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Tag Archives: covid-19
Spotify’s big profits ensure ‘free speech’ for Joe Rogan
I told my neighbor Swamp Rabbit that the United States leads the world in Covid-19 deaths — we’ve passed the 900,000 mark — partly because of grifters like Joe Rogan, who has used his Spotify podcasts to channel bad medical … Continue reading
Posted in humor, mainstream media, pop music
Tagged covid-19, First Amendment, free speech, Joe Rogan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Rickie Lee Jones, The Weeknd
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Food and gratitude, in that order
I wished Swamp Rabbit a Happy Thanksgiving, knowing this would set him off. “What’s so happy about it?” he said. “This supply chain problem is making me crazy as a chinch bug.The Dollar Store is charging the same price as … Continue reading
Posted in food, history, humor, mainstream media, Philadelphia
Tagged Aristotle, Charles Dickens, covid-19, gratitude, Nicomachean Ethics, Pilgrims, Thanksgiving
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To the moon with you, Bezos, and beyond!
I was reading about zillionaire Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon, the world’s largest Internet company. He arguably became the richest person in history during the Covid-19 pandemic thanks to a huge upsurge in online sales. He owns Whole Foods. He … Continue reading
Posted in humor, mainstream media, New York Times
Tagged Alpha Centauri, Amazon, Blue Origin, covid-19, Jeff Bezos, support yacht, Uranus, Washington Post, Whole Foods
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Anti-vaxxer? Not me. Go ahead and shoot.
The new catch-phrase in the news is vaccine hesitancy, as I told Swamp Rabbit before I jumped on my bike and headed uptown for a shot in the arm. “It’s a medical condition common in places where people are too … Continue reading
Posted in health care, humor, mainstream media, Philadelphia
Tagged Anti-vaxxers, covid-19, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Pfizer, vaccine hesitancy
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Post-election reality check
Swamp Rabbit had passed out next to the frog pond and it took me a few minutes to wake him. “Stop celebrating, Election Day’s been over for two weeks.” He stood up and looked at the denuded trees and the … Continue reading
Uh-oh, a blue mirage!
Swamp Rabbit was doubled over laughing at me for having thought the 2020 elections might generate a wave that would sweep Democrats to victory even in some former Confederate states that were, according to the pollsters, trending blue. “Hahaha, you … Continue reading
Only a blue wave can detox the U.S. Senate
Tomorrow is Election Day, but Swamp Rabbit and I are still arguing. Will a blue wave crash down on the Orange Contagion? Will the Democratic victory be large enough to discourage Trump from contesting it? Large enough to turn the … Continue reading
Posted in economic collapse, health care, humor, mainstream media, unemployment
Tagged blue wave, covid-19, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, U.S. Senate
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The spookiest Halloween ever
Swamp Rabbit’s parole office Victor Cortez dropped by yesterday at my shack in the Tinicum swamp while the rabbit and I were critiquing Donald Trump’s performance at his final debate with Joe Biden. “I’m the least racist person in this … Continue reading
Posted in casinos, humor, mainstream media
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Borat, Central Park Five, Covid, covid-19, Donald Trump, Halloween, Joe Biden, racist buffoons, white suburban women
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A new meaning for ‘cancel culture’
‘Last week I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed.’ I found Swamp Rabbit near my shack, at the frog pond, drinking a beer. “There’s no easy way to say this,” I said. “Philadelphia is closing. I think we’ve become … Continue reading