As we’ve been learning, no one in American life is above the law, though some are more orange, dumber and pudgier than the law.
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THE GOLDMAN STATE
Politics
Ol’ Joe and Ol’ Me: Covid Co-Horts
Don’t you find that the continuous commentary about Joe Biden’s age is getting a bit, well, old?
Cannabis Lounges Could Open Soon in California’s Capital
Meanwhile, back on the left coast, where Governor Goddamn Handsome is running for re-election—but not, as rumored, with the tourist-boosting tagline “California: Your State for Sky-High Gas Prices, Bureaucratic Chaos and Abortions While U Wait”—the Sacramento City Council continues to wrestle with a proposal to allow “cannabis lounges” to be built (and even frequented!).
Earth Day: Frisbees, Birkenstocks and Zero Action On Climate Change
Etiquette suggestion: If you’re planning to attend any festivities today or tonight in commemoration of Earth Day, try to refrain from spraying your hair or underarms in advance. This is the one 24-hour period for which you’ve been saving that tube of VO5 and travel-kit roll-on deodorant since Earth Day began in 1970.
Woke? Here Are Other Things You Really Ought To Be
As we all know, “woke” is the grammatically grotesque term used to define whether a person is politically correct, progressive, gender-sensitive, culturally appropriate and phenomenally tedious to spend time with.
“Mistaken Whoopi” And Other Songs Of Freedom
Free speech is becoming a more situational concept than the non-existent free lunch. But both come with a complete set of baggage.
Dr. Oz For The U.S. Senate—Or, The Happy Huckster Goes To Washington
The news near the close of 2021 that Dr. Mehmet Oz would be running to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate was hardly a medical or political breakthrough.
Merrie Olde England, Guns and Grappling
It’s not exactly an onomatopoeia. That’s a word that sounds like what it’s depicting, like “sizzle” or “plop”— and not, despite how it sounds when spoken aloud, what two-year-old boys yell to their mothers when nature calls and they can’t quite reach the doorknob on the closed bathroom door.
The New Meaning of “Are You Now or Have Ever Been?”
From around 1947 to 1958, a simple, direct and invasive question was a reliable elevator of blood pressure: “Are you now or have ever been a Communist?”
Will There Be a Subtotal Recall on September 14?
The old expression, “Suppose they gave a party and nobody came?” is starting to sound like it applies to another party: Democrats.
