The Grouchy Editor

Speak of the Devil …

OK, so let me see if I have this right: Twitter bans me for complimenting Kristi Noem’s boobs, but then sends me this because I might “like” it:

Speaking of Perversions …

Netflix’s Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story, in which we learn about the crimes and perversions of English celebrity Savile, is disturbing stuff. The DJ/TV host/pal-of-the-Royals got by with child molestation for decades. He died in 2011 without ever being charged.

So how come I’d never heard of this guy?

I guess I was under the mistaken impression that because we share a common culture, British celebrities are also American celebrities. And vice versa. You know, like Alfred Hitchcock and The Beatles and Elvis are celebrities to all of us. But apparently that’s not always the case.

Makes me wonder if the Brits know who Bill Cosby is.

Speaking of Netflix …

The Bombardment is a pretty good World War II drama with a superb ending. The final scene of this movie is one of the most powerful I’ve ever seen. Yes, ever.

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Who’s Up

Elon Musk. Let’s see if he can restore free speech on Twitter. I suggest he start by canning all of Twitter’s “woke” employees.

Who’s Down

Joe Biden. Some folks felt bad for him because he was caught on camera wandering a reception like a lost puppy during Obama’s White House visit.

I don’t feel sorry for him because I think he belongs in prison.

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Now that we’ve all decided that Ukraine represents David battling the Goliath that is Russia, and that Ukrainian President Zelensky is — take your pick — Superman or People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive,” I’m wondering how long before we start getting negative stories about Ukraine in general and about Zelensky in particular.

You know it’s just a matter of time.

Actually, the negative stories are already out there.

How’s this for a not-so-nice story:

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I can’t decide if Sebastian Gorka is pulling our collective leg in his most recent commercial for Relief Factor, or if he actually believes what he’s saying.

Either way, if you look up “pompous ass” in your dictionary (assuming anyone still does that), you’d have to find a picture of Gorka.

The only thing missing from this ad is the superimposition of God’s– er, Gorka’s head on Mount Rushmore:

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Twitter is banning everyone on the right for their political views. Again.

So how come Rip got banned for simply pointing out that Kristi Noem has nice tits?

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The Grouch is inflicting another short story on the world. Check out “The Hot Tub,” if you are so inclined. 

Here’s a complete list of his 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.”

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Now they are talking about World War III.

I told you we’d miss 2021.

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Our beloved “leaders” keep doing things that make no sense, which seem counterproductive, even harmful to their own constituents. Why do they do that?

In the past, I would have guessed that these “elites” act irrationally because someone (China?) has something on them. Some damaging dirt. Career-ruining blackmail material.

But these days, it seems that if we learn Bill Clinton was having sex with children every day for ten years, we’ll issue a collective sigh and wait for the next outrage. Ditto for Donald Trump and the peeing Russian hookers — will we simply yawn if actual evidence emerges? None of these honchos ever gets punished, so why should we even care?

Our leaders have no shame; they simply want to run the world. And get rich. And get laid.

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Rip keeps getting suspended by Twitter. Getting reinstated is a pain in the ass. Perhaps he’ll just hang out at Gab or Parler or GETTR or Trump’s new site — if it ever gets off the ground.

Well, Rip wasn’t wrong, was he?

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How to Sway Public Opinion (for war)

Do This:

Broadcast videos of Ukrainian mothers holding babies, apartments bombed into rubble, and young females wielding firearms as a means to defend their country.

Endlessly replay videos of your leader bravely standing up to evil Vladimir Putin, vowing to defend Ukraine to the death.

Do Not Do This:

Broadcast videos of Uyghur concentration camps in China.

Broadcast videos of Mexican teenage girls being raped by coyotes or cartel members as they are steered across the porous U.S.-Mexico border.

If you do the former, you can convince good-hearted Americans that we must wage war with Russia to help a country we know next to nothing about.

If you do the latter, you might remind Americans that there are bigger threats to our national security than the mess in Europe.

Of course, if it turns out that Putin really has gone off the deep end and is planning to nuke Milwaukee … then I take it all back.

