Thursday, March 7, 2024

The...


For a while now we have been trying to come up with a term that encompasses all the various things we  tune into everyday to find out what's going on in the world; the internet, cable and broadcast T.V. podcasts, streaming, social media and what was the mainstream media or WWTMM as were going to call it from now on.  We think it needs an anacronym, as it's old, archaic even and if you're under 70, you may never have seen much of it.  From time to time, we've been referring to all these platforms as the Mass Hysteria, the Talking Heads and The Cognoscenti of the Known World.  All of those terms we still like, as they are apropos about certain aspects but none of those terms seemed to encompass it all.  We were thinking Infosphere but that wasn't quite descriptive enough and many times it's not even  information.  Then we realized that we sort of stumbled on this term a few weeks back, when talking about how the WWTMM covered the war in Gaza, wars in general and that was it... The Fog.

We really like this term because it can also cover Reality Shows not so Reality Shows, The WWE, Podcasts, Blogs, Social Media Platforms, Social Media Influencers and Politics.  Maybe you can tell the difference between these entities, sometimes we can too but  sometimes, we can't.

Webster's Dictionary describes The Fog as. 1. vapor condensed to fine particles of water suspended in the lower atmosphere that differs from cloud only in being near the ground. 2. a state of confusion or bewilderment.

Now we're not looking down our noses at the various entities in The Fog, as we are firmly in The Fog.  We are a Blog.  And we're not trying to say that The Fog makes everything murky and indefinable.  When you get close to an object in The Fog it is very clear, even crystal clear.  Like some movie star who has a series of hit movies and he's on every platform.  He's front and center everywhere.  But then he descends into a haze of drugs, divorce, sex scandals and fades back into the mist, never to be seen or heard from again.  Think Johnny Depp here.

Or faces come out of The Fog, many of them all at once, to scream and pontificate about something and then...  Well it all just fades back into the mist, like the war in Ukraine, the Federal Deficit or all the people running for President in a given election year.  Has anyone heard from or remember Jeb Bush?

We'd like to ask what is it all about?  Does any of it have real merit?  And we strive to Tell It Like It Is for the Public Good but then...  Like we said we're in The Fog too.  We're part of it.  Trust no one.

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Friday, February 23, 2024

Alternatives


Maybe it is time for some alternatives.  Instead of the current prospective Presidential nominees of both the democrat and republican parties, how about Martha Stewart?  She's over 80.  She's had a successful TV show.  She's a successful business woman.  And, she can still read from the teleprompter.  And she, unlike the other two, has not just been accused, or impeached or just indicted.  She's been convicted.  She's done time.  She's the real deal.  This works for either party too.

And for the independents we think it should be Tucker Carlson, late of Fox News fame, now in charge of his own podcast and someone who has been proffered as Bad, Bad Orange Man's running mate.  We say why not go for the number one spot big guy?  Again, another guy who has made a lot of money as the Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Caller and obviously another guy with his own TV show.  Now some may say he has no relative experience but we say that quaint idea, like Elvis, left the building a long time ago.  RFK Jr. is the current leading Independent candidate with enough money in his campaign coffers to run an ad during the Super Bowl.  In case you're wondering the cost of an ad during the Super Bowl was 7 million for 30 seconds.  And, this guy RFK Jr. has never, even, had a job.

And speaking of the Super Bowl it was pretty good if you didn't get too sick of watching Taylor Swift jump up and down every time the Chiefs did something.  Some of the commercials were even funny again.  And, the Zebras didn't seem to drop flags to help one team or the other.  The game even dramatically, ended in a tie and went into overtime.

And one thing we've noticed about overtime games.  The players are so exhausted, that it seems as if whoever gets the ball last, scores and wins.  The other team is too worn out to put up much of a defense.  It might be a good idea for some future team, to not let their players jump up and down like they're King Kong every time they make a tackle.  Hey they could even try to take things in stride after an interception, a fumble recovery or even a touch down.  That way, if the game goes into overtime, they might have a little gas left in their tanks and be able to stop the other team while they are on defense.  This is just an alternate idea, which may only be played out in an alternate universe, not this one.

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

Jealousy


Every once in a while jealousy rears its ugly head.  President Old Brains Biden who had all kinds of classified documents in his garage which is a big no no, got investigated for it.  The Special Investigator Robert  Hur concluded that Old Brains was too old, too feeble and his memory was so bad, that brining a case against him would be a waste of time.  Now any wise guy knows when you're being looked at, just keep your mouth shut.  But Old Brains got really angry and declared.  "I know what the hell I'm doing!"  Now you could say it was just one of the countless times Old Brains misspoke but we're thinking it's jealousy rearing its ugly head.  We figure Old Brains is thinking if Bad, Bad Orange Man can get indicted for miss handling classified documents, why can't I?

