Category: Rev. Joe Dirt’s Ramblings

The unsolicited, unreasoned, uninformed, unapologetic opinions of Rev. Joe Dirt

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Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #2,805

yeah I know you did not ask!

You should so be blessed – well cursed at times actually – with a mind such as mine, making all these weird connections between my rumored neurons. Just be thankful that I do not share all of my random thoughts.

If truth was required in advertising and political slogans, MAGA, Make America Great Again, would actually read MAWA.  Make America White Again, or more to the point Make America Great for White Men Again.  However, that does not fit on a ball cap and be easily readable, nor is MAGFWMA very pronounceable. MAGAs seem to have no problem with open misogyny, and barely hide their racism behind rhetoric about illegal immigration. They justify their misogyny with religious language. Their racism has even more nefarious roots.

Of course, the underlying implication of MAGA is that America is not great now, but that seems circular.  If America is not great now, it has a lot to do with the MAGA movement.

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Just Saying…

 

I don’t always remember this, but I do not know anyone who has gotten through or is getting through this life unscathed.  Life is nothing if not messy. Or as I say in my current email tagline “Life… such a strange journey.”

My goal for each day should be to remember that each of us carry baggage, and practice a little tolerance, and hope I am given the same latitude – om padme mani hum.

Just saying…

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School House Rock – 2024 Edition Redux

I originally posted this”meme” on July 5th.  Afterwards I remembered a song that might just go with our current political situation.  See video below.

Theme song for politics in the USA circa the MAGA era.

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School House Rock – 2024 Edition

You might need to be of a certain age to appreciate this. See video below image for a refresher.

From back in the day… when Saturday morning cartoons were still a thing and there was a little education thrown in.

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Quote of the Day – Frank Zappa: On Politics

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“I think politics is a valid concept, but what we have today is not really politics. It’s the equivalent of the high school election. It’s a popularity contest. It’s got nothing to do with politics – what it is, is mass merchandising.” ~~   Frank Zappa

“Pop is the new politics. There is more truth in pop music than in most political statements rendered by our leaders, even when you get down to the level of really simple pop records. What I’m saying is that is how bad politics is.” ~~   Frank Zappa

To see more Quotes for Day, visit this link: Quotes for the Day

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Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #3,788

yeah I know you did not ask!

You should so be blessed – well cursed at times actually – with a mind such as mine, making all these weird connections between my rumored neurons. Just be thankful that I do not share all of my random thoughts.

Do you want to have some fun?  Next time you are in Walmart, try to get an employee away fro the cash registers to make eye contact with you without specifically saying something to them.  On the the off chance that they do look at you, be sure to say something like “hello” or “how are you doing?”

Several years back I actually had a Walmart associate ask me if they could help me find something.  I nearly fainted as the shock put my heart into a-fib.

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My Anti-Trump Shirt

Below you will find my anti-Trump shirt.  If you look closely you will observe that the motif is mostly sharks.  I have been thinking about hand drawing some batteries onto my pool shirt to make it a double parody  of Trump’s wonderful political rally speech in Las Vegas.

Just in case you do not get the reference, watch this video of the “highly articulate” felon going on about how he would rather be eaten by a shark or electrocuted.

Heaven forbid we should be talking about issues in this election cycle. What has our country come to that any sane person would think this man should be president one time, let alone a second time. My beloved country would cease to exist as anything I would acknowledge as my country.

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My New Porsche

Señora has lived in her house for almost 40 years, being the second owner, the house being constructed in 1978.  It still had the original cedar siding that had been painted a few times. Reality was that the siding should have been replaced at least 5 years ago, if not earlier.   It had not been done, partially because Señora loved the cedar, it stood out from the other homes in the neighborhood, which have siding or a combination of siding and brick.  And  partially as she was Continue reading “My New Porsche”

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John Oliver on a Trump 2nd Term… Be scared, very scared

John Oliver on a Trump 2nd Term… Be scared, very scared.

If you have 30 minutes it is well worth your time.  There are groups gearing up to enable Trump’s anti-democratic, racist, classist agenda to be more effective on a second go-around.  No matter how hard I try, I cannot come up with a single positive reason why anyone would support Donald Trump.  I really wonder when they stopped teaching Civics, American History and critical thinking in the schools.  Although I do not think critical thinking has ever been high on the American educational agenda.

Disheartening is the only word I can come up with…

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Cicada Crunching Canine

Our little seven kilogram lap dog, Prancess Lily, has gone bonkers.  With the long rumored emergence of cicadas finally happening here in Chesterfield, by gawd, Missouri, they appear to be some sort of canine catnip, sending our beloved pet into paroxysms of delight. She alternates between playing with them like a cat with a mouse, and chowing down on them.

According to ABC Chicago:

Experts say cicadas are not toxic to dogs or cats, and don’t bite or sting. The bugs, which can be one to one-and-a-half inches long, aren’t poisonous either.

Dr. Patricia Ho, veterinarian at Kindred Veterinary, said a pet eating an occasional cicada in most cases is harmless, but the insects have a tough exoskeleton that can make digestion a challenge, especially if eaten in large quantities and for smaller pets.

“So if we’re seeing issues with eating too many, we can see some complications related to vomiting, upset stomach, diarrhea, indigestion and, worst case scenario, they can have intestinal blockages,” Dr. Ho said.

However Señora is also having her own paroxysms… not of delight, every time she realizes that Prancess Lily is partaking of this entomological treat. She either starts vocalizing voraciously at our poor petite pooch, or she runs out into the backyard to stop her from munching on what must be a tasty treat.

On the upside, we might to able to save a little on dog food, and from all the exercise Señora is getting she might lose the five pounds she has been fretting about – and from my point of view, does not need to lose.

And so it goes.

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