s some overlap between the different GIFs.

No doubt a common impact of COVID here and around the world is that it’s made our lives much more insular and lonelier.

Of course it’s had a profound impact on the medical community

And its repercussions on individuals, families, friends, institutions and government will cause ripples for years and years to come.

I will close with a photo I’m sure we’ve all probably seen, but if I had to pick just one iconic photo representative our lives in the time of COVID, it’d be this:

 

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Friday Fun Update

 Posted by at 2:53 pm  Politics
Mar 122021
 

I didn’t change horses in midstream, nor did I technically bite off more than I can chew – at least originally.

But when I had it done, I decided I really should go back and add captions to the 30 or so slides for it to make better sense.

So it was back to the drawing board to teach myself how to add captions and still create a GIF w/ them.

Should be ready by tomorrow.

For my penitence, here’s a Tweet of the our new Attorney General, Merrick Garland, arriving at the DOJ yesterday to a standing ovation.

So nice to have adults back in charge again!

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Sunday Smile: Potpourri

 Posted by at 9:19 am  Politics
Mar 072021
 

CPAC

We are all well aware that Donnie literally thinks of himself as a God – “I Am the Chosen One.”

And that he loves being idolized – quite literally – by his Trumpkins.

So it was no surprise to see a golden calf statue of Donnie being wheeled down the hall at CPAC.

But many of us have probably not seen the purloined video of CPAC Trumpkins reacting to their golden idol.

 

Capitol Insurrection Arrests Increasing

Good news keeps on coming: More than 300 seditionists have been charged with a Federal crime for their insurrection at our Capitol.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/capitol-riot-arrests-2021-03-05/

https://www.insider.com/all-the-us-capitol-pro-trump-riot-arrests-charges-names-2021-1

And FBI Director Wray firmly put the kibosh on the ridiculous right-wing conspiracy that is was all done by Antifa.

And we can all enjoy Andy Borowitz’ take on why it didn’t involve Antifa:

Van Gogh in the Time of COVID

I’ll admit I have a fairly warped sense of humor, so it’s no wonder that this COVID-related cartoon struck me as funny:

NOTE: Not to get too pedantic, but I’m aware that Van Gogh actually mutilated his left ear.  But since he drew his self-portraits using a mirror, they’re reversed – and so it looks like it’s his right ear..

March Madness Dunk Contest – Canadian-Style

Now that winter is coming to an end and March Madness is right around the corner, how about closing with a video from Canada of a unique slam dunk … on ice skates!

 

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Brief Update

 Posted by at 7:37 pm  Politics
Mar 052021
 

Good News – Bad News

BAD NEWS:

Will have to put off “Friday Fun” for a bit (maybe this weekend – but might wait to next week) because I spent the better part of my day “visiting” with one of my doctors.

GOOD NEWS:

I do NOT have a melanoma!

(I think that trumps the bad news.)

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Friday Fun: Cruz, Hawley & Greene Give Us Some Giggles

 Posted by at 9:26 am  Politics
Feb 262021
 

 

Today I’m going to go with the low-hanging fruit – especially since there’s such an abundant crop to pick!  Most will slant humorous, but a few have a serious message.

We all got a chuckle when Ted Cruz was pilloried for his flight to Cancún during the winter storm that ravaged Texas.  Ted had to slink back home with his tail tucked between his legs – but sporting a brand new hairdo!

Gov. Abbott rightfully earned FOUR Pinocchios for his mendacious claim that frozen wind turbines were the cause of Texas’ travails.

On a serious note, the question we face as a nation is this:  Can a country survive if it bases its decisions on lies?

Of course, we all realize that there is more than one side to any issue.  But republicans never seem to find a side that has even a kernel of truth to it.

I mean, doesn’t it seem odd how wind turbines “froze” in Texas – but did just fine in frigid Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and Norway?

Texas Republicans: “I’ll vote for Democrats when hell freezes over” 

Mother Nature: “Deal!”

Twitter had a few observations of the Cruz Cancún fiasco:

 

 

 

 

 

How about closing the fun part with a lively song:

 

And on another serious note, Julián Castro had a fantastic Spot-On “Take Home” Message valid at any time – but particularly when a city, state or nation is faced with a crisis:

“Don’t ever put people in charge of government who don’t believe in government.”

A huge “THANK YOU!” to Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré for calling Josh Hawley a “Little Piece Of Sh*t” which ran as a chyron on Tfucker (the “T” is silent) Carlson’s show while Hawley was speaking.

“This little piece of sh*t with his Yale law degree should be run out of DC and Disbarred ASAP,” Honoré wrote of Hawley in a since-deleted tweet on Jan. 12.

 

Last and always least, MTG Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to block the Equality Act with language that was (while certainly in character for Greene) particularly vile and hurtful to Rep. Marie Newman whose daughter is transgender.

So Rep. Newman did what any proud mother would do – supported her daughter.

Being the petty little _____ (fill-in the blank with your own X-rated epithet), MTG tried to retaliate using her faux “christianity” …

But Twitter was having none of it!

(To understand a few of these, you should know that MTG openly and knowingly cheated on her husband with a tantric sex cult guru and at least one other male at the same time, and numerous times.)

SORRY – I don’t know how to get rid of the lead “Blank” source Tweet

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was inspired to create my own sign, but since I don’t belong to Twitter I’ll have to be content to post it here.

So while I’ve lost a great source for mocking (ByeDon!), it looks like Cruz, Hawley and Greene will be picking up the slack!

 

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Friday Fun: COVID Forces Mardi Gras to Morph Into “Yardi Gras”

 Posted by at 1:51 pm  Politics
Feb 192021
 

As you know, last Tuesday was Shrove Tuesday – or Mardi Gras.  And no city does Mardi Gras better than New Orleans.  But …

NEW ORLEANS’ YARDI GRAS HOUSES

This year has been unlike any other. A tremendous amount of setback, disappointment, and loss consumed the vast majority of our days. In spite of it all, New Orleanians did what New Orleanians always do – found a reason to celebrate.

When the news broke that Mardi Gras parades were canceled, locals got to work. Contemplating and creating their own COVID-safe celebration now dubbed – Yardi Gras. Thanks to the efforts of the Krewe of House Floats, home and business owners linked up with local float makers and artists to recreate the same visually stunning and cleverly themed floats Mardi Gras is known for right on their front porches.

https://www.neworleans.com/blog/post/yardi-gras-houses-new-orleans/

There were literally hundreds of “Yardi Gras” decorated houses to sort through, so I might well have missed one you happened to see and particularly enjoyed.  If so, feel free to share it in the Comments.

I’ll begin with ones that had an identifiable Theme to it.

This is a dinosaur from Jurassic Park at the famous “Wedding Cake” house.

 

In a salute (I guess) to infamous attorney Sidney Powell, here is Release the Kraken house.

What’s not to like about this frog from Down on the Bayou house?

 

Covers of Dr. Seuss Books cover this house.

 

Here’s the Jester/Joker in his Harlequin-like outfit.

You can almost smell the Beignets from this Café du Monde house.

This house celebrates the fine art of Creole Cuisine.

Blacklights were creatively used for the Shroom house.

Everybody loves a Circus.

 

Look at the gold arms reaching out at the bottom – you can almost hear them yelling “Toss Me Some Beads!”

In honor of Prince, the Purple Rain house.

Celebrating New Orleans’ wonderful history of jazz, the Silhouette house.

And some New Orleanian must have read TC’s Blog and decided to honor JD with the Nine Muses.

 

In the Oaks section of NOLa they had traditional-style floats that were stationary, and people could drive by to view them.

These “Yardi Gras” houses had no theme that I could discern, but I liked them.

Hopefully New Orleans will be back in full-swing for Mardi Gras next year!

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