Shot in the Dark

Category: HUMOR

  • Attention, America

    Looking for a good review of Tim Walz’s reign? Look no further than Minnesota. Seen on the roof of the Governor’s mansion: I call that a PhD-level troll.

  • Somewhere In Marcy Holmes, Probably

    I know, they’re from Scotland. But honestly… …this is peak Minnesota progressive.

  • What Did Rochester Ever Do To Them (Besides Elect Kim Norton)

    I was at the Minnesota GOP Convention last Saturday in Rochester. It was actually the best organized convention I’ve ever been to. Electronic balloting allowed five rounds of balloting, including speeches and arm-twisting time, between rounds. Of course, the State Central meeting was a Bulgarian cluster-cuddle – more on that, maybe, next week. And the…

  • Going Not So Much “Where No-One Has Gone Before…”

    …but in this case, “going where late night TV and Saturday Night Live apparently don’t dare go anymore”: Saudi TV lampoons Lesko Brandon: I’m old enough to remember when all presidents were fair game on American TV.

  • P. J. O’Rourke, RIP

    P. J. O’Rourke died yesterday at the age of 74. He was one of the best conservative pundits of the last 50 years and certainly the funniest. He also had a keen eye. In his 1990 classic Parliament of Whores, he provided a spot-on synopsis of the people you meet at a protest rally. Tell…

  • What’s A Cubit?

    Bill Cosby is out of jail: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the indecent assault conviction of Bill Cosby on Wednesday and ordered his release from prison after finding that he was denied protection against self-incrimination. The court said that a prosecutor’s decision not to charge Cosby, 83, in an earlier case opened the door for…

  • Best Practices

    I have a hunch one of these is going to be mandatory for everyone in public life sooner than later… …and I should really get cracking on mine.

  • People Are Acting…

    …like what this guy said was wrong, or even remotely inaccurate. Other than the bit about Hyundais being a symptom of creeping progressivism, which left me a little confused.

  • For Your Framing, T-Shirting, Bumper-Stickering And Lawn-Signing Pleasure

    From the “Bitter Barrista” comedy videoblog, we get what may be the most perfect, if coarse, response to the excesses of modern authoritarian therapeutic culture. (Language occasionaly NSFW). First, the vid: Then, the line: “Has it ever occurred to you that that it’s no one else’s responsibility to make sure that you’re emotionally stable? But…

  • Revelation

    I have these two jokes – which in a sense aren’t jokes at all. First – when it comes to progressivism, yesterday’s joke is today’s proposal and tomorrow’s policy. And the second: Babylon Bee is becoming less and less distinguishable with “real news”. And now, the former “fact-check” site Snopes is trying to deplatform Babylon…

  • The Silent Epidemic

    We apparently have a wave of cannibalism: I blame California.

  • It’s Fiction.

    But only barely.

  • Not The Dumbest Idea They’ve Had

    Venezuela responds to US moves to deal with the unraveling of Venezuelan economic life: “The ‘contact group’ you’re proposing is completely useless and unnecessary,” Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez fumed at a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Cancun, Mexico. “The only way you could impose it would be to send in…

  • Almost Cops

    Back when I worked as a nightclub DJ, it was easy to meet Green Berets, “Delta” members, Navy SEALs, former fighter pilots, CIA agents, and – my favorite – uncercover narcotics officers – at the bar.  Especially around last call. My favorite?  One evening, a very aggressive little fella spent half an hour boasting about his…

  • It’s Only Satire…

    …until it’s not. I say that, because it’s a phenomenon that is verging on being a “Berg’s Law”; today’s jokes about the behavior of liberals are tomorrow’s news stories about the behavior of liberals.  I have no doubt that someone in the comment section will, before long, post an article from Mother Jones or Raw Story that reads like the link…

  • Too Good To Get Overly Concerned About Accuracy

    The details of the story don’t entirely pass the sniff test – it’s from “fake news” leader the Huffington Post – but I’ll confess, I want it to be true: Fast-food lovers are likely in awe over the sheer badassery of a 13-year-old girl who reportedly smacked down a gun held by a boy demanding she give…

  • “The Island Of No Social Life”

    I mean, the jokes pretty much write themselves.

  • Fake But Accurate

    I mean, it’s not literally true – and yet…

  • 15-40

    I’ve never had much patience for sci-fi buffs.  Maybe it was the sci-fi buffs I spent my time around – I don’t know – but their (stereotypically) prickly anal-retentiveness over their genre always rubbed me the wrong way.  And so I never really understood the whole “Firefly” thing – especially the show’s fans’ anger over…

  • Cultural Tectonic Shift?

    It would be a big mistake to say “Obama has lost The Onion.”  But two stories in the same week lampooning the President and Liberals’ bigotry against conservatives?  That may be a first.

  • In The Interest Of Accuracy

    I’m seeing many people changing their traditional “PBO” (“President Barack Obama”) references to KBO (or “King…”). This is incorrect.Given Obama’s non-royal lineage, it’d be more correct to refer to him as “BC” (Barack Caesar). Please see to this. That is all.

  • Minor Penalty for (Not) Checking

    What’s one way to guarantee fighting will remain a staple of professional hockey? Have Ralph Nader argue against it. Reading his open letter to Gary Bettman, you can tell Nader hasn’t watched too much hockey in, say, the last several decades. After conceding there is no evidence directly connecting fighting to brain injuries…he says, “[r]epeated…

  • My Old Colleague Bucky

    One day when I was 16 or 17, working at my first radio station (KEYJ in Jamestown, ND), I worked my usual Saturday “morning” shift – 5AM to 3PM.  At the end of the shift, one of the station’s full-timers, a guy we’ll call Bucky, came in after me to work the Saturday night shift.…

  • Trumped Up

    The Donald leads the field.  I blame women and independents. Are his 15 minutes of this election cycle up yet?  It may only be a poll of 385 Republicans nation-wide, but carrying the increasingly limited gravatis of CNN as the poll’s sponsor, few news outlets will miss the opportunity to write the following headline: “Trump…

  • Trump Card

    P.T. Barnum runs for president.  He’s vowed that he’s taking a presidential bid seriously.   He’s sent aides on “exploratory trips” for his nascent campaign.  He’s pledged millions of dollars towards his candidacy.  And what’s more, he’s taken seriously – by the media, the punditry, and the polls.  Of course, all of that was in 2000.…