Obliviots – Social Commentary and More
Preface: Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” This statement has defined the United States since the installation of the Statue of Liberty in 1886. But in Read More …
August 16,2020: Notice: Picking up where we left off on July 31st The Coronavirus Blog SARS-CoV-2 Covid-19 Today’s Statistics The spreadsheet is always the current data FYI: I aggregate the results from 3 different coronavirus tracking sites. I enter the highest numbers from these 3 in the interactive spreadsheet because we KNOW the cases are Read More …
I have a bumper sticker that reads: Stupidity Should Be Painful Well for certain people it has been… Recent news has inspired me to pick up where I left off from a previous post that referred to Toxic Greed. As I said before, greed in and of itself is not necessarily bad. If greed did Read More …
Someone on #Quora asked “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote this magnificent response. A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, Read More …
Here’s the thing about fame. Fame can be a great thing. It can open doors for you and make you rich. It can make you a household name. You can recognize this as so many stars and glitterati have, and be grateful for this fortuitous situation. Or you can decide you deserve all the adulation Read More …
Misguided to be sure. It’s my nature to be skeptical. This characteristic is a component of the skill-set that made me a good investigator for so many years. So naturally, when I see some meme or posting that appears outrageous, implausible or just downright inflammatory, I research it. This procedure takes all of about 60 Read More …
Undocumented alleged dog allergy results in arrest This week’s Obliviot Du Jour is identified as Anila Daulatza, who was forcibly removed from a Southwest plane when she refused to cooperate with authorities. According to this particular Obliviot, she had a life-threatening dog allergy. She could produce no evidence of this alleged condition, though. This, in Read More …
It’s not every day I stumble on an example to dramatic. Sometimes I just get lucky. Today’s obliviot comes from Pennsylvania. His name is John Pisone and he thought he could hurl insults, racial taunts and cuss like a longshoreman to a black cameraman with video rolling – and have no price to pay. Naturally, Read More …
You may have seen this news article recently of a woman paying more attention to her phone than where she is walking. This results in her toppling over a sidewalk opening access door and hurtling head-first into the abyss. The 67 year old woman in this example was seriously injured and extracted from the basement Read More …
And the Obliviot Trophy du Jour Goes To: Kathy Griffin (and Tyler Shields) <sorry dude, but this was dangerous and you should have known it> So a pair of pretty talented and well-known people get together and decide to make a dramatic, politically charged statement about our Tangerine in Chief. You may know the target Read More …