Also Old Brains' wife Jill and his Attorney Bob Bauer also blasted the investigators report.  Maybe they think Old Brains should be indicted as well.  And, maybe it's time for Special Investigator Robert Hur, no relation to Ben by the way, to take another look at this.

And District Attorney Fani Willis of Fulton County Georgia, the woman who dares to bring charges against Donald John Trump former President of the United States, aka Bad, Bad Orange Man, is in hot water.  Seems she hired her paramour Nathan Wade to prosecute Bad, Bad, Orange Man.  Seems Attorney Wade spent $654,000 plus on the case and some of it might have gone to their romance.  Added to that Mr. Wade was married at the time, so he and Fani, are caught in flagrante delicto.

Now some people are enraged and want the case dismissed but then it could be jealousy rearing its ugly head.  Maybe some people are just hating that a not so hot looking, middle aged woman, found love.  Even if it was in all the wrong places.  After all the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl and there was the kiss between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce after the victory, with all the confetti raining down.  And that is as pretty a picture, as you will ever see.  And people, are hating that too.

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Who Are The Worst People In America?


Who are the worst people in America?  You might be thinking serial killers, drug dealers, organized crime figures or even slumlords but no.  The worst people in America, could be the ones running for office.  If you don't believe us, just watch the commercials.  The people running for office have voted for all manner of evil and they want to take away your rights.  Which rights you might ask?  Well, whatever you got.  What can you do?  Well vote for the other guy of course.  But if you wait a little while, the next set commercials will come on telling you the other guy is not much better, maybe even worse.  What can you do?  Who knows?  Not us.  Good luck at the polls.

And Donald John Trump former President of the United States just took the Republican New Hampshire primary, Can anyone stop the The Beast or is he an unstoppable Juggernaut that will crush his only remaining opponent Niki Haley in the ensuing primaries?  Will he win the election in a landslide with his supporters weeping with joy and his detractors gnashing their teeth once again?  Will he have to take the oath of office from a jail cell?  Or will all the cases against him, just fall apart?  Who knows?  Not us.  Good luck at the polls.

And who will win the Super Bowl?  Teams look unstoppable till they are not.  See the Cowboys and the Packers.  At which point the fans, sometimes the owner and the Cognoscenti of the sports world, want players, coaches, head coaches or coordinators fired, if not tarred feathered and run out of town on a rail.  There is much gnashing of teeth.  Maybe as much if not more than there might be if Donald John Trump gets elected again.  There are no votes here, so don't worry about going to the polls.  But there are points.  So good luck with the spread, the over/under, the first, second, third quarter score and how long it takes Reba McEntire to sing the National Anthem.

Also watch out for the Officials.  Those are the guys in the black and white stripped shirts.  They can throw a flag and call a penalty on just about any play.  They can cause one team to score or not.  They can ruin whichever or whatever way you bet.  They can take the money right out of your pocket.  And, they are the absolute, worse people in America.

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Friday, January 12, 2024

We've Been Wondering


There are things that make us wonder and we've been wondering about certain things for a while...  Like if a letter is silent was it it there?  Take Ghislaine Maxwell.  When we first saw her name in print we were trying to figure out how to pronounce it.  Ghis translates into what?  Was it pronounced "Ghh-is", sort of like Chris in Christmas?  And then was it "lainee'"?  Because we knew she was French.  But then we find out that the "h" is silent and so it seems is the "s" and so is the "i" in laine.  So her name is pronounced "Ga-lane."  Which begs the question why don't we all just type Ga-lane from now on?  Of course that's only if she stays in the news and doesn't catch the suicide thing.  The suicide thing is a lot like the Covid thing.  It can be the end of you.  And we're going to type it "Ga'lane" with little ' accent in there because she's French.

And why can't Hillary run for President again?  This is the third time for Trump and the fourth or fifth for Biden.  We've lost count.  But Hillary?  She only gets to run once.  Is that fair?  And like why?  Is she too young at only 76?  She'll turn 80, somewhere in her first term just like the other two guys.  So, is it because she's a woman?  The old glass ceiling thing?  Is it the Russians?  Did they say don't even think about letting her run?  It's not fair.  Yeah, yeah we know we're repeating ourselves but that's how unfair it is.

