Hoop Nightmares

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Although my team didn't make it to the WNBA finals—my team never left the cellar, actually—I've been faithfully watching these exciting finals between the Atlanta Dream and the Golden State Valkyries.

This morning I checked the newspaper listings for which channel today's game would be on. The contest was slated to run on USA . . . and Syfy.

I know we're in the Halloween season, but it seems like a lot to ask of the players that while dribbling downcourt they suddenly sprout tentacles.

The GG Question

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It's here, the 250th birthday of the United States. If you're American, how do you feel about our country today? (If you're not, feel free to comment, too. Like I would leave anybody out on a day celebrating democracy.)

June 19 Does Double Duty

 

Memorial Day 2026

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On this Memorial Day, I'm thinking of the Vietnam War, which I'm old enough to remember.

All these years later, I believe most Americans who fought in that war, those who protested against it, and those who fled to Canada rather than serve all displayed a kind of bravery and introspection.

That fella whose father arranged a diagnosis of bone spurs, on the other hand, displayed exactly the kind of qualities he still evinces:  self-absorption, a fondness for cheating, and the spiritual depth of a Vietnamese rice paddy during the dry season.

This Week's Quote

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If you voted for Trump, you don’t get to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. You don’t get to enjoy Hispanic cuisine. Eat a Twinkie and be quiet.

Brunette Bohemian

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Easter Keester?

 

Some Things Never Change

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I receive a daily email about historical tidbits, and today's concerned the Roman Emperor Nero. In the year 67 CE, Nero participated in the Olympic Games, and was declared the winner of every event he entered, both athletic and artistic.

On this Presidents Day, does he remind you of anyone?

Public Service Announcement

 

This Week's Quote

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New Year’s Day now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week, you can begin paving hell with them as usual.

Mark Twain

Source:  Reader's Digest

Working Theory

 

It's Coal All Around

I spotted this sign outside of a Seattle bar. Perfect.

Here's What I Got You for Christmas

 

Technically

 

GG Tradition

I post this Kinsey Sicks video each Hanukkah. In light of the Bondi Beach shooting, I wondered if I should refrain this year, as the clip pokes fun at Jewish stereotypes.

I decided that drag and oys must go on.

And He's Off

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The murder by an Afghan of a member of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., has freed Donald Trump to launch into xenophobic overdrive.

In other words, he got an early Christmas present.

"I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover, terminate all of the millions of Biden illegal admissions, including those signed by Sleepy Joe Biden’s Autopen, and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States," Trump posted late on Thanksgiving, a holiday that celebrates immigration.

Our leading nativist also said the government would deport any foreign national who's "non-compatible with Western Civilization." Trump himself isn't compatible with any form of civilization. Letting him define Western civilization is like handing the job to a combination of Al Capone and Liberace.

His jingoistic hysterics are meant to feed his base, in the hope that while they froth and seethe they won't notice how prices continue to rise. Trump's approval ratings have cratered to a record low. His frenzied bigotry will likely boost his numbers.

For a while. Until Christmas shoppers realize that their budget can no longer stretch to a Marvel Spider-Man VenomVersus Spider-Man Liquid Shifter Action Figure with Accessories.

For Silly Gooseys on Turkey Day

 

This Week's Quote

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After the Brazilian woman married to Karoline Leavitt's brother. who's the mother of his son, was detained by ICE, Leavitt commented, "Deporting a relative is one of my family's cherished holiday traditions."

Paul Rudnick

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Veterans Day

 

The GG Question

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Given the obvious similarities between Donald Trump and a pumpkin, I'm disappointed that I haven't heard Trump opponents express creative, symbolic ways of disposing of their pumpkins and jack-o'-lanterns.

Now Halloween is over, and I'm looking at my little pumpkin and thinking there must be something more cathartic I can do with it than just toss it in the compost bin.

Any ideas?

Seasonal Plea