Author Archena Posted on May 19, 2023May 18, 2023Categories FridayTags , , , , , ,

Dear Ron, Don’t Run

Good grief, who did DeSantis hire? His advisers are idiots if they think a 2024 run does anything but damage DeSantis’ 2028 chances. Was Hillary’s campaign advisor willing to work for peanuts or something? If so, he’s still overpaid. Dude, get real. Democrats would love for you to run – as a spoiler. You do have potential to do that much. You don’t have the moxie – yet – to take the nomination from Trump. Trump supporters as well as … Continue reading “Dear Ron, Don’t Run”

Author Archena Posted on May 13, 2023May 13, 2023Categories Current, FridayTags

It’s Not a Boycott, Transheuser-Busch

Boycotts have remedies. Those boycotting make a demand and when it is met, they call off the boycott. If there is no demand to meet, there’s no boycott. National boycotts rarely work anyway. It’s like herding cats away from the Friskies – not gonna happen because you’ll never get everyone moving in the same direction. Effective boycotts are usually small in scope and always have a remedy. After all, if the company can’t make amends and get your business back … Continue reading “It’s Not a Boycott, Transheuser-Busch”

Author Archena Posted on April 29, 2023April 29, 2023Categories FridayTags , , ,

The Illuminati are Stupid

The phrase ‘conspiracy theory’ should be added to the list of logical fallacies. It’s only ever used of things we find difficult to believe or that we don’t want to believe. Being called a ‘conspiracy theory’ doesn’t make the theory true or false. It really doesn’t matter; it’s just a label used to avoid the topic. Whether or not a given case or theory is true has nothing to do with whether we label it ‘scientific’ or ‘conspiracy’ or anything … Continue reading “The Illuminati are Stupid”

Author Archena Posted on April 7, 2023April 7, 2023Categories Current, FridayTags , , , , , , , , , ,

Chicken Little Politics is not Finger Licking Good

Y’all remember that ‘Ok Boomer’ meme from a couple years back? Well, here’s you’re first grown up lesson as grown ups: careful who you mock because you will be on the receiving end eventually. Oh, we Boomers still love y’all and we do feel for you, but it is so incredibly funny watching Millennials and Zoomies freaking out and panicking because Russia decided to act like Russia and China still wants to rule the world. Actually, it’s hysterical. It’s almost … Continue reading “Chicken Little Politics is not Finger Licking Good”

Author Archena Posted on March 31, 2023March 26, 2023Categories Current, FridayTags , , , , , , , , , ,

Lobbyist Liability: Suing the Middle Man

In my anything but expert understanding to bring a case before a court there has to be some kind of injury. It’s not enough that Bob made you mad; there has to be something that actually hurt you physically or financially or in some demonstrable way. Yes, this has had some hilarious results over the years as lawyers contorted legal theories into fractals to get an ‘injury’ so they could get their client’s grievance before a court. Judges have not … Continue reading “Lobbyist Liability: Suing the Middle Man”

Author Archena Posted on March 17, 2023March 14, 2023Categories Current, FridayTags , , , , , , ,

Bank Failure! Cats and Dogs Marrying! Handling Screaming Headlines

Basically, stop clicking on them. If you don’t want the media feeding you a steady diet of nonsense then stop eating it. You know full well that many titles are clickbait but you can’t quite stop yourself from clicking to ‘just find out’. That’s perfectly natural and completely self defeating. Here’s the thing – this is one of those cases where you really can have your cake and eat it too. Yes, I’m serious. Here’s how. You see the post … Continue reading “Bank Failure! Cats and Dogs Marrying! Handling Screaming Headlines”

Author Archena Posted on March 10, 2023March 10, 2023Categories 2023, Current, FridayTags , , ,

Defeatism is Self Defeating

That title, boys and girls, is what we call a tautology. Basically, it is self evident and doesn’t progress an argument. You can safely forget ever hearing that definition unless you plan to do formal argumentation or are philosophy geek already commenting on how bad that definition of tautology is. Yeppers, that title is a tautology. It’s of course a true statement. But unlike a formal argument, sometimes folks just need to hear the obvious spoken aloud. I am in … Continue reading “Defeatism is Self Defeating”

Author Archena Posted on March 3, 2023March 3, 2023Categories Current, FridayTags , ,

Morality is the Foundation of Freedom

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Adams I blame the leftists. But it really doesn’t matter who started it, way too many of us went along with this nonsense that freedom means no limits whatsoever. Think it through: if you have no limits then neither does the other guy. You might think killing people for their lollipops is a bad plan but he might … Continue reading “Morality is the Foundation of Freedom”

Author Archena Posted on February 25, 2023February 25, 2023Categories FridayTags , , , , , , , ,

Trump V. DeSantis: A Media Love Story

The weird thing is that the Lamestream doesn’t seem to realize its fascination with trying to hype up the alleged conflict between Trump and DeSantis is actually benefitting both. Yes, I know it’s February 24th and the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia can continue ruining itself without my help today. It matters, but the most significant thing about how today went is how much of a whimper it was. Russia be big on anniversaries so many observers … Continue reading “Trump V. DeSantis: A Media Love Story”

Author Archena Posted on February 17, 2023February 17, 2023Categories Current, FridayTags , , , , , ,

Knowing When is Tough

When to stop. When to go. When to speak. When to stay silent. When to fight like heck. When to just give in. Circumstance is a cruel dictator. We know this instinctively and want nice, hard and fast, simple rules so we don’t have to adjust to circumstance. Problem being that the universe doesn’t work like that. Telling the idiot that cut you off and nearly killed you both what an idiot he is a perfectly appropriate unless said idiot … Continue reading “Knowing When is Tough”