Just for Xeets and Giggles (02.17.24)

The week kicked off with the Super Bowl, so unsurprisingly there were lots of cultural moments. I’m not even a big football fan, but it was hard not to appreciate the significance of the Taylor Bowl.

She was in the box with other celebs, and the cameras were on her whenever her beau Travis Kelce did something important.

Many in the MAGA world were convinced that the whole game was rigged to give a win to (checks notes) a Caucasian football player and his blond haired, blue-eyed, Christian girlfriend. You know, the typical leftists these days.

Their kiss after the game somehow pissed so many off, so enjoy this moment.

People wondered whether they’d go to Disneyland like champions do, so this take made me giggle.

Kelce did have a meme-worthy moment when he lost his cool on the sidelines and yelled at Kansas City coach Andy Reid. What was he saying, though? People inserted their own scripts:

Or their own characters.

A lot of men who were unhappy with the result and aren’t big Chiefs fans took issue with Kelce’s behavior. This was my fav response.

The moment broke down on multiple cultural lines, including vaccines of all things, due to Kelce being in Pfizer ads and promoting vaccinations.

The left had a lot of fun mocking the idea that Taylor Swift had been behind the Chiefs’ winning season and Super Bowl win.

Was it a conspiracy all along? Here’s a GIF celebrating the win.

Or maybe it was pinko commies?

Hillary Clinton broke the internet and melted a lot of MAGA brains with this post:

Joe Biden even got in on the ribbing.

The funniest response was unintentionally so, and it came of course from Donald Trump who is so worried about the Taylor Swift effect that he tried to take credit for her career. Yes, this is a real post. SAD!

The response from the internet was awesome.

Usher played the halftime show and I felt validated by the artist line-up.

The Jesus “He Gets Us” folks were back with major ad buys for their Lord and Savior. I like this response:

Also,

Pledge break! Today’s the day you will upgrade your free subscription to a paid one, right? I can feel it! (And thanks so much if you already have!)

Okay, on to other news!

On the campaign trail, Trump criticized Nikki Haley’s husband, Michael Haley, wondering where he was all this time. The irony of Trump critiquing any marriage with one spouse absent is rich, but not as good as Michael Haley’s response.

A special election in NY-3 to replace disgraced former Congressman George Anthony Devolder Santos was held on Tuesday, and it was supposed to be close.

The Democratic Candidate, Tom Suozzi, won by 8 percentage points, but true to form, the NYT told us we can’t read much into that. But folks did anyway.

Adam Kinzinger’s break from his former party is complete:

Clearly, voters were concerned enough about Biden’s age that they voted for—no, sorry, they voted for the Democrat.

Special Counsel Robert Hur had ignited the issue of Biden’s age once more with gratuitous attacks upon his mental competency in his final report, overshadowing the fact that the decision was not to prosecute. House Republicans tried to capitalize on the moment but have no self awareness whatsoever. Rick Wilson for the spike…

The false equivalence the press keeps trying to set up is growing tiresome.

The White House took off the gloves, even on Valentine’s Day:

Biden has also been hitting back pretty hilariously at the press lately. The guy is pretty sharp!

A hearing in Fulton County to try and disqualify Fani Willis over an interoffice affair got pretty personal, and Willis even took the stand as a witness.

Rep. Matt Gaetz stuck his head up where it doesn’t belong and got it blown off.

Though it was very much a sideshow to the trial, many praised Willis’s testimony.

She’s pretty much a meme now.

We aren’t certain what bullshit Marjorie was referring to here, but the takedown by JoJo was noteworthy.

The week of course capped off with a whopper of a judgment against Donald Trump in his civil fraud trial in New York. Jeff Tiedrich always does this but it’s always funny.

And if you were watching the Fani Willis testimony, this take was pretty funny.

Speaking of Georgia and Trump, and that pesky 9 percent pre-judgment interest…

Brutal, thy name is Brian Tyler Cohen.

Ah, the Trump presidential origin story made an appearance.

And to come full circle…

And again, referring back to that Willis testimony…

But enough about humans and their nonsense.

I’ve never seen a baby hippo yawn before, and now I’m obsessed.

This dog is me with my dumplings. Watch the clip here.

This cat’s face, I can’t.

A corgi moment in pop culture.

What is even going on in this video between these friends? Hahaha

In the what is going on department, score one for patient grandparents.

In other “What is going on” moments, wait for the guy in this video.

In current culture, this news caused quite a stir among Marvel fans.

Hugh Jackman FTW in response:

My dad joke for the week is a bit of British humor. It took me a sec, but it was worth it!

Have a great weekend!

Jay