The Grouchy Editor

The picture above was taken last week in my home city, Minneapolis. It sums up the mood of the country, and the disposition of Yours Truly: dark and ominous.

I suggest bypassing politics this week for mental health reasons. Instead, check out Tales From The Grouch, indexed below. (Links are in green.)

 .    “Rusty” — Happy times in suburbia.

.    “Revelation” — Unhappy times in suburbia.

.    “Homebodies” — The people next door.

.    “The Porthole” — Be careful what you wish for.

.    “The UFO” — Stand by me … and a UFO.

.    “Carol Comes Home” — The spirit of Norman Bates.

.    “Thwup!” — The case for eating more (or less) beans.

.    “Wisdom” — Cabin in the woods.

.        “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”  — Thelma helps a guest.

.       “The Americans”  — Kevin goes for the gold.

.        “Margaret” — The greatest love story of all time?

.        “The Hot Tub”  — Elites enjoy some “quality time.”

.        “The Climate Changer” — Earl has a secret weapon.

.        “An Overcast Day”   — The important thing in life.

.        “A Small Problem” — It’s not the size of the boat?

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Inflation, illegal immigration, gas hikes, food shortages, out-of-control crime, and billions of dollars sent to Ukraine.

We can no longer blame any of this on incompetence or stupidity.

This is Democrats deliberately sticking it to the average American — especially the American middle class and especially in the Midwest.

They no longer even try to hide their intentions. It’s all-out war.

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Rorschach test:

This is how you tell the difference between an “ass man” and a “boobs man.” What do you see in the picture below?

I saw shapely butt cheeks. Oops.

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Alas, if only we could cancel it in real life.

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Coming Sunday: A brand-new, longer-than-average, weirder-than-ever Tale From The Grouch.

We’ll post a link to “A Small Problem” tomorrow.

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The big question in November isn’t whether there will be a “red wave.” All signs indicate there will be.

No, the question is whether the incoming Republicans will actually strive to effect change, or if they will adopt their predecessors’ tactic of go-along-to-get-along to preserve the status quo — and their cushy lifestyles.

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I had high hopes for 2019’s horror flick Ready or Not because the critics at Rotten Tomatoes (fooled me once) gave it a high rating (fooled me twice).

After a promising start, Ready devolves into just another boring kill-or-be-killed exercise, with cardboard characters, witless dialogue, and ridiculous plot developments. Also, the comedy and horror elements were a tonal mess.

My fault, though, because you know what they say when you get fooled twice.

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Speaking of horror movies, apparently Dashcam director Rob Savage liked the fact that we praised the movie’s lead actress, Annie Hardy:

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I’d like to see the new Top Gun movie with Tom Cruise, because I understand it’s not in the least bit “woke.”

I’m in no hurry to see the new Top Gun movie with Tom Cruise, because I saw the first one and thought it was, well, just OK.

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Let’s check in with a troll on Twitter:

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So the Democrats put on a show trial for prime-time TV, apparently because they are afraid of getting crushed by the right in the November elections, not to mention the Orange Man in a couple of years.

I thought a viewing antidote to this liberal hissy fit about January 6 might be Dashcam (pictured above), a controversial horror movie now available to rent or buy. I was half-right. Here is my short review.

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Another alternative to Democrat bullshit is Peaky Blinders, now streaming its final season on Netflix. It’s a very good show — at times, a great show.

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The critics on Rotten Tomatoes certainly have their biases. What Is a Woman? premiered last week, and I was curious about the reviews:

OK, I thought. The movie probably hasn’t been around long enough to have more than one review. So I checked again a few days later:

Wow — they tripled the number of reviews! Good job, critics!

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As for the news this week, I will repeat myself: Things are bad and they are going to get worse.

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Think what you will about teen girls, but sometimes they contribute the perfect phrase to express a societal ill. I am thinking of “Whatever!” and I am thinking of

“I Can’t Even!”

I’m no gun nut. I have no plans to ever get a firearm.

But from looking at what’s transpiring north of the border with the pretty-boy tyrant — not to mention Governments-Gone-Wild in China, Europe, and Down Under — well, I am now, reluctantly, on the side of the gun nuts.

Because the gun nuts are nowhere near as crazy as the political nuts leading our countries.

American citizens could very well need firearms to avoid getting locked up in our own houses. I listen to Canada’s Trudeau and I think, I can’t even.

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The following paragraph was buried at the end of a story by Fox’s Dennis Brady, who was covering the World Economic Forum in Davos. I read it and could not believe my eyes.

Is it possible that even the elites are beginning to recognize the folly of their “global reset”? I can’t even.

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Recently, I lamented that all my favorite TV shows are going away. But then I noticed that Borgen was returning to Netflix after a nine-year hiatus. I’ve only seen the first two episodes, but so far the show is, as usual, smart and well-written.