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But I will say this. It’s refreshing to see a leader, Ukraine’s President Zelensky, who doesn’t run and hide when the going gets tough.

That is unlike Joe Biden, who runs and hides every day from Fox’s Peter Doocy, and Justin Trudeau, who runs and hides from horn-honking truckers.

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Netflix, which is raising its subscription price on me, again, has me by the balls. It’s very annoying.

It seems like there is always one show on Netflix that has me hooked. Like Ozark last month. Or Peaky Blinders coming soon.

I don’t want to cancel Netflix because I want to watch those shows.

But the vast majority of stuff I watch on Netflix falls into the same category. For example, here is what I watched last week:

Restless – Not bad. Has its moments. Won’t watch again. Probably won’t recommend.

21 Bridges (above) – Not bad. Has its moments. Won’t watch again. Probably won’t recommend.

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window – Not bad. Has its moments. Won’t watch again. Probably won’t recommend.

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Villain of the Month (for Americans)

This man-child:

Villain for the Ages (for Canadians)

This man-child:

Hero for the Ages (for everyone)

This guy (and friends):

The Truckers vs. The Establishment skirmish is ongoing as I write this, so lord knows what might happen. If nothing else, good-guy truckers are exposing all the would-be dictators both north and south of the U.S.-Canadian border.

Twitter will ban or suspend you if you “wish harm” on anyone liberals, like the man-child pictured twice above. I don’t have that censorship problem here. At least not yet.

Oh, if the Twitter censors could only read my mind and discover the “harmful” things I am wishing on the man-child ….

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Cops

Sigh. Heavy sigh.

Listen, I think defunding the police is lunacy, and I’d like to support the men in blue. However … too many personnel in law enforcement — from beat cops to Feds at our spy agencies — are bending the knee to political dictators. You have to say “no” when you’re asked to do things that are clearly unconstitutional and/or illegal. You must become a whistle-blower.

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I had reservations about its potential “wokeness,” but I am digging Around the World in 80 Days, now playing on PBS.

When I learned that Phileas Fogg would be joined by a black Passepartout and a feminist journalist, my P.C. radar went off. But it’s fine. This is the way wokeness should be done. The series is not (very) preachy, and its occasional political correctness doesn’t detract from the story. At least not yet.

And that story is old-fashioned comfort food. The characters are amusing, the scenery is spectacular, and each episode ends the same way: Some pig-headed grouch has a change of heart and turns out to be a good egg after all.

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It might be mean-spirited (or not), but I enjoyed seeing this young idiot do bellyflops at the Olympics:

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Forgive me if you’ve heard these rants before, but ….

The China Olympics

Our athletes should have boycotted. But they are selfish, more interested in their own careers.

And so the boycott is up to us. Let’s not watch any of it.

(Yeah, yeah, the chick pictured above is actually from Belarus, not the U.S., and she wasn’t referring to China, but her attitude is all-too-typical.)

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Over the past few years, whenever I thought of Canada (not often), I thought it was a country of wimps. Seemed like everything pretty boy Justin Trudeau and the lunatic left wanted, they got.

I don’t feel that way today. The heroic Canadian truckers are the best news since football stadiums erupted with chants of “Let’s go, Brandon!”

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I used to sneer whenever I heard some Middle Eastern country refer to the United States as “The Great Satan.” But the more we learn about how corrupt so many of our institutions are, well, it’s hard to argue against that sentiment.

Is there anyone in power in this country who isn’t controlled or cowed by either a) the far left or b) by China? Anyone?

So-called “conservatives” like Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham, many of our courts, and don’t get me started on corporations — all of them seem to be bought off. At least the lunatic left is relatively upfront about its goals. But the Republicans are worse, intimidated by the media and trying to hide their complicity in overthrowing democracy.

J.D. Vance said it best Friday night on Tucker Carlson’s show. Our “leaders” have disdain for the U.S. Constitution. They want to gut it and ignore everything in it.

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The most recent example of corruption is GoFundMe, which apparently wants to take the money you sent to support the Canadian truckers and give it to a charity of its own choosing.

How is that not theft?

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