Just for Xeets and Giggles

The theme of “people acting badly” continued this week unabated. And that meant the takedowns kept apace. Before we get into that, a quick check in with how things are going in the House with our embattled Speaker:

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was indicted for a second time on numerous corruption-related charges.

The right is having a hard time wrapping their minds around the idea of the Justice Department coming after Democrats, too.

There are numerous calls for Sen. Menendez to resign, as he will likely face a very serious and damaging criminal court case. That of course has not stopped other politicians, which reminded me to share this meme sent in from a reader:

Oh, yes, get your Covid and flu shots! (Just not in the same arm like I did…)

There’s been a lot of talk of Trump’s criminality and Biden’s age, as if the two things are equivalent. It’s often missed that Trump is nearly Biden’s age and not even close to as fit.

And then there’s Rupert Murdoch, who is in his 90s and still able to poison so many minds. He just announced he’s finally stepping down.

He’s turned over the reins of Fox to his equally if not impossibly worse son, Lachlan, but if life imitates art, he’ll stroll back into the office à la Logan Roy a day after Lachlan pulls a Kendall.

Speaking of having to deal with stupid and incompetent, here’s a clip of Secretary Pete Buttigieg at a hearing with a GOP Congressmember. Watch it here.

Rep. Lauren Boebert continued to fend off criticism for her behavior with her date at a performance of Beetlejuice the Musical in Denver. Her old tweets aged well…

The memes were brutal.

The commentary was on point, especially around her hypocrisy.

This one made me giggle.

And we have a winner, here, folks:

Election analyst Nate Silver tried to remain relevant, which he’s been trying to do since his 2016 predictions, but he only reinforced why no one listens anymore.

Sen. Fetterman proved he’s a Twitter-sniper with this reply.

Marjorie Three Names, who appeared to wear a dead white fox around her neck at the State of the Union, entered the chat with opinions.

She got smacked down quickly for it with a reminder of her porn moment.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy paid a visit to D.C., and certain GOP politicians didn’t like that at all.

It was Garry Kasparov with the checkmate on this move.

Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) is desperately trying to convince donors there’s nothing weird about championing celibacy and that he is certainly not gay, no not that, who him? I’ll leave this here.

“…who lives in CANADA!” (For you Avenue Q fans…)

Russell Brand, yet another self-important misogynist with a podcast, has been facing down allegations of rape and sexual assault from different women. Tucker Carlson, rather predictably, came to his defense.

But he wasn’t the only “alpha male” (awful male?) to step forward.

With friends like these, who needs enemas?

The Onion remains undefeated:

Brand was probably relieved when someone took the spotlight from him. NYT columnist and all around prick David Brooks decided this was a good thing to tweet:

Folks took notice and took aim. There’s a lot here, but it’s just so darned good I have to overshare on this subject. First of all, it wasn’t the food that drove the bill higher, David.

Then the restaurant itself piped up in the best way.

The NYT Pitchbot went into overdrive, and it was pitch-perfect.

Even the state of New Jersey’s official account spoke up.

Way to tie it back to the news cycle, man.

David Brooks probably didn’t know he would be responsible for launching a meme theme.

I have a number of high school classmates who are in their 50s and are looking for work, so this hit home and goes out to all in this same boat.

Enough sad stuff though. It’s animal time! This one is like pigeon hula hooping. Watch it here:

This cat was less successful in what it wanted to achieve. I admit to watching this several times. Catch it here.

And despite being forewarned, I did not expect this. Watch here.

My favorite video of the week is courtesy of this adorable pup. Just watch.

In human affairs, there was this moment on the Internet.

And pointless celebrity news managed to draw a Game of Thrones fan guffaw. Here’s the pointless start…

And here’s the pointy end:

ChatGPT is learning quickly.

And finally, per usual, a really dumb dad joke to send you off to your weekend.

Have a terrific day, and I hope this brought some smiles and laughter to start it off!

Jay