Teach A Man To Fish & He'll Figure Out Where Africa Is (While Twitter Laughs At Us Losing Another Election)

As often as TMR calls people out for stupidity, 

you'd think they'd have checked with me first:

"If you caught Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) or Mike Lee (R-Utah) on the Sunday talk shows, you would quickly realize that these two have absolutely no idea what they are doing. Lee’s and Cruz’s insistence that they are the ones 'fighting' is belied by the facts. They are actually intent on running into a concrete wall again and again to prove their political machismo. For many Republicans this isn’t bravery but stupidity."

And speaking of stupidity, did you see the pile-on after Touré said Kenya was on the north coast of Africa? I'm no Touré fan but, man, I am even less of one for folks who hang on Twitter. They're like those people you meet at an office party you didn't want to go to - immature, obnoxious, slightly off, and not even a little funny.

Like Ted Cruz and Mike Lee, I fail to see the attraction,...

 

9/11: Let's Hope We Never See The Likes Of It Again

Carrie Bergonia, looking at the name of her fiance, firefighter Joseph Ogren.

No one expected those towers to fall.

I had the misfortune of being awake early on 9/11, so I witnessed the attacks live on television, watched as Americans leaped to their deaths (some quite bravely and with a sense of purpose) and I remember the overall confusion, sadness, and terror, quite clearly.

This photo captures what it felt like as well as any I've seen,...