…a better condensation of my attitude toward airliners than this: Nervous of flying? Don’t be. As long as 2 million parts in a plane work perfectly while traveling at close to the speed of sound as sharp metal blades rotate at supersonic speeds in temperatures of -65 degrees 7 miles above the earth …
Category: black humor
Aug 22 2023
PolSpeak For The Masses
If you’ve been a regular Gentle Reader of Liberty’s Torch for any length of time, you’re surely aware of two things about my crap: It’s long, wordy, and circuitous; There’s a lot of it. Well, that’s your humble Curmudgeon. I’ve had that sort of writing style all my life, though I struggle against …
Aug 19 2023
Attitude Adjuster
You say your country’s been stolen from you? That the man in the big chair is a vegetable, his administration is filled with lunatics, and his son is a degenerate? That the “woke” military you pay a trillion a year for couldn’t beat Equatorial Guinea? That your throat is hoarse from hollering, your ballot …
Aug 14 2023
Your Morning Stupidity
Just a little something to kickstart your day. However, some of it has a point, an edge, or both, so watch your fingers. *** 1. The Anchor Men On The IQ Curve. From Divemedic, we have this: …which – of course! – reminded me of this: Yes, Gentle Reader: there really …
Jan 27 2023
More Likely Than Not?
One of the enduring characteristics of the Leftist is that he refuses to accept the responsibility for anything that goes wrong. This is utterly evident in matters of public policy, but it’s also visible as regards personal decisions. Two graphics – one intended as black humor; the other a fake headline – illustrate the …
Jan 17 2023
Money Laundering 101
Money is like matter and energy. That is, it obeys a law of continuity. Every dollar must come from somewhere and go to somewhere. Yea verily, even if the destination is an incinerator. He who attempts to “launder” ill-gotten gains must respect that law. He must prepare to be called to account – …
Dec 27 2022
News From The Pinnacle Of Civilization
I don’t know. Given the precipitous deterioration in male-female relations these past few decades, maybe this is the way things must go: Seoul has joyous tidings for South Koreans who found their Christmas haul lacking a little je ne sais quoi: After years of being stymied by customs, the AP reports that citizens …
Oct 15 2022
The “Befores” (UPDATED)
Courtesy of Ninety Miles From Tyranny, and in “honor” of National Grouch Day: But of course, that was: Before the “New Frontier;” Before the “Great Society;” Before the Vietnam War; Before Watergate; Before the Arab Oil Embargoes; Before the Seventies and “America’s Suicide Attempt.” (Cf. Paul Johnson) It was also before Richard …
Sep 19 2022
Yet Another Transition
…this one from “You can’t make this stuff up” to “OMG, does he have any idea what he’s saying? Biden: People disapprove of me because they are psychologically unable to be happy pic.twitter.com/syg1nNPtJw — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 19, 2022 There are days I have to doubt my own eyes and ears. Well, …
Sep 16 2022
Sometimes The Laughs Write Themselves
As, for example, in the Left’s reactions to the Abbott / DeSantis / Ducey relocation of a few busloads of illegal aliens to “blue” states: CNN’s fulminations. The Black Lesbian Immigrant’s “thoughts.” Fauxcahontas Had To Weigh In. Martha’s Vineyard “homeless coordinator:” “They’ve Got To Move!” Kamala “The Border is Secure” Harris can’t cope, either. …
Sep 05 2022
Postmodern Energy Strategy Revealed
Macron: France, Germany to provide each other with gas, electricity, to weather crisis appears to be remarkably similar to
Aug 23 2022
What Is Fanaticism?
As my Gentle Readers might have expected, I got a number of emails about yesterday’s piece. There were a few mild disapprovals (“too long”), a few strident disagreements to be expected a priori (“religion is for fools and the weak-minded”), and two missives I’d rather not discuss in detail. But one rather interesting case …
Apr 21 2022
A Comment On Contemporary Journalism
Some Gentle Readers might have seen this joke in an “earlier edition.” *** One fine day a young mother brought her toddler to the zoo. It wasn’t for educational purposes; she merely wanted her daughter’s attention on the animals so she could chat with her friends on her cellphone for most of the …
Apr 21 2022
Things That Shouldn’t Need To Be Said Dept.
While this story is a few days old: Two inmates serving time in New Jersey’s only state prison for women became pregnant after they had sex with a transgender inmate, according to a report Wednesday. The unidentified jailbirds became pregnant at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility after engaging in “consensual sexual relationships …
Oct 30 2021
Scientism, Democratism, And Statism
The ism suffix particle most often indicates a faith, or a similarly faith-based system of beliefs. There are a few exceptions – bruxism, for instance, is dentists’ term for habitual grinding of the teeth, and a neologism is just a newly coined word – but the rule is usually reliable. Recently, we’ve had …
Oct 11 2021
Irony Meters Are Shattering Across The Nation
It comes as little surprise that Russia’s strongman president – who, whatever you may think of his tactics, clearly loves his country – should castigate the American federal government for violating the rights of its citizens and undermining the security of the nation. Given the developments of recent years, that was almost inevitable. But …
May 14 2021
A Bee That Stings Like Muhammad Ali
You really can’t do it any better than this, from the Babylon Bee: Nation Wishes Someone Would Have Warned Them About Dangers Of Unchecked Government Power U.S.—Concerned citizens from all over the nation were really pitying their unfortunate lot in life that not a single individual in recent memory had risen up …
Apr 07 2021
A Giggle To Start Your Day
Here it is, from the irreplaceable Maura Dowling: CAPITALIZING ON DEMOCRAT HYPOCRISY “Last week, our president decided to go on national news and basically disparage our state,” [Georgia State Representative Wesley] Cantrell began. “We have a new election integrity law here that we passed a couple of weeks ago, and our president, …
Mar 27 2021
Insight And Humor…
…are an unbeatable combination: With applause to the indispensable Brock Townsend. Mark Steyn’s insight, delivered toward the end of that little clip, should resound throughout this land. The Biden Usurpation is the proof: The Deep State holds the levers of power. Presidents are no longer needed nor wanted. Steyn’s gift of …
Jan 26 2021
Depression-Era Songs
There’s a legend of sorts about the Federal Music Project (FMP), a subdepartment of the Works Progress Administration of FDR’s New Deal. That legend holds that many of the songs that became popular during that era were actually commissioned by the FMP – i.e., their composers were paid to compose popular songs. It could …
Fran’s Recent Novels
Margaret’s Recent Novels