But there are “woke” alarm bells sounding. Global warming is a major theme, and so is you-go-girl feminism. The male characters are either soft-in-the-head liberals or evil conservatives. If this keeps up, well, I can’t even.

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Rip van Dinkle was pleased to see that writer EJ Dickson, who covered uncovered Rip in the Smallest Penis in Brooklyn pageant, is still stirring the pot — this time with a story for Rolling Stone:

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“Toxic femininity.”  Has a nice ring to it.

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One of the blowhards on Fox’s The Five said he planned to see the new Top Gun flick this weekend because it’s a “patriotic” thing to do.

Not so sure about that.

Apparently, the film’s producer in 2019 altered a uniform patch (above) depicting the Japanese and Taiwanese flags so as not to offend its good friends in China — but then backed down due to public backlash.

But is it “patriotic” to support these clowns in Hollywood — flags or no flags?

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So, we have yet another school massacre.

What do a lot of these young assassins have in common?

Answer: Either no father at home or a bad father at home.

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The media keep referring to Uvalde as a “small town.” Bullshit.

I was raised in a village with a population of 1,300. In other words, it was an actual small town.

Uvalde, population 15,217, is a “town.”

Get it right, city slickers.

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Too many people seem to assume that towns — including small towns — have access to the same kinds of resources and personnel that city folk have.

They do not.

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I have little interest in the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial. I do, however, still like Amber’s ass:

Sadly, apparently Amber thinks of Johnny in the sack like this:

Also sadly, Johnny probably thinks of Amber in the sack like this:

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Peterson is, as usual, correct. The Sports Illustrated model does have an attractive face, but as for the rest of her … well, not so much.

Like I said, Peterson is, as usual, correct.

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Who the hell is this woman? And who did she bang at the New York Post to warrant so much publicity?

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There is often a divergence of opinion between critics and a movie’s fans, but good lord. A 74-point difference of opinion?

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Why is it that our politicians (and most media) talk only about the huge influx of illegal immigrants from the past few years?

Is it no longer a problem that, depending on which estimate you believe, we already have anywhere from 12-20 million illegal aliens solidly entrenched here? Are we supposed to forget about that?

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Get rid of them all. This show has sucked for years.

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Last but certainly not least, we just posted a new Tale From The Grouch. Check out “An Overcast Day,” and then peruse all 14 short stories listed below.

Here’s a complete list of Grouch’s short stories with links (in green):

 .    “Rusty” — Happy times in suburbia.

.    “Revelation” — Unhappy times in suburbia.

.    “Homebodies” — The people next door.

.    “The Porthole” — Be careful what you wish for.

.    “The UFO” — Stand by me … and a UFO.

.    “Carol Comes Home” — The spirit of Norman Bates.

.    “Thwup!” — The case for eating more (or less) beans.

.    “Wisdom” — Cabin in the woods.

.        “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”  — Thelma helps a guest.

.       “The Americans”  — Kevin goes for the gold.

.        “Margaret” — The greatest love story of all time?

.        “The Hot Tub”  — Elites enjoy some “quality time.”

.        “The Climate Changer” — Earl has a secret weapon.

.        “An Overcast Day”   — The important thing in life.

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I realize that Midler got roasted for posing a similar question, but is baby formula the only way to keep an infant alive? How did people manage to feed their babies for thousands of years before the invention of this magic formula?

To answer your question, no, I don’t have kids. I am ignorant. “Obviously,” you are no doubt thinking.

Silly me. I thought plain old milk might suffice in a pinch.

In related news, how can Joe Biden possibly justify sending the stuff to illegal-alien parents when there isn’t enough for our own citizens?

This issue is making my head spin.

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Of course we are aware that Peterson is a celebrated author. But it amuses us to puncture oversize egos — even when they reside in men we otherwise admire.

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Every time Friday the 13th comes up on the calendar, we are reminded of our (sort of) friend Deborah Voorhees. So, it’s nice to see that she, or at least her anatomy, is also remembered by Mr. Skin (above).

Read The Grouch’s post about meeting Deborah here.

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Judging from his crackpot posts on Twitter, it seems likely that the bookcase toppled over and clonked Stephen King on the head.

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I’m a few years late, but I finally watched HBO’s acclaimed Chernobyl.

Maybe my expectations were too high after reading so many glowing reviews (pun intended). Or perhaps, with a plethora of disasters and near-disasters in the news these days, a miniseries documenting a nuclear disaster from 1986 was just … too much.

Or maybe I prefer the 1979 version of nuclear folly, called The China Syndrome.

But I was a bit disappointed by Chernobyl — except for the fifth and final episode, which was superb.

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Take that, fucking snowflakes.

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