from the say-it-aint-so dept
This week, our first place winner on the insightful aspect is MrWilson with a touch upon our submit about DOGE’s “effectivity theater”:
I voted for this!”
—individual whose taxes and value of dwelling and lease are all going up
In second place, it’s a double-winning nameless remark that additionally takes second place over on the humorous aspect, in response to Trump’s posted-then-deleted AI deepfake concerning the MedBed conspiracy concept:
It’s loopy how common healthcare free on the level of use is so fashionable, it’s even the dream coverage of the stupidest supporters of the celebration most against it.
For editor’s selection on the insightful aspect, we begin out with a remark from Stephen T. Stone in response to our submit concerning the media’s failures and the outdated instance of what journalists have to do when two folks disagree about whether or not it’s raining:
You already lined Journalism 101 within the article, so right here’s Journalism 102: It’s additionally a journalist’s job to report which one of many two lied concerning the climate.
Subsequent, it’s Thad passing alongside a well-known quote in response to the primary place profitable remark above:
“I’ll inform you what’s on the backside of it. In case you can persuade the bottom white man he’s higher than the most effective coloured man, he received’t discover you’re selecting his pocket. Hell, give him any individual to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”
– LBJ
Over on the humorous aspect, our first place winner is Pixelation with one other touch upon our submit about DOGE:
DOGEd
What do you imply it isn’t environment friendly? This can be a very environment friendly method to waste cash and lose prime expertise on the identical time. That’s very environment friendly.
We’ve already had the second place double-winner above, so we’ll transfer on to editor’s selection, beginning with one other remark from Thad, this time concerning the ongoing failures of journalism:
Jogs my memory of one among my favourite headlines, “One thing Went Fallacious in Airplane Crash, Specialists Say.”
Lastly, it’s a superb nameless joke about Pete Hegseth’s deranged meeting of navy leaders:
Generals collect of their lots
Solely to get known as fatasses
That’s all for this week, of us!
