Tag Archives: Idiocracy

MN Rep: “Two Ounces Is Equivalent To Three Joints”

The Huffington Post reports: A Republican lawmaker in Minnesota argued that “two ounces” of marijuana was the equivalent of “three joints” during remarks as the Minnesota Senate voted Friday on whether to legalize recreational use of cannabis. State Sen. Warren Limmer criticized a number of portions of the bills. “Now I’ve seen some of the videos of DEA raids, some …

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Court To Sperm Donor With 550 Children: Stop Now

The Netherlands Times reports: A Dutch sperm donor with hundreds of children must immediately stop donating sperm, the court in The Hague ruled on Friday. Jonathan M. (41) says he has about 550 children. The summary proceedings were filed by Stichting Donorkind, a nonprofit organization that advocates for people whose biological parent was a donor, and a mother who has …

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Trump Mocks Lindsey Graham As A “Progressive”

“So if India charges our companies a hundred, we charge their companies a hundred. It’s very simple, and yet we have people in Congress that say, ‘No, I don’t think that’s good.’ “Lindsey Graham, the progressive from South Carolina – [audience boos] – no, he’s a progressive, but he’s got some good things too, OK? “Lindsey Graham, I said to …

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Virginia School District Argues That Getting Shot By 6-Year-Old Is An Assumed Risk That Comes With Job

Law & Crime reports: The school district that employs the teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old first grade student says that the teacher’s lawsuit against the district should be dismissed because she was injured in the course of her job — and therefore it’s a matter of workers’ compensation. In other words, the school district appears to be arguing, …

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Fox Host: Lockdowns Were A Plot To Sell Diet Pills

Media Matters has the transcript: RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY (HOST): Pandemic would have been a really great time to scare America back into shape. We learned early on that one of the biggest predictors of COVID-related deaths was obesity. But what did Democrats do? They shut down the playgrounds, gyms, and they forced you to stay in your house and order takeout. …

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Longtime Television Host Jerry Springer Dies At 79

Cincinnati’s CBS affiliate reports: Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring circus of dysfunctional families willing to bare all on weekday afternoons including brawls, obscenities and blurred images of nudity, died Thursday at 79. At its peak, “The Jerry Springer Show” was a ratings powerhouse and a U.S. cultural pariah, synonymous with …

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Aunt Lydia Is Selling Anti-Trans “Real Women” Koozies

The Huffington Post reports: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) hawked a new line of beverage coolers to celebrate the “real woman of politics” and critics were convinced the promotional video was a parody. “Real women don’t have to fake it,” the former Trump White House press secretary captioned the 66-second clip released online Sunday. It was an apparent response …

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Bud Light Parent Puts Two Marketing Execs On Leave

The Wall Street Journal reports: Anheuser-Busch InBev said it had placed on leave two executives who oversaw a Bud Light collaboration with a transgender activist. Alissa Heinerscheid, Bud Light’s vice president of marketing, had come under fire from some customers and media outlets over the company’s decision to send a personalized Bud Light can to transgender activist and influencer Dylan …

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Grocery Clerk Held At Gunpoint To Serve Man Steaks

Springfield’s CBS affiliate reports: Republic Police Department officers were called to a Price Cutter to respond to a call about a robbery in which a man held an employee at gunpoint so that he would be served meat. Larry Gene Gay, 70, of Springfield, is charged with one felony count of unlawful use of a weapon and a felony count …

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PREDICTABLE: Twitter Sees Fresh Wave Of Imposters

The Hill reports: New York officials and government offices faced a slew of fake accounts impersonating its official City of New York account, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D). One of the parody accounts impersonating Hochul claimed that she is running as a Republican for the governor’s race, while numerous accounts impersonating …

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Michigan Republicans Fight Repeal Of Cohabitation Ban

The Guardian reports: An attempt to repeal a Michigan law that punishes unmarried couples who live together is being thwarted by Republicans in the state legislature. The law, which dates to 1931, targets “any man or woman, not being married to each other, who lewdly and lasciviously associates and cohabits together”. It is rarely enforced but violations carry a penalty …

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Georgia County Republicans May Ban LGBTQs Because They Don’t “Eat Brownies That Are Made Of 20% Poop”

“It’s not that we don’t love [LGBTQ people]. It’s not that we don’t like them. But if you’re going to be part of the Republican Party, you have to support the platform, and the rules and bylaws 100%, not just 80%. “If I made brownies, and I said, ‘Well, these are 80% brownies and 20% poop’, you would not eat …

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Brewery: “Anti-Woke Beer” Lied About Us Producing It

The Daily Dot reports: A right-wing influencer appears to be having trouble finding a brewery willing to craft his anti-woke beer. The brew was launched in response to Bud Light offering a commemorative can to a transgender influencer. Seth Weathers decided to solve their woke beer woes by selling a brew that doesn’t stand for LGBTQ equality in the slightest: …

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Twitter Finally Axes All “Legacy” Blue Check Marks

The Verge reports: Elon Musk is finally confiscating your blue checkmark. Well, that’s unless you pay the ransom for “Twitter Blue” — a toll booth designed to ignore people’s contributions to the platform except for the fact that they are all equally paying customers. Business and government organizations can still apply for verified status, but let’s be real: all of …

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OOPS: FL Sends Loud Alert To All Cellphones At 4:45AM

Miami’s ABC affiliate reports: Good morning, Florida! Early Thursday morning, Florida residents were awoken by a loud alert on their phones. Across the state, Floridians’ phones sounded off around 4:45 a.m. The loud sound, which is usually associated with an Amber Alert or severe weather, woke millions. When residents looked at their phones, the screen read: “TEST – This is …

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Country Singer Smashes Bud Light During Queen Cover

Loudwire reports: The country music star Brantley Gilbert showed his disdain for the beer Bud Light during a concert in Alabama on Saturday (April 15). The country singer did so during a cover of a Queen song, apparently unaware of the irony. Gilbert — the star himself doesn’t drink — made the onstage statement against Bud Light, violently throwing a …

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Prager Boasts That Slaves Were Allowed To Have Kids

Dennis Prager, whose PragerU YouTube channel has over three million subscribers, wants you to know that slavery wasn’t so bad in the United States: It’s a very distressing thing what is being done here. The hatred of America and of capitalism is what animates the entire slave narrative in your kid’s college. Yes, Corey glossed over that the US ended …

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VIRAL VIDEO: Cultist Arrested After Destroying Beer

Forbes reports: The man seen in a viral video destroying cases of beer at a Walmart in Topeka, Kansas has been charged with felony battery, assault and exposing his genitals in public, according to Topeka Police. “Officers learned that an adult male, identified as Dustin D. Cain, 44, of Topeka, was in the store throwing things at people,” Topeka Police …

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Musk: Birth Control And Abortion Could End Civilization

Media Matters has the transcript: TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): I mean the urge to have sex and to procreate is, after breathing and eating, the most basic urge. How has it been subverted? ELON MUSK (GUEST): Well it’s just, in the past we could rely upon, you know, simple limbic system rewards in order to procreate. But once you have birth …

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MTG Compares Lies About Dominion To “Food Critics”

“We have food critics that criticize restaurants, consumer reports that criticizes products, auto critics that criticize automobiles, and conservative Americans have just wrapped up a week of nuking a beer company, but you can’t criticize a voting machine company or you’ll get sued for millions and millions of dollars.” – Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, in a post made to Truth …

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