Oh, Joe Biden is doing just fine. Why do you ask?
I don’t have an advanced math degree or anything, but I’m pretty sure that’s at least three words:
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Yep. Three. Feel free to check my work, though.
For most politicians, this would be a humiliating, possibly career-ending gaffe. (Remember the guy who was ruined for writing “potatoe” on a blackboard?) But for Biden, it’s just another day.
Say what you want about Lauren Boebert, but she’s a pretty good troll:
And a bunch of libs took the bait:
Those intelligent, well-informed liberals don’t know about the latest stupid thing Biden said. But that’s not really their fault, because the only media they consume never told them about it. Our moral, ethical, and intellectual betters in the press are doing everything they can to minimize Biden’s increasingly obvious dementia. They know he’s losing his mind, and they’re desperate to help their fellow Democrats maintain power.
If that means keeping their audience so ignorant that they make fools of themselves… oh well! 🤷🏻♂️
But don’t worry, Joe’s backup QB is ready to go:
Well, that’s new. As a prosecutor in San Francisco, Kamala convicted almost 2,000 people on marijuana charges. And then, as California’s Attorney General, she literally laughed at legalizing it:
You might think it’s a good or bad thing that Kamala has changed her tune on weed. But why is she pretending she hasn’t?
Why are Democrats attacking an African-American woman running for Congress because she was sexually assaulted?
Guess they’re just evil. So much for “the party of women,” huh?
Somebody just made a documentary about Shia LaBeouf vs. 4chan, that whole He Will Not Divide Us mess back in 2017, and I wanted to write a little bit about the trailer. But it just got taken down from YouTube:
“This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Luke Turner.” That’s one of the partners in LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner, the “artist’s collective” that created the He Will Not Divide Us publicity stunt.
That’s right: Notorious plagiarist Shia LaBeouf is now using copyright law to stifle criticism of his work. Isn’t it perfect?
I don’t like those 4chan guys, and the whole alt-right thing just makes me nauseous. But they have the right to mock whoever they want. If Shia really believed in artistic freedom, he’d let them.
Look, man, I’ve never trusted Kanye. Did everybody forget about this already?
That guy is nuts. Just because he likes a politician you like doesn’t make him your friend. Wise up.
As a kid, I appreciated Velma Dinkley because she was the only member of Mystery Incorporated who actually, y’know, solved mysteries. She was the one who always figured out what the heck was going on, while Shaggy and Scooby-Doo were screwing around. They got all the glory and snacks, while she did all the work. (I never understood why Fred and Daphne were even there.) Those villains would’ve gotten away with it, too, if not for Velma’s meddling.
So I’m fine with HBO Max doing an “adult cartoon” about Velma. I’m okay with them making her Indian-American. (She’s smarter than everybody else, right?) I don’t even care that they’re excluding Scooby-Doo for whatever reason.
But this is just baffling:
This is the world’s first glimpse of the show. And right out of the gate, they’re insulting the audience. Why so confrontational? Why so bitterly hostile? It’s almost as if they know they’ve already failed, and they’re proactively undercutting the anticipated criticism.
They’re trying to do a Rick and Morty thing with the constant metacommentary, but Mindy Kaling is no Justin Roiland. He can make just about anything funny, but her voice is like nails on a chalkboard.
Here’s a look at the rest of the characters:
Norville Rogers is Shaggy’s real name. Just imagine that writers’ room: “Okay, guys, we need to update these characters for the modern world. Hmmmm… Shaggy is lazy, cowardly, and obviously stoned out of his gourd. Shouldn’t he be black?”
That must be why Scooby-Doo isn’t on this show. He died in a dog fight! Or maybe Daphne’s parents own a restaurant, and Scoob ended up on the menu?
But seriously, folks. Sam Richardson is really funny (Detroiters, R.I.P.), and casting Glenn Howerton as Fred is intriguing. Maybe this show won’t be as rawful as it rooks.
But if they’re squeezing a few more bucks out of a 53-year-old intellectual property by throwing in some race-swapping and ironic metacommentary, not everybody is going to dig it. Some viewers will resent having their fond childhood memories mocked and manipulated for cash. Why aren’t the showrunners ignoring those haters, and gearing the show toward the people who will actually like what they’re doing?
Is it because that audience doesn’t exist?
The Glorious People’s Republic of Treacherstan is declaring war on this tyrant:
That’s kinda funny, I guess. It’s not like he’s trying to avoid taxes or anything. It’s just a goof. He’s not hurting anybody. The Mouse That Squeaked.
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Biden's always been dumb buti suspect his handlers cringe every time he opens his mouth now. Lord knows I do.
Micro nation? Cool! I just bought 20 acres out in the sticks. Maybe I can be a micro nation too! Any thought on a cool name? Or thoughts on a flag?
"Yep. Three. Feel free to check my work, though."
It's a Complex number and only the Imaginary component matters.