{"id":88978,"date":"2025-01-01T04:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=88978"},"modified":"2025-01-01T06:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T12:13:13","slug":"the-geist-of-the-zeit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=88978","title":{"rendered":"The Geist Of The Zeit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I haven’t paid a lot of attention to Anderson Cooper’s New Years Eve broadcasts from Times Square since Kathy Griffin was still an A-lister – or, maybe, starting her descent toward the Z-list<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But perhaps the biggest story of this past year, along with and tied to Trump’s re-election, is the change in the culture over the past few months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suddenly, it’s…well, not “safe”, per se<\/em>, to attack our narratives’ sacred cattle. But people are starting to play around with the idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which brings us to Whitney Cummings – a comedian about whom I’ve never felt any compulsion to comment at all [1]. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can anyone imagine a comic, other than Dave Chapelle or Ricky Gervains, riffing on mainstream TV like this<\/em>, even a year ago? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NEW: Anderson Cooper stands completely speechless after Whitney Cummings says Dems couldn\u2019t hold a primary because they were too busy holding up a dead body.

\u201cIt was amazing that the Pro-Choice Party didn't give their voters one\u2026\u201dpic.twitter.com\/EtxIcMKRXZ<\/a><\/p>— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 1, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>