Eleven years after our old friend Marc helped us get the first version of this podcast conceived, born, and—with no regard for human life or concern for the wider consequences—foisted upon the world, he joins us once again to try to bring a little bit of actual understanding to at least one aspect of this stupid, indecipherable world. Today we’re talking the ongoing attempted Stupid Coup, Facebook and Twitter awfulness, and the COVID-19 vaccine, among other topics. Enjoy!
Here’s the letter* the head of the General Services Administration—a bureaucratic functionary with no political role—sent along to President-Elect Joe Biden.
*Lightly edited for clarity.
Here’s video of Ronna McDaniel, head of the Republican National Committee, trying to convince a rowdy crowd that despite their president’s insistence that the last election was a total fraud, the next one in a few weeks is absolutely worth participating in. Bonus content! Did you know that McDaniel dropped the “Romney” from her professional name because Trump asked her to?
Here’s the Raphael Warnock dog-walking ad that we discussed. Is the dog breed BRILLIANT POLITICAL MESSAGING, or just, you know, his fucking dog?
Here’s Dilbert Guy Scott Adams using his hypnotic powers of persuasion to convince me that he’s a fucking moron. Well done, Scott! You got me!
“We got them, Sir. You can’t prove a negative. That’s a known known. They’ll be out there working on this task FOREVER.”
Here’s Sarah Fuller kicking off for Vanderbilt, and becoming the first ever woman to play in an NCAA Division 1 football game in the process.
And here’s Abe’s shameful first thought after such an historic achievement.
From the New York Times, a dive into the fetid wasteland of a couple of boomers’ Facebook feeds.
Here are some of the tweets that Twitter insists are worth bringing to the attention of my @weirdmoron account.
Extra special thanks to Marc for doing the show with us this week. You can check out his excellent rawk’n’roll band—Tetramer— at the various links below.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrA4buTvkUHocv7n6y2TzuA/videos
https://www.tetramermusic.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1cuqG1yW3j5XQoA4weHPjF
https://tetramer.bandcamp.com/album/death-of-karma
https://www.facebook.com/Tetramer/
And here’s my current favorite song of theirs, just for fun: