frightful friday: full of chock(?)

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G.O.M.E.R. * Returns

* Grumpy Old Men & Their Elucidating Rants

RANT TOPIC #1:  Settled Science

Link from Jonah Goldberg's column: "Who Are the Real Deniers of Science?"

• JG is my favorite partisan pundit.
• There's no reasonable reason why he can't be your favorite, too.
• I found [and read in its entirety!] this column while browsing the Drudge Report on FRI 5/20.
• The time stamp on his column is/was 5/20 12:00a. I was browsing @ 6:00 p.m.

RANT TOPIC #2:  Transgender Issues

I would like to think that most [Some? A few?] of my readers are open-minded to the possibility that there is more to this issue than meets the eye . . . Just like I'd like to think that most [Some? A few?] of my readers understand that I am not a hater.
      Please, please, please check out this link re: transgender issues I found & read it in its  entirety while browsing National Review Online (NRO) on TUE 5/24. The column is dated 5/23. This column transcends the politics which . . . in my humble opinion . . . have completely overwhelmed the nature of the debate. It's written by David French. 

Political Potpourri

Re:  "She-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named"

Tagline from Drudge Report (5/27): "Sworn testimony: SWSNBN doesn't know how to use a computer . . . "  [Sure . . . & MSNBC is "fair & balanced."]

I would be the last person . . . the LAST person, I tell you . . . who would suggest that the main stream media would, after reaping the benefits of all the media-worthy moments that HWSNBN has provided for them during the course of the primary season, turn from treating him as newsworthy icon to a cringe-worthy icon . . . so I'll let two of my favorite partisan pundits do the suggesting for me. Here's a link from Brent Bozell & Tim Grahan about the 'Shameless N.Y. Times' which I found via the Drudge Report on SAT 5/21, originally posted on 5/17. [FYI, I took the time to read this column . . . & so should you.] *
* You can probably also track down this column by checking out the Media Research Council web site.

QUOTE:  "SWSNBN" is unpopular because she's inauthentic & a very bad & brazen liar." If it's one minor fault I find in my favorite partisan pundit's columns, it's his inability to cut to the heart of the matter. For example I submit the aforementioned quote, which I found in his column, "Tales of the Real Hillary: An Ongoing Series," originally posted 5/24 on NRO, via Drudge (5/27). Here's the link.  

Re:  "He-Who-May-Be-More-Relevant-Than-I-Have-Believed"

Tagline from Drudge Report (5/27):  "Bernie Backers See FBI as Answer to Prayers . . . "  [Am I missing something? In all of my extensive research, I can't recall seeing anything about HWMBMRTIHB's backers praying about anything.] *
* This sounds gratuitously self-righteous.

Re:  "He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named"

There is a reason . . . There are MULTIPLE reasons . . . why JG is my absolute favorite partisan pundit. Here is a link to his column, dated 5/21, that I found via the Drudge Report on SAT 5/21. It represents much of my current ambivalence re:  what I will do with my vote in November. I absolutely read every word of this column, even while being mightily distracted by my dearly loved 6-year-old grand-daughter, while sitting in the living room of my dearly loved Worley-familial connection in Lincoln, NE, last weekend. [We were waiting for EVERYONE * to get up & get ready, since I offered to treat breakfast @ Hy-Vee **.]
* I'm not mentioning any names . . . Sarah!]
** Purveyors of pretty decent biscuits & gravy . . . ranking right up there with . . . believe it or not . . . Casey's. ***
*** I don't care whether you believe it or not. I like Casey's biscuits & gravy.  

Re:  A Liberal Tea Party Movement?

No, that's not what I'm suggesting . . . It's a comment from a column written by my favorite partisan pundit, * which I found & read while browsing the Drudge Report this morning. The column was posted 5/25 on National Review Online. Here's the link. I highly recommend if for no other reason than . . . There is no place like Nebraska . . . & Ben Sasse is mentioned in this column. 

Re:  My favorite partisan pundit

If it seems like I've included an unhealthy reliance on this pundit's columns for my blog this morning, well, just remember, as always . . . it's my blog. You are always more than welcome to comment . . . You are always more than welcome to start your own blog.

Mental Health MON . . . Special FRI Edition

I didn't get around to publishing my usual Mental Health MON entry on MON 5/23, so I'm including some . . . 

REASONS TO BE DEPRESSED? ANXIOUS?

Taglines from Drudge Report

• "Burgers contain human DNA . . . (5/11)" [And to think that yesterday I bought 8 hamburger patties from Hy-Vee, so I could get 8 free brats . . . 4 bacon-cheddar & 4 pineapple.]
• "82% of law professors are Democrats . . . (5/27)" [I'm going out on a limb to suggest that what happens in most of their classrooms doesn't matter, since most of their students are outside, protesting a variety of important causes, such as, "Hey, college presidents, protect us from global-warming deniers, because global-warming is, like, really, really, really scary, & we have no idea what the 1st amendment is, because 92% of our government teachers in high school were Democrats" . . . I'm just sayin'.]
• "Eye pain, severe headaches? You may have 'tech hangover' . . . (5/27)" [Once again, I'm not too worried about any students remaining in those law professors' classrooms. They either fall into this category, or they aren't paying attention because they are focusing on their smartphones or iPads or iPods or whatever.]
• "Sun disintegrating? NASA spots monster hole . . . (5/27)"  [God promised that He would not destroy the Earth with a world-wide flood again. I don't recall any promises re:  a disintegrating Sun.] *

* Lucky you! You get a bonus Theological THU feature on frightful FRI.