And speaking of the Covid thing, we always wondered what the six feet was about?  If you remember we were all told to stay six feet away from each other.  Why six feet?  Why not five or ten or maybe even better, fifty?  Was it supposed to invoke the same distance as six feet under.  You know how deep you get buried to add more shock and awe?  But now we know from out of the mouth of Dr. Fauci who said.  "It just sort of appeared."  Did he mean like an apparition?  Like Jacob Marley from Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol'?  Or was it more like Casper the Friendly Ghost?  Or was it like the Myrmidons of ancient Greece, the loyal followers of Achilles who some legends say rose out of the earth?  Fauci said this in a Congressional hearing and like a lot things with the Congress people, they didn't follow up.  So we will all be, left to wonder.

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

Suggestions For 2024


In 2023 ABC unveiled a new riff on one of it's tried and true reality shows.  It was The Golden Bachelor.  This one differed from the previous Bachelor or Bachelorette shows in that the Bachelor was a 72 year old guy looking for love with an age appropriate woman.  The show was a big hit.  So we think next year's Golden Bachelor should be William Jefferson Clinton aka the 42nd President of the United States aka John Doe 36.

Obviously the man needs love and like the song says he's been "looking for love in all the wrong places".  Like Epstein's Island of lost teenage girls.  Maybe being on the TV show with a dozen or so age appropriate women to choose from and the audience weighing in on who he should pick, he might get it right this time.  We could sub title this season 'One Last Shot'.

And we have a suggestion for Disney.  Stop making movies.  Now some people say the movies are too woke.  Others say they just spend too much money on the CGI and special effects and they just can't recover the costs.  But they've lost over a billion dollars in 2023 on their movies and as the old saying goes.  'When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.'  Maybe they should try something else like a new religion along the lines of Scientology or an onlyfans.  There's a lot of money in those things.

And maybe the Ham Asses should try something new as well.  We mean something other than popping out of tunnels and firing missiles at Israel, most of which get shot down and a few kill some innocent people.  Of course we mean the Ham Asses that haven't been blown up, shot, drowned in their tunnels or otherwise sent to the hereafter.  Maybe they should learn bricklaying, as scenes from Gaza look like Berlin circa May 1945.  There will be a need for bricklayers, when all of this is done.  Or maybe they could get together and build a real subway with trains, tracks and stops that would take people from point A to point B, C and all over Gaza.  They're real good a building tunnels.  Or maybe they could learn Coding.  Anything but the firing missiles stuff.  That's not working out so hot for them.

Anyway, out with the old and in with the new.

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Thursday, December 21, 2023

NYUUGGEE's Person Of The Year 2023


It's Barbie!  Why?  Well for starters, she's a doll.  And no, not just because she looks so sweet but because she's an actual doll made out of whatever they make dolls out of.  And Barbie came into this world in 1959!  That's 64 years ago and in that time there have been one billion, that's billion with a B, Barbie dolls sold!  That means a billion little girls all over the world played out their dreams with Barbie.  And, Barbie has been everything from a doctor to a lawyer to an Astronaut.  In fact, Barbie made it to the moon four years before Neil Armstrong did!  And, while the original and standard Barbie is the one pictured above there is every kind of Barbie, in all kinds of skin tones and there is even a Barbie in a wheelchair.  So, there's a Barbie for everyone.

Now some of you might be saying, she's not real!  She's not a person!  But then they made a movie about her, where the Barbie doll becomes a real woman!  And, there's a little speech in the movie where one of the characters explains the difficulty of being a real woman.  It's kind of silly and funny but James Cameron said of the speech.  "You basically sum up thousands of years of female dilemma in one minute."  And, James Cameron in case you didn't know made the movie 'Titanic' and the Avatar movies too.  And, those movies made billions!  That's Billions with a B, just like Barbie.  In fact the movie Barbie grossed over 1.4 billion dollars.  So, who are we or you to argue?  And, as all these other sites weigh with who they think was the person of the year, just ask, how much did they make?

Okay, okay this is a joke.  Barbie is not a real person.  Of course in this age of unbridled narcissism and staged events everywhere you look, you might ask, is any thing we view real anymore?  With all the images popping up on the various screens, can we tell the difference between people selling us stuff and people who are actually doing something of value?

Well yeah.  And, our real person of the year is the IDF, as in Israeli Defense Forces.  When their nation was attacked, they answered the call.  They are defending their homes, their families and their liberty with the skill and courage, that would make any nation proud.  They are also paying the price.  And, they are for real.


Anyone out there who tells you some nitwit celebrity or politician is their person of the year, well... Like Barbie at the top of this page, its just a joke.

